Tag: formeds

What was it like when the first atoms formed?

When it comes to our world, our Solar System, and all the planets, stars, and galaxies we can detect within our Universe, we find that they’re all made up of the same ingredients: atoms. And from the subatomic particles that bind together to make those atoms — electrons and atomic nuclei...

What was it like when the first “polluted” stars formed?

When you look out at the Universe today, and see the vast, dark, backdrop littered with points of light that correspond to stars and galaxies, it’s difficult to imagine that it used to be almost identical everywhere. The Universe, back at its inception, was almost perfectly uniform on all cosm...