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ELEN [110]
2 years ago
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Help ASAP, I need the right answer please.

Biology
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liberstina [14]2 years ago
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Answer:

The Big Bang is an expansion event that occurred about 13.7 billion years ago

Explanation:

The Big Bang Theory is the leading explanation for how the universe began. Simply put, it says the universe as we know it started with an infinitely hot and dense single point that inflated and stretched — first at unimaginable speeds, and then at a more measurable rate — over the next 13.8 billion years to the still-expanding cosmos that we know today.

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