The expanding universe is humanity’s monumental discovery. Beginning with something infinitesimally small, the universe has become something majestically large. How...
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Episode 03
Season 04
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What is the deepest nature of things? Our world is complex, filled with so much stuff. But down below, what’s most fundamental, what is ultimate reality? Is there...
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Black holes warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. Black holes, with masses millions or billions times that of our...
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Cosmology is the study of the universe, via theory and observation, of its beginning, evolution, large-scale structure, and far future. A philosophy of cosmology seeks to...
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Black holes are the most incredible form of mass-energy in the universe, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape its relentless drawing power....
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What are the most fundamental questions, the most penetrating questions, that we can ask of the natural world? Stretch your mind. Envision all manner of things, whether in...
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Visit the ‘dark side’ of the universe. Black holes cannot be seen because gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. Dark matter cannot be seen because...
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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?
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