Cosmic Origins Narration
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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This is the story of a small planet in space called Earth. Today it has mighty oceans, scorched deserts and frozen wilderness. Is it supports a multitude of diverse creatures And is home to more than six billion people and their technological civilization. But how did all this come about? Where do we come from Until recently? Earth and its life forms were a mystery. Like a huge unpainted canvas. Little was known about the origin of earth and its inhabitants. But today we have a rough idea of what happened. It began with a bang About 12 billion years ago. Scientists think from a singular explosion. The universe was born. In those first moments, intensely hot hydrogen and helium raced outward, thinning, cooling and clumping into vast organized structures. Within a few billion years, countless Galaxies have emerged, each one containing hundreds of billions of stars, constantly changing in cycles of birth, death and rebirth. In one of these Galaxies, about five billion years ago, one average sized star our sun captured in its gravitational field, the gas and dust That would become nine planets.