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Name: Mike S.
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Date: Prior to 1993
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What happened before the Big bang? Was the Big bang the rebirth of the universe or was it the creation of the universe?


Replies:
Good question! Really no one knows. One idea is that the universe cycles: there is a Big Bang, the universe expands for a while but then starts to contract because of gravity and collapses to form another Big Bang.

John Hawley

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