Timelapse of the Entire Universe

The Big Bang occurs, and the first stars are formed after the mixture of elements. Gravity then expands the universe to seemingly infinite proportions, and galaxies begin to form. Some galaxies form so close together that they are attracted to each other by gravity and collide, fusing together. However, despite its wonderous creation, gravity also creates mayhem in the form of a supermassive or stellar mass black hole, a region where not even light can escape its attraction, making its gravitational singularity invisible to outsiders.

Throughout the universe, conflicts between energy and gravity repeat every time, making a star die as a supernova when it runs out of fuel, causing new stars to be born. A particular protoplanetary dust cloud collapses, causing the birth of the Sun 5,264 million years ago. The Solar System is then formed; among its planets is the Earth. A protoplanet, Theia, collides with it, forming the Moon.

Earth is inherently in the Hadean and Archean Eon, in which it is covered in lava and ravaged by volcanoes. However, microorganisms still manage to form below the ocean. Although still not known, the latest theories suggest that chemicals from submarine volcanoes make the right recipe to create life. 2,490 million years ago, the oxygenation of the atmosphere began, allowing animals to arise. The Proterozoic Eon begins 1,402 million years ago, but its benefits are delayed by the Snowball Earth, the biggest ice age in the planet's history. After the ice age ends, the benefits of the eon come to life; animals start to literally be born. Plants start to form, followed by dinosaurs in the Triassic Period, which are then made extinct by the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. More plants and events occur rapidly, followed by a big rise in mammals, consisting of Australopithecus afarensis, Homo erectus, Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, and Novus homo. A human eye, representing the entirety of humanity, is shown in just a fraction (1/24) of a second.

The methodology used in Timelapse of the Entire Universe.

In 2012, a short, one-and-a-half-minute film by Boswell, Our Story in 1 Minute, is published. It is a shorter version of Timelapse of the Entire Universe, specifically in one minute and 29 seconds, and used closed captions to evoke reflection on humanity. It also used imageries from this film.[1]

Boswell stated that the film "shows how young we really are and how ancient and vast our universe is."[2] The film was inspired by the Cosmic Calendar by Carl Sagan, in which Boswell later implemented it by creating a stripe similar to of the Cosmic Calendar. Research for the creation of the film was started on the Wikipedia article "Geologic time scale." Every second represents 22 million years in the film.

Boswell is supported by computer scientist Juan Benet, which makes his company Protocol Labs, an open-source R&D lab, credited.

Announcement of the film was posted on Boswell's Twitter on February 9, 2018.[3] The film was originally published on Boswell's channel Melodysheep on March 7,[4] but is taken down by YouTube due to copyright infringement.[2] A revised version was published on March 10, with the voice of Morgan Freeman removed.[5]

The film received generally positive reviews. Writer Alex Shoolman said that it "gives an amazing overview of how our universe formed, the stars, galaxies, simple and complex life."[6] César Noragueda of publication Hipertextual said that "There is no doubt that our long-awaited Carl Sagan [...] would love John Boswell's new video on the history of the universe."[2] Laughing Squid said, "Against this stunning visual, Boswell provided a mesmerizing soundtrack, which included a seamless mashup of four iconic narrators – Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox, Carl Sagan and Sir David Attenborough – calmly explaining how [the universe] all came into place."[7] The International Business Times[8] and Cadena SER[9] also gave it a positive review.

All music is composed by John Boswell.

A follow-up, Timelapse of the Future, was posted a year and 10 days after Timelapse of the Entire Universe's revised release. It is a hyperlapse of the possible timeline of the far future, with the lapse doubling every five seconds instead of being consistent.

• Psychedelia
• Chronology of the universe
• Detailed logarithmic timeline

• Timeline of cosmological epochs
• Timeline of natural history
• List of unsolved problems in geoscience

• Timelapse of the Entire Universe on YouTube
• Timelapse of the Entire Universe at IMDb
• Timelapse of the Entire Universe on Melodysheep official website
• Continuum on Melodysheep's Bandcamp
• Our Story single on iTunes