The story for kids
A long, long time ago, there was nothing, except one tiny, very hot dot. Suddenly it started to grow, boom! That's how our Universe was born. The hot gas cooled down, and then the first stars lit up from it.
Facts
- About 13.8 billion years ago the whole Universe was a tiny, very hot point.
- It started to grow fast and cool down, becoming a giant cloud of gas.
- The first stars were born from the gas, and the stars gathered into galaxies.
Numbers
- When
- 13.8 billion years ago
- First gas
- Hydrogen and helium