The CAUSE of Big Bang- WHY it all started?

Yeah, I know, I am breaking the rule here. I did say one post every month, but I will be a bit busy in March due to my exams, and also that I am too enthusiastic to share this theory of mine with you all, so here is the second post of this month! As usual, I ended my last post with a question: We all know what happened after the Big Bang, but no one has ever tried to explain WHY did the Big Bang happen? So, I aim to answer the question in this post. But before I start, let us get some basics clear.

Ordinary form of matter, like table, chair, your computer, you, the stars, the planets, etc. is an absolute minority in what comprises this vast universe. The universe is said to be composed majorly of some mysterious matter and energy, rightly called the dark matter and dark energy. 

Source: http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/121236/121236_NewPieCharts720.png

A brief introduction: Scientists observed that galaxies move with way more speed than that should be possible due to their present mass. Thus, they concluded that there must be some "missing mass" which they are not able to see or detect, but it has its gravitational influence! They called this "missing mass" dark matter. On the other hand, earlier scientists believed that the universe must be contracting due to the gravitational attractions of massive bodies. But, the Hubble Telescope provided information that contradicted it. The information (not going into what the information exactly was) proved that the universe was indeed expanding! Now scientists were in a fix! Thus, they concluded, yet again, that there must be some mysterious energy that is repelling bodies and is enabling the universe to expand. With no clue of what it is, they called it dark energy!   

Now, dark matter and dark energy are entirely invisible. They do not interact with any form of known matter, though the gravitational effect of dark matter is felt and "gravitational lensing" is an example of its visible effects. "Gravitational lensing" is nothing but bending of light due to gravitational effect of dark matter. The first picture shows what causes gravitational lensing and the second picture shows its effect. The arcs you see are because of gravitational lensing.Dark matter is attractive in nature and dark energy is repulsive, and that is all that we know about them. One more thing, there are millions of dark matter particles going past us, through us, through the walls, through the earth, every second, and we just don't feel them, again because they do not interact with anything!

Having talked about dark energy and dark matter and having substantial knowledge about them, I could still not figure out what they actually are! And then, an idea struck me. And then, as I developed that idea, and I found a way to tell about the cause of Big Bang while explaining the known properties of dark matter and dark energy at the same time.

Dark Energy and Dark Matter, I think, are multi-dimensional matter, i.e. like we humans are 3 dimensional beings, dark energy and dark matter may be nothing else but matter which is more than 3 dimensional and hence it cannot be perceived easily by us, due to the different kind of energy that it possesses, though its effect can be felt. 

I hypothesize that before the BIG BANG, a particle existed which itself was made of multiple dimensions. Its constituents were dark matter and dark energy, i.e. multi-dimensional form of matter. To simplify, like we humans being 3 dimensional can be considered to be made of 3 dimensional particles, which themselves are made of 2 dimensional particles and which are made of 1 dimensional particles, similarly, that starting particle, which was multi-dimensional, was made of particles of different dimensions which we now know as dark energy and dark matter.  

Source: http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/

The picture evidently shows how dark energy has evolved at a greater rate than dark matter during the evolution of the universe. Similarly, inside that starting particle, initially, dark matter was in majority and hence it held the starting particle firmly. But, later, as the dark energy began evolving in greater amounts, it started to counter the force by dark matter and tried to expand the particle. At an instant, dark energy had evolved to such great extent that it could have expanded the particle, but the dark matter still held the particle firmly. And hence, there occurred a BANG, where the starting multi-dimensional particle disintegrated into many other particles of simpler but varied dimensions, i.e. 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, etc. among which 3D constitutes only a small part of the universe. Thus, except us 3D beings, there exist various forms of matter in varying dimensions. Due to their higher dimensions, they cannot be perceived by us but surely exert their share of gravitational force. This itself we call dark matter and dark energy!

Also, remembering the conclusion I had made in my first post: An object experiences a force when its energy interacts with that of the agent. Dark energy and dark matter, being multi-dimensional, have energy which cannot interact with that of light, due to the difference in the cause of their energies. Hence, due to no interaction, no reflection of light takes place when light passes through them, and hence, dark energy and dark matter are invisible, though, bending of light can occur due to the gravitational effect of this form of matter. 

The String Theory talks about how our universe may not be three-dimensional, i.e. how we see it to be, but it indeed may be 10-Dimensional hyperspace, while the M-Theory talks about 11-Dimensional hyperspace. This proposal is a result of the mathematical conclusions derived in the theories. While speculating about our origin and its cause, this theory faintly approves of the idea of multi-dimensional hyperspace. Though the String Theory is yet to be proven, it indeed is extremely intriguing and creative! 

It all fits, doesn't it? But again, this is just a hypothesis based on an idea that struck me and may very well be far from reality! Dark Matter and Dark Energy may not even exist! It is even a possibility that they are composed of a new fundamental particle which is still missing from our Standard Model. What can that be? A special particle, with what properties? We will see in my next post!

Discovering Our Creator - Does Science support the existence of God?

I ended my last post with a question: There may exist some forms of energy that cannot interact with light and hence are invisible, but they are able to influence us, interact with us and guide us and they are constantly near us, seeing us, and may be even controlling us, but we never get to know! But surprisingly, we do have a name for such kind of energies! What is it?

Let me give you the answer: God! Many of you would think: This is a science blog. Then why are we becoming philosophical? Well, Science does support the existence of God. What matters is how you define God! I define God as the creator of "our" universe, creator of everything we know about, and some things we are yet to discover.

Often people assume scientists to be atheist. While that may occasionally be true, but it is majorly a myth. "http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/sciencefaith.html" gives you a list of 13 GREAT scientists who believed in God. Give it a thought, all that has happened to make us possible: big bang, formation of Earth as a planet, most suitable distance from the Sun to allow us to survive, a moon to protect us from asteroids, evolution, etc. how can it all just be a coincidence? I fail to believe that there was no driving force behind all this!

Very interesting indeed it is to know how scientists used the fact that God exists, to make scientific breakthroughs. Albert Einstein said that he always wanted to know how God made this Universe. While speculating a theory of his, he would often imagine himself as God and think, "If I was God, would I impart such a feature in my Universe?" And whenever he realised that the concept was too complex and God would never have used such irrational and unsymmetrical concepts, he discarded the concept.

Evidently, the way I define God did give me a way, rather unconventional, to define us, our universe and our existence. How many of you have heard of those virtual reality games? Wikipedia defines virtual reality (VR) as a computer-simulated environment that can simulate presence in real or imaginary worlds. Meaning to say, that you have a virtual identity, a virtual character, and you live in a virtual world with other virtual beings.

You can control your character, make him do things, and watch him constantly. Now, imagine if that character inside the computer somehow gets to know that there is someone outside his world, who is controlling his actions, making him do things and watching him constantly. What do you think the character will call that someone? GOD!

On  considering the above statement, you might have already got my point. God may be a higher dimensional being, and by higher dimensional I mean of greater dimensions than just 3 of them, who made this extremely advanced virtual reality game, called the Universe. He is able to control us, manipulate us, guide us, and constantly watch us, but He cannot physically interact with us, just like we cannot physically interact with a character inside a computer game.

Upon thinking, you will get more analogs and relations. Like a new character is born whenever a new user signs up, similarly, may be a new Universe is born whenever a new higher dimensional being makes His own computer game. This is exactly what Multiverse is, multiple universes existing simultaneously. Then what are Black Holes? Black Hole may very well represent the universes which are dead, or in other words, the higher dimensional beings who signed off or stopped playing.

It may seem too unconventional and insane to even consider this thought, but the concept has some scientific basis. The String Theory has a principle called the Holographic Principle which suggests that the Universe can be seen as a 2-D Hologram.

The virtual world we play in in computer games is itself two dimensional but it appears to be 3 Dimensional, much like what the Holographic Principle tells us about our existence. Hence, the idea may not be entirely gross!

In conclusion, I would like to say that may be we will never be able to know who created us. Our lives are way too short to decipher the mysteries of the entire universe. In this post, I tried to present an idea which can define our existence. But wait, even if God created us in the form of a computer game, how did it all start? How did our universe come into existence? Scientists give an answer: the Big Bang. We all know what happened after the Big Bang, but WHY did the Big Bang happen? We will see in the next post!

P.S. -  I am not trying to hurt any religious sentiments. Like all religious people, I too believe in God              and I am just trying to present an idea that came upon my mind. So, take it easy!