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  1. How Was the Universe Created? - Encyclopedia Britannica

    2 days ago · The most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe is the big-bang theory, which proposes that the universe began approximately 13.8 billion years ago in an …

  2. Big Bang - Wikipedia

    The Big Bang is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.

  3. What is the Big Bang Theory? | Space

    Jan 29, 2025 · The Big Bang Theory explains how the universe began with an infinitely hot and dense single point that inflated to form the ever-expanding cosmos we see today.

  4. The origins of the universe, explained - National Geographic

    Jan 18, 2017 · How did the universe begin—and what were its early days like? The most popular theory of our universe's origin centers on a cosmic cataclysm unmatched in all of history—the …

  5. How Was the Universe Born? | NIST

    Jul 17, 2025 · They hope to uncover clues about what happened in the universe’s first moments to create the varied, textured universe we inhabit today. According to the leading theory, the …

  6. Overview - NASA Science

    Oct 22, 2024 · The origin, evolution, and nature of the universe have fascinated and confounded humankind for centuries. New ideas and major discoveries made during the 20th century …

  7. How Did the Universe Begin? | AMNH

    The Big Bang was the moment 13.8 billion years ago when the universe began as a tiny, dense, fireball that exploded. Most astronomers use the Big Bang theory to explain how the universe …

  8. The early universe | CERN

    Hubble’s discovery was the first observational support for Georges Lemaître’s Big Bang theory of the universe, proposed in 1927. Lemaître proposed that the universe expanded explosively …

  9. Origin Of The Universe: 8 Different Theories - RankRed

    Dec 23, 2025 · How did the Universe we know come into existence? And how do we explain its origin? These are some of the questions cosmologists and physicists have been trying to …

  10. What happened in the early universe? | Center for Astrophysics ...

    Scientists at the Institute for Theory and Computation work to propose new methods of deciding which theory is correct through astrophysical observations and discovering the exact origin of …