The Big Bang did not happen in a specific location
In short: If you are looking for the exact coordinates of the universe's beginning, you won't find them on a map. This video explains why the Big Bang was an expansion of space itself rather than an explosion within it.
Dr. Don Lincoln from Fermilab clarifies a common misconception: the Big Bang did not occur at a single point in space. Instead, it happened everywhere simultaneously because it was the rapid expansion of space itself.
This perspective shifts how we view cosmic scale. While the universe is estimated to be 14 billion years old, its observable width reaches about 92 billion light-years. This discrepancy exists because space has been expanding as time progressed since the beginning.
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