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Cosmic Inflation: Why the Universe Looks the Way It Does

In its first tiny fraction of a second, the universe expanded by a factor of at least 10^26. That single audacious idea explains why the cosmos is uniform, flat, and structured — and why galaxies exist at all.

May 7, 2026


Cosmic Inflation: Why the Universe Looks the Way It Does
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