Whisper from Space

Synopsis: In 1956 two scientists at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey identified a whisper of radiation that is now believed to have been emitted shortly after the big bang. U-2 spy plane detectors (which were directed upwards instead of downwards) have found a deviation in radiation that is explained by the notion that our galaxy is travelling through space at more than a million miles an hour. Philip Morrison, Professor of Physics at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology tells the story and looks at the the future of a universe that is still expanding and asks whether the process is infinite or whether the universe will finally expand and collapse in a series of big bangs.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1978
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Uses: General audiences; astronomy courses.*
Subjects: Astronomy
Keywords: astrophysics; big bang theory; universe

Producer

Peter Jones

Writer

Peter Jones

Cast

Ray Moore

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