The Cosmos dictates the life and death of every organism within its reach. The universe gave birth to us and will ultimately bring about the end of all human existence. What lies in the vast void of space holds a great deal of crucial knowledge that all humans should be aware of. The cosmos should be an important topic in the life of every human being who cares about their life. Our universe should be of great importance to all people. A single event created everything we see today; time, space and all matter, including humans. The Big Bang was a massive expansion that started the universe we know today. This rapid expansion offers a time when life in the cosmos can thrive. The Big Bang is divided into many eras. These eras are the origins of matter and are important to how life was created. The Grand Unified Theory, or GUT era, was where gravity split from the other three forces. The GUT epoch lasted until about 10⁻38 seconds after the Big Bang or 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000001 seconds (Cox, 106). This is where quarks and electrons become present. As the universe expanded and cooled, protons and neutrons formed, which helped create the atoms and elements we are made of. The formation of the elements is important for the life of human beings. What creates the heavy elements that make up our Earth and ourselves? consisting of the most energetic event known to humanity, supernovae. As a star lives its life, it burns its hydrogen and converts it to helium through fusion. Once the star has exhausted its reserves of hydrogen, it rapidly expands to the super red giant stage. Gravity soon takes over and the star's rapid collapse begins. The star becomes denser, forming first hydrogen, then helium and everything... middle of paper... Man's very existence is based on the universe and the way it works. We should invest more money, effort and time in studying the cosmos to preserve the human race and thrive in the years to come. It's time to start investing in the skies above. We must preserve our intelligence, intuition and life. The cosmos must be considered by all human beings more than ever. Works Cited Cotter, Chris. Pelham High School. Room 114, Pelham, AL September-May 2012. Oral presentation.Cox, Brian. Wonders of the universe. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2011. Print. "List of potentially hazardous asteroids". IAU Minor Planets Center. nd 2013. web.“Miller/Urey Experiment”. chem.duke.edu. nd web.“The temperature of the universe today”. Cambridge Cosmology. nd web. “The Universe: Apophis 2029”. Space.com. Tate, Karl. 2013. web