In the Blink of an Eye: Space in an Instant

When we look up at night, the universe seems pretty quiet. But that perspective is an illusion; in reality, there are millions of world-shattering events happening every instant across the cosmos. This short film explores just how much is going on every moment in our ridiculously enormous universe. In the fraction of a second it takes to blink your eyes, thousands of stars will be born, hundreds will explode and die, millions of planets will form, and our universe will expand by half a million kilometers in diameter. And these numbers only account for the observable universe -- not for what could be happening beyond, where some scientists believe there could be an infinite expanse of space. Think next time you blink. Visuals, Music, and Sound by John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep. Additional visuals provided by Tim Stupak, ArtGrid, and FilmSupply. Get the soundtrack: https://melodysheep.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-blink-of-an-eye Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/melodysheep Please note that some of the statistics in this video are wild estimations, and in some cases could be off by orders of magnitude. For a list of sources see below. Special thanks to: Franck Marchis Avi Loeb Juan Benet Morrison Waud Rowdy Jansen Tim Stupak and my Patreon supporters: Ali Aljuyayd: https://www.instagram.com/iallawy, Andrew Burke: soundcloud.com/enneract, Axel Vei: @AxelVei, Brandon Sanders, Buddy the Otter: https://www.otter.org/Public/, Caleb Levesque, Derick Yan, Eddy Adams: http://www.eddyadams.com, Eric Capuano: http://reconinfosec.com ​, Eric Malette, Erik Cheatham, Gayathri Baskaran, Gregory Cohen: http://www.designfirebrand.com​, John Maier, Kimi Ushida: http://eff.org, Logan, Matthew Brown, Micah Mangione, Phillip Oliveto, Sean Sands, Redspade: redspaderacing.com Ada Cerna, Adam O., Adrian Carroll, Aikanar, AJISH BALAKRISHNAN, Ali Akın Kurnaz, Allan Saddi, ALTEORI, Amanda Vivilacqua, Andrew Edwards, Andrew Lucas, Andrew Valenti, Andy Li, Anton Kudelin