How can the universe not have a center?

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If I understand the big bang theory correctly our whole universe was in a hot dense state. And then suddenly, rapid expansion happened where everything expanded outwards presumably from the singularity. We know for a fact that the universe is expaning and has been expanding since it began. So, theoretically if we go backwards in time things were closer together. The more further back we go, the more closer together things were. We should eventually reach a point where everything was one, or where everything was none (depending on how you look at it). This point should be the center of the universe since everything expanded from it. But after doing a bit of research I have discovered that there is no center to the universe. Please explain to me how this is possible.

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This is a tough one for most people to wrap their head around. Difficult to visualize or understand. But it is true—there isn’t a central point to the universe. The Big Bang banged everywhere, all at once in a tiny universe. What’s even worse, people think empty space was there for it to expand into. Nope! Even space is a part of the universe! So what is the universe expanding into? What was/is there? We don’t know. Sorry!

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