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Studying the universe for a living? Sounds like a pretty big job #TEDTalks

The universe started with a bang — but how will it end? With astonishing visuals, cosmologist and TED Fellow Katie Mack takes us to the theoretical end of everything, some trillions of years in the future, in a profound meditation on existence, wonder and the legacy of humanity within the immensity of time and space.

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The universe started with a bang — but how will it end? With astonishing visuals, cosmologist and TED Fellow Katie Mack takes us to the theoretical end of everything, some trillions of years in the future, in a profound meditation on existence, wonder and the legacy of humanity within the immensity of time and space.

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  1. @DY2784

    April 2, 2026 at 4:53 pm

    👋👍

  2. @Lmn_133

    April 2, 2026 at 4:56 pm

    And what’s the importance of that sturdy?!

    • @queenieevergreen

      April 3, 2026 at 5:13 pm

      Sturdy things are generally preferred over their alternative. For, what I hope, are obvious reasons, of course.

  3. @steventaylor6212

    April 2, 2026 at 5:09 pm

    I’ve seen you before. I laughed when some self appointed internet expert was trying to lecture you on astrophysics.😂

  4. @BrianMcInnis87

    April 2, 2026 at 10:41 pm

    Wasn’t aware it was possible to study things other than the universe.

  5. @joshbradstreet1736

    April 2, 2026 at 10:55 pm

    I don’t believe in horoscopes

    • @RandomAxeOfKindness

      April 3, 2026 at 4:13 pm

      They’re real. I’ve seen them. But they’re based on nonsense and wildly inaccurate.

  6. @queenieevergreen

    April 3, 2026 at 5:14 pm

    Such important work.

  7. @BanuSahinn

    April 4, 2026 at 11:33 am

    “I study the universe and then I talk about it” 😎

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