How did the Universe come from nothing?
If you were to get rid of every “thing” in a certain part of space – all the planets, stars, atoms, particles, and even light and radiation… that space would still have weight – it would weigh something.
It turns out that nothing is not “nothing” – it is something.
What do I mean? And how is that possible? I will answer that in the next 5 minutes.
It turns out that what we think of as “nothing” is NOT nothing. It is something.
space is bubbling with virtual particles that pop in and out of existence. (Quantum Fluctuations)
These particles do this in a time scale so short that the laws of physics forgives this creation of these ghost particles that seem to arise from nothing.
The laws of quantum mechanics allow this.
This is the empty space within a proton, and they represent 90% of the mass of the proton. And since most of our physical world is made up of protons and neutrons, this so called “empty space” inside them is what gives us mass.
Here is the analogy – a zero represents nothing right?
But a zero can also be represented by the number 1 million plus negative one million:
1,000,000 + (-1,000,000) = 0
The above equation is the key to understanding how our universe began.
The total energy of the universe is 0, or “nothing”
…however, at the beginning of the universe the zero spontaneously divided into 1 gazillion megawatts of energy, and negative 1 gazillion megawatts of energy.
The total energy was still zero, but it was divided into these two numbers.
The positive energy is represented by all the matter you can see in the universe – stars, planets, particles, radiation…
…Because energy is equivalent to mass using Einstein’s famous equation E=MC2f
And what about the negative energy – where is that?
That negative energy is in the form of gravity.
The universe is flat. It is in perfect balance. The negative energy of gravity cancels out the positive energy of matter.
Like my favorite character from the Matrix says…It is symphony of mathematical precision.
…the universe has a total energy of precisely zero.
But it has manifested itself into something rather than nothing.
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