2006-10-05

Origins (Manai ertontsyn u'usel garlyn tuxai)


Chapter 1 thumbnail Discovering the Big Bang

The belief that our cosmos has always existed, eternal and unchanging, is overturned by a chance discovery. running time 8:55

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Chapter 2 thumbnail A 30-Year Search

After studying the big bang's residual glow for decades, scientists develop a baby picture of the universe, but it's too blurry to reveal critical information. running time 7:52

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Chapter 3 thumbnail Race for a Sharper Image

Two teams with radically different approaches set off on a quest to put the early universe in focus, but technological hurdles abound. running time 8:21

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Chapter 4 thumbnail The Picture Emerges

The first detailed images of the young universe are pieced together, solving age-old mysteries. running time 9:09

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Chapter 5 thumbnail Forging the Elements

Scientists now know how the universe began to accumulate the building blocks of life. running time 8:37

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Chapter 6 thumbnail A Universe Hospitable to Life

By decoding spectra of light from distant galaxies, astronomers can tell whether the conditions that allow life to emerge are widespread through the cosmos. running time 6.45

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Source from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/

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