Vers l'infini... (et pas au dela)

We encounter galaxies, exoplanets, space-driving billionaires and dark, sometimes gray matter. We question our finiteness, explore our limits, push our ignorance to infinity... But not beyond... "Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity. But as far as the Universe is concerned, I'm not yet absolutely certain." A. Einstein With : Eric Lagadec is an astrophysicist at the Lagrange Laboratory of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur-UCA and media relations officer for the Société Française d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique. His work focuses on the study of stellar death and stardust formation. He regularly observes with the world's largest telescopes. He takes an active interest in disseminating knowledge. He has published a first book: "L'odyssée cosmique, une histoire intime des étoiles" (Seuil) and a fine book on "Le Télescope Spatial James Webb"... and Guillaume Meurice has been a humorist since 2007, and a columnist on France Inter from 2012 to 2024, then on Radio Nova where he hosts La Dernière every Sunday... He has written (to this day!) 11 books, including a "petit éloge de la médiocrité" published by Les Pérégrines, which is a useful introduction to the theme of this conference. A jack-of-all-trades, his interests are so varied that he can create an escape game, make documentaries, host podcasts or programs like Tournée Générale on BLAST or Blagues Bloc on MEDIAPART. Vers l'infini... is his 5th show.