The Big Bang might have been big, but it sounded like a hum
31 October 2003
Judging by the amount of press it generates, it seems we just love talking about the Big Bang, the theory that explains the existence of the universe. And why not? We wouldn’t be here now talking about it, if it er, hadn’t have happened. Theoretically speaking that is.
The latest revelations published in New Scientist suggest the Big Bang was more of a deep hum rather than an explosive, booming, bang. Whether it was a bang or a hum though, there’s no doubting its volume, which was certainly loud.
Another news service carrying the same story compared the noise levels as being similar to a jet aeroplane with its engines operating at full power just ten or so metres above your house.
A little like the noise that Concorde used to create perhaps? Theoretically speaking that is .
Originally published Friday 31 October 2003, with subsequent revisions, updates to lapsed URLs, etc.
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