---
title: "Infographic: The History of the Universe Compartmentalized in 1 Year"
description: "  If the history of the entire universe was condensed into a single year, with each month representative of one and a quarter billion years long (each day represents forty million years, whilst each second stands for some five hundred years or so): The CMBR forms on January 1st at 2:30 a.m. The recombination era begins..."
date: "2013-09-20"
modified: "2015-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Jaime Trosper"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jaimefqtq.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/infographic-the-history-of-the-universe-compartmentalized-in-1-year"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# Infographic: The History of the Universe Compartmentalized in 1 Year

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/condensedhistoryofthe-universe-fromquarkstoquasars11.jpg>)

If the history of the entire universe was condensed into a single year, with each month representative of one and a quarter billion years long (each day represents forty million years, whilst each second stands for some five hundred years or so):

- The CMBR forms on January 1st at 2:30 a.m.
- The recombination era begins on January 4th
- The Milky Way forms on February 22nd
- The first stars and galaxies form on March 15th
- The sun forms on September 8th
- Earth forms on September 11th (The moon forms shortly afterward)
- Following the formation of Earth, the heavy late bombardment period commences on September 11th at 2:30 a.m.
- Dinosaurs would have died from a comet or meteorite impact on December 30
- The earliest humans (hominids) would have appeared on December 31 at 11:39 pm
- The first civilization would have appeared on December 31 at 11:59:30 p.m.

For all of the details from the first lifeforms on Earth, until now - [click here](<http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/12/30/the-entire-universe-one-pictur/>).

## Author
Jaime is a freelance writer, who finds great joy in sharing the wonders of universe with others. She used this passion to launch "From Quarks to Quasars" in 2012.

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