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In this episode, astronomer Vladimir Surdin will answer many fascinating questions: how did the Big Bang happen and what came before it, why is the Universe expanding, what evidence exists for the inflation theory, what is inflaton, why is dark matter important for the formation of galaxies, what technologies and methods allow us to search for it, how relict radiation helps us understand the history of the Universe, and what major problems and mysteries of cosmology remain unsolved. Our guest is Vladimir Surdin, PhD in Physics and Mathematics and Associate Professor of the Astronomy Department at the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University. Support the project: https://revoltcenter.com/donate/ 00:00 What is this episode about? 01:47 Why did everyone believe in the Big Bang? 03:35 We see galaxies flying apart 06:18 Relict radiation and its features 09:27 How can we measure the age of the Universe? 10:37 Chemical composition of the Universe 12:40 How did we understand that galaxies are flying apart? 14:30 Hubble's Law 15:33 The Big Bang is not a point in space 18:27 The size of the universe at the moment of the Big Bang 22:58 Why is the universe the same in all directions? 24:24 Inflationary model of the Universe 27:26 How was neutrino discovered? 28:38 Is the cosmic microwave background radiation the remains of light? 33:38 What is dark matter? 39:08 How to catch dark matter? 44:05 Alternative theories of the origin of the universe 46:52 Galaxies are flying apart with acceleration 48:13 What was before the Big Bang #surdin #space #bigbang