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What was the Big Bang?

1 Aug 2026 · 16 min · S1 E420

Have you ever wondered where everything in space actually came from? The Earth, the sun, the stars, and even you? Travel back in time nearly 14 billion years to a moment when the entire universe was smaller than a tiny dot drawn with a pencil! Join Mira and Finn on a completely mind-blowing journey to witness the greatest and most powerful event in history: the Big Bang! You'll discover how a perfectly microscopic dot rapidly stretched into a boiling hot soup of cosmic energy, expanding faster than a single blink of an eye. We'll learn about Edwin Hubble's giant telescope, why the universe went totally pitch dark for hundreds of millions of years, and how a pair of messy pigeons accidentally helped scientists prove how it all began! Finally, find out the most amazing secret of all—how every single atom inside your body was forged inside the fiery heart of ancient, exploding stars. You are quite literally made of stardust! Get ready for an epic space adventure that will change how you look at the night sky forever!