At the moment of the Big Bang,
A) all matter and energy were compressed into an infinitely small high-temperature and high-density state.
B) all matter and energy were infinitely expanded and equaled the size of the universe.
C) the universe was entirely made of infinitely dense matter; energy had not yet come into existence.
D) the universe that had existed previously inverted on itself and became the current universe.
E) all of the chemical elements that we see in the universe today were forged in the explosion.

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The current scientific consensus is that at the moment of the Big Bang, all matter and energy were compressed into an infinitely small high-temperature and high-density state, known as a singularity. This singularity then rapidly expanded and cooled, giving rise to the universe we observe today.

At the Moment of the Big Bang