“The cosmic calendar compresses the local history of the universe into a single year. If the universe began on January 1st it was not until May that the Milky Way formed. Other planetary systems may have appeared in June, July and August, but our Sun and Earth not until mid-September. Life arose soon after.”

— Carl Sagan

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean [Episode 1]

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