What Existed Before the Big Bang?

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The discussion centers on the philosophical and scientific inquiry into what existed before the Big Bang. Participants express confusion over the concept that time and space were created at the moment of the Big Bang, suggesting that something must have predated this event. The conversation references existing threads in the General Astronomy forum for further exploration of this topic. The uncertainty surrounding this question highlights the limitations of current scientific understanding.

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What do you guys think existed before the big bang? This question has stumped me for years. No doubt it will never be answered with certainty.

The theory is that space and time was created in an instance. I can not and never will be able to get my head around the notion that time and space didnt exist before that. somthing had to be there and time must have been passing.
 
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