Loose Leaf For Explorations: Introduction To Astronomy
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260432145
Author: Thomas T Arny, Stephen E Schneider Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 4TY
Which of the following statements about the first few minutes of the Big Bang is true?
- (a) The universe was transparent.
- (b) The universe was very cool.
- (c) Hydrogen fused into helium.
- (d) Galaxies began to form.
- (e) Stellar cores began to form.
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