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Every astronomy textbook tells us that soon after the Big Bang, there was a period of exponentially accelerating expansion called cosmic inflation. In a tiny fraction of a second, inflationary expansion multiplied the size of the universe by a larger factor than in the following 13 and a half billion years of regular expansion. This story seems like a bit of a … stretch. Is there really any mechanism that could cause something like this to happen? What what we’re covering today – the real physics of cosmic inflation.
First Air Date : Feb 11, 2015
Last Air date : Apr 18, 2024
Episode : 374 Episode
Season : 11 Season
Runtime: 26:14 minutes
Studio: YouTube
Country: United States of America
Cast: Matthew O’Dowd
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