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In 2004, a ‘Open Letter to the Scientific Community’ disputing the big bang theory was signed by 33 scientists and has been published on the internet and in the science journal [[New Scientist]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2004/0601skepticism.asp</ref>  <ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224482.900</ref> The dissent letter has subsequently been signed by hundreds of individuals around the world. <ref>http://www.cosmologystatement.org/</ref> Professional cosmologists are actively creating models (some of which contradict the Big Bang scenario) and collecting data that probe the specific nature of the earliest observable aspects of the Universe.

In 2004, a ‘Open Letter to the Scientific Community’ disputing the big bang theory was signed by 33 scientists and has been published on the internet and in the science journal [[New Scientist]]. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2004/0601skepticism.asp</ref>  <ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224482.900</ref> The dissent letter has subsequently been signed by hundreds of individuals around the world. <ref>http://www.cosmologystatement.org/</ref> Professional cosmologists are actively creating models (some of which contradict the Big Bang scenario) and collecting data that probe the specific nature of the earliest observable aspects of the Universe.

Scientists refer to the exact moment the Big Bang began as t=0 ("t" standing for "time").  At <math>1.0×10<small>43</small></math>, the force of gravity formed.<ref>http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/History_of_Time_and_Life/content/BigBang.htm<ref> [http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/History_of_Time_and_Life/content/BigBang.htm Big Bang]   

Scientists refer to the exact moment the Big Bang began as t=0 ("t" standing for "time").  At 1.0×10<small>43</small>, the force of gravity formed.<ref>http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/History_of_Time_and_Life/content/BigBang.htm<ref> [http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/History_of_Time_and_Life/content/BigBang.htm Big Bang]   

At t=0, all of the matter in the universe - in fact, the universe itself - was contained within a single point (a single point in mathematics is infintessimally small).  A burst of energy known as the Big Bang issued forth, and the universe began.  <ref>http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm<ref>

At t=0, all of the matter in the universe - in fact, the universe itself - was contained within a single point (a single point in mathematics is infintessimally small).  A burst of energy known as the Big Bang issued forth, and the universe began.  <ref>http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm<ref>

In 2006, researchers discovered evidence of the Big Bang by using the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (launched by NASA in 2001) to measure variations in the cosmic microwave background (a "faint glow which permeates the universe").  According to these measurements, the universe is estimated to be about 13.7 billion years old, "give or take a few hundred-thousand years".  <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188142,00.html</ref>  [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188142,00.html Fox News: Big Bang.]

In 2006, researchers discovered evidence of the Big Bang by using the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (launched by NASA in 2001) to measure variations in the cosmic microwave background (a "faint glow which permeates the universe").  According to these measurements, the universe is estimated to be about 13.7 billion years old, "give or take a few hundred-thousand years".  <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188142,00.html</ref>  [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188142,00.html Fox News: Big Bang.]