Big Bang Theory

-It is the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10

billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of
a small volume of matter at extremely high density and
temperature. Talks about the universe, as we know it starting with
a small singularity, then inflating over the next 13.8 billion years to
the cosmos that we know today. The term "Big Bang" doesn't
always refer to the same time in the history of the universe. Many
scientists think that the Big Bang references the violent beginning
of the universe and everything in it; however, the term is more
complicated than that, said MIT theoretical physicist Alan Guth.
The term "Big Bang" "is a bit vague," Guth said. "People use it in
all different ways," he added. "Some people use 'Big Bang' to
mean the ultimate origin of the universe, whatever that was. That
would have to come before inflation. I usually think of inflation as
the precursor of the Big Bang, defining Big Bang as the period of

enormous expansion that we study."