Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Big Bang" in English language version.
The term "Big Bang" is an unfortunate misnomer. It implies an "explosion," and explosions are events that happen in space. This is incorrect; the term describes the first instant in the expansion of space itself. Some would even interpret it as the very beginning of the universe, evolving from "nothing." It is hard to imagine exactly what it was, but an explosion it most definitely wasn't.
The second section discusses the classic tests of the Big Bang theory that make it so compelling as the most likely valid and accurate description of our universe.
The second section discusses the classic tests of the Big Bang theory that make it so compelling as the most likely valid and accurate description of our universe.