When Did the Universe Cool to a Temperature of 3

question 132

Multiple Choice

When did the universe cool to a temperature of 3 K?

• A) 1 second after the start of the Big Bang, when pair production ceased
• B) 380,000 years after the Big Bang, when the universe became transparent to radiation
• C) 3 minutes after the start of the Big Bang, when primordial nuclear reactions ceased
• D) very recently

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