Compressing 13.8 billion years
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ORIGIN / 001
Chapter I · The Origin

Everything beganwith nothing.

13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a point smaller than an atom. Scroll to watch it become galaxies, stars — and you.

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WITNESS / 002
Chapter II · The Witness

13.8 billion years
before an eye opened.

Every singularity is private until something looks at it. Scroll to watch the universe become aware of itself.

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ARCHIVE / 003
Chapter III · The Archive

Sixteen ghosts
of ancient light.

Each of these was burning before language. Some before Earth. Drag the catalog to wander 13.8 billion years of visible light.

M 42
EMISSION
05ʰ 35ᵐ −05° 23′

Orion Nebula

01 / 16
1,344 ly1610 / GALILEO
M 31
SPIRAL
00ʰ 42ᵐ +41° 16′

Andromeda

02 / 16
2.5 Mly964 / AL-SUFI
M 1
SN REMNANT
05ʰ 34ᵐ +22° 00′

Crab Nebula

03 / 16
6,500 ly1054 / SUNG
NGC 7293
PLANETARY
22ʰ 29ᵐ −20° 50′

Helix

04 / 16
650 ly1824 / HARDING
M 104
LENTICULAR
12ʰ 39ᵐ −11° 37′

Sombrero

05 / 16
31 Mly1781 / MÉCHAIN
M 51
SPIRAL
13ʰ 29ᵐ +47° 11′

Whirlpool

06 / 16
23 Mly1773 / MESSIER
NGC 6543
PLANETARY
17ʰ 58ᵐ +66° 38′

Cat's Eye

07 / 16
3,300 ly1786 / HERSCHEL
NGC 1300
SBbc
03ʰ 20ᵐ −19° 25′

Barred Spiral

08 / 16
61 Mly1835 / HERSCHEL
M 16
STAR FORM.
18ʰ 18ᵐ −13° 49′

Eagle (Pillars)

09 / 16
7,000 ly1745 / DE CHÉSEAUX
NGC 3372
EMISSION
10ʰ 45ᵐ −59° 52′

Carina

10 / 16
8,500 ly1751 / LACAILLE
Cas A
SN REMNANT
23ʰ 23ᵐ +58° 49′

Cassiopeia A

11 / 16
11,000 ly1947 / RYLE
M 17
EMISSION
18ʰ 21ᵐ −16° 11′

Omega

12 / 16
5,500 ly1745 / DE CHÉSEAUX
NGC 6960
SN REMNANT
20ʰ 45ᵐ +30° 43′

Veil

13 / 16
2,400 ly1784 / HERSCHEL
M 8
EMISSION
18ʰ 03ᵐ −24° 23′

Lagoon

14 / 16
4,100 ly1654 / HODIERNA
SN 1987A
SN REMNANT
05ʰ 35ᵐ −69° 16′

Tarantula Echo

15 / 16
168,000 ly1987 / SHELTON
NGC 1499
EMISSION
04ʰ 03ᵐ +36° 25′

California

16 / 16
1,000 ly1884 / BARNARD
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CHAPTER IV / 004
Chapter IV · The Invitation

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EST · MMXXVI