the big bang

noun

: a huge explosion that is believed to have happened when the universe began
a few billion years after the big bang

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That is, the process that (within the first three minutes after the big bang) produced the first light elements --- hydrogen, helium, and tiny amounts of lithium and beryllium. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Both cosmic objects are thought to have formed around 13.3 billion years ago, or just 500 million years after the big bang that created the universe. Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025 Why didn’t the universe annihilate itself moments after the big bang? William Barter, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025 According to cosmological models, equal amounts of matter and antimatter were made in the big bang. William Barter, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the big bang

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