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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Vishwam Sankaran

Universe may have started inside black hole, not from Big Bang

The universe may not have begun with the Big Bang as is generally thought but from the collapse of a massive black hole, a new theory suggests.

Current observations of our universe appear to support the Big Bang and cosmic inflation theories, which say that the early universe sprang into existence from a singular moment in space and time and rapidly blew up in size. The theories, however, leave many fundamental questions unanswered.

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