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

r

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

the first ever stars

microscopic clumps of gas and dust

r

which stick together, creating

bigger clumps

big hot cloud of matter at center

sun

remaining gas and dust blown away

planets

earth

Sun

Life on Earth

cellular containment

metabolism

reproduction

stars

die

as white dwarf

as a supernova

black hole

neutron stem

remain

Solar System