The astonomer carl sagan proposed a simple device to help us.

Webthe cosmic calendar is a method to visualize the chronology of the universe, scaling its currently understood age of 13. 8 billion years to a single year in order to help intuit it for.

Webdate/time on calendar the big bang 13. 7 billion 365 days jan 1, 12am formation of stars & galaxies 13 billion (roughly) 365 days plus 15 min jan 1, 12:15am formation of the thin.

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Webhow can we humans, who live a century at most, hope to grasp the immense time scales of cosmic history?

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