<b>The Forgotten Origin: How Physics Missed the Photon-Based Birth of the Universe</b>

This paper identifies a fundamental oversight in the traditional Big Bang framework: it begins with a high-energy photon field but does not explain its origin. We propose that net-zero-energy photon pairs, composed of equal and opposite energies, could emerge from true nothingness—a domain without space, time, or laws. Their divergence supplies the energetic basis the Big Bang requires, without invoking a singularity or inflation. This model reframes the origin of the universe as a structured emergence from nothing, and it challenges physicists to reconsider what “nothingness” can contain.<br>