L’expansion de l’univers ralentit-elle ?

Imaginez une plage où le sable, les galets… et des fragments de plastique fondus s’assemblent pour former une véritable roche. Ce n’est plus une hypothèse, mais une réalité observée notamment à Hawaï et sur certaines côtes britanniques. Les scientifiques ont même donné un nom à c ...  Show more

Imaginez conduire à 350 km/h… et fermer les yeux. Pas une seconde entière, non. Juste le temps d’un clignement. Pourtant, ce geste banal vous fait parcourir environ 20 mètres… dans le noir complet. C’est précisément ce que vivent les pilotes de Formule 1, plusieurs fois par minut ...  Show more

For tens of thousands of years, humans have pondered eternal questions like “How does our world even exist?” and “Where did we come from?” Now, more than ever, scientists are finding answers within the Big Bang theory. About 13.8 billion years ago, in a fraction of a fraction ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'dark energy'. Only 5% of our universe is composed of visible matter, stars, planets and people; something called 'dark matter' makes up about 25% and an enormous 70% of the universe is pervaded with the mysteriously named 'dark energy'. It is a re ...  Show more

Everyone knows about the Big Bang being the beginning of the universe and time - but when and how is it going to end? ask brothers Raffie and Xe from Rome. For this series, with lockdown learning in mind, Drs Rutherford and Fry are investigating scientific mysteries for students ...  Show more

A century ago, astronomers were locked in a debate about the scope of our universe. Were we it? The answer is no. There are other galaxies beyond the Milky Way, and they are speeding away from us. Answering that question left astronomers with an even bigger puzzle. Why is everyth ...  Show more