1. P2h The Big Bang

2. Our Universe What it is like, how it started, how it evolved to its current state, and how it will end Today we will talk about:

4. Where do we live?

5. Where is the Earth?

6. The Solar System

7. Q: What is a STAR?

9. Our Sun is a star !

10. What is this?

11. What is it made of?

13. MANY STARS

14. MANY STARS SOME SUN-LIKE

15. You are here!

17. Our Galaxy from the Earth

18. Galaxies: Hubble Space telescope image

19. ‘ Zoom out’ - galaxies form filaments and voids

20. IN THE BEGINNING…….

21. EVERYTHING!

22. EVERYTHING!

23. EVERYTHING! ENERGY INCREASING, BECOMING LIKE A BOMB……. STARTS EXPANDING…..

24. Tick tick tick……

25. BOOM!

27. COSMIC ‘SOUP’

28. PROTON NEUTRON ELECTRON COSMIC ‘SOUP’

31. Universe is now a GAS

32. Universe is now a GAS HYDROGEN HELIUM

34. GRAVITY!

35. Gravitational Collapse

36. Gravitational Collapse

37. If we could view the Universe from outside, if would look like this:

38. But we are inside one of these galaxies, so all we see are the nearby stars. We can see other galaxies if we use a telescope

39. The Gemini Telescope

45. Research and Discussion Points

47. THE END?