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Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation

Forget the big bang. The real moment of creation was the Cosmic Dawn - the moment of first light. This is the scientific version of the story of Genesis. The big bang gets all the credit for creating our universe. But in fact, the universe it gave was dark and boring. There were no stars, no galaxies, just a vast, black fog of gas - the cosmic dark ages. But, after a hundred million years of nothing, came a dramatic moment of transformation - the Cosmic Dawn. It's the moment the first stars were born, the moment that lit up the Universe, and made the first structure and the first ingredients of life. This was the real moment of creation. Astronomers are now trying to witness the cosmic dawn. For the first time they have the tools to explore the very first stars of the universe and to tell the scientific story of our creation.

English
  • Originally Aired September 9, 2015
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code b06b9tnx
  • Network BBC Two
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Name Type Role
Ross McLure Guest Star
Volker Bromm Guest Star
Margaret Whitehurst Guest Star
Charmaine Green Guest Star
Ernie Dingo Guest Star
Jennifer Green Guest Star
Tom Abel Guest Star
Avi Loeb Guest Star
Sherryl Green Guest Star
Steven Tingay Guest Star
Stefan Keller Guest Star
Barbara Merritt Guest Star
James Dunlop Guest Star
Toby MacDonald Director