Curated Video
Dark Matter
University of Pennsylvania physicist Justin Khoury describes how, while many are convinced of the existence of dark matter rather than changing our understanding of the laws of gravity, we can’t yet be sure what the final outcome will be.
Curated Video
Dark Matter
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine (Institute for Advanced Study) describes why we believe that dark matter exists.
Curated Video
Dark Energy
Cosmologist Rocky Kolb (Chicago) provides a brief background on the mystery of dark energy while explaining why the phenomenon is personally bothering him.
Curated Video
Testing For Dark Matter
University of Chicago cosmologist Rocky Kolb describes the history of dark matter: how it was overlooked by most physicists for decades together with current hypotheses of what it might be and experiments to determine which one is valid.
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".
Science ABC
Gravitational Lensing: What It Is And How It Is Helping Us Discover New Galaxies
Gravitational lensing occurs when a huge amount of matter, like a star, galaxy, or cluster of galaxies, creates a powerful gravitational field around it, strong enough to bend the light coming from distant galaxies (behind them). Roots...
Physics Girl
What happens when black holes collide? | EXPERT ANSWERS PHYSICS GIRL QUESTIONS
What happens when black holes collide? What is the speed of gravity? There are so many weird questions related to gravitational waves.
Zach Star
The Physics Major (Part 2)
If you missed part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EYFlnI_0ew Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachstar/ Join Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/majorprep/ This video goes over statistical mechanics and a few other...
Physics Girl
My Path into Physics (at MIT)
Dianna Cowern runs Physics Girl full time. Here she discusses her path to studying physics and doing physics research before moving on to other, less prestigious, career pursuits.
Science360
NSF Physics Frontiers Centers The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
NSF-funded Physics Frontiers Centers (PFCs) are pushing the frontiers of science across the disciplines of physics. The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) tackles the big questions in cosmology — dark matter, dark energy and...
Astrum
Better than the James Webb Space Telescope? The Upcoming Extremely Large Telescope
Looking forward to the James Webb Space Telescope? Just wait until ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is completed.
Curated Video
New Theories About the Future of the Universe: The Big Freeze, the Big Rip, and the Big Crunch
The video explores various theories proposed by scientists about the future of the universe. It explains the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began from a very small and dense region and has been expanding ever since. It...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: How NASA Communicates Space
NASA communicators describe the various ways that the agency connects with mass audiences. HWHAP Episode 233.
Curated Video
Dark Matter Explained: What Exactly is Dark Matter? | A Beginner’s Guide to Dark Matter
Dark matter is an invisible matter that occupies more than half of the space of the observable universe but cannot be detected directly as it doesn’t interact with electromagnetic radiation, like visible light and gamma rays. One of the...
AllTime 10s
10 Unsolved Mysteries Of Science
There are some mysteries that not even the greatest scientists of all time have been able to explain!
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Sampling Science in a Lab Aloft
International Space Station Program Chief Scientist Kirt Costello talks about some of the interesting new research underway in Earth’s orbiting laboratory right now, and shares results of earlier experiments that are already making a...
Science360
NSF Press Conference on Breakthrough in Multi-messenger Astrophysics
An announcement of recent multi-messenger astrophysics findings led by the National Science Foundation’s IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Hosted by NSF Director France Córdova, the briefing features leading astrophysicists...
Physics Girl
Inside the World's Largest Science Experiment
Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles?
Next Animation Studio
NASA renames its next-gen telescope after woman chief astronomer credited with launching the Hubble telescope
NASA has renamed its next-generation Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope after Nancy Roman, the agency’s first chief astronomer known as the Mother of Hubble.
Zach Star
Astronomy Astrophysics Part 2
In this video I cover research examples going on in terms of space exploration. Main topics covered include dark energy, dark matter, black holes, pulsars, neutron stars, and more. Also note there is a theoretical and experimental...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: The Tools
Heather Bergman, Justin Cassidy, and Drew Hood discuss how unique tools were developed to complete the on-orbit repair of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a space particle detector that’s hot on the trail of dark matter and dark...
Science360
Spreading the Fever - Particle Fever filmmakers visit NSF's Google Hangout
Join NSF for a discussion with David Kaplan and Monica Dunford, the respective producer and featured physicist of the documentary, Particle Fever, being released in theaters around the United States this month. High school science...
Dom Burgess
What Is Dark Matter?
Dark Matter is one of the biggest mysteries of our universe. It makes up more than a quarter of our universe, but what is it? And how do we know it's there? Find out about dark matter in this video.
Physics Girl
What is Dark Matter? A Mystery of the Universe
You've probably heard the term Dark Matter, but what is it, and how do we know it exists?