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Another interesting theory is the inflation model. She suggests that shortly after the Big Bang there was a brief period of inflation when the Universe rapidly expanded by many orders of magnitude. This process explains the uniformity of cosmic background radiation and some other characteristics of the Universe.
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Dark matter and energy also play a key role in scientific theories about the universe. Many scientists hypothesize that most of the mass and energy of the Universe consists of dark matter and dark energy, which are not visible and do not interact with ordinary matter. Although these substances have not been directly observed, their existence is necessary to explain observed cosmic phenomena.