Astrophysics in 5 revolutions

27/10/2025 16 min

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Episode Synopsis

Ersilia Vaudo's astrophysics narrative traces five revolutions, starting with Newtonian gravity. It details Einstein's relativity, promoting the speed of light to an absolute constant, intertwining space and time, and defining gravity as space-time geometry. Key discoveries discussed include the expanding Universe, the Big Bang, cosmic inflation, and the ongoing mysteries of dark matter, dark energy, and the survival of matter over antimatter.