OK, I was recalling to a degree what ChristineM was saying in post #45, I believe. She responded, when I asked her if she really
knows that the BB began with a very hot cloud of highly compressed plasma:
"Yes, it is known. The history of the universe is known from approximately 10e-42 of a second following the BB. That's many trillions of times faster than the fastest clock tick of the fastest computer." I suppose someone will conjecture how that "compressed plasma" got there...but here's where I'm out of the guessing game and just enjoy hearing some of the answers.
I do notice and give credit that she didn't say *she* knows that the BB began with a "very hot cloud of highly compressed plasma," but that "it" is known. I'm not taking this any further now.
Have a good night.