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The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

Everything we now know about the universe from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxies has stemmed from scientists who’ve been willing to ponder the unanswerable. And with the advent of modern science, great minds have turned to testing and experimentation rather than mere thought as a way of approaching and grappling with some of the universe’s most pressing and vexing dilemmas.

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Ended

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The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

First Air Date

May 1, 2012

Last Air Date

June 5, 2012

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

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S01E06

Inexplicable Cosmology

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the merging of the theory of the small (quantum mechanics) and the theory of the large (relativity). He then considers the possibility of the multiverse and what existed before the Big Bang. He examines the mystery of the matter/antimatter asymmetry in the universe and considers whether anything can travel faster than light. He considers wormholes and discusses the long term fate of the universe.

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