The moment of creation for the universe. Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy The study of the Big Bang and the subsequent evolution of the universe Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy is a known as cosmology. The best method for determining the age of the universe Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy is by using the Hubble law. Current estimates give 12-20 billion years. The phrase "Big Bang" was coined by Fred Hoyle Eric Weisstein's World of Biography in an interview on BBC radio. He used the term in a derogatory sense (since the steady-stead model, of which he was a proponent, was the accepted one at the time), but it stuck at has entered the standard vernacular.
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