Fourteen billion years ago, everything we’ve ever known—every star, planet, and person—was packed into a space smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. In an event known as the , this tiny, hot, and incredibly dense point began to rapidly expand.
One of the book's most profound takeaways is the . The same laws of physics that govern a falling apple on Earth also govern the rotation of distant galaxies and the behavior of light across the void. Astrophysics For People In A Hurry
The following story condenses the major scientific and philosophical milestones detailed in Neil deGrasse Tyson's . The Cosmic Origin Story The same laws of physics that govern a
For centuries, we thought we understood the "stuff" of the universe. However, modern astrophysics reveals that the matter we can see (stars, planets, and us) accounts for only about 5% of the cosmos. The rest is dominated by two invisible giants: However, modern astrophysics reveals that the matter we