What is Big Bang? Why did it take place?

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What is Big Bang? WHY did it take place? What was BEFORE that?

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We don't know. Science doesn't answer such questions. Science isn't supposed to answer such questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E383eEA54DE

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AkshayD said:

What is Big Bang? WHY did it take place? What was BEFORE that?

Here is some information to read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_(cosmology )

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