Vivons-nous dans un trou noir ?

Lorsqu’un objet se brise, notre impression immédiate est celle du chaos : des morceaux de tailles variées, projetés dans toutes les directions, sans logique apparente. Pourtant, qu’il s’agisse d’un verre qui éclate, d’un sucre que l’on écrase ou d’une bulle de savon qui disparaît ...  Show more

La question « Où se trouve Dieu dans l’Univers ? » traverse l’histoire humaine depuis des millénaires. Religieuse, philosophique, mais aussi scientifique, elle touche à notre besoin profond de situer l’infini dans un cadre compréhensible. Récemment, un ancien physicien de Harvard ...  Show more

A black hole is so dense, its gravitational field prevents anything from escaping, including light. You would think that would make them the "blackest" things in the universe; how in the world do we know they are there? Dr. Andrea Derdzinski tells us about how we detect black hol ...  Show more

Black holes are one of the most beguiling objects in our universe. What are they exactly? How do they affect the universe? And what would it be like to fall into one? We venture beyond the point of no return with Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan, into a fascinating world ...  Show more

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A Debate Over How The Universe Began

Even though it’s commonly accepted today, the Big Bang theory was not always the universally accepted scientific explanation for how our universe began. In fact, the term ‘Big Bang’ was coined by a prominent physicist in 1948 to mock ...