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How could an explosive Big Bang be the birth of our universe?

  • Written by Michael Lam, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology
How could an explosive Big Bang be the birth of our universe?No one knows what kicked off the Big Bang that eventually allowed the stars to begin forming.Adolf Schaller for STScI, CC BYHow could an explosive Big Bang be the birth of our universe?

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