Welcome to the Cosmic Society Youtube channel! This channel features videos associated with the book "The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World" by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel R. Primack, published in Spring 2011 by Yale University Press.

About the Cosmic Society:

In the future the 21st century will be seen as a mythic age -- whether for good or evil is not yet determined -- because so much rides on the decisions we are making today. People often say the only constant is change, but in fact change in most of the world is not constant but accelerating. By the laws of physics accelerating change cannot continue indefinitely. There must be a shift or a crash. But how can we alter the trends sanely and justly?

With great telescopes on the ground and in space, astronomers can now see back in time to the Big Bang, and cosmologists are figuring out what the data means. At this pivotal moment for humanity, scientists in collaboration around the entire world are birthing humanity's first scientifically-supported picture of the universe as a whole.

This channel contains many of the world's best astronomical videos, produced by scientists for research purposes but revealing to all of us a stunning picture of a universe made of dark matter and dark energy. We all live in this universe! What does it mean? How can understanding it help us raise our thinking to the level our dangerous but exciting times demand? Read The New Universe and the Human Future! Join the Cosmic Society.