Epoch

Time (t)

Contents

Birth

<10−12 sec <10−4 yr

Space quanta, radiation,

fundamental particles, matter

Growth and aggregation

<10−4 to 138 yrs

matter formed nebulae, stars, planets,

Ageing and Consolidation

>107 to 109 yrs

agglomeration to galaxies, clusters,

Black Hole formation

The End

109 to >1012 yrs

Stars died, Black Holes, Big Crunch