Why hasn't science been able to answer the following question?

Question

Why is there SOMETHING

Instead of NOTHING?

Answer 1

This is not scientifically explainable at this time, but particles do pop in and out of existence and defy the concept that matter and energy can not be destroyed or created (only changed). Quantum physics is opening new areas of discovery and may answer your question in the future. I've provided a link which may be of interest (give it a minute to load).

Answer 2

I am not sure, but I would guess it might have something to do with the comprehensibility of the question.

Answer 3

Their is no such thing as complete empty space, it would not be space at all. Zero-point energy fills up the empty vacuum of space. Something must come from something else and exist in something else, this is the law of the Universe.

Answer 4

gravity

There are 3 fundamental forces in nature, electromagnetism, nucleur forces and gravity. Electricity and magnetism are very well understood and one can easily be described in terms of the other. Reciently, the strong and weak nucleur forces have also been described in terms of electromagnetism. The only force which stands apart from all the others is gravity. All scientists can postulate at present is it might be some sort of wave, but nobody can describe it like electromagnetic radiation, like X-rays for example.

The "big bang" was what created the universe. It is postulated that about 10 billion years ago all the matter and energy in the universe was contained in an area of space about the size of a grape. At this point in time, the three fundamental forces were united into a single force. As the universe expanded, the forces began to separate. Because gravity can't be described in terms of the other two forces, nobody can say what the original force was like. Therefore, nobody knows what happened at the moment the universe was created and more importantly, what happened just before it began.

The next great discovery in physics will be the unification of all three forces. Only then will the origin of everything be completely understood.

Answer 5

Nothing is a term given to the unknown.

If there was nothing...and the possibility of it existing....it is probably just an 'unknown'.

The void of space is said to be 'nothing' and yet it teems with electromagnetic chatter at absolute zero. It appears there is something there.

It's called the point of nothing...because it is unknown...to a degree.

and yet that very nothing is called Higg's field, ZPE...quantum foam......

Answer 6

because it tends to repeat it self in a way that scientist don't know if they are reality or virtually so what i am trying to say, even though scientist say that there is something and other say its just and illusion  the result will be that it cannot be known because it repeats it self and example will be an electron no matter how well you try to understand and electron you wont understand it because your also made of electron

my conclusion is that is a thought with in a thought

Answer 7

Well, to put it simply, because it is a hard question! For all that science has discovered, there remains much more undiscovered. Cosmologists, theologians and philosophers have been focusing on that very same question for a long time however, and while they have numerous ideas and conjectures, that would be a hard question to answer with any confidence unless a theory could be put forth which makes predictions that can be tested. Perhaps there are remnants of the big bang which can lend us some clues, perhaps not. Perhaps quantum mechanics theory can offer some insight.

If you're interested, look up Prof. Victor Stenger, both a professor of physics and also philosophy, who has written extensively on this subject. Carl Sagan is a very accessible author who has also written on the subject.

Answer 8

because the scientists are so narrow-minded they made themselves as stunned a a cat's ****.

Answer 9

matter appears from nothingness quite often on the "subatomic" level...

Answer 10

Non Scientific but still accurate answer: There has to be something or else no one would exist to ask why there is nothing.

Answer 11

Because in the human mind, 'NOTHING' is still 'SOMETHING'.

The ability for the human mind to comprehend absolute nothingness is the same as comprehending infinity.

"The absence of proof is not the proof of absence."

Answer 12

something is a term that is named, nothing is the unnameable

Answer 13

It's not like science is trying to avoid the question.You just don't pick out an answer and go with it.You keep looking until you find out.That's the beauty of science.It's always looking for truth.Even if a lot of folks don't like what they see.

Answer 14

Well the shortest and cutest and smallest answer go like this,

What ever exists in nature, exists in some amount. So that means if there exists some thing it exists in some quantity.

Hope you got the answer with in this sentence .

Answer 15

They say that nature hates a void.  This seems to be true down to the smallest things.  Everything radiates energy and nature seem to suck the stuff up like a vacuum cleaner.

Most people think that a freezer works buy making things cold, forcing in cold. That is wrong, it works by removing the heat, cold just happens.  This is working with nature, everything moves out to fill the void.  Space is super cold and sucks all energy out.  A good question is" Why is the nothing so cold, and what happens if it has no energy at all."  If there is no anything is there just an empty space or does it it still have any detectable essences? I guess we just have to assume that some how there is something because we are asking these questions. One of my favorite writers put it well --

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Terry Pratchett

Answer 16

Because scientists are very narrow minded in their studies in my opinion. There is always something because even in the absence of physical matter, there is energy, which is what everything is made of in some form.

Answer 17

Nothing is also a thing beyond perception.