Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 12 (Zhang Weishuai, Zhang Su) "The most incomprehensible thing in the universe is that the universe can be understood", at an event held a few days ago, Wu Xiangping, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and member of the Steering Committee of the Future Science Prize Week, quoted this sentence to encourage young people to feel the charm of the universe and dare to explore science.
The Future Science Prize, together with the China Science and Technology Museum and the Chongqing Science and Technology Museum, jointly planned and launched the theme activity of "Same Science Lesson" and the Academician Science and Humanities Class: Science Ignites Youth, "Understanding the Universe" activity, which was held at the Chongqing Science and Technology Museum on the 13th and broadcast live on the whole network.
What is the universe? How did the universe come to be, and how big is it? Where did the universe come from and where is it going? ...... During the event, Wu Xiangping gave a lecture on the topic of "Understanding the Universe". He said that modern cosmology has gone through a century of glory, and people can not only see the remnants of the Big Bang fireball 138.<> billion years ago, but also witness the original "seeds" of the universe structure embedded in the Big Bang fireball, and people can even reconstruct the history of the evolution of the universe and accurately predict the future fate of the universe.
"However, humanity knows almost nothing about the main material components that make up the universe and the dynamics that cause the universe to expand at an accelerated pace. In the past 100 years, dark matter and dark energy, two 'dark clouds' hanging over modern cosmology, have driven scientists to go forward and seek up and down. Wu Xiangping said.
The Future Science Prize, together with the China Science and Technology Museum and the Chongqing Science and Technology Museum, jointly planned and launched the theme activity of "Same Science Lesson" and the Academician Science and Humanities Course: Science Ignites Youth and "Understanding the Universe" activity.
In this event, in addition to the teenagers at the Chongqing Science and Technology Museum, students from Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other branch venues listened to the lecture and asked questions about the edge of the universe, the structure and characteristics of black holes and white holes, the largest galaxy in the universe, and the birth of new stars. Wu Xiangping answered them one by one, and encouraged the students to always maintain the curiosity to explore the unknown and the enterprising spirit to face challenges.
"Academician Wu explained a lot of knowledge to us, and I learned a lot of things that I couldn't learn in textbooks. It turns out that there are so many mysteries in the universe, and it is so interesting! Guo Xingchen, a fifth-grade student, said in an interview.
At the event, Wu Xiangping also presented science books such as "Future Scientists-Interview Records of Future Science Award Winners" to outstanding young people. It is known that this year, with the annual theme of "Hello Scientists", the Future Science Prize has successively launched a series of activities such as the documentary screening of the winners of the Future Science Prize, "Science Ignites Youth: Future Science Prize Winners Dialogue with Youth", and the 2023 Future Science Prize Week. (ENDS)