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Not at the present time, just like scientists haven't yet figured out why there is lightning in our skies. The idea that our Universe has been expanding at a (more or less) steady rate for the last 13.7 billion years, is just as proven as the idea that our Earth goes around our Sun. However, as Alan Guth said so well: "The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, why it banged, or what happened before it banged."

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