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Originally Posted by Interpreter  Then the capture of a single electron would push it over the edge and start the 'Big Bang' again. |
This assumes that the total mass of all of the energy would not be stable. In it's maximum stable form the 'lump' of energy would consist of all of the energy less that single electron. Unless of course there are multiple examples of the 'Big Bang' in existance in different parts of space at the same time.
The simplified example that was often quoted when I was studying physics was that if you imagine a proton the size of a football sitting on your diningroom table, then there would be an electron the size of a small orange a hundred yards or so away, in orbit around it. In between the proton and the electron would be nothing. So solid material consists mainly of nothing.