Can Science Prove the Creation of the Universe?

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If someone could tell you the answer to how it all began, how our world was created, why we exist, would you want to know? Modern Science has made some pretty impressive discoveries about our universe. As stated by George Smoot, a cosmologist at the University of California at Berkeley and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics, “I think we all know where we came from and how we fit into the world, but some of us need to know how it all works in great detail.” While some people believe testing these theories is a trial of faith, there are others who know that discovering how the universe was created is within arm’s length. According to most religions, the universe and everything in it were created by God, but, on the other hand, most scientists believe in a theory known as the Big Bang, which is the best scientific model of how our universe was created. At the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (its French acronym), scientist are trying to make an important discovery that may lead to their being able to produce energies that existed at the time of the Big Bang. Two discoveries that scientists hope to find are the Higgs field and Higgs boson.

The Higgs boson, which is also known by its nickname, the “God particle,” is a sought- after particle in physics that would complete the standard model of particle physics. It is called the “God particle” because many scientists believe it is the missing link to uncovering the creation of the universe. The Higgs boson is part of the Higgs Field. The Higgs field is part of the Standard Model of particle physics, which is accepted by all scientists, that says the masses of all particles are generated as a result of their interactions with this field (Sample)...

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...the site of the SSC, sits a hole in the ground and a partially dug out tunnel where the largest, most powerful accelerator never had a chance to be born. Luckily, the LHC is smaller and less expensive since it is located in the same tunnel as the LEP, there did not need to be a new construction tunnel built for the project and the LHC has yet to deal with lack of funding.

While we wait for the results of the amazing LHC, we can only imagine what new science discoveries lay ahead. Many scientists are anxious for results of something new, maybe the Higgs boson, dark matter, or dark energy, while others may be happy knowing that God created the universe and it may just be God’s plan to explain science. All we can do now is wait, and understand that we may never really figure out how it all began, since we really can’t go back in time to be a witness to it all.

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