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what did the universe come from?
Nobody knows.
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did it look like before?
Other people have tried to explain this before, but I guess I'll take a stab at it.
This question doesn't make any sense because of the word "before" which implies time. Consider the following analogies.
If you are standing directly at the north pole, what is north of there?
If the road ends at exactly at point B, what does the road look like beyond point B?
If your life as a construction worker began 3 years ago, what was your life as a construction worker like before 3 years ago?
If Microsoft Company started in 1975, how much was the company making in profit in 1960?
As you've noticed, none of the above question have any sensible answer. We define north as the direction toward the north pole. There is no north from the north pole. No, the magnetic north pole does not count as the north pole.
If the road ends at point B, there is no road to speak of beyond this point.
If your life as a construction worker started 3 years ago, you didn't have a life as a construction worker before this point in time. The question is nonsensical.
Microsoft was founded in 1975. How could it have been making profits in 1960? Again, there's no answer to that question. The question itself doesn't deserve an answer.
So, let's look at your question. What did it look like before the BB. By definition, that was when time started. Time is linear and 1 directional. There is no such thing as negative time. Time started at T=0 and that's it. There was no "before". The question is nonsensical.