Universe

*This article contains spoilers!* Outer Wilds and Echoes of the Eye should be played with minimal spoilers, knowing too much will hinder the experience!
Please play the game before reading any of this! (Or don't, I'm not your dad.)

## The Universe

A deep field image of the Universe.

The **Universe** was everything that existed. The **Universe** contained Galaxies, Stars, Planets, and Life. As of Outer Wilds, the Universe no longer exists and has been replaced by a new one.

## Species

### Known Species

* Hearthian (extinct)
* Nomai (extinct)
* The Stranger's inhabitants (extinct)

## Objects

### Known Galaxies

* Gloaming Galaxy
* Unnamed Galaxy that contains the Solar System
* At least 15 Unnamed Galaxies

### Known Star Systems

* The Solar System
* Bright Spark Triple Suns
* Blackrock System
* Unnamed Blue Supergiant System
* Unnamed Red Dwarf System
* Unnamed K-Type Main Sequence Star System
* Unnamed Blue Supergiant System

### Known Planets

* Hourglass Twins
* Timber Hearth
	+ Attlerock
* Brittle Hollow
	+ Hollow's Lantern
* Giant's Deep
* Dark Bramble
* Eye of the Universe
	+ Quantum Moon
* Unnamed Ringed Gas Giant
	+ The Stranger's Inhabitant's Home Moon

## Events

	+ The *Big Bang* is set off and the previous universe is destroyed.
 Billions of years after **The Big Bang** | * *The Universe* begins to cool down
 Less than 1 million years before the events of ***Outer Wilds*** | * *The Universe* begins to die.
	+ The ***Eye of the Universe*** begins to send out its signal.
* ***The Stranger's inhabitants*** receive the signal from the *Eye*.
	+ *The Inhabitants* tear apart their Homeworld to build *The Stranger*.
		- *The Inhabitants* discover that the *Eye* will destroy *The Universe*, and build the '*Eye Signal Blocker* to make sure no one ever finds it.
			* The Inhabitants create *The **Simulation** and hide away forever.*
	+ ***The Prisoner*** releases the *Eye'*s signal back into *The Universe* for a short time, before getting locked away in ***The Sealed Vault*** in ***The Subterranean Lake.***
 Roughly 281,042 Years before the events of ***Outer Wilds*** | * Escall's Nomai Clan receive the Eye's signal,
	+ The Vessel gets ensnared within Dark Bramble during their warp.
		- The Eye's signal fades out forever.
			* The surviving Nomai escape into the Solar System through Escape Pods.
				+ The Nomai in Escape Pod 3 die in Dark Bramble.
			* The Nomai form a society within the Solar System, and start their search for the Eye.
				+ The Eye Signal Locator is built on the Attlerock.
				+ The Quantum Moon Locator is built on Ember Twin.
				+ The Southern Observatory is built.
					- All attempts in the search for the Eye fail, The Nomai decide to send out a Probe.
						* The Ash Twin Project and Sun Station are built under heavy debate.
							+ Solanum heads to the Quantum Moon.
							+ The Sun Station fails to make the Sun go supernova, leaving the Ash Twin Project without a power source.
					- The Nomai are killed by the Interloper explosion.
 Before the events of ***Outer Wilds*** | * The Ghost Matter in the system recedes, making it habitable.
	+ The Hearthians evolve as the dominant species.
* The Space Program is founded by Feldspar, Gossan, Slate and Hornfels.
	+ Feldspar lands on the Attlerock.
	+ Chert is trained and sent into space.
		- The Protagonist and Hal are born.
	+ Gabbro is trained and sent into space.
		- The Translator Tool begins being worked on.
	+ Riebeck is trained and sent into space.
		- The Protagonist begins training.
			* Gossan loses one of their eyes.
		- The Protagonist prepares for their launch day.
			* The Protagonist is sent into space.
				+ The Sun goes Supernova along with most of the remaining stars in the sky.
					- The Ash Twin Project finally gets a power source and begins firing the probe.
 ***Outer Wilds*** | * The Nomai Statues pair to Gabbro and The Protagonist when the Eye is found, trapping them in an endless time loop.
	+ **The Events of *Outer Wilds* take place.**
* The Protagonist heads to the Eye of the Universe.
	+ The Protagonist enters the ***Eye of the Universe***.
		- The *Big Bang* is set off and The Next Universe is born.
			* The cycle continues.

## Gallery

* Art from the Prisoner's House that prophecises the rebirth of the universe.
* Star Constellations in the Universe
* Star Systems neighboring the Outer Wilds.
* An image Hornfels took at the Observatory of the galaxies in the Universe.

## Trivia

* The Outer Wilds Universe is based on the Cyclic Model of our own Universe.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Vessel#Texts and recordings
2. ↑ File:Galaxies.png
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 File:StarSystems.jpg
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue\_supergiant
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red\_dwarf
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-type\_main-sequence\_star
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue\_supergiant
8. ↑ Quantum Moon
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Slide Reels#River Lowlands
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Simulation
11. ↑ Endings#Eye of the Universe Ending
12. ↑ Timber Hearth#Texts and recordings