Confronting the Universe: 1
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A golden age? Nobel prizewinner John Mather believes we are in a golden age of astronomy. The young researchers he meets are not convinced. There are too many unanswered questions, they say. For example, what's causing the accelerated expansion of the Universe observed by the other laureate in this film, Brian Schmidt?
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