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When you get into the big bang the entire process is difficult to fathom. What exists prior to the big bang? Blank? What does blank look like? I do not think our minds can comprehend such a concept one way or the other.
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It made a sound only in the form of electromagnetic radiation (radio waves). It probably could not make a sound in terms of "traditional" sound (sound waves), since there was no medium for the sound to travel through. For example, if an astronaut is in space they cannot hear anything execpt for what is inside their helment because sound travels through the vibrations of air molecules, since there is a gap of air molecules all around the astronaunt (empty space) sound cannot travel to the astronaut. Therefore, if you were standing far away from the big bang you wouldn't be able to "hear" it. However, if you refer to hearing as any noise at all, this could include electromagnetic noise, which at this point is a theory just like the big bang itself. Scientific American published many articles addressing quetions such as yours. A possible such article exists online at: http://www.sciamdigital.com/browse.cfm?sequencenameCHAR=item2&methodnameCHAR=resource_getitembrowse&interfacenameCHAR=browse.cfm&ISSUEID_CHAR=F2587859-2B35-221B-6C1D670E3F3005D5&ARTICLEID_CHAR=F26A8BBA-2B35-221B-6431CDCBC1D051D1&sc=I100322 In response to the comment, the questions states, "Did the big bang make any noise?" Here noise does not have to relate to sound. The big bang most likely make noise in the form of sound waves while the particles were close enough to colide and vibrate. In terms of the question "noise" can be implied to be radio frequency noise. I answered in both forms because the question was not stated "Did the big bang make a sound?"
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I shall answer with a question: If a tree falls in the wood and there's no one around to hear it - does it make a sound?
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While the big bang in and of itself was silent, I was able to find numerous links to stories about researchings using the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which was launched by NASA in 2001, to calculate what the first million years of the universe sounded like, compressed into approximately 5 minutes: http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~dmw8f/sounds/cdromfiles/first1myr.wav. You can view the whole story on this here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0920_040920_big_bang.html.
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Yes there was noise as it still can be heard by machines today (as submitted by another person) but the noise occured straight after the Bang so technically there was no noise during the Bang.
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I dont think it did since there wasn't any medium for the sound to travel in.
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What a great question +2! I would say no. I would think that even at the rate at which energy was being released the big bang would have enough gravity to hold sound & light waves for a while after the big bang before they escaped. Just me thinking on the spot LoL
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