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‘The Universe is the whole of existence - all of space,
matter, energy, and time. The Universe is so vast as to
be unimaginable, but we do know that it is steadily
‘expanding following its beginning 13.8 billion years
ago in an explosive event called the Big Bang.
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THE UNIVERSE
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