MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 1 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news release:

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Learn what the earliest moments of the universe were like at the next First Friday Star Party, set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in Room 102 of Wiser-Patten Science Hall at Middle Tennessee State University.

Physics and Astronomy Department lecturer Erik Monson will give a presentation on "Everything, Everywhere, in 10⁻⁴³ Seconds or Less: The Scales of the Universe," to discuss what happened in the wake of what is known as "the big bang."

"People might know that the universe initially looked quite different to the way it does now," said Monson, "but this talk will give an introduction into the early...