A complete history of the universe, spanning 13.8 billion years in an ultra-accessible, uncommonly illuminating, exhilarating chronicle of key events .
I sometimes think about the existential dread civilization in the far future of the Milky Way will feel when peering into deep space.
There will be a handful of other galaxies (those that we are gravitationally bound with) in the void - beyond that, there will only be darkness since the expansion of space will be such that no light from the rest of the universe can reach us.
What stories will they spin about their lonely island of matter and light in an otherwise dark void?
Origins
Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos.