Origins of the Universe

[Soaring Crane]

Can anyone point me to some introductory articles and other references that address how the universe came to be?

Thanks.

 

[cscott]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bang

 

[Chronos]

Here is one of my favorites, lots of really good stuff:

Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm