Big Bang

Cosmic Microwave Background

Birth of Stars


Tiny variations in the distribution of matter in the early universe provided the “seeds” that eventually became the stars, galaxies, and planets. Gravity pulled matter together into clumps, and over time the concentrations of matter became larger and denser. Some several hundred million years after the big bang—more than 13 billion years ago—the first stars formed from large clumps of gas, and they began to shine. The earliest stars were made up almost exclusively…

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Accelerating Expansion