Graphical timeline of the Big Bang

This timeline of the Big Bang shows a sequence of events as currently theorized by scientists.

It is a logarithmic scale that shows ${\displaystyle 10\cdot \log _{10}}$ second instead of second. For example, one microsecond is ${\displaystyle 10\cdot \log _{10}0.000001=10\cdot (-6)=-60}$. To convert −30 read on the scale to second calculate ${\displaystyle 10^{-{\frac {30}{10}}}=10^{-3}=0.001}$ second = one millisecond. On a logarithmic time scale a step lasts ten times longer than the previous step.

See also

• Graphical timeline from Big Bang to Heat Death
• Graphical timeline of the Stelliferous Era
• Graphical timeline of the universe
• Cosmic Calendar (age of the universe scaled to a single year)
• Detailed logarithmic timeline

References

• "Timeline of the Big Bang - The Big Bang and the Big Crunch - The Physics of the Universe". www.physicsoftheuniverse.com. Retrieved 2018-05-17.