Big Bang

Most folks have heard of the Big Bang Theory, but have a hard time imagining how an explosion started the universe. Which is the first misunderstanding of the theory with the unfortunate name, hung on what was originally called the primeval atom by an astronomer who was mocking it.

Instead try this: "The frequent picture people seem to have is matter flying outwards from a single point (like an explosion). However, The matter is all actually standing still while space itself expands dragging the matter with it."

Got that?

The author is Jon Voisey, The Angry Astronomer, a graduate student at the University of Kansas who knows his astrological sign (Libra) and Zodiac year (Boar) but otherwise seems to be in a fight to the death with superstition. That’s the source of his anger, anyhow. Along the way he has come up with what is becoming a popular Big Bang explainer.