| Why are we here? Where do we come from? These are the most enduring of questions. And it's an essential part of human nature to want to find the answers. We can trace our ancestry back hundreds of thousands of years to the dawn of humankind. But in reality, our story extends far, further back in time. Our story starts with the beginning of the universe. It began 13.7 billion years ago, and today, it's filled with over a hundred billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. In this series, I want to tell that story, because ultimately, we are part of the universe, so its story is our story. | ||
—Professor Brian Cox's opening narration | ||
We've just downloaded (i.tunes) the BBC's Wonders of the Universe and it is simply awe-inspiring.
At times we completely lose all comprehension of what Prof. Brian Cox is talking about...generally this involves the time scale or mass of these wonders.
But it's well the brain ache...