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TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)

melodysheep · 113.3M views · 2019-03-20 · 29:21

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Overview

A 29-minute cinematic timelapse by melodysheep that journeys trillions of years into the future, covering the death of the sun, the end of stars, proton decay, black hole evaporation and the fate of the cosmos.

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HN people recommend it as a stunning, mind-bending and existentially humbling view of deep time, and it appears on lists of favorite YouTube videos.

Recommended by 13 HN people across 12 months · HN mentions 2019–2025

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What people said

purgedreality · 2024-10 · Strong recommendation

Journey to the End of Time - [VIDEO] Veritasium on Thermite reaction - [LINK] Problems of a Shared Office - [LINK] History of the entire world, I guess - [LINK] Colin Furze Underground Activities - [LINK] Future of Reasoning - [LINK] Sex in Trek - [LINK]

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sharkweek · 2023-02 · Strong recommendation

One of my favorite YouTube videos does a great job with visuals and voiceovers about what will happen over the next trillions x trillions of years: [VIDEO] No idea how accurate it is against anything that might be more theoretically accurate but it’s still a great watch.

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jvm___ · 2025-04 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] If you need some existential dread. It's a hypothetical video to portray the rest of the universe, the time speed moving forward doubles every 5 seconds - and it's 29 minutes long...

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