The First Civilization to Emerge in the Galaxy

The Galaxy is approximately 13 billion years old, which makes one wonder - just how many civilizations could have come and gone across that ocean of time? Today, we try something a little bit different for this channel, and imagine when and how the first civilization could have lived. The story is a fiction, but it provides a narrative around which we can more viscerally experience the conditions of the early cosmos, and the fragility of life itself. Written & presented by Prof David Kipping → Support our research program: → Get Stash here! I’ll be speaking at RAND in Santa Monica, March 7th, on the future of space exploration, registration link here: THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday,A. Jones, S. Brownlee, G. Fulton, N. Kildal, M. Lijoi, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zanjonc, C. Wolfred, F. Rebolledo, L. Skov, E. Wilson, A. de Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, V. Alexandrov, L. Macchia, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, H. Jensen, F. Linker, J. Rockett, N. Fredrickson, B. Mlazgar, D. Holland, J. Alexander, E. Hanway, J. Molnar, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, F. van Exter, S. Roulier, B. Smith, P. Masterson, R. Sievers, G. Canterbury, J. Kill, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, T. Wheeler, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, B. Weaver, E. Simonson, M. Murru, M. Shea, P. Finch, R. Boots, S. Applegate, L. Watson, S. Netherclift T. Wheeler T. West A. West H. Kissick, C. MacPherson, D. Bayless, D. Rolfe, E. Zahnle & G. Bolloten. ::Music:: Music licensed by (SS) [], or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (), or with permission from the artist ► Brad Hill - Fragmented (0:00) [] ► Brad Hill - Downcast Spirit (2:10) [] ► Brad Hill - The Mysterious (4:43) [] ► Falls - Life in Binary (7:34) ► Brad Hill - Don’t Think (11:43) [] ► Brad Hill - Bruised Hope (18:07) [] ► Brad Hill - Human Nature (21:03) [] ::Film/TV clips used:: ► Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999) Paramount Television ► Ad Astra (2019) 20th Century Fox ► Alien: Covenant (2017) 20th Century Fox ► Knowing (2009) Summit Entertainment ► Sunshine (2007) Fox Searchlight Pictures ► Noah (2014) Paramount Pictures ► Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) EuropaCorp Distribution ► Clara (2018) D Films ► Don’t Look Up (2021) Netflix ::Chapters:: 00:00 Teaser 02:02 Birth 04:27 Home 09:47 Society 15:09 Collapse 18:37 Hope 21:44 Legacy 23:14 Conclusion 24:23 Outro #TheFirstCivilization #Imins #CoolWorlds