COSMIC THREAD LAUNCHES: Scroll 13.8 Billion Years of Universe + Earth in One Free Interactive Timeline
StellarScroll.com today releases COSMIC THREAD, a 100 % original, copyright-free interactive timeline that lets anyone scroll from the Big Bang to the present second—blending cosmic events, scientific discoveries, and human history in a single, smooth ribbon.
How It Starts
Open the page and you’re at t = 10⁻⁴³ seconds after the Big Bang. Swipe right:
- 10⁻³⁶ s – Inflation stretches space faster than light.
- 380 000 years – First atoms form; light escapes; the cosmic microwave background is born.
- 150 million years – First stars ignite in pockets of hydrogen.
Keep scrolling and the Milky Way assembles itself 13.1 billion years ago. A small Earth icon appears: molten rock, no oceans, no life.
Earth Meets the Stars
The timeline automatically cross-links:
- 66 million BCE – Chicxulub asteroid hits Mexico; dinosaurs vanish.
- Same moment in space – A hypervelocity star is ejected from the galactic center at 1.5 million km/h.
- 2.5 million BCE – Earliest stone tools appear in East Africa.
- Nearby – Proxima Centauri forms, still shining today.
Every node carries a short, plain-English caption and a “Read More” button that opens a 150-word explainer written from scratch for this site.
Science Layer
Tap the light-bulb icon:
- 1905 – Einstein publishes special relativity. Original equations animate line by line.
- 1929 – Hubble measures galaxy redshifts; the universe is expanding.
- 2022 – JWST first light image drops; the timeline updates live.
History Layer
Tap the calendar icon:
- 1969 – Apollo 11 lands; video plays in sync with the lunar clock.
- 1989 – Berlin Wall falls the same week Voyager 2 flies past Neptune.
- Today – A live counter shows seconds since you opened the page.
Kid Mode & Teacher Tools
- Kid Mode replaces jargon with icons and 30-word facts.
- Teacher Export downloads any 50-year slice as a printable PDF with QR codes that reopen the interactive view on phones.
Live Updates
The timeline pulls public-domain feeds:
- NASA’s asteroid watch
- LIGO gravitational-wave alerts
- NOAA earthquake reports
- USGS volcano status
New events appear within 60 seconds of confirmation.
Zero Cost, Zero Copyright
Every word, graphic, and line of code is created by the StellarScroll team and released under CC0 1.0 (public domain). Copy, remix, or embed the entire timeline on your school site, blog, or museum kiosk—no attribution required.
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To the extent possible under law, StellarScroll has waived all copyright and related rights to this article.
