Joseph Silk - The Future of Cosmology

4,366 views · Published 30 November 2018 · 9:22 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Closer To Truth · 2018 · Education

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Cosmology is the study of the structure, beginning and end of the universe, and it has been transformed from mostly metaphysical speculation to a precision observational science. We read the microwave background of the sky, a relic of the primordial big bang, and we “listen” for minute gravity waves when distant black holes collide. Where do we go from here? What capabilities are to come?

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