07-24-2010, 02:37 PM
(07-24-2010, 02:18 PM)billy Wrote: what happens if the patch of the universe which creates
the big bang only has a few or small amount of elements in it?
If it's like the Big Bang, elements don't survive it -- not even familiar subatomic particles do.
It takes 377,000 years for atoms to form, and these are all hydrogen and helium.
Over 300 hundred million years later the first stars begin synthesizing the heavier elements.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Big_Bang
