The Origin and Confirmation of the Big Bang Theory: Exploring the Birth of the Universe

The Big Bang Theory Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor’s Name Course Number Date Introduction The concept of the universe's origin is puzzling to many scholars and philosophers. There are many theories, myths, beliefs, and stories about how the world began providing differences in understanding the beginning of the world. Curiosity has been a major driving force to many astronomers on the world's existence. The Big Bang Theory alludes that the universe, space, and time have an origin. The key observations that support the evidence of the Big Bang theory are the expansion of space and the cosmic microwave background in 1964, which makes the Big Bang the best theory that explains the origin of the universe. Astronomers use the big bang theory to explain how the world began. The Big Bang tells us that the universe was in the form of a primeval atom or a dense mass. The explosion of a tiny seed of matter is what is the universe today. According to (Fox, 2002), the standard story of how the big bang theory was accepted has been told so many times that it has turned into a modern myth. This discussion will focus on the origin of the Big Bang Theory and its implications for modern-day philosophers. Origin of the Big Bang Theory. According to (Coppens, 2019), the universe's origin dates back to 13.7 billion years ago. Georges Lemaitre is a Belgian Cosmologist and is regarded as the father of the Big Bang Theory. George gained insight fr