Could the Big Bang 14.7 b. yrs. ago been a smaller Bang?

Question

Could there have been 100 million smaller Bangs over the 14.7 billion year period to create the universe rather than one Big Bang?

Answer 1

Theoretical physicists are now beginning to agree that the Universe we live in actually intersects with several other dimensions.

So, there could be simultaneous Universe-creations and destructions going on all around us inter-dimensionally.

Yep, that sounds kooky, but here is a link to an article in Scientific American:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=extr...

Answer 2

Not according to either current theoretical OR observational data.  And I think you mean 13.7 Billion years.

Answer 3

No.

It would show up in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation data that we already have.

And, such a start would alter the acceleration curve that we've measured.  That might not show up yet - our data is still rather poor quality.

That's for the Universe as we see it.  Given that we've no idea how the Big Bang really started, it's quite possible that there could be lots of little ones that overlap.  It's just not what we see.

Answer 4

There could have been no bang at all, or there could have 100 million as you state, theory's are very common such as the solid state, which means the universe is now as it always was. On the cosmic time clock we have been around the universe about 1 second. What big egos some of the sciencetist have. Big bang? What happened before the big bang? No one supposes nor do they have the knowledge to suppose. Its a magnificent mystery and everyone is free to guess.