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A black hole is matter and/or light crammed into such a tiny volume that nothing can escape. But, shortly after the big bang, the observable universe was that small. How did it escape?! Brilliant for 20% off: brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum

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Black Holes are Inescapable:
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The Oldest Light in the UNIVERSE!
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PBS Space Time on Universe Edge:
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PBS Space Time on Andromeda Collision:
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Socratica on Ramon y Cajal:
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OTHER SOURCES

cosmology.yukterez.net
notizblock.yukterez.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61
lcdm.yukterez.net/index.html#plot
preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2010/04/28/the-universe-is-not-a-black-hole
forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/02/26/how-did-the-universe-expand-to-46-billion-light-years-in-just-13-8-billion-years
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/denpar.html
wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_matter.html
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IMAGE CREDITS

Logrithmic Universe by Pablo Carlos Budassi:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Observable_universe_logarithmic_illustration.png

NASA Black Hole Visualizations:
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12854
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13326

Karl Schwarzschild Portrait:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_schwarzschild.portrait.jpg

Andromeda Collision:
nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html

Hubble Ultra Deep Field:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field.jpg