Approximately 200 million years after the Big Bang, the universe was a cold and dark place. Scientists label this period of time the Dark Ages. The universe mainly consisted of tiny atoms flowing through space during this era: 75% of these atoms were hydrogen with 1 proton, majority of the remaining 25% were helium with 2 protons, beryllium with 4 protons, lithium with 3 protons, and boron. The universe was simple and matter was evenly distributed throughout the cosmos. However, the uniformity of the universe was an unhealthy factor. It seemed unlikely for such a modest universe to create something as fascinating as human life or even the solar system. Nonetheless, more complex things tend to happen with the proper goldilocks conditions. The first stars …show more content…
Gravity is more powerful where there is more matter and when things are of smaller distances from each other. For example, the gravitational pull on earth is much stronger than in space, where it becomes much weaker. Since there were small differences in the dispersion of matter throughout the universe, some areas were of higher temperature and were denser than others. This is where the gravitational pull was strongest, and it clustered those areas together. As they clumped together, they became denser and the gravitational power increased. As the power of gravity continued to rise, the areas clumped ever further together. At the center of those groups of atoms, atoms began to forcefully bump into each other and heated up to a temperature where the atoms could no longer hold together. The temperature continued to rise, until it reached 10,000,000 degrees, and it is then where protons began to smash into one another with such power that they meld together by the strong nuclear force. Due to this, there was a huge release of energy, and part of them turned into pure