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Timeline of the Big Bang Theory

Time Era Temperature Characteristics of the Universe


infinitely small, infinitely dense 
0 to 10-43 s Big Bang infinite Primeval fireball
1 force in nature - Supergravity
Earliest known time that can be described by
10-43 s Planck Time 1032 K modern physics
2 forces in nature, gravity, GUT
3 forces in nature, gravity, strong nuclear,
electroweak
10-35 s End of GUT 1027 K
Quarks and leptons form
(along with their anti-particles)
Size of the Universe drastically increased,
10-35 to 10-33 s Inflation 1027 K
by factor of 1030to 1040
4 forces in nature, 
10-12 s End of unified forces 1015 K protons and neutrons start forming from
quarks
proton, neutron production
10-7 s Heavy Particle 1014 K
in full swing
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10  s Light particle 10  K electrons and positrons form 
100 s (a few helium, deuterium, and a few other elements
Nucleosynthesis era 109 - 107 K
minutes) form
Matter and radiation separate
Recombination
380,000 years 3000 K End of radiation domination, start of matter
(Decoupling)
domination of the Universe
500 million galaxies and other large structures form in
Galaxy formation 10 K
yrs the universe
14 billion
The expansion of the universe and recycling
years Now 3K
of star materials into new stars continues.
or so

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