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

melodysheep · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsDocumentaries & storytelling

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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.

  • 13 people recommended it
  • 12 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “does a great job with visuals and voiceovers about what will happen over the next trillions x trillions of years”

    Great visuals and voiceover on the next trillions of trillions of years.

    sharkweek, 2023-02 · Strong recommendation · in “How Will the Universe End?”

  2. “Journey to the End of Time”

    Listed first among the commenter's favorite YouTube videos ever.

    purgedreality, 2024-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite YouTube video, ever?”

  3. “I recently saw a mind-bending documentary”

    Visual journey to the end of the universe

    xz0r, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Interstellar space even weirder than expected, NASA probe reveals”

  4. “puts the long, long, long future in perspective for me”

    Puts the very long future in perspective

    enpap_x, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “The universe is expanding faster than expected”

  5. “more dramatically portrayed in this excellent video”

    Dramatic portrayal of the universe's potential age

    hliyan, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox”: The Percolation Theory Hypothesis”

  6. “this video is somewhat existential dread inducing”

    Existential look at the universe's long future

    philjohn, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Kepler telescope glimpses population of free-floating planets”

  7. “also quite mindblowing and impressive”

    Mindblowing visual journey through the far future of the universe.

    rapnie, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Timeline of the Human Condition”

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

    One entry in a list of recommended long-form science videos.

    Isinlor, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Long-form info-dense videos on YouTube you would recommend to anyone?”

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Topics: deep time, heat death, proton decay, black holes, cosmology, melodysheep

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