big bang
noun
: the cosmic explosion that marked the beginning of the universe according to the big bang theory
In 1965 Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson of the Bell Telephone Laboratories discovered that the space of the universe is bathed with a diffuse radiation that is assumed to persist following the "big bang" expansion of the universe from an original fireball.
V. L. Ginzburg
compare big crunch, big rip V. L. Ginzburg
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web That someone, somewhere, had the imagination to draw a line between the big bang and the explosion of a soup dumpling filled me with a joy that no wonton alone could match. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 Otherwise, the speaker is forced to admit that his words are mere noise compelled and predetermined since the big bang. WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 The telescope will look at every phase of cosmic history, including the first glows after the big bang that created our universe and the formation of the galaxies, stars and planets that fill it today. Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 Some of the light captured from these even more distant galaxies was emitted less than a billion years after the big bang. Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 21 July 2022 July 4th occurred with a big bang, independence, liberty, justice, freedom, and yet, for many, many hundreds of thousands of millions of Black people there was no liberty, there was no freedom. Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022 What happened after the big bang to make galaxies and stars and black holes? Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 July 2022 With the addition of the near-infrared camera to Hubble, an infrared Ultra Deep Field was obtained in 2009, revealing galaxies shining only 600 million years after the big bang. Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 15 July 2022 Over the next 5½ years or more, the telescope will be able to observe galaxies that formed about 400 million years after the big bang — which is the idea that the universe began at a single point and expanded from there. Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 See More
Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 Otherwise, the speaker is forced to admit that his words are mere noise compelled and predetermined since the big bang. WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 The telescope will look at every phase of cosmic history, including the first glows after the big bang that created our universe and the formation of the galaxies, stars and planets that fill it today. Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 Some of the light captured from these even more distant galaxies was emitted less than a billion years after the big bang. Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 21 July 2022 July 4th occurred with a big bang, independence, liberty, justice, freedom, and yet, for many, many hundreds of thousands of millions of Black people there was no liberty, there was no freedom. Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022 What happened after the big bang to make galaxies and stars and black holes? Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 July 2022 With the addition of the near-infrared camera to Hubble, an infrared Ultra Deep Field was obtained in 2009, revealing galaxies shining only 600 million years after the big bang. Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 15 July 2022 Over the next 5½ years or more, the telescope will be able to observe galaxies that formed about 400 million years after the big bang — which is the idea that the universe began at a single point and expanded from there. Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above