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You Were Lied To About The Big Bang

Uncover the truth behind one of science's biggest misconceptions: the Big Bang wasn't an explosion at all. This misleading name was coined by astronomer Fred Hoyle as a mockery, but it stuck [citation:1][citation:2]. The theory actually describes the rapid expansion of space itself, not matter exploding outward like shrapnel. Space isn't expanding "into" anything—it's everything expanding everywhere at once with no center point [citation:3][citation:10]. A mind-bending journey into what scientists really believe about our universe's origins.

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