早期宇宙

parallel universe───平行宇宙

whole universe───整个宇宙

expanding universe───[相对][天物]膨胀宇宙；扩展宇宙

expanding universes───膨胀的宇宙

anti-universe───反宇宙

earlierise───早期

earlierises───之前

We know that the universe is expanding and cooling, so earlier on it was smaller and hotter.───我们知道，当今宇宙在膨胀和冷却，所以早期的时候，它是微小和高温的。

The search for intelligent life in the universe took a hit earlier this year when SETI had to put the Allen Telescope Array on hiatus due to lack of funding.───对宇宙中智慧生命的搜索行动今年初遭遇挫折，SETI项目(译者注：全称是“外星智慧搜索”)因经费不足暂停艾伦望远镜矩阵运行。

Earlier work had suggested that dark matter seeded the early universe, acting as nuclei around which visible matter clumped into galaxies.───早先的研究表明暗物质对婴儿宇宙的形成居功至伟，它们本身扮演了可见物质聚合成星系的引力核心的角色。