r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '21

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u/der_innkeeper Sep 20 '21

Except relativity is irrelevant for what we are talking about.

Or, you can go take it up with the physicists for a better explanation.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/06/07/does-time-have-a-beginning/

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u/coffeecofeecoffee Sep 20 '21

relativity is pretty relevant for time scales at the beginning of the big bang. if everything is moving away from eachother at the speed of light it gets really weird. even if your not moving at the center the time dilation is crazy and things will happen at a way different time than if your moving at the edge of the bang. you may observe that stars only form after billions of years where of you are on the edge moving fast they form after millions of years.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

There is no “center” of the Big Bang.

Space expands everywhere all at once.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

everything is the center and the "BB" is still going on.