Astrum
The Planet Closer to the Sun than Mercury: Vulcan
...because of Newtonian physics. But Albert Einstein and relativity had other ideas
Veritasium
The Best Test of General Relativity (by 2 Misplaced Satellites)
A launch mishap led to the best experimental confirmation of gravitational redshift.
Science ABC
What Exactly is Spacetime? Explained in Ridiculously Simple Words
Spacetime, as a concept, is related to a space that consists of 4 dimensions instead of the regular 3-dimensional space. As early as 1905, Einstein proposed a now widely popular theory that the speed of light is independent of the motion...
Science ABC
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...
Science ABC
Can Light Escape a Black Hole?
Light is affected by black holes because of the theory of general relativity, which states that any massive object warps the spacetime around it. Since a photon travels by the shortest distance between two points, light appears to bend...
Curated Video
Photon
A particle of light or other electromagnetic energy. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract...
Curated Video
Albert Einstein For Kids
Learn about the German genius, Albert Einstein, from his early days at the patent office to his final days at Princeton, NJ.
Curated Video
Discovering Einstein: The Legacy of a Scientific Genius
Albert Einstein, the renowned scientist of the 20th century, made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of physics, particularly in the theory of relativity. His famous equation, E=mc², revolutionized our understanding of time, space,...
Curated Video
Albert Einstein: Genius, Humanitarian, and Scientific Pioneer
Step into the world of Albert Einstein at the largest exhibit of its kind in New York City's American Museum of Natural History. Explore the genius of Einstein's theories on light, gravity, and time through interactive displays and rare...
Curated Video
Can Light Escape a Black Hole?
Light is affected by black holes because of the theory of general relativity, which states that any massive object warps the spacetime around it. Since a photon travels by the shortest distance between two points, light appears to bend...
Higgsino Physics
The sad story of travelling the speed of light
The speed of light and black holes. What happens when at the speed of light? What about a black hole? This video explains how time dilations works with very fast relativistic speeds. The equation and the intuition behind the logic.
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Albert Einstein
This video explores five fun facts about Albert Einstein.
Curated Video
Supersymmetric Convictions
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) relates his belief that supersymmetry must exist at some energy scale.
Curated Video
Rigidity and Fragility
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) describes how physics' two guiding principles demonstrate both rigidity and fragility,
Curated Video
Light Cones and World Lines
Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose (Oxford) describes how, according to Einstein's special relativity, massive and massless particles move with respect to the light cones of space-time.
Curated Video
Inspired Towards Physics
Cosmologist Justin Khoury, University of Pennsylvania, relates how a documentary on Einstein, impact of a great high school teacher, and the sense of being able to control his own academic destiny, all shaped him towards becoming a...
Curated Video
A Mysterious Relationship
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) examines the curious structural relationship between quantum mechanics and relativity.
Curated Video
Strongly Constrained
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Instutute for Advanced Study) describes how today's theorists have much less room to manoeuvre than is often supposed.
Curated Video
Fingernails on the Chalkboard
University of Chicago cosmologist Rocky Kolb relates how he reacts very differently to dark matter than dark energy: dark matter he regards as an opportunity, while dark energy "drives him nuts".
Curated Video
Distracted by Language
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study, describes how we must make sure that we don't distract ourselves by the language that we use to describe the physical world, and must instead simply focus on precisely...
Curated Video
Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law
“Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law” will explain the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law and the importance of the evolution of theory over time.
Zach Star
The applications of non-euclidean distance | Metric Spaces
The applications of non-euclidean distance | Metric Spaces
Physics Girl
Gravitational Waves Discovered for the First Time!
On Feb 11, 2016 Scientists at LIGO announced that they had detected gravitational waves for the first time. In the press conference heard round the world, they showed the tell-tale waveforms indicating that huge event in which two black...
Physics Girl
Why is the universe flat?
Cosmic inflation is a theory that was proposed in the 1980s by cosmologist Alan Guth to answer some of the most fundamental questions of the origins of our universe. It also solved the Horizon Problem and the Flatness Problem.