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Comment by yencabulator

1 day ago

Current observations make it likely that our observable universe expands (think "stretches"), and the expansion will continue forever.

If it's expanding, then it was smaller earlier. Asking about the far past is a natural reaction, and the Big Bang theory is a pretty good attempt at explaining that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_universe