# Big Bang Theory

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 1, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626 "2002-05-01T03:30:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Alucard\_23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Alucard\_23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alucard_23)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/1 "2002-05-01T03:30:27Z")

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Accoring to the Big Bang Theory, the Universe is expanding. My question is, what does it expand **into**?

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### Author: ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/2 "2002-05-01T07:34:25Z")

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    - It is expanding into itself: it cannot expand into nothingness, there’d be no way to ever tell if it was expanding into nothingness, so it can only expand where it already _is_. - Mr. Goatse

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### Author: ![Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kang_and_Kodos)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/3 "2002-05-01T08:04:38Z")

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And confused goth girls will paint your logo on their nude bodies to help in your pursuit of science.

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### Author: ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/4 "2002-05-01T09:36:05Z")

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I’m wondering…what does the title of this thread have to do with the OP?

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### Author: ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/5 "2002-05-01T09:36:45Z")

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Yeah I though it was going to be something on the stile project.

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### Author: ![Erwin\_Deja\_Wu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Erwin\_Deja\_Wu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erwin_Deja_Wu)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/6 "2002-05-01T09:52:09Z")

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I thought you misspeleded style

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### Author: ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2002, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory/106626/7 "2002-05-01T10:20:02Z")

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I have edited the thread title into something more explanative.