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Discover one theory about a single event over 13.8 billion years ago that might have created our Universe.Key facts
- The Big Bang took place over 13.8 billion years ago.
- The Big Bang caused our Universe to expand suddenly, bringing time and space into existence.
- Following the Big Bang, temperatures cooled and tiny particles of matter began to form.
- The first atoms to form were hydrogen and helium.
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Current scientific evidence indicates that before the Universe there was nothing.
Then 13.8 billion years ago there was a bang.
The Big Bang, and our Universe was born.
The theory states that from being unbelievably small, hot and dense, our Universe suddenly expanded outwards.
Bringing time and space into existence.
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