Quantum mechanics and the Big Bang

Physicists are trying to explain what happened at the time of the Big Bang. If Einstein's equations are run backwards in time using a simplified model of the Universe, a singularity is the result. At the singularity, the Universe is a single point where gravity fields and energy densities are infinite. As a result, predictions of what was happening at this time are not currently possible.

Quantum mechanics may hold the answer to what happens during a singularity.