Friday, March 2, 2018

Govert Schilling's Lecture on the Mysterious Universe

Selfie with Govert Schilling
On the evening of March 1, I attended the lecture of The Mysterious Universe by the well know Dutch science journalist Govert Schilling. This happening was organized as part of the Studium Generale lectures at the University of Maastricht.


In the first part a brief overview was given on where are we located (Space), when did this al start (Time) and explaining the relation between our location and time (Space-Time relation). 

The second part covered 9 unsolved mysteries :
     1) How did our Moon originate?
     2) Where is Planet 9?
     3) How unique is Life? 
     4) What are Cosmic Radio Bursts?
     5) What's happening inside a Black Hole?
     6) How did the Baby Universe look like?
     7) What is Dark Matter?
     8) What is Dark Energy?
     9) How unique is our Universe?


Time was flying by and enjoyed listening to the enthusiastic Govert Schilling.