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  Physics timeline
     
c. 13.7 billion years ago
 
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Big Bang, an unimaginably large explosion from an unimaginably small particle - according to modern theory the first moment of the universe       
c. 12 billion years ago
 
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The first galaxies begin to form, as self-contained gravitational systems with gases gradually coalescing into stars      
c. 4.6 billion years ago
 
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A new galaxy, the Milky Way, forms - and one of its stars is our sun      
c. 4.6 billion years ago
 
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The new star settles down, while nuclear dust in the vicinity coalesces into planets and asteroids orbiting the sun      
c. 500 BC
 
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The Greeks are intrigued by the iron-attracting property of a mineral which they find in the district of Magnesia       
c. 500 BC
 
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The Greeks observe the strange effect of electricity, seen when amber (known to them as electron) is rubbed