Why didn't a black hole form right after the Big Bang?

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Why didn't a black hole form right after the Big Bang and the universe contract towards a singularity?

edited May 30 '13 at 21:14

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asked May 30 '13 at 21:07

Abdul

The short answer is that inflation during the inflationary epoch easily overpowered gravity. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_%28cosmology%29 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflationary_epoch – Brandon Enright May 30 '13 at 21:20
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@BrandonEnright: No, inflation isn't necessary in order to explain this. Noninflationary GR doesn't predict that the universe recontracts. – May 30 '13 at 21:24
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duplicate of http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/3294/4552 – May 30 '13 at 21:24

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