Timelapse of the Universe – A Spectacular Journey Through the History of Everything

As you may know, we feature a lot of timelapses (and sometimes even hyperlapses) here on Kuriositas.  They all have one thing in common – they are all earthbound, very much the representation of people and places under the Earth’s atmosphere. Plus, of course, they represent a certain time – quite recent!  This timelapse is slightly different – it covers the entire history of the universe from its big bang beginnings 13 billion years ago, right up to the present day.

So, obviously, this is a peculiar hobby of a particular Timelord – one who found Gallifrey a little boring and decided that instead of fighting monsters (on a weekly basis) that they would simply record what happened in time and space.  Ah, well not quite.  This is the work of Melodysheep, ala John D. Boswell, a Washington State based musician and filmmaker.  I suppose he could still be a Timelord in disguise, but unfortunately, he admits that his own timelapse of the universe was created by his imagination (and some software).  It is narrated by his friend Toby, aka EpicSpaceMan

Every second in this video represents 23 million years and so I am not exaggerating when I say that the scale is epic.  In the first minute, you’re watching the first stars being born (great to see them twinkle into existence), and before you know it we’re watching proto-galaxies form and then spectacularly collide with each other. All of that happens in the first two minutes.  So, although you may feel you have enough time to put the kettle on and have a cuppa in the middle of the ten minutes below, you will have missed so much of the universe’s history in that time, that it would be difficult to pick it all up again.  At least there’s a timeline at the bottom of the screen so you can see how much you have missed.  However, go and make that coffee, tea or other hot beverage now, sit down and enjoy the timelapse of the universe which, in its last nanosecond includes the history of you, me and everyone else ever born on Earth.

From supermassive black holes to supernovas, everything about this video is… super.  It’s no wonder that it is soon to become a planetarium show.