- The Big Bang theory proposes that approximately 13.8 billion years ago, the entire observable universe was concentrated into a very hot and dense single point, and then rapidly expanded over time. - As the universe expanded and cooled, particles formed which then clustered together under gravity to create the first stars and galaxies. Structures like stars and galaxies formed as early as 200 million years after the Big Bang. - Hubble's law, proposed by Georges Lemaître and later confirmed by Edwin Hubble, describes the observation that galaxies are moving away from Earth at speeds proportional to their distance from us, providing evidence that the universe is expanding.