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Old 29-08-2008, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff View Post
Is there a known point in the universe where the Big Bang occurred?

Can a Big Bang Origin point be deduced (eg. from the CMB dipole and the modelled inflation/expansion history of the universe), or it a meaningless concept becasue the origin has expanded and is therefore now all around us? I understand that the CMB dipole for the solar system is estimated to be 368 km/sec ... can we draw any implications from this?
Jeff,

It's meaningless because the implication is that the universe was created in existing space. Space-time was created at the BB. From a topological perspective any point in the universe can be considered the "centre".

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Steven
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