(TU) The Big Bang Lesson

The Big Bang

Since the beginning of time people have asked questions. Where did everything come from? How did it begin? One widely accepted theory is The Big Bang Theory.

This theory begins with a bang which really was not so much of a big bang sound but estimated to be about the same decibels of a rock concert. The theory states that about 15 billion years ago the universe was compressed into an infinitely small space, known as the primordial atom. It exploded in a sudden burst of energy and created a small, superdense, extremely hot universe that began to expand in all directions. Over time things cooled, and tiny bits of matter clumped together to form stars and galaxies. As a result of this explosion, all of these objects are still moving away from each other.

After the explosion electrons and protons with no matches eventually got together, forming the first hydrogen atoms. Once there were clouds of these hydrogen atoms floating around together, they formed nebulas, which soon developed into the first stars.

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