Ethan Siegel's Cosmology Article Series

bigthink.com/…/when-cosmic-inflation-occurred/ <-- before the big bang

bigthink.com/…/beginning-big-bang/ <-- the big bang happens here

bigthink.com/…/universe-at-its-hottest/ <-- energy is converted into particles here

bigthink.com/…/matter-defeated-antimatter/ <-- war between matter and antimatter particles

bigthink.com/…/higgs-gave-particles-mass/ <-- actual matter with mass is created here.

bigthink.com/…/protons-and-neutrons-formed/ <-- subatomic particles created

bigthink.com/…/last-antimatter-disappeared/

bigthink.com/…/first-elements-formed/ <-- our atoms are created here

bigthink.com/…/what-like-when-no-stars-existed/

bigthink.com/…/first-stars-began-shine/ <-- first stars are created here

bigthink.com/…/very-first-stars-died/

bigthink.com/…/polluted-stars-formed/

bigthink.com/…/first-galaxies-began-to-form/ <-- first galaxies are created here

bigthink.com/…/cosmic-dark-ages-ended/

bigthink.com/…/life-first-became-possible/

bigthink.com/…/universe-formed-most-stars/