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OUR UNIVERSE, B.E. (Before Earth)

14
billion years ago

The Big Bang (Formation of Universe)

	Space and time generated in cataclysmic event.
	All matter and energy of the universe created in this moment.
	Your hydrogen (H) atoms were formed in the first second of our universe!! Click here to learn more about the early moments of our universe NOTE: H and He atoms still comprise 98% of matter in the universe today
	Click here to learn more about the "Big Bang". WHY do Scientists think the universe began with a "BANG"?

First Stars and Galaxies form about 300 million years after the Big Bang.

10
billion years ago

Synthesis of elements #6 through #92
(Carbon à Uranium)

	Long ago, in the center of RED GIANT star, simple nuclei fused together to form the lighter elements (stellar nucleosynthesis)
	Thus carbon (C), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O) and were all created inside a star which existed billions of years ago!
	The star eventually went SUPERNOVA!!! (Creating even heavier atoms such as gold (Au) and iron (Fe)
	Stardust (atoms) spread throughout the galaxy; some drifted around here, and eventually became incorporated into new stars & planets

4.6
billion years ago

Formation of our solar system
(sun, Earth)