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Astronomy

Inflationary Cosmology and the Origin of Cosmic Structure

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Inflation magnified microscopic quantum fluctuations to astronomical scales, creating seeds for the formation of galaxies, clusters, and the cosmic web.

Why this is interesting

If the universe had a beginning, why does it look so much the same in every direction? And how did the perfectly smooth early universe become the lumpy cosmos of galaxies we see today?