Our Universe today and the Big Bang. The base of the funnel (lower right) represents the origin of the universe in the Big Bang,the initial expansion of the universe from an infinitely compact state 12-15 billion years ago. Matter formed and,around 100 million years after the Big Bang,condensed into the stars that formed the galaxies (shown here). Within the galaxies,planets such as the Earth and its Moon (upper centre) formed. The widening grid lines shown here indicate the expansion of the space-time fabric of the universe,an expansion that is both continuing and increasing in the present era | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
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