By Henry Reich, in Neil deGrasse Tyson’s video, ‘The Genesis of the Universe’

Check out what must be the most ambitious digital graphic movie ever! Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells the story of the universe’s evolution in a mere 8 minutes.

Tyson’s accessible narration comes to life alongside Henry Reich’s hand-drawn, time-compressed illustrations. On some level the information is utterly incomprehensible in scope and scale. Yet this short video makes it slightly more possible to imagine how the universe emerged and took shape over 13.7 billion years.

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