411-cosmicinflation-dixon –In the theory of cosmic inflation, the universe expands from the size of an atomic nucleus to a baseball in a tiny fraction of a second. A progressive, conceptual infographic models the exponential expansion of space during cosmic inflation. Beginning as a small, sequence of solid white, yellow, and orange spheres, the nascent universe balloons rapidly into massive, nested bubbles filled with complex filamentary webs. The largest foreground structures transition from translucent pink networks to a massive, curved blue expanse showing the large-scale distribution of matter in the modern cosmos against a black void. Digital, 2005 © by Don Dixon.
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