Ok, so I am trying to figure in what order I should release my topics in. So I decided I should move from beginning to present, it only seems logical. However, this does mean some of the more complicated of concepts would come first and get slightly more imaginable as I moved forward, but... I must do it for organizational sanity.
According to some scientists (there are numerous theories on the beginning of our universe, this is the one of which I think to be true) our universe started out as a single, infinitesimal point of infinite density and heat. This point is called the Singularity.
A singularity is a term given to a point in space where all the four fundamental forces of physics (gravity, electromagnetics, weak nuclear, and strong nuclear) become one, a point where space and time converge, a point that no one will probably ever understand!
Now how does this singularity come into the creation of our universe? Well let me use a simple example.
Imagine a sphere that is divided into four equal sections, each section represents one of the four fundamental forces. You then begin to pump air into the sphere but suddenly one section begins to grow faster. Then before you know it the whole thing destabilizes and huge amounts of energy is released (A.K.A. The Big Bang). We will also look at the singularities when I do my bit on black holes.
After this destabilization occurred, the former singularity began to expand. Huge amounts of energy was released in the form of matter and antimatter particles.
These particles mentioned above are formed from the splitting of a photon. After creation they spread apart but then converge back into a photon. So if your dream is to be an antimatter particle when you grow up, take warning.... You will have a very short lifespan.
This little party of particles continued until the temperatures dropped and photons remained. Then quarks and gluons were eventually formed, these then formed into neutrons, protons, and electons, which formed into nuclei, and eventually, atoms!
This is the current ending on our little journey to the big bang, but one question remains. What caused the singularity to go haywire, what happened in the plank era (A.K.A the first 10^-43 seconds)? This is where M-Theory comes into play. I am not going to explain it just yet for my knowledge of it is very basic but it is because of M-Theory that scientists believe their are 11 dimensions.
-MrAstroWhat
Food for though: A kitchen magnet can lift a paper clip off the ground. In doing this it is defeating the entire gravitational pull of the earth.
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