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Universe Timeline 4.8

Compresses the history of the universe into a single year.
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Date Day of week Time Event
2028/01/01 Saturday The Big Bang. Beginning of the space and time.
2028/01/04 Tuesday Methuselah star. Oldest known star in the universe.
2028/01/06 - 2028/01/24 Thursday - Monday Reionization era. Early stars start ionizing interstellar gas.
2028/01/08 Saturday First black holes form
2028/01/14 Friday Mass star formation. Universe starts to heat once again.
2028/01/16 Sunday First galaxies form
2028/01/17 Monday GRB 090423. Oldest gamma ray burst ever observed.
2028/01/22 Saturday Hubble ultra deep field
2028/01/26 Wednesday Quasar CFHQS J2329-0301. Oldest known quasar.
2028/01/30 Sunday PST B1620-26. Oldest known exoplanet.
2028/02/01 Tuesday Milky Way forms
2028/02/15 Tuesday GRB 140419A supernova. Second oldest gamma ray burst.
2028/02/25 Friday BX442 galaxy. Oldest known spiral galaxy.
2028/03/01 Wednesday Kapteyn b. Oldest known exoplanet lying within the habitable zone.
2028/03/04 Saturday Milky Way's cosmic halo forms
2028/03/15 Wednesday Star formation rate peaks. Universe starts to cool Temperature averages around 13000 K.
2028/03/28 Tuesday Oldest population I stars. First stars abundant in metals.
2028/03/31 Friday Universe becomes habitable. First life-friendly star systems emerge.
2028/04/13 Thursday JKCS 041. Oldest galactic cluster.
2028/04/18 Tuesday Universe reaches 1/3 of its present diameter
2028/04/21 Friday Milky Way star formation rate stabilizes
2028/04/28 Friday Barnard's star forms. Oldest close solar neighbor.
2028/05/07 Sunday Oldest known evidence for dark energy
2028/05/12 Friday Milky Way's thin disk starts to form
2028/05/20 Saturday Lalande 21185
2028/05/23 Tuesday Lacaille 9352
2028/06/02 Friday Milky Way star formation rate begins to decline
2028/06/08 Thursday Mizar forms
2028/06/16 Friday GRB 080319B. Most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed by humans.
2028/06/16 Friday Arcturus forms. 4th brightest star in the night sky.
2028/06/26 Monday Universe cools below 5 K
2028/06/29 Thursday Growth of large galaxies slows
2028/07/02 Sunday 1/2 the age of the Universe
2028/07/04 Tuesday Alpha Centauri forms. Closest star system to the Sun.
2028/07/07 Friday Alnitak forms. Left star of the Orion's Belt.
2028/07/12 Wednesday Milky Way starts spiralizing
2028/07/15 Saturday Age of an average earth-like planet
2028/07/20 Thursday 61 Cygni forms
2028/07/25 Tuesday Dark energy overtakes gravity. Universe's expansion rate starts to accelerate.
2028/07/31 Monday Tau Ceti forms
2028/08/08 Tuesday Solar nebula starts collapsing
2028/08/08 Tuesday Milky way becomes a spiral galaxy
2028/08/16 Wednesday Gliese 570 forms
2028/08/25 Friday Proxima Centauri forms. Closest star to the Sun.
2028/08/29 Tuesday SN 2005ap supernova. Brightest supernova ever observed.
2028/09/01 Friday The Sun forms
2028/09/02 Saturday Proto-earth forms. Planets, asteroids and comets form from the Sun's protoplanetary disk.
2028/09/02 Saturday Formation of the Moon. Theia impacts Earth, the Moon forms from the coalesced debris.
2028/09/06 Wednesday Oceans form on Earth. Asteroids bring water to Earth.
2028/09/06 Wednesday First known minerals. Zircons form at Jack Hills, Australia.
2028/09/10 Sunday Mintaka forms. Right star of the Orion's Belt.
2028/09/11 - 2028/09/19 Monday - Tuesday Life emerges on Earth
2028/09/13 - 2028/09/22 Wednesday - Friday Late Heavy Bombardment
2028/09/14 Thursday Earliest known rock. (Aggregate of minerals).
2028/09/16 Saturday Greenstone rock belt
2028/09/22 Friday Oldest banded iron formation
2028/09/27 Wednesday Vaalbara supercontinent emerges
2028/09/30 Saturday Last universal ancestor. Split between bacteria and archaea.
2028/09/30 Saturday Cyanobacteria fossils. Warrawoona, oldest fossil evidence of life on Earth.
2028/10/05 Thursday Compressional tectonics
2028/10/06 Friday Barberton event. One of the largest impacts ever, left a 300 mi / 480 km crater.
2028/10/08 Sunday Ur supercontinent forms
2028/10/08 Sunday Anoxygenic photosynthesis developed by bacteria
2028/10/10 Tuesday First land bacteria
2028/10/13 Friday Cyanobacteria develop true photosynthesis. Life begins to produce oxygen.
2028/10/16 Monday Zeta Reticuli forms
2028/10/16 Monday Kenorland supercontinent emerges
2028/10/16 Monday Tides decline below 1000 ft / 300 m
2028/10/18 Wednesday Vaalbara supercontinent breaks up
2028/10/21 Saturday Major komatiite eruption
2028/10/21 Saturday First eukaryotes emerge. Early estimate.
2028/10/24 Tuesday Oldest known giant carbonate platform
2028/10/25 Wednesday Zeta Puppis forms
2028/10/26 Thursday Great Oxygenation event. Bacterially produced oxygen starts to accumulate in the atmosphere.
2028/10/26 Thursday Movement of the tectonic plates commences
2028/10/29 Sunday Suavjarvi impact event left oldest still recognizable crater
2028/10/29 - 2028/11/04 Sunday - Saturday Huronian glaciation. First snowball earth period.
2028/11/01 Wednesday Continental red beds form
2028/11/03 Friday Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses one percent
2028/11/03 Friday Ozone layer forms
2028/11/06 Monday Earliest known eukaryote fossils (acritarchs)
2028/11/06 Monday Earliest multicellular life. Francevillian Group Fossil.
2028/11/08 Wednesday Vredefort impact event. One of the largest impacts ever left a 190 mi/ 300 km crater.
2028/11/11 Saturday Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses 15 percent
2028/11/11 Saturday Natural nuclear reactor forms in Oklo, Gabon
2028/11/12 Sunday Sudbury impact, event left a 160 mi / 260 km crater
2028/11/14 Tuesday Supercontinent Columbia forms
2028/11/15 Wednesday Vishnu Basement Rocks. Oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon.
2028/11/16 Thursday Oldest sand dune ergs
2028/11/19 Sunday Mitochondria assimilate into eukaryotic cells
2028/11/22 Wednesday Supercontinent Columbia breaks up
2028/11/23 Thursday Geologic platform covers expand
2028/11/24 Friday Population of stromatolites rapidly rises
2028/11/25 Saturday Procyon forms. Brightest star in Canis Minor.
2028/11/27 Monday Greenville orogeny starts
2028/11/30 Thursday Supercontinent Rodinia forms
2028/11/30 Thursday Bangiomorpha pubescens. First sexually reproducing organism.
2028/12/01 Friday Population explosion of eukaryotes
2028/12/02 Saturday Earliest flagellate protists
2028/12/09 Saturday Population of stromatolites starts to decline
2028/12/10 Sunday Protista population explodes
2028/12/11 Monday Kaigas glaciation. Snowball earth period.
2028/12/12 Tuesday Supercontinent Rodinia breaks apart
2028/12/12 - 2028/12/14 Tuesday - Thursday Sturtian glaciation. Snowball earth period.
2028/12/14 Thursday Marinoan glaciation. Snowball earth period.
2028/12/16 Saturday Fossilized worm impressions in China
2028/12/16 Saturday Avalon explosion. Ediacaran fauna emerges.
2028/12/17 Sunday Cambrian explosion. Exponential diversification of life, most major animal phyla appear.
2028/12/18 Monday First trilobites
2028/12/20 Wednesday 01:33 Plants and arthropods colonize the land
2028/12/20 Wednesday 04:44 Ordovician extinction event. 60% of all species go extinct.
2028/12/20 Wednesday 20:39 First air-breathing animals
2028/12/21 Thursday 12:34 First tetrapods
2028/12/21 Thursday 22:07 First tree-like plants
2028/12/22 Friday 04:29 Late Devonian extinction. 70% of all species go extinct.
2028/12/23 Saturday 05:56 First amniotes
2028/12/23 Saturday 12:18 First reptiles
2028/12/23 Saturday 21:51 Atmospheric oxygen level peaks at 35%. Arthropods grow into unprecedented sizes.
2028/12/24 Sunday 01:02 Pangaea forms. Last supercontinent.
2028/12/25 Monday 08:13 Permian extinction event. Largest extinction event in history, 90-96% of all species go extinct.
2028/12/25 Monday 08:52 Sirius forms . Brightest star in the night sky.
2028/12/25 Monday 20:57 First dinosaurs
2028/12/26 Tuesday 00:46 First mammals
2028/12/26 Tuesday 16:03 Triassic extinction event. 75% of all species go extinct.
2028/12/26 Tuesday 23:03 First giant sauropods
2028/12/27 Wednesday 05:25 Pangaea splits into Laurasia and Gondwana
2028/12/27 Wednesday 07:58 First stegosaurs
2028/12/27 Wednesday 21:20 First birds
2028/12/28 Thursday 03:42 Madagascar splits from Africa
2028/12/28 Thursday 13:15 First flowering plants
2028/12/28 Thursday 13:15 Laurasia and Gondwana begin to drift apart
2028/12/29 Friday 04:31 Spinosaurus evolves. Largest of all carnivorous dinosaurs.
2028/12/29 Friday 08:20 First bees
2028/12/29 Friday 14:42 Indian subcontinent splits from Gondwana
2028/12/29 Friday 21:04 Australia splits from Antarctica
2028/12/30 Saturday 04:42 Tyrannosaurus rex evolves
2028/12/30 Saturday 05:59 Cretaceous extinction event. 75% of all species vanish.
2028/12/30 Saturday 09:48 First primates evolve
2028/12/30 Saturday 12:59 First modern birds
2028/12/30 Saturday 16:10 Indian subcontinent collides with Asia. Tiber and Himalayas start to rise.
2028/12/30 Saturday 18:05 Whales return to the water
2028/12/30 Saturday 22:32 Antarctic ice cap begins to grow
2028/12/31 Sunday 01:43 Grasslands become widespread
2028/12/31 Sunday 04:54 South America separates from Antarctica
2028/12/31 Sunday 07:27 First elephants. Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi.
2028/12/31 Sunday 12:32 Divergence of great apes and lesser apes
2028/12/31 Sunday 14:27 First bovids
2028/12/31 Sunday 16:59 First large horses
2028/12/31 Sunday 18:54 Rigel forms. Brightest star in Orion.
2028/12/31 Sunday 19:13 Betelgeuse forms. Second brightest star in Orion.
2028/12/31 Sunday 20:10 Last common ancestor humans and chimpanzees
2028/12/31 Sunday 20:12 - 20:36 Messinian salinity crisis. Strait of Gibraltar closes tight, Mediterranean Sea dries out.
2028/12/31 Sunday 21:27 Australopithecus evolves
2028/12/31 Sunday 22:05 Great American Interchange. Isthmus of Panama rises, North and South America join, extensive fauna exchange follows.
2028/12/31 Sunday 22:24 Current ice age begins
2028/12/31 Sunday 22:35 First members of the genus Homo appear
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:02 First controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:30 Last reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:35 Yellowstone Caldera erupts
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:40 Earliest human engravings. Zig-zag patterns on shells in Java.
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:48 Earliest instances of burial
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:50 Neanderthals evolve
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:52 Anatomically modern humans appear in Africa
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:56 Humans begin migrating out of Africa
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:57 Toba supervolcanic eruption. Human population falls to 10,000.
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:58 23:58:39 Neanderthals go extinct
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:25 First domesticated dogs
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:39 Beginning of agriculture
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:46 Wheel invented
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:48 Writing invented
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:49 Great Pyramid
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:52 Iron Age begins
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:55 Julius Caesar
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:58 Galileo Galilei
2028/12/31 Sunday 23:59 23:59:59 Charles Darwin