The Earliest Life in the Universe: Formed mere seconds after the Big Bang

A composite image of the Bullet Cluster, a much-studied pair of galaxy clusters that have collided head-on. One has passed through the other, like a bullet traveling through an apple, and is thought to show clear signs of dark matter (blue) separated from hot gases (pink).

Life on Earth has found a home for about 4 billion years, a significant period of the universe’s 13.77 billion-year history. The concept of life is difficult to define since there are over 200 published definitions of the term. However, life’s origin is worth exploring. There is no concrete evidence to back it up, but there is a theory that holds life may have appeared mere seconds after the Big Bang.

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