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These were the first galaxies. Amongst them, the Milky Way,in its embryonic form, far...

Universe • S01E03 • 2021
These were the first galaxies. Amongst them, the Milky Way,
in its embryonic form, far smaller
and more irregular in structure than the mature spiral galaxy
we inhabit today

Full Transcript

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These were the first galaxies.
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Amongst them, the Milky Way, in its embryonic form,
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far smaller and more irregular in structure
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than the mature spiral galaxy we inhabit today.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
113
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:05
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Samsa Film,KeyFilm

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Movie Summary

Professor Brian Cox journeys across the vastness of time and space revealing epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.
S01 • E01 The raw material for the very first stars. - Universe 00:05
The raw material for the very first stars.
S01 • E05 It began its journey only 400 million years after the Big Bang, - Universe 00:11
It began its journey only 400 million years after the Big Ba...
S01 • E01 Hydrogen gas clings to the filaments of the web, - Universe 00:10
Hydrogen gas clings to the filaments of the web,
S01 • E02 Kepler doesn't detect planets directly. They are far too small. - Universe 00:05
Kepler doesn't detect planets directly. They are far to...
S01 • E05 When you think about that, this light journeyed through the universe, - Universe 00:10
When you think about that, this light journeyed through the ...
S01 • E02 They're just specks of dust relative to their parent star. - Universe 00:04
They're just specks of dust relative to their parent st...
S01 • E01 And where those filaments cross, the gas can become dense enough - Universe 00:13
And where those filaments cross, the gas can become dense en...
S01 • E02 They don't emit light of their own, so they just glow very dimly - Universe 00:09
They don't emit light of their own, so they just glow v...
S01 • E04 There is no limit to the speed at which the river of space can flow. - Universe 00:06
There is no limit to the speed at which the river of space c...
S01 • E05 And then, during the whole history of our planet, - Universe 00:08
And then, during the whole history of our planet,
S01 • E02 So, Kepler has to detect planets indirectly. - Universe 00:05
So, Kepler has to detect planets indirectly.
S01 • E03 The exact details of the Milky Way's birth - Universe 00:16
The exact details of the Milky Way's birth
S01 • E05 So, this is an image from the edge of time. - Universe 00:05
So, this is an image from the edge of time.
S01 • E02 Imagine that a moth just flew across the beam of light - Universe 00:18
Imagine that a moth just flew across the beam of light
S01 • E01 The universe was approaching a turning point. - Universe 00:04
The universe was approaching a turning point.
S01 • E04 There's a place where the river becomes a waterfall, - Universe 00:09
There's a place where the river becomes a waterfall,
S01 • E01 Hydrogen and helium poured into the regions - Universe 00:06
Hydrogen and helium poured into the regions
S01 • E03 The Gaia data allows us to see - Universe 00:11
The Gaia data allows us to see
S01 • E02 We imagine there's an alien astronomer - Universe 00:11
We imagine there's an alien astronomer
S01 • E05 GN-z11 was one of the very first galaxies, - Universe 00:14
GN-z11 was one of the very first galaxies,