Ancient whispers
Description
The notion that everything - stars, planets, people, even time itself - began with a huge explosion is one of the most bizarre ideas of astronomy. But more bizarre is the idea that an ancient heat relic from this event is still with us. Yet that is exactly what the COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite confirmed. The big bang did occur and is the final piece in the jigsaw of theories, experiments, lucky coincidences and plain hard work dating back to Aristotle.
Runtime
30 min
Series
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
2013
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Physics for the 21st century. Biophysics. Unit 9
Quantum Leap
The Illusion of Time
Human universe. What is our future? Season 1, Episode 5
Horizon. How big is the universe?
Journey of the universe. Learning, living, and dying. Episode 6
Big history. Pocket time machine. Season 1
Physics for the 21st century. Macroscopic quantum mechanics. Unit 6
Dark Energy
Quantum. Series 2, Episode 10
The Cosmos
The hunt for ringed planets
Quantum. Series 2, Episode 1
The Basic Building Blocks of Matter
Quantum. Series 1, Episode 3