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Conclusion: The universe was created from one explosive event producing matter, energy, space, and time..this event we call The Big Bang. From the Hubble constant, we can rewind this to determine that it occurred ~14 billion years ago. (Oldest stars in the universe are also ~14 billion years old.)
Note: You cant be outside the big bang looking inits spacetime being created while youre in it. So there is no center of the universe and there is no edge of the universe.. Like being on the surface of the balloon.
Cosmology
Based on scientific observations. Cosmological principle:
1. What we see is the same everywhere in the universe. 2. The physics and math we use here is also the same everywhere in the universe.
A Timeline of Events
A Timeline of Events
Note: You cant be outside the big bang looking inits spacetime being created while youre in it. 1. 10 6 secondsHOT!,1013 K, pair production of matter and antimatter (a hot soup of energy) 2. 1 secondcools some, 1010 K, neutrinos form 3. 100 secondscools to 109 K, cool enough to form light atoms of Hydrogen&Helium 4. 10,000 yrs. Laterradiation era from which we see cosmic background radiation 5. 300 million yrs.galaxies and stars start forming
Q: So what could be accelerating the universes expansion? A: Yes, this is very weird, and we dont know why. We dont knowsome call this mysterious force dark energy, or a cosmological constant It looks like the universe will keep inflatingno end in sight.so no need to worry.