What Happened Before The Big Bang?
If you ask most people how the universe began, they might say \u201cthe Big Bang\u201d - but it\u2019s hard to be satisfied with that answer and to resist the temptation to ask \u201cbut what happened before that?\u201d\nWell, that is precisely the question that Will Kinney, Professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Buffalo, strives to answer in his new book - 'An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe'.\nHe joined Jonathan to discuss.\nDr.Ruth Freeman from SFI & Dr. Lara Dungan also joined Jonathan to run through some of the week's biggest science stories for Newsround.\nListen and subscribe to\xa0Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0and\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.