C4, Marbles, and the Big Bang (evolution) why aren't we moving?

Question

If I put c4 in the middle of a bunch of marbles the marbles will all separate. Why isn't that true with the planets and stars in our solar system; and all other solar systems as well. Shouldn't the sun be getting further away from us? It must have been a pretty big explosion.

Answer 1

It wasn't an explosion at all.  It was (is) an *expansion* of space itself.  A bomb in the middle of marbles is not even close to the same thing.  In your analogy, the marbles already exist distributed through space, and the explosion occurs at a different point in space in the middle of them.  But space itself did not exist before the big bang.  Everything was together, at one single point, and the expansion also began at that same point.  You're talking about an explosion *in* space.  The big bang was an expansion *of* space.

Plus, we ARE moving.  The space in the solar system is expanding just the same as all the rest.  Gravity keeps us from getting further away from everything else though.  Especially since the expansion over such a small distance as the solar system is almost nonexistent (although it DOES exist).

What you need to understand is that your analogy begins with the marbles and the bomb already distributed in 3 dimensions.  Prior to the big bang, those dimensions did not exist.

Also, the big bang has nothing to do with evolution.

Answer 2

I'll tell you the first thing. 1: The Big Bang Theory is the theory tht that everything started out as a enormous amount of matter in a small amount of space.  An explosion occured and everything was shot out into space.  Now number 2: The sun IS moving.  Its just tht we are going with it due to gravity. 3: Last, all the other galaxies and ours(The Milky Way)are all held together by gravity which is why they dont move apart but there are most likely billions of galaxies tht are held together by he same thing(gravity).  So i now say tht the galaxies themselves ARE moving apart from one another including ours due to the massive explosion known as The Big Bang!!  Which is a proven fact. Well the moving apart part but not the explosion side of the story. I am not sure how much a year they move but ill let you know if I find out.  

        I will say one more thing.  Our sun is a star.  Yes very true.  Any star you see in the night sky is a galaxy.  I dont think you can tell with the naked eye but i know tht scientists studying the stars notice tht they are MOVING APART for sure!!!

Answer 3

I also agree with david. Also, the planets are in orbit. the gravity keeps them from moving all over the place

Answer 4

No, solar systems like the sun and its planets are bound together by gravity.

So while our solar system is going through space as one entity, on a much larger scale, it is moving farther away from other star systems and galaxies.

Plus, you have to consider that when the Big Bang blew everything apart, there were no solar systems, galaxies or anything else. They formed later from the expanding gas cloud and we still have that momentum moving away from the center of the explosion.

Answer 5

Way to reveal your total ignorance of the subject, there. Your analogy is, to say the least, inaccurate.

Answer 6

1)  The big bang was not an explosion.  It was an expansion.

2)  The big bang did not happen in our solar system.  It occurred 13.7 billion years ago, before space even existed.  Our solar system is only 4.5 billion years old.

3)  The big bang was the origin of our universe.  Biological evolution describes how life changes over time.  They have NOTHING to do with each other.

4)  Please take a few science courses - your general understanding is very poor.

Answer 7

evolution is biology, that's it, JUST biology.  It has NOTHING to do with astrophysics

Answer 8

The sun and the solar system didn't exist at the big bang.  In fact our sun didn't exist for about another 9 billion years after the big bang.

Answer 9

You win the Worst Analogy Ever Award! Good Job!

But seriously, bad example. Heres why:

1) The marbles are already there during the explosion, the galaxies formed in regions where there was slightly more matter after the Big Bang.

2) There was no explosion. The Big Bang was no an explosion from a single point. The universe was nearly infinitely dense and then space began to expand so the matter wasn't so dense anymore. It might be easier to imagine the universe as the same amount of space throughout time only all the matter shrinks with time.

Your main problem is that it seems you thought everything that is here today existed during the Big Bang when actually it was just a nearly uniform cloud Hydrogen.