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# Watch Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explain the History of the Universe in 8 Minutes

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## Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson Looks Back at 'Cosmos'

[Watch (HLS stream): Neil deGrasse Tyson Looks Back at 'Cosmos'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VSiGzSHL.m3u8) (3:21)

![Neil deGrasse Tyson Looks Back at 'Cosmos'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VSiGzSHL/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2014-06-10. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reflects on hosting the popular science show 'Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey'_


by 

[Jacob Shamsian](https://time.com/author/jacob-shamsian/)


## Jacob Shamsian


Jul 24, 2015 5:10 PM UTC

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[Jacob Shamsian](https://time.com/author/jacob-shamsian/)


## Jacob Shamsian


Jul 24, 2015 5:10 PM UTC

Expert [mind-blower](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/397857324561215489), [Pluto-hater](http://time.com/3958381/neil-degrasse-tyson-pluto-dwarf-planet/) and all-around explainer Neil DeGrasse Tyson has now proved he can explain everything in the universe by explaining literally everything in the universe.

On MinutePhysics, the famed astrophysicist draws from his book “Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution.” He starts with the beginning of time about 13.7 billion years ago, when “all the space, and all the matter, and all the energy of the known universe was contained in a volume less than one-trillionth the size of the point of a pin.” He ends with homosapiens, who are enabled “to deduce the origin and the evolution of the universe,” like Tyson just did.

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