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What Dark Energy Can Tell Us About Our Universe
The universe is expanding, but why? Dark Energy might be the key in solving this mystery.
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What Does Saturn Sound Like from Space?
The sounds of Saturn, or rather the radio and plasma waves that Cassini picked up in Saturn's orbit.
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Why You Can't Fall Into a Black Hole
How the universe works: a black hole is surprisingly hard to fall into.
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Shocking Discoveries on Mercury
The spectacular discoveries NASA's MESSENGER made about Mercury.
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Are We on the Verge of a Major Technological Transportation Breakthrough?
Ion Engines are the future. How far away are we from them becoming the norm?
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Revelations from 97,000 Sonic Black Hole Experiments
Escaping the inescapable. Hawking Radiation, Quantum Fields and Black Holes.
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Faster than Sound: NASA's Stardust Mission
Everything about NASA's Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2.
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What Makes Stars So Different From Each Other?
Why are stars different brightness, colours and sizes? A look at the main sequence of stars, and what makes stars different from each other.
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Why Scientists Are Worried About the Sun's Corona
We need to better understand the Sun. Here's why NASA (Parker Solar Probe) and ESA (Solar Orbiter) have both sent probes to the Sun in the last few years.
Curated Video
Making A Cloud In A Jar
Dr. Boyd shows you how to simulate making a cloud after explaining how they are made in nature.
Minute 0:30 – Introduction
Minute 0:43 – What you need
Minute 1:17 – Explanation
Minute 2:18 – Safety
Minute 2:29 – Making a Cloud in a Jar
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How Weird Approaching The Speed Of Light Can Get
As you go faster, what happens to time and space? What would happen if you could manage to go the speed of light? Astrum Answers!
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Why All The Planets Are On The Same Orbital Plane
Is it a coincidence? Or is something else at play here?
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How Did Mars Die?
The UAE has joined the space race, skipping the Moon altogether and going straight for Mars. What will the Hope Emirates Mars Mission investigate while in orbit around the red planet?
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How Asteroid Bennu Stumped NASA Mission Planners
NASA's OSIRIS-REx has now been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a year already, but what has it discovered so far?
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What Does an Exploding Black Hole Look Like?
Quasars, or extremely active black holes are the brightest objects in the universe. But aren't black holes meant to be invisible? Based on the Illustris Project simulation, we also look at radio-mode and quasar-mode feedback, seemingly...
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How Bad Is the Radiation on Mars?
How do scientists plan to get astronauts to Mars when space radiation is so strong? What can be done about it? Astrum Answers!
Science ABC
What Are The Different Atomic Models? Dalton, Rutherford, Bohr and Heisenberg Models Explained
Atomic Models: Centuries ago, people didn’t know exactly what was inside an atom, but they had some “ideas”. Around 400 BC, a Greek philosopher named Democritus came up with a theory that everything in the world was made of tiny...
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Quantum Physics: Here’s Why Movies Always Get It Wrong
Quantum physics deals with the foundation of our world – the electrons in an atom, the protons inside the nucleus, the quarks that build those protons, and the photons that we perceive as light. These constitute everything that we are...
Science ABC
Particle accelerators: What are they, how do they work and why are they important to us?
A particle accelerator is a machine that accelerates particles. More specifically, it accelerates elementary particles, like protons and electrons, at extremely high speeds—almost 99.99% of the speed of light. These particles are then...
Science ABC
Jump From Space: What Happens If You Do A Space Jump?
Jumping from space is considered to be quite a task. And with good reason! Because no one has ever done it, or even attempted it. Red bulls sponsored a high-altitude jump performed by Felix Baumgartner, and it was famously called a...
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Hawking Radiation Explained: What Exactly Was Stephen Hawking Famous For?
Hawking radiation was first discovered by English scientist Stephen Hawking in 1974. Prior to this discovery, our knowledge of black holes was very limited. It was believed that black holes were completely black and that they did not...
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Higgs Boson (The God Particle) and Higgs Field Explained in Simple Words
The Higgs boson is a wave, ripple or disturbance in an invisible, all-permeating field called the Higgs field. In the year 1964, Peter Higgs, François Englert and four other scientists proposed a rather unique idea to explain why certain...
Science ABC
Can You Hear Sound in Space?
Space is full of radio waves, plasma waves, magnetic waves, gravitational waves, and shock waves, all of which can travel in space without a medium. These waves are recorded by instruments that can sense these waves, and the data is...