Eukaryotes: Life’s Biggest Leap
There are lots of steps in life evolving: bacteria, plants, things walking on land. But probably the most important step was Eukaryotes evolving. Let’s dive in.
Photosynthesis: Planet Earth’s Lungs
Lots of things happen on Earth. Rivers run, birds sing, people cry. But photosynthesis is the most important. It supports all life on the planet. Let’s dive in.
Early Life: Informed Guesswork
Some very basic life formed on earth about 3 billion years ago. We don’t really know much about it. But we’ve got some fascinating ideas. Let’s dive in.
The Earth: Our Blue Oasis
An Earth we’d recognize, with water and oxygen formed 3 billion years ago. It was, and still is, a very special place – nowhere else is like it. Let’s dive in.
The Earth: The troubled teenage years
Earth formed 4 billion years ago. But the early Earth was alien: burning, sulphuric, and hellish. Blue and green were billions of years away. Let’s dive in.
The Solar System: Our little log cabin
Our solar system formed from a spinning disk of gas clumping together about 5 billion years ago. A perfect place for life, around a shining star. Let’s dive in.
The First Stars: Jewels in the Night
The first stars emerged about 1 billion years after the Big Bang from complete darkness. They started making the building blocks of our Universe. Let’s dive in.
The Cosmological Dark Ages: Abyss
Thousands of years after the Big Bang, the Universe turned black. There were no galaxies, no stars, no light. Those were billions of years away. Let’s dive in.
The Big Bang: Years Later
Years after the Big Bang, the Universe started cooling. Matter and light started to form. After massively expanding, the Universe was now fading. Let’s dive in.
The Big Bang: Seconds Later
The Universe in the seconds after the Big Bang was wild. Like nothing we’ve ever seen on Earth. So hot that matter and light couldn’t exist. Let’s dive in.