Unveiling the invisible Universe

 (duration 28 min – for adults and children 12+) 

For thousands of years humans observed the light coming from the night sky with their eyes. In the beginning of the 17th century, the invention of the telescope by Galileo revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe. Finally, in the 20th century with the advent of rockets, it became possible to go above the earth’s atmosphere and observe X-ray and gamma ray radiation which are the marks of the hot and violent Universe. But it is not only light that can give us information about the cosmos. Neutrinos and cosmic rays also provide vital information. Finally, the detection by the LIGO experiment of gravitational waves from two merging black holes opened a new window in astrophysics. This video presents images of the cosmos as revealed by all these different messengers.

Available in 14 languages:  English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish (Castilian), Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Slovak

Film Director: Theofanis Matsopoulos

Script/Scientific Advisors: Dr. Vadim Burwitz, Dr. Maite Ceballos, Marco Faccini, Dr. Ioannis Georgantopoulos, Prof.  Stavros Katsanevas, Nicolas Matsopoulos, Dr. Lorenzo Natalucci, Prof. Paul O’Brien, Dr. Edwige Pezzulli, Dr. Luigi Piro, Dr. Ektoras Pouliasis, Dr. Francesca Spagnuolo, Dr. Natalie Webb

Music: Costas Papageorgiou

Narration: Gregory Patrick Karr 

Produced by: Integrated Activities in the High-Energy Astrophysics Domain (AHEAD2020)