Universe Timeline
Linking on
Get more and go deeper with our comet weblinks.
Cometary history
They used to be discovered perhaps once every ten years; now, telescopes have taken us into a new era in cometary history.
Interact with the Universe
Explore space in more depth with our interactive features:
Universe timeline
Solar System facts
You are here
Measure the AU
Mission to Brighton
Explore Mars
Virtual planisphere
A brief history of asteroids
The Celestial Police set out to find a missing planet. Instead, they kick started asteroid history.
From the Big Bang to the possible end, explore the story of our universe.
From Big Bang to Big Crunch, explore the history of our universe with our interactive timeline. You can stop off at any point from the earliest seconds, to the emptiness of the Dark Era in the far future.
Click here to launch the timeline
The tool is a Flash file, but if you don't have it on your computer, click here to get Flash.
Content last updated: 13/01/2005
