Does anyone know where the Milky Way is located in relation to where the Big Bang originated?

Question

Does anyone know where the Milky Way is located in relation to where the Big Bang originated?

Answer 1

lets put it this way, at the big bang all of space was crunched into a singularity, which means the Big Bang happened everywhere, therefore all locations in the universe, including the Milky Way are locations where Big Bang occurred.

Answer 2

The Milky Way is where the Big Bang originated like every galaxy you see the whole of the universe originated at one singularity.

Answer 3

The Universe started out hotter and denser than it is now.  However, it had to start at least as large as the current visible Universe.  So there could be a place if there is any way to nail down a non-moving frame of reference.

And there does seem to be a preferred rest frame for the Universe.  The CMBR dipole.  And we are moving with respect to the CMBR.  But some of our motion has to do with the gravity of nearby galaxies, etc.  And, we don't know the motions of many nearby objects well enough to have a clue how to take their gravity into account very far back in time.  In principal, it could be figured out.  In practice, it would be very difficult.

One of the complications is that the Universe has expanded.  It's not just that the things in it are farther apart, but the fabric of space as stretched.  You'd need to decide if you want your coordinate grid to stretch with the Universe or not.

Answer 4

everything in the universe is exactly where it originated. in fact it originated right where earth is, right in your country, in your state, in your city, in your house, in your room, right where you are.

picture the universe like a balloon. the only difference is that this balloon has 4 spatial dimensions. we live on the surface of that balloon. remember that space stated with the big bang, so space itself is expanding.

the big bang happened at the center of that balloon. so imagine the balloon being a small point, and then blowing it up. the point that was the singularity in the big bang has now expanded to be the entire surface of the balloon.

Answer 5

Milky is one of those million and odd galaxies that formed and being still formed after 'the bang'.

The location where big bang occured is irrelevant as space is not what we conceive of on Earth, now. Everything was at the site of that bang.

Answer 6

1.  Several people already gave you the right answer that the Big Bang was everywhere and nowhere.  

2. The universe is expanding in every direction that we can see.  Whether you look up or down or left or right distant galaxies are getting farther away.  This does NOT mean the we are at the center of the universe.  It means that from any point in th universe you seem to be at the center of the universe.

3.  When looking at distant galaxies as far as we can see, the universe SEEMS to end at about the same distance.  This does NOT mean we are at the center of a gigantic sphere.  This is merely an illusion based on how old the universe is and the speed of light.  

4.  In billions of years, we won't be able to see more of the universe due to light travelling to us from farther distances.   Instead, the universe is expanding faster than the speed of light so we'll actually be able to see LESS of the universe.  Eventually we'll only be about to see our own galaxy (combined Andromeda and Milky Way).

Answer 7

It's a common misconception that there is some point in our universe at which the big bang occurred, but in fact, it happened everywhere at once, so the "center of the universe" is the entire universe itself. You and I are each at the center of the universe, along with everyone and everything else.

Answer 8

Sure, its to the left...

But seriously, there no real way to answer this question. We're in the Milky Way, its our galaxy. So its everywhere all around us.

Someone who knows might be able to tell you what direction the big bang came from using sky globe coordinates. I don't even know if they know what direction it came from because if I understand correctly, the radiation that seems to prove the Big Bang is comming from every direction.