2. Inflation
TIMELINE · the first trillionth of a second
In its first absurd fraction of a second, the universe likely inflated faster than light, blowing up from smaller than an atom to macroscopic size. Nothing traveled through space faster than light; space itself did the stretching, which the rules allow. Inflation explains why the cosmos looks so smooth, and its quantum flickers became the seeds of every galaxy, including yours.
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