Origins. In the first moments after the Big Bang, the universe was extremely hot and dense. As the universe cooled, conditions became just right to give rise to the building blocks of matter – the quarks and electrons of which we are all made.

Where did matter come from?

The universe began, scientists believe, with every speck of its energy jammed into a very tiny point. This extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force, creating matter and propelling it outward to make the billions of galaxies of our vast universe. Astrophysicists dubbed this titanic explosion the Big Bang.

Is matter created from nothing?

To manufacture matter in a way that adheres to the first law of thermodynamics, you have to convert energy into matter. ... So yes, humans can manufacture matter. We can turn light into subatomic particles, but even the best scientists can't create something out of nothing.