The Big Bang
The universe began as an infinitely dense singularity roughly 13.8 billion years ago, expanding rapidly in a flash of unimaginable energy and light.
The universe began as an infinitely dense singularity roughly 13.8 billion years ago, expanding rapidly in a flash of unimaginable energy and light.
As the universe cooled, light finally broke free — forming the cosmic microwave background, a faint glow still visible today.
Gravity sculpted matter into galaxies and stars — vast cosmic cities of light emerging from dark matter scaffolds.
Within one such galaxy, the Milky Way, our Sun and planets formed 4.6 billion years ago from the remnants of earlier stars.
Billions of years ahead, galaxies may drift apart as dark energy accelerates expansion — the universe fading into a cold, silent dark.
