American astrophysicist and cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote and narrated a YouTube piece for Minute Physics called A Brief History of Everything, with the scientist explaining and condensing the epic 16 billion year history of the universe into a succinct eight minute video.
While the basic concept of the Big Bang is commonly known, Tyson delves further into detail regarding the composition of our universe and the forces that made it along with interesting tidbits on how our universe could've resulted in a universe filled only with light without the forces of gravity and elemental properties forming what we know today.
Watch Tyson condense 16 billion years into just eight minutes, below: