The Big Bang: a series of steps down an energy staircase
Briefly

In the very beginning, the Universe was a hot, dense uniform mixture of particles, photons, and forces, residing in an energetic state that would rapidly evolve.
The Universe expands and cools over time, facilitating the formation of neutral atoms and eventually, through gravitational collapse, leading to the creation of stars and galaxies.
Read at Big Think
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