The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries — Season 1, Episode 5: Inexplicable Space
Documentary • 32 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the move from classical physics to modern physics. He then examines the Pioneer Anomaly and how the Pioneer space probe is slowing faster than predicted. He discusses dark matter and how it accounts for the gravity of the universe even though we know next to nothing about it. He then examines dark energy which is the unknown force causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate. He also considers some anomalies facing quantum mechanics and the theory of the Zero-energy universe. Finally, he examines the likely collision between the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy.
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.