We know that the very early universe was a cauldron of immensely hot plasma gas that seemed uniform and undifferentiated, the paragon of simplicity. And yet, over time,...
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Is our entire universe a vast computer game, the creation of super-smart hackers existing somewhere else? Before you smirk and laugh, watch and think! Who’s to say that...
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There are two basic theories about how the universe will end. Neither are pleasant. The first spells out an inward-rushing, squashing-together of all things and the second...
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When we speak about the future of the universe, we mean when the sun burns out, when galaxies collide, when everything flies apart and ultimately evaporates. Do the untold...
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Episode 04
Season 05
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Our universe has existed for about 14 billion years. Looking backwards, that’s about 1 followed by 10 zeros. Looking forwards, into the far far future, cosmologists can...
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If all is random and our universe is the only universe, the chance existence of human awareness would seem incredible. Because the laws of physics would have to be so...
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We look up and we look down and in both directions we chill with awe. We look up to the universe and envision hundreds of billions of galaxies. We look down to the atom and...
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Our universe has been developing for about 14 billion years, but human-level intelligence, at least on Earth, has emerged in a remarkably short period of time, measured in...
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The physical laws of our universe must be just so in order for life and mind-for us-to exist. ‘Just so’ is called ‘fine-tuning’, and it seems to...
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If the deep laws of the universe had been ever so slightly different human beings wouldn’t, and couldn’t, exist. All explanations of this exquisite fine-tuning,...
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The expanding universe is humanity’s monumental discovery. Beginning infinitesimally small, the universe has become majestically large. How could this happen? What...
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Galaxies and clusters of galaxies, untold billions of them, adorn the cosmos. How did such large-scale structure of the universe come about? The universe started as a hot...
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