The document discusses the origins and evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to the formation of galaxies and planetary systems like our solar system. It began as a singularity around 13.8 billion years ago which rapidly expanded in the first moments. Over time, it continued expanding and cooling, allowing forces and particles to form. Evidence for the Big Bang theory includes the cosmic microwave background radiation and observation that the universe is still expanding today. The formation of our solar system began with a supernova explosion that scattered debris into a nebula which eventually collapsed under gravity to form the sun and planets.

1. The Big bang and the universe

2. The Beginning10-20 billion years agoThere was nothingSingularity-thought to be originAppearance of a ball of massHydrogen and a little helium

3. The big bangExpansion NOT ExplosionTrillionth-Trillionth of a secondImagine balloon expanding instead of poppingFirst proposed by George Lemaitre

4. What happened nextSlower expansionCooling, appearances of forces and particlesRadiation, x-rays, radio wavesPackets of gasFormation of galaxies and planets

5. EvidenceBackground microwavesUniverse still expandingUniverse had beginningTheory of Relativity being provenAbundance of lightest elements

6. If expanding, must have a beginningNothing can travel faster than lightGravity distortion of space and timeTheory of Relativity

7. Road tripScale of universe based on light years

8. Structure is a hierarchy VoidsSloan Great WallDark MatterStructure

9. What we still don’t knowWhere the singularity came fromWhat caused initial expansionWhat will happen?Big RipBig Crunch

10. Our solar system

11. Got gas4.56 Billion years agoExplosion of supernovaCollapse of nebulaNebular hypothesis

12. The sunGas from collapse of nebula concentratesConservation of Angular MomentumBecomes hotter and denser as spinsStart hydrogen nuclear fusionWhite Dwarf

13. Terrestrial planetsMercury, Venus, Earth & MarsGases condense into rocky materialRock and metal debris come togetherBecome larger and increase gravitational pull

14. Jovian PlanetsJupiter, Saturn, Neptune, & UranusGases condense into icesIces come togetherCapture leftover gases

15. MotionTilted 90 degrees“Bouncing” through the galaxy217.215 k/s226 Million years

16. You are hereMilky way galaxySpiral armSolar system located on Orion armIt’s difficult to tell exactly whereConstant expansionInstead, described as when

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