Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA / WMAP Science Team
This post is a basic timeline of the Big Bang. The Big Bang is estimated to have occurred 13.8 billion years ago. There are 8 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- Big Bang occurs and inflation begins (0 seconds)
- Gravity separates from the fundamental forces (10^-43 seconds)
- Strong forces separates from the fundamental forces (10^-36 seconds)
- Inflation stops (10^-33 seconds)
- Electromagnetism and the weak force separate (10^-12 seconds)
- Quarks and gluons form protons and neutrons (10^-6 seconds)
- Protons and neutrons form nuclei (A few minutes)
- Nuclei and electrons form atoms (379,000 years)
