What was there before the big band? I think that question is irrelevant as of today. That is like asking a person how to bring up a child when you don't even know about sex. We don't know what was there before the big bang and no one knows. Even if there were events before the big bang, it would not have effected what happened after it. Big bang marks a beginning of a new age. Space is expanding at the speed of light? Didn't know that!! What happens after big bang? Big crunch.... Dude, I'm just an Accounting/ Econ major. If the Math and science genuises like Newton, Einstine, Heisenberg and Hawkings couldn't solve the puzzle, what do I know?