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The universe as we know it had its origin from Big Bang, in which the matter also was formed of which we are made. Basing themselves on different astronomic measurements and on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, cosmologists nowadays believe that Big Bang took place some 13.7 billion years ago.
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Bignami, G.F. (2012). 15 Stories To Get Rid Of. In: We are the Martians. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2466-3_10
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