--- title: "What Came Before The Big Bang? (Video)" description: "[caption id=\"attachment_36115\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"850\"] (via Science Photo Lab)[/caption] 15 billion years ago, the universe, as we know it, didn't exist. There were no stars, no galaxies, no atoms, no time, no life, no nothing. All that existed was infinite possibilities, and based on the fact that we are even having this conversation,  nothing was off limits...." date: "2015-01-30" modified: "2015-01-30" authors: - name: "Jaime Trosper" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jaimefqtq.md" url: "https://futurism.com/came-big-bang-video" categories: - "From Quarks to Quasars" --- # What Came Before The Big Bang? (Video) ![]() [![(via Science Photo Lab)]()]() *(via Science Photo Lab)* 15 billion years ago, the universe, as we know it, didn't exist. There were no stars, no galaxies, no atoms, no time, no life, no nothing. All that existed was infinite possibilities, and based on the fact that we are even having this conversation, nothing was off limits. Understanding the moments that preceded the big bang is instrumental in understanding how things got to how they are now. Of course, we'll never truly know what came before. I mean, even if we had a time machine, the whole ['time not existing' thing]() would throw a wrench in our plans. However, we have a few ideas, which you can learn about below: ## WATCH: "What Came Before The Big Bang?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5bZ3BCuXKk ## Author Jaime is a freelance writer, who finds great joy in sharing the wonders of universe with others. She used this passion to launch "From Quarks to Quasars" in 2012. ## More - [What Came Before the Big Bang?]() - [Physicist: There Were Other Universes Before the Big Bang]() - [New Research: There May Have Been Dark Matter Before Big Bang]() - [Popular Press Announces: The Big Bang Didn’t Happen!]() - [Metals (or, How We Know What We Know about the Big Bang)]() - [Scientists Accidentally Recreate Big Bang Detonation in the Lab]() - [Did The Big Bang Spawn a Mirror Universe?]() - [Using the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation to Delve Into the First Hundred Years after the Big Bang]()