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What was it like when cosmic inflation occurred? (bigthink.com)
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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yes. The Cosmic Inflation universe grows exponentially bigger every tiny fraction of a second. And this has been going on for possibly billions or trillions of years or longer. The number of big bangs and pocket universes created by that is mind boggling.