we’re exploring a question that lingers at the edge of science and imagination: What if the first civilization didn’t begin on Earth — but on Mars? Could the Red Planet, long ago warmer and wetter, have hosted life advanced enough to shape its own world? In this gentle documentary for sleep, we drift through evidence, theories, and quiet possibilities of a story that may have started before us, on another planet. This video is part of a peaceful space for science to fall asleep to, thoughtful documentaries for sleep, and calming science facts to sleep. If your mind rests best while wandering through mysteries of the past and future, you’re in the right place. Where are you watching from tonight — and what time is it there? I love reading your check-ins. They always feel like quiet signals scattered across the world. If this helped settle your thoughts or gave your imagination something cosmic to wonder about, feel free to like, subscribe, or simply close your eyes — knowing that some stories may begin far beyond where we stand. Wishing you rest, beneath the silent skies of two worlds.