13.8 billion years ago
A beginning without an outside
There is no stage beyond the darkness. Space is expanding, hot and dense, carrying the first possibilities of everything that will ever shine.
A VASTONAUT COSMIC STORY
Cosmic Origins
Before there was a world to stand on, there was a universe becoming possible.
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Space itself begins to expand.
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A poetic visual model of cosmic history. Time and scale are compressed; the scenes are illustrative, not observations or a literal simulation.