THE BIG BANG TIMELINE

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10-43 seconds

Mercury
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Singularity event creates the Universe. Temperature is 1032.


10-35 seconds

Venus
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Inflation occurs creating space and filling with energy.


Aged Urbanity

10-6 seconds

Earth
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Expansion slows and Universe cools, basic forces of gravity, electromegnestism, weak & strong gravity formed, neutrinos, electrons, photons and quarks formed.


3 seconds

Singularity
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Nuclei of elements hydrogen and helium start to form.


3 minutes

Earth
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Nucleosynthesis produces building blocks for other elements.


10,000 years

Earth
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Most energy is in the form of radiation.


300,000 years

Earth
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Matter and energy equalise. Atoms form.


300 Million years

Earth
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First stars and galaxies form.


8.7 billion years

Earth
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The Sun is born from a nebula in the Milky Way galaxy.


9.2 Billion Years

Earth
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Earth is formed.

The original Star Trek series is reported to have taken place from 2265 to 2271.


13.7 million years

Earth
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Today





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