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big bang
13,8 billion years ago a hot dense point called a spectrum -
basic elements form
some basic nuclei started to form about 3 seconds after the big bang -
radiation era
10 thousand years after the big bang
most of the universe is pure energy called radiation -
matter era
300 thousand years after the big band H&HE atoms finally form
gas (h&he) floats around in space -
first stars and galaxies
clouds of H&HE gas clump together growing more massive and eventually igniting forming the first stars -
our sun is born
9 billion years after the big bang (4.8 billion yrs ago) the sun was formed (same way as stars) -
earth forms
4.5 billion years ago our earth formed from a cloud of dust that had been orbiting the sun -
earliest life begins
10 billion years after the big bang the earliest living thing formed on earth