Horizon: Is Everything we Know About the Universe Wrong?

Synopsis

Cosmology fights a constant battle to describe, analyse and simply comprehend our universe - a thing of unimaginable size and astonishing complexity, governed by forces impossible to recreate on Earth. The latest in a long line of mysteries to threaten our understanding is "dark flow" - a strange force discovered in discarded data, whose implications are hotly disputed. To make it into the Standard Model of Cosmology any science must cross the highest of hurdles. Will dark flow stand up to the scientific spotlight? And can the Standard Model and our concept of the universe stand without its inclusion?

Series

Horizon, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2010

Year of production

2010

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 on 9/3/2010

Subjects

Astronomy; Physics

Keywords

cosmology; dark matter; scientific research; universe; dark flow

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£195.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

50 minutes

Year

2011

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’