The "Big Bang" is the most popular theory regarding the origin of the universe. It is said that about 14 billion years ago, the entire Universe as we see it, as we perceive it through our senses, sprang into existence from a point smaller than an atom. This theory was initially proposed by a Belgian priest Georges Lemaitre and it seemed to be in agreement with Edwin Hubble's observation of the spectrum of the galaxies, which he found to be red-shifted and hence postulated that the universe was, in fact, expanding as the galaxies were flying away from each other. So, it was deduced that if everything were to be reversed, the whole "visible" matter would collapse into one place (the point of origin) The term "Big Bang" was coined by Late Sir Fred Hoyle during a radio talk show when he slammed it as the "Big Bang" because in his view the idea reeked of "creationism" and highly illogical scientifically.
1. Stars and galaxies have been found which predate the acceptable time frame for the Big Bang.
2. The Big Bang was not really a bang, as it was originally believed nor it originated from intensely hot and infinitely dense mass of matter, but now it is accepted that it came into existence from a point less than the size of an atom and has been expanding rapidly ever since.
3. The Big Bang theory does not explain why did the matter contained in the entire universe had to "explode". If the matter was contained in the space less than the size of an atom, then wasn't it a universe in its on respect?
4. The Big Bang should have distributed the matter evenly in the universe, yet we find matter packed in "clumps" of irregular size.
5. The clockwise axial rotation of some planets and stars should have been absent, if majority of the stars, galaxies and planets formed from the gases and dust spiraling in anti-clockwise motion.
6. Astronomers have also witnessed stellar collisions of galaxies that came crashing into each other from different directions. If the "Big bang" theory is correct, then the galaxies should not collide into each head on (though one galaxy rear-ending another one is a possibility ).
7. Recently, (as recent as couple of years ago) one observatory conducted a "shadow" test, where they had to detect "shadows" of cosmic microwave background radiation, that would form by the galaxies, stars and gas. In some parts they did find "shadow" effect and in some they did not.
8. Even the concept of "Dark Matter" stands challenged as the scientists have failed to detect any hard evidence.
a. The reason galaxies are flying apart, (attributed to the presence of dark energy) is because of the gravitational waves or ripples created by the "Big Bang". Just like you float a paper boat in a pond and then throw a pebble in water, creating ripples which would push the boat away from the center of the origin of the ripples.
b. The "Red Shift" which is used as an evidence to explain the expansion of the universe, could be the result of "Compton Effect", where in the light particles travelling through the space, interacting with clouds of dust and gas have their wavelengths stretched resulting in "Red Shift".
9. The Big Bang Theory also does not explain what happened before the "event". What surrounded the "space round the that little entity, whose size was less than that of an atom?
In the end, I would want to say "If the Big Bang created matter in the Universe, then what created consciousness?"
