Cosmic storms are caused by a collection of charged particles as they encounter interplanetary shock waves. The Big Bang theory states that all matter was created at a specific point in the past. The radiation era is what scientists call the period of time after the Big Bang where all the universe’s contents were in the form of radiation. Due to galaxy clusters being a direct result of cosmic storms and the fact that most of the universe was made of radiation after the Big Bang, it’s safe to say that a high-energy cosmic storm borne on solar winds might have caused evolution of early planetary life.
A prevailing theory of scientists is that the universe was formed in such a way that stars and galaxies merged together to form larger galaxies and galaxy clusters. According to an article from space.com, “Astronomers have found what they are calling the perfect cosmic storm, a galaxy cluster pile-up so powerful its energy output is second only to the Big Bang. The cluster collision is the most powerful ever recorded and a fresh glimpse of the cluster merging process, where great swarms of galaxies smash into one another to form a single galactic structure.” There are several structures in our universe bound by gravity; however, galaxy clusters are the largest of these structures with some containing mass of 10,000 times the Milky Way. This means that when the structures collide to create a single galactic structure, the resulting occurrence produces high levels of cosmic energy capable of holding large amounts of mass. This proves my thesis because in order for the Big Bang to create our universe, high levels of cosmic energy was needed; therefore in merging multiple galaxies into a single structure, there must also be a high-energy cosmic storm.
The cosmic microwave background is said by scientists to be leftover radiation from the Big Bang itself. However, it’s near-impossible to observe with the naked eye. The article What is the Cosmic Microwave Background?, “It is invisible to humans because it is so cold, just 2.725 degrees above absolute zero (minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273.15 degrees Celsius.) This means its radiation is most visible in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum.” In their studies, scientists found asymmetry in the hemispheres of the sky as well as a strange spot that seemed to prove that dark matter exists. A period of time after the Big Bang marked major change in our universe’s expansion, as it was beginning to expand faster than the speed of light. Today we live in a matter-dominated universe due to changes after the Big Bang. After the event that jumpstarted the universe, the volume of space had to be filled by light and matter. This meant that the density of each needed to decrease. This led to a matter-dominated universe because the density of light decreased faster than the density of matter during the expansion of space, according to an article called The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. This explains my thesis because all living things are made of matter. So in order for a high-energy cosmic storm to result in evolution of early planetary life, the result would have to output significant amounts of matter.
Solar winds are a continuous flow of charged particles directly caused by the outward expansion of the Sun’s outermost atmosphere. Although these winds don’t directly cause solar storms, they do allow weaker coronal mass ejections (CME) to enter Earth’s atmosphere and cause storms through the weakening of the planet’s magnetic field. A collection of charged particles, or CME, is the direct cause for cosmic storms. This means that solar winds use the same CME to create solar storms that cosmic storms use to create galaxy-cluster pile-ups. An article from Genesis: Search for Origins states, “Another observation you will make when looking at the solar wind data is interplanetary shocks. Interplanetary shocks are easily identified as simultaneous, abrupt jumps in the speed, density, and temperature of protons, alpha particles, and electrons.” This further proves that high-energy cosmic storms born on solar winds lead to universal and planetary changes because interplanetary shocks are observed from solar winds and are a cause of cosmic storms.
The Big Bang was responsible for the expansion of our universe. Cosmic energy resulting from the Big Bang is likely the same form of cosmic energy that creates galaxy clusters. In simple terms galaxies are what scientist call islands of stars. Scientists theorize that the Big Bang was responsible for creating massive amounts of hydrogen and helium. According to an Elements of the Big Bang chart, “Small stars fused hydrogen into helium and helium into carbon and nitrogen. Carbon is a building block of life and nitrogen is essential to life.” Several years after the Big Bang, early planetary life began on Earth. An article from science.com.au states, “Prokaryotes were the earliest life forms, simple creatures that fed on carbon compounds that were accumulating in Earth’s early oceans.” Another microbe present sometime after the Big Bang is what scientists call cyanobacteria, which is said to have evolved roughly 2.4 billion years ago. According to naturalhistory.si.edu, “They became Earth’s first photo-synthesizers, making food using water and the Sun’s energy, and releasing oxygen as a result. This catalyzed a sudden, dramatic rise in oxygen, making the environment less hospitable for other microbes that could not tolerate oxygen.” The result of this was a dramatic increase in oxygen and a rising demand for microbes capable of tolerating oxygen. This ultimately led to a new step in evolution, that being multicellular life, which was proven to safely tolerate oxygen.
Cells began living together as well which produced cell clusters. These clusters were each assigned a specific task to carry out for the whole cluster to further evolve. It was these clusters that became known by scientists as the first animals. An article called Out of this World: Microbes in Space states, “Experiments in real and simulated space environments demonstrate that microbial growth, stress responses and morphology are all influenced by space conditions, including microgravity and radiation.” This radiation is most likely to be cosmic radiation. This is true because cdc.gov states, “One natural source of radiation is from space. This type of radiation is called cosmic radiation.” This further demonstrates that cosmic radiation, the same radiation from the Big Bang, is responsible for microbial growth which ultimately led to the development of animals.
Cosmic energy and radiation is a direct cause of galaxy clusters. These clusters result in high levels of cosmic energy which carry large amounts of mass. A collection of charged particles, or CME, is the direct cause for cosmic storms. This means that solar winds use the same CME to create solar storms that cosmic storms use to create galaxy-cluster pile-ups. When the Big Bang jumpstarted our universe, the result was a near-infinite volume of space that needed to be filled. This jumpstart ultimately led to a matter-dominated universe and the creation of stars. These stars led to elements and natural resources such as carbon being created. The first forms of early planetary life fed on carbon. As more planetary life came into existence, more elements also formed. One of these was oxygen. This led to development of the first animals on Earth. Due to galaxy clusters being a direct result of cosmic storms and the fact that most of the universe was made of radiation after the Big Bang, it’s safe to say that a high-energy cosmic storm borne on solar winds might have caused evolution of early planetary life.
