The big bang theory is the best and most realistic way of how the universe started.

The
proponent of this theory is Georges Lemaître, a Belgian cosmologist, Catholic priest,
and father of the Big Bang theory.

When the universe began, it was just hot, tiny particles mixed with light and energy. It
was nothing like what we see now. As everything expanded and took up more space, it
cooled down. The tiny particles grouped together. They formed atoms. Then those
atoms are grouped together. Over time, atoms came together to form stars and
galaxies. The first stars created bigger atoms and groups of atoms. That led to more
stars being born. At the same time, galaxies were crashing and grouping together. As
new stars were being born and dying, then things like asteroids, comets, planets, and
black holes formed!

Shreds of evidence for the big bang theory:

1. Redshift of Galaxies
 The light we observe from galaxies has been stretched by the time it reaches us.
It looks redder than it should. This redshift is the result of galaxies moving away
from us. Observations show that pretty much everything in the universe is
moving apart. The redshift of distant galaxies tells us the universe is expanding.
2. Microwave Background
 A long, long time ago, the whole universe was very hot. As it grew in the size, the
heat left a "glow" that fills the entire universe. The Big Bang theory predicts this
glow should still exist. It also predicts that we should be able to detect this glow
as microwave light.
 Scientists have found this Cosmic Microwave Background. They have accurately
measured it using orbiting detectors. A flood of matter and radiation, known as
“reheating,” began populating our universe with the stuff we know today:
particles, atoms, the stuff that would become stars and galaxies, and so on.
3. Mixture of Elements
  Some chemical elements were created soon after the Big Bang. Elements like
hydrogen and helium. The Big Bang theory predicts how much of each element
was made in the early universe. When astronomers look at very old galaxies and
stars, the amount of each chemical they see agrees with the Big Bang theory.

Just two years later, an astronomer named Edwin Hubble noticed that other galaxies
were moving away from us. And that is not all. The farthest galaxies were moving faster
than the ones close to us. This meant that the universe was still expanding, just like
Lemaître thought. If things were moving apart, it meant that long ago, everything had
been closed together.

Well, we now know that the universe is 13,800,000,000 years old—that is 13.8 billion.
That is a very long time. That is how the universe began. Because it got so big and led
to such great things, some people call it the "Big Bang."
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