The Big Bang Theory

Also known as my favorite TV show«

The History of the Universe

Astronomers can measure how far away galaxies are and how fast they are moving. Most galaxies are moving away from ours« Like raisins in dough, the galaxies move away from each other and the space inbetween is expanding like the dough of the bread.

Let¶s go back in time«

Before the Big Bang, all of the matter in the universe was together at one point, creating a small, hot and very dense Universe. After the Big Bang, matter in the Universe separated into galaxies containing gas and dust.

Ok, so how did our solar system start?

1. About 5 mya a giant cloud of gas and dust (nebula) collapsed to form the solar system 2. It slowly shrank (compressed) to form a spinning disk. 3. It became hot enough for the sun to form through nuclear fusion. 4. Gas and dust formed solid spheres smaller than the sun which became planets.

Let¶s practice identifying us some Galaxies

Each person get¶s a packet, and let¶s go

through and see what you can detect! I will call on people to see if they know what type of galaxy is what (for tickets!!!)