• Question: Do you believe in the big bang or do you have a different theory.

    Asked by anon-223756 to Adam on 19 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Adam Wootton

      Adam Wootton answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      I haven’t got any better ideas! The big bang explains a lot of what we see around us in the universe. The idea actually came from a Catholic priest called Georges Lemaitre in the 1930s. He’s a really interesting person, and you can read about him here:
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

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