--- 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" 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 ![]() 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](). ## 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.