• Question: what was the first object in the universe and how was it created?

    Asked by shanboo143 to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 23 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Iain Bethune

      Iain Bethune answered on 23 Jun 2015:

      The first particles to form in the universe after the Big Bang were Quarks. After about a millionth of a second, these cooled enough that subatomic particles like Protons and Neutrons could form. The first stars did not appear until about 150 million years after the Big Bang.

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