The Big Bang: What Really Happened at Our Universe's Birth?

This informational text is intended to support reading in the content area. This article explains the current prevailing theory of the Big Bang by breaking it up into a timeline. At each moment after the Big Bang, the author discusses what happened and what evidence exists for it. The text also explores the mystery of what—if anything—existed before the Big Bang.
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Direct Link: http://www.space.com/13347-big-bang-origins-universe-birth.html

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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 9, 10
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: informational text, text complexity, Big Bang, cosmology, cosmic inflation, origin of universe, inflation model, cyclic model
Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource
Resource Collection: STEM Reading Resources

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