Thanks to cutting edge technology, scientists can peer deeper into space than ever before. The audio tracks in this album feature Dr Robert Lambourne and Dr Stephen Serjeant of The Open University's Department of Physics and Astronomy. They introduce the
Transcript -- An introduction to this album
The latest technology can look almost all the way back to the Big Bang, and may soon identify the first stars and galaxies
Transcript -- The latest technology can look almost all the way back to the Big Bang, and may soon identify the first stars and galaxies
The Planck Surveyor is designed to analyse microwave radiation in the universe in more detail than ever before
Transcript -- The Planck Surveyor is designed to analyse microwave radiation in the universe in more detail than ever before
The discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background began an era of precision cosmology. But the theory of inflation remains one of the great questions in cosmology today
Transcript -- The discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background began an era of precision cosmology. But the theory of inflation remains one of the great questions in cosmology today
How Einstein's theories created the basis of modern cosmology. We can use general relativity to model how different phenomena affect space-time
Transcript -- How Einstein's theories created the basis of modern cosmology. We can use general relativity to model how different phenomena affect space-time
The evidence for gravitational waves and black holes. Gravitational wave astronomy could drive the cutting edge research of future
Transcript -- The evidence for gravitational waves and black holes. Gravitational wave astronomy could drive the cutting edge research of future
Examining the concepts of dark matter and dark energy. Ideas about dark energy have led to a theory of the end of the universe called the Big Rip
Transcript -- Examining the concepts of dark matter and dark energy. Ideas about dark energy have led to a theory of the end of the universe called the Big Rip