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tyna Cosmic inflation expanded microscopic quantum ripples across the infant universe.

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tyna Cosmic inflation rapidly expanded the early universe

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tyna The universe entered the reheating phase after cosmic inflation slowed down.

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tyna Cosmic Inflation

Growing fast, growing fast, Making microscopic ripples last.

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The ultimate cosmic growth spurt
BETA

tyna Pop expanding cosmic particles to discover how the universe formed in its first five minutes.

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The birth of cosmic ripples

tyna Inflation stretched subatomic quantum ripples from hot energy fields, creating density variations that gravity pulled together into stars

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Fun Fact

Cosmic expansion: During inflation, the universe expanded from smaller than a proton to about the size of a marble in less than a trillionth of a second.

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The great cosmic expansion

tyna A vibrant folk-style diagram illustrates the rapid expansion of the early universe.

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Glossary
inflation (noun)
A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. In 1980, physicist Alan Guth proposed that the newborn universe expanded exponentially in less than a second.

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What did the tiny quantum fluctuations in the early universe eventually become after being stretched by cosmic inflation?

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If you could witness one moment, which would it be?

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Approximately how long ago did the Big Bang occur?

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Which physicist proposed the theory of cosmic inflation in 1980 to explain the flatness of the universe?

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During cosmic inflation, what happened to the size of the early universe?

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What is the name of the earliest period of the universe, lasting from 0 to 10^-43 seconds?

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How many fundamental forces of nature are believed to have been unified during the Planck epoch?

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What is the name of the process that flooded the cold, post-inflation universe with hot matter and radiation?

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Why does the universe look so uniform and smooth in every direction today?

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