The energy given off during the Big Bang is hard to
visualize, especially since it is unsure if the Big Bang is even
actually how the universe began. However, an estimate can be
produced using Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2. That
is, the energy required to create the mass of the universe is equal to
that mass times the speed of light squared.
To begin this, m needs to be established. The mass
of the universe is nearly impossible to calculate as it spans infinite
dimensions, that is the universe is everything in existance and if one
were to leave earth and travel at any speed in one direction that
person would never reach the end of the universe. However, it is
estimated that there are between 1022 and 1024
stars in the universe. The sun is a good example of the average
size of a star at, rounded up for simplicity, 2×1030 kg.
So,
the
total mass in the universe is:
m = 1024•2•1030 kg
= 2•1054 kg
Using 3•108 m/s for the speed of light, c,
the energy given off during the big bang is approximately
E = 2•1054 kg • (3•108 m/s)2
= 1.8•1071 J
This figure, however, only accounts for visible, or normal, matter which is estimated to be only 5% of the matter or energy in the universe (70% is made of dark energy and 25% is dark matter). To compensate for the dark matter, the estimate must be multiplied by 6 to encompass all of the matter, normal or dark, in the universe. Doing so brings the final answer
Etotal
= 6•1.8•1071 J
= 1.08•1072 J
So, to make sense of the original claim, the energy in one roundhouse
kick from Chuck Norris is about 1.08•1072 J.