Thermodynamics deals with relationship of heat and energy
The universe is rapidly expanding due to dark energy
What made the universe expand initially?
Massive quantum fluctuations
I am not a scientist but I read things
What does that mean exactly? How did the massive quantum fluctuations propel everything outward?
You need to google that . It’s beyond me
I am sure dark energy propelled it and you’re taking about infinite matter
I don't believe dark matter did. That's not how dark matter works.
Dark matter and Dark energy are 2 different things
They are and they aren't. Matter and energy are equivalent. E=mc^2
"... Dark energy is caused by energy inherent to the fabric of space itself, and as the Universe expands, it's the energy density — the energy-per-unit-volume — that remains constant. As a result, a Universe filled with dark energy will see its expansion rate remain constant, rather than drop at all..."
Perhaps energy isn't conserved at all in an expanding Universe.
www.forbes.com
Basically dark matter / dark energy are constantly being added as the universe expands. So initially there was no dark matter / dark energy.
The initial expansion of the universe was because the universe was created with nearly equal amounts of anti-particles and particles. As these pairs annihilated each other the remaining particles were propelled outward.