• Question: What could of created atoms and the big bang? what created particles?

    Asked by ginganinja2211 to Aoife on 19 Nov 2013.
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      Aoife O'Shaughnessy-Kirwan answered on 19 Nov 2013:


      Hi ginganinja2211,
      Great physics question! OK so the current thinking is that at the point of the big bang the energy that was present (because that’s all there was!) came together to form the components of the atoms (protons, neutrons and electrons, have you heard of these?). Something called electromagnetic force then brought these things together so the electrons are held in orbit around the nucleus, which contains the protons and neutrons. Does this answer your question? Hope so!

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