L’expansion de l’univers ralentit-elle ?

Quand on pense à une montagne géante, on imagine souvent Mount Everest, culminant à près de 8 849 mètres. Pourtant, dans le système solaire, cette montagne paraît presque modeste. Car le véritable record absolu se trouve sur Mars, et il écrase littéralement tous les autres relief ...  Show more

On pourrait croire qu’un arbre pousse mieux en pleine forêt, entouré de nature. Pourtant, plusieurs études scientifiques montrent l’inverse : dans de nombreuses régions du monde, les arbres des villes grandissent plus vite que ceux des campagnes ou des forêts voisines. Une vaste ...  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