The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries — Season 1, Episode 2: The Spooky Universe
Documentary • 32 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the fundamentals of matter. He begins by looking at the discovery of the electron, proton, neutron, quark, and neutrino. He then discusses Einstein's theories of relativity and its implication for traveling near the speed of light. He also looks at the unusual implications of quantum mechanics and talks about how quantum tunneling is crucial to producing fusion in the sun. He also discusses the properties of light and the equivalence of mass and energy.
About 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.