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The Big Bang Report: For The Cosmologically Challenged

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The Big Bang Report: For the Cosmologically Challenged
What is the Big Bang Theory?
In short the theory provides one explanation for the creation and continued existence of the universe. The most common theory for the ‘Hot’ Big Bang is that 13.7 billion years ago the universe began as a singularity (a single point in space–time when matter is infinitely dense) then began to expand at a rapid rate.
There are some common misconceptions with this theory, as the name suggests many people believe there was an explosion; instead the expansion was more or less like inflating a balloon. Another misconception is that matter existed before the Big Bang, however this is not true and a common scientific belief is that the universe existed inside the

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