Earth Log 0003 The Origins of the Universe

In the previous entry I began recording events unfolding during my lifetime — conflicts between nations and the uncertainties of the present moment. Those events belong to the immediate history and concerns of our species, which I will continue to document in future logs. In this entry, however, I step much further back in time to describe what we currently understand about our origins, beginning with the origins of the universe.

Because Earth Logs will move between subjects that exist on vastly different time scales — from the birth of the universe billions of years ago to events occurring in the present day — readers may sometimes wish to keep track of the timeframe associated with the topic being discussed.