Cosmic Inflation: What Slammed the Brakes on the Universe?

Añadido: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Imagine the universe exploding into existence with space itself [music] stretching faster than light can cross it.

[00:00:08]This is cosmic [music] inflation, a violent expansion that lasted far less than a trillionth of a trillionth [music] of a second.

[00:00:17]But then, as suddenly as it began, inflation stopped. Why?

[00:00:23]No one truly knows.

[00:00:25]Did a mysterious field decay, [music] releasing energy that became matter?

[00:00:31]Was it ended by some quantum mechanism beyond [music] our current physics?

[00:00:36]The laws of physics shudder at this abrupt halt. Somewhere out there, the answer lurks.

[00:00:42]What [music] force slammed the cosmic brakes, and could it happen again?