The Big Splash

In the long fascinatingly complex and amazing story of the creation of the cosmos no event draws my imagination or makes me marvel quite as much as the story of the Big Splash: the creation of our moon. The dense core of the solar nebula began igniting the nuclear fusion reaction which became the Sun … Read more

The Birth of the Earth

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, our home, Earth, emerges as a remarkable celestial body, bearing the signature of a complex and awe-inspiring birth. From the swirling clouds of stardust to the molten chaos of its early days, the Earth’s formation is a captivating story that beckons us to explore the origins of our … Read more

The Creation of Our Solar System

During the process of stellar formation (described in more detail in The Real Big Bang – The Creation of our Sun, linked below) a protoplanetary disc formed along the equator of the spinning protostar complex which would eventually become our Sun. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Big Flash (the … Read more

The Real Big Bang

During the Big Flash (more commonly known as the Big Bang) an essentially infinite amount of energy was concentrated in a single point location in the cosmos. This physically impossible and unstable pre-condition immediately began to expand; that is to say that it exploded with phenomenal amount of force. The first physical matter (subatomic particles) … Read more

The Terminology of Cosmic Time

Two of the units of time used to describe these very ancient events are the Ga (or Gya) and the Ma (or Mya). The Ga is the abbreviation for Giga annum is 1×10 raised to the 9th power (or a billion) or Gya for Giga years ago.  Alternatively the Ma (or Mya) is the abbreviation … Read more