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Combining the philosophical and the scientific, Life: A Cosmic Story takes viewers on a voyage of discovery through the building blocks of the natural world. From the cells and molecules that form a towering redwood tree, to the astronomical activity that caused the creation of our solar system, the film employs science and storytelling to contemplate the beginnings of existence.
In an immersive full-dome experience, the immense efforts of the filmmakers from the California Academy of Sciences unfold, traversing time and transcending space to tell the only truly universal tale. Mystical and mesmerising, it attempts to answer the most enticing of questions: how did life begin on Earth?
Narrated by Jodie Foster, this engrossing journey through the origins of all living things spans 13 billion years of activity in 35 astounding minutes.