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🗓️ 14 March 2022
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How big is the Milky Way Galaxy? How many Galaxies are there? Is the Andromeda Galaxy really going to crash into the Milky Way Galaxy (us???). For free home activities sign-up at www.WhoSmarted.com
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0:00.0 | Do you ever feel like you and a friend are speaking past each other? |
0:04.4 | Or that you're not sure how to break out of a rut? |
0:08.0 | I'm Shankar Vedantam, host of the podcast Hidden Brain. |
0:12.6 | We explore questions that keep you up at night |
0:15.6 | and provide answers that are grounded in rigorous science. |
0:21.2 | Join us each week to explore your Hidden Brain. |
0:32.2 | A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, |
0:36.2 | came the story of Star Wars. |
0:38.7 | You may have heard of it. |
0:43.7 | Oh, nice sound effects. |
0:45.2 | Thanks. |
0:45.7 | But long before that story in a galaxy far, far away, |
0:48.7 | came the story about how galaxies were formed in the first place. |
0:54.7 | According to many scientists, the universe started off as... |
0:58.7 | Nothing. |
0:59.7 | Then, nearly 14 billion years ago, from a tiny microscopic point, |
1:05.7 | there came up massive burst of energy in what is known as the Big Bang. |
1:10.7 | What was that? |
1:12.2 | Uh, Big Bang. |
1:13.7 | That wasn't very big. |
1:15.2 | You said it was microscopic. |
1:17.2 | No, I said it started from a microscopic point. |
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