Science

Cosmic History

12 nightsBeginner96 hours total

13.8 billion years in twelve nights. From the Big Bang through stellar nucleosynthesis to the emergence of life on Earth. Narrated against a soundtrack of deep space frequencies.

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Curriculum

  1. 1Night 1: The Big Bang — From Nothing to Everything
  2. 2Night 2: The First Light — Recombination and the CMB
  3. 3Night 3: Stellar Nurseries — The Birth of Stars
  4. 4Night 4: Nucleosynthesis — Forging the Elements
  5. 5Night 5: Galaxies — Islands of Light
  6. 6Night 6: The Milky Way — Our Cosmic Home
  7. 7Night 7: Solar System Formation — Dust to Worlds
  8. 8Night 8: Earth's Violent Youth — Hadean to Archean
  9. 9Night 9: The Great Oxidation Event — Breathing Begins
  10. 10Night 10: The Cambrian Explosion — Life Goes Complex
  11. 11Night 11: Mass Extinctions — Reset and Renewal
  12. 12Night 12: The Anthropocene — Stardust Becomes Conscious

What You'll Explore

  • The entire 13.8-billion-year history of the universe
  • How matter, energy, and complexity evolved over cosmic time
  • The unlikely chain of events that led to life on Earth
  • Your place in the cosmic story

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