The Big Bang theory is the widely accepted theory, explains the beginning of the universe. It was proposed in 1931, and the term 'Big Bang' was coined in 1949. It seems like there was an explosion from name, but actually, the Big Bang is a misnomer.
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The Big Bang theory suggest that the universe began from Singularity, point of infinite density and temp. Then a rapid expansion started and the temperature started to fall. This expansion is still continuing and everything in the universe is moving apart
According to Big Bang theory time began with the Big Bang. And before the Big Bang there was no time mean there was no before. While the string theory suggest the possibility of the existence of time even before Big Bang so it's still a mystery
In the beginning, the universe was in a hot and dense state where the four fundamental forces were unified into a single superforce. It was the first Era, and it lasted for 10-โดยณ seconds after the Big Bang.
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The next era is known as the GUT era when gravity became distinct, and the other three forces remained unified. This era lasted for 10-ยณโต seconds after the Big Bang.
As the universe continued to cool further, the strong nuclear
force also became distinct. This era is known as the Electroweak era because the electroweak force is still combined. At this point, the temperature of the universe had dropped from infinity to 10ยนโตK. There are no matter particles, just photons and energy.
After 10-ยนโฐ seconds of the Big Bang the four forces became distinct, allowing particles to form. However, matter and antimatter both formed in equal amounts. As the universe was so dense, matter and antimatter continued to meet with each
other and annihilate into energy again. So the cycle of creation and destruction of matter and antimatter continued until 0.001 second from the Big Bang. When the temperature of the universe dropped to 10ยนยฒ K, the amount of matter formation slightly increased than antimatter.
Matter existed in a very hot and dense state, a soup-like mixture of quarks and gluons known as quark-gluon plasma. Quarks are the building blocks of proton and neutron, and the gluons overcome the repulsion between positively charged protons.
After 1 ms of the Big Bang quarks and gluons started to combine to form proton and neutron, while the first nuclei were not formed until 3 min after the Big Bang when the temperature of the universe dropped to 10โนK, allowing nucleons to combine.
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As the Universe was too hot to form neutral atoms particles were present in the form of atomic nuclei and free electrons or in other words matter was present in the form of plasma. The Universe was so dense and the particles and photons were not allowed to escape
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Approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang the universe had cooled enough for electrons to combine with nuclei. This event is known as recombination. It allowed photons to travel freely through space for the first time and created the first light.
In the beginning there was no light. As photons are the particles that carry light and it was not allowed to travel freely through space. It was 380,000 years after the Big Bang when the first light generated known as the CMB
The CMB was the first light in the universe and it filled the universe in all directions. CMB is still present in the universe. It has been traveling through space since it was first emitted cooling down as the universe expands. The current temperature of the CMB is approx 2.7K.
Chemically light elements formed after the Big Bang (hydrogen 75%, helium 24%, lithium <1%) gathered to form stars. Gravity caused regions of slightly higher density to attract more matter eventually leading to the formation of the first stars
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As mentioned earlier, the universe is continuously expanding. Here the question arises: why is it expanding? Should not be it contracting due to gravitational force? Dark energy is believed to be the cause of the continuous expanding universe.
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Everything has an end; the Big Bang is not only the starting point; it can also be the end point of the universe, means another Big Bang. The universe is expanding, but one time will come when it'll start to contract again. And when will it happen?
It depends on the amount of dark energy present in the universe As we understand, dark energy is in limited amount so one time will come when its influence will become less than that of gravity And gravity will cause universe to contracting again until it reach singularity.
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Before Einstein's theory dimensions were believed to be only three, collectively referred to as space. Today we are aware of a fourth dimension too, time. But what is a dimension? A dimension is like a direction you can move in.
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Time, as a dimension, varies under different conditions, one of the conditions is explained in special relativity. The faster you move through space, the slower you move through time, or in other words, objects in motion experience time dilation based on their speed.
Similarly, length also behaves differently under certain conditions. As an object travels at high speed, its length appears to contract for the observer at rest. However, from the perspective of object itself, its length remains unchanged.
In 1905, Einstein published his theory of special relativity. It applies to special cases when discussing huge energies, ultra-fast speeds, etc. It explains the strange behavior of time. However, the story doesn't begin here.
Before Einstein, astronomers understood the universe in terms of three laws of motion presented by Newton in the 17th century. Even before Newton, in the mid-17th century, Galileo proposed his theory on motion, known as Galilean Relativity.
According to Galileo, motion is relative, meaning you can't tell if you are in motion or at rest unless you are accelerating. Suppose you are traveling on a train: someone outside sees you moving, but inside, everything seems normal, even the surroundings appear to be moving.
As protons present in the nucleus repel each other with an electromagnetic force, there is another force to overcome this repulsion, strong nuclear force. However this force has limited range and can't act over long distance.
The stability of atomic nuclei is influenced by the balance between the strong nuclear force and electrostatic repulsion. For heavy elements, as the size of nuclei increases, they become less stable, as the strong force has a limited range.
Radioactive decay is the process by which an unstable nucleus loses energy in the form of radiation and becomes stable by reducing its mass as it emits radiation. There are several types of decay; we'll discuss some of them today.
In 1610, Galileo pointed his telescope toward Jupiter, and found four bodies orbiting the planet, Galilean moons. The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter. These moons are also as mysterious as the planet Jupiter itself.
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Europa's surface is mostly water ice, and the icy crust is believed to hide a subsurface ocean of liquid water. Europa is thought to have twice water as Earth. Europa is one of the places that catch scientists' attention because of the potential for hosting life
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Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. As it's the inner most moon of Jupiter, immense gravity
causes tides in Ioโs surface 100 meters high, give rise to the volcanic activity. Its
surface is covered by sulfur and lava in many colorful forms.
All of the planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun. Planets that orbit around other stars are called exoplanets. As of present, there are more than five thousand confirmed exoplanets in more than 4 thousand planetary systems.
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Discovered in 2011, it is the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ever known. The planet's atmosphere reflects less than 1% of the light that falls on it. It is a gas giant located about 750 light years away from us with a radius approximately 1.2 times that of Jupiter.
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Known as the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, it orbits a sun-like star and was discovered in 2013. Its atmosphere contains methane giving it a pinkish hue that sets it apart. GJ-504b is roughly 160 million years old and has a mass about four times of Jupiter.
Elementary particles are the fundamental building blocks of matter, that have no internal structure. As of the present date, we know 61 elementary particles. That are categorized in three groups: quarks, leptons, and bosons.
Almost all everyday phenomena can be described by the interactions of just four of these particles: electron, neutrino, "up" quark, and "down" quark.
Quarks are confined; they can't be observed alone and can only exist in bound states.
The proton (uud) and neutron (udd) are the lowest energy states formed by combinations of three quarks. Leptons are point-like particles that do not undergo strong interactions. The most common lepton is the electron.