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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Harry Cockburn

‘Cosmic fossils’ left by black holes created before the big bang may still shape the universe

We all know that everything kicked off when the Big Bang exploded our universe into reality, right? Well, not necessarily.

A compelling new theory of the creation of our universe suggests that it may not have first begun merely as the single violent paroxysm we are all familiar with, but instead the big bang was actually a rebound from an earlier contraction.

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