Preview: Season 51 Episode 8 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.
How big is the universe? Will it ever end? Why is so much of it made of mysterious dark matter and energy? See how mind-bending discoveries over the past 50 years have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
Aired: 04/16/24
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(flame whooshing) - [Control] And we have lift off.
(dramatic music) - [Narrator] They're some of the biggest discoveries in science.
- Trying to understand what dark matter is and what dark energy is.
(dramatic music) - [Narrator] And the biggest mysteries left to solve.
(dramatic music continues) - We have no clue about what this stuff is, but it is profoundly important.
- [Narrator] "Decoding the Universe: Cosmos", on Nova.
(mysterious dramatic music)
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