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Explore our vast universe: its size, scope, beginning, expansion, ending. How did it all happen? How does it all work? Where is it all going? We target the mysteries.
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The universe is strange and wondrous—dauntingly vast, menacingly violent, infinitely complex. There are explanations, but is there a final explanation?
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Episode 03
Season 15
26:47
The observable universe may contain two trillion galaxies and there may be innumerable universes. Is there ultimate unification, a final theory? Search for deep harmony....
Episode 09
Season 17
26:48
Here’s the claim: cosmic conditions that allow complex structures — galaxies, stars, planets, people — depend on a few “constants of nature” lying within tight...
Episode 02
Season 19
From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. In...
Roundtable
26:34
Astrophysicist George Smoot discusses the history of precision cosmology, his work in gravitational lensing, the existence of dark matter, and the future of astrophysics.
CTT Chat
50:01
Is there more than one universe? According to current cosmology, our entire gigantic universe is only one of innumerable universes, each universe like one tiny bubble in a...
Episode 07
Season 05
26:46
The very early universe likely underwent a period of enormous expansion called “inflation.” The theory stunned cosmology. Here’s the story of its discovery.
Episode 06
Season 09
Cosmologist and physics professor Will Kinney discusses his book, An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe. Kinney considers what happened...
Authors Series, CTT Chat
1:09:11