Our Relationship with the Universe

The Big Bang

vast clouds of Hydrogen gas

example: Pillars of Creation

spinning whirls of Hydrogen

huge balls of gas

continued spinning faster and faster...becoming hotter and hotter

the first ever stars

microscopic clumps of gas and dust

which stick together, creating

bigger clumps

big hot cloud of matter at center

sun

remaining gas and dust blown away

planets

earth

cellular containment

metabolism

reproduction

die

as white dwarf

as a supernova

black hole

neutron stem

remain