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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According to cosmological models, equal amounts of matter and antimatter were made in the big bang.
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William Barter, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
These will include the big bang of guidance documents and policy statements, the procurement and contracting hypergiant, and astronomical spending and subsidies—for starters.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Until now, these faraway colossal radio jets released not long after the big bang have been elusive, mostly escaping detection, and how they are created remains an enigma, according to Gloudemans.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The telescope, which gathers images of stars and galaxies created soon after the big bang, took 20 years to develop and build.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
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William Barter, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
These will include the big bang of guidance documents and policy statements, the procurement and contracting hypergiant, and astronomical spending and subsidies—for starters.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Until now, these faraway colossal radio jets released not long after the big bang have been elusive, mostly escaping detection, and how they are created remains an enigma, according to Gloudemans.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The telescope, which gathers images of stars and galaxies created soon after the big bang, took 20 years to develop and build.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2025
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