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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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Final Images from NASA's SOFIA Telescope
The end of an era, NASA's SOFIA is finally ending this month.
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Could We Be Detecting the Effects of "Hyperdrive" Travel?
The most intriguing signals SETI ever detected - SHGb02+14a, BLC1 and fast radio bursts.
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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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Why Does Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Happen?
In part two of our series on Theory of Everything, we explain particle physics using string theory.
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What Happened When We Let AI Write an Astrum Episode
Will we send AI to space? How can it help us, and even do better than us at certain tasks?
Astrum
Would Life Develop Differently on Another Planet?
Finding out the appearance of aliens from what we already know about convergent evolution.
Veritasium
What Actually Expands In An Expanding Universe?
This video discusses the concept of redshift and the expansion of the universe, starting with the discovery of the universe's expansion through the redshift of light from distant galaxies. It explains the three types of redshift: Doppler...
Veritasium
How One Supernova Measured The Universe
This video discusses the prediction and discovery of a supernova in the galaxy SP1149, located billions of light years away. Scientists predicted the supernova would occur in November 2015, but the event was captured earlier due to...
Veritasium
Half the universe was missing... until now
Explore the fascinating journey to uncover the universe's missing baryons—ordinary matter that had eluded scientists for decades. From the origins of baryonic matter after the Big Bang to groundbreaking discoveries using fast radio...
Veritasium
Do People Understand The Scale Of The Universe?
Explore the vastness of the universe, from the smallest moons to the billions of galaxies that make up the cosmos. This engaging journey highlights the immense scale, scientific curiosities, and fascinating facts about planets, stars,...
Curated Video
Entropy is not what you think!
We explore the fundamental nature of entropy and its deep link to information. If you were taught that entropy measured disorder, you are in for a treat! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Macro- and Microstates 02:06 Entropy is Not a Property...
Weird History
Surprising Mythological Stories From Around the World
Whether it’s Marvel’s Thor, Disney’s Moana, or those Titans that clashed in that movie, pantheons of mythic heroes are everywhere in popular culture. But those Hollywood films barely even begin to scratch the surface of the wild stories...
Astrum
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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Where Did the Big Bang Happen?
Where is the centre of the universe? Where do astronomers look in space to see where the Big Bang originated?
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Where is the James Webb Space Telescope Now?
The James Webb Space Telescope's journey from start to finish.
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Where Have All the Quasars Gone?
Supermassive black holes and their distribution in the universe.
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Olbers' Paradox
Olbers' Paradox. With so many stars in the universe, why is space black and not white with light? Astrum Answers!
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The Universe's Largest Planets
What makes a planet a planet? And what makes a star a star? Once we know this these defining characteristics, we start to notice that these definitions can overlap. Which begs the question, can a planet be bigger than its parent star?
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Planets That Can Dwarf Stars
What makes a planet a planet? And what makes a star a star? Once we know this these defining characteristics, we start to notice that these definitions can overlap. Which begs the question, can a planet be bigger than its parent star?