From Creation to Destruction of the Universe: An Eternity in 60 Minutes!
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In collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History.
Can we really think about the birth and death of time? What does modern science tell us about the origin of the cosmos and its possible ends? Where were you before the Big Bang and where will you reside after the Big Rip?
Modern cosmology offers a detailed and disconcerting narrative of the last 13.8 billion years. While deep mysteries remain (dark matter, dark energy), the inflation theory, associated with the standard model known as "Lambda-CDM", provides a wonderful coherent scenario of our universe, from the separation of fundamental forces during the first second, to the formation of structures (filaments, clusters, galaxies, stars, planets, black holes), passing through the synthesis of matter (particles, atoms, molecules), and even the generation of a perpetual multiverse...
The fate of these bubble universes is relatively predictable over a few billion years and will, admittedly, be rather grim as shown by scenarios like 'heat death', where the universe would cool inexorably until it reaches a state of maximum disorder, where any form of usable energy would vanish. The 'Big Rip', on the other hand, would cause the progressive dislocation of the universe's structures as accelerated expansion would tear galaxies, stars, planets, and even atoms, until the very fabric of space-time disintegrates.
To go much further in time, whether in the infinitely early or infinitely late, it will be necessary to invoke still very speculative theories (string theory, loop quantum gravity). The results will therefore be without guarantee!
Guillaume Trap, Doctor in Astrophysics and Scientific Advisor of the Young Scientists Foundation Luxembourg.
Julien Meyer, Doctor in Mathematics and Head of Mediation and Public Development at the National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg.
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In collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History.
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CNA - Centre National de l'Audiovisuel
1B rue du Centenaire
3475 Dudelange
Luxembourg
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