World Science Festival
How Do You Observe a Black Hole?
Black holes may hold the key to understanding the most fundamental truths of the universe, but how do you see something that’s, well, black? Astronomers think they have the answer. Thanks to a global array of radio telescopes that turn...
World Science Festival
Darkness Visible: Shedding New Light on Black Holes
Black holes may hold the key to understanding the most fundamental truths of the universe, but how do you see something that’s, well, black? Astronomers think they have the answer. Thanks to a global array of radio telescopes that turn...
Curated Video
Is this black hole endangering our solar system? | NASA's Unexplained Files | Science Channel
Join us as we delve into the mysteries of the cosmos and uncover the truth behind the enigmatic black hole that could threaten our solar system. #nasasunexplainedfiles #sciencechannel Stream NASA's Unexplained Files:...
World Science Festival
The Discovery of Black Holes
Today, mathematics is predicting the reality that there are extra dimensions beyond the three that humans can see, the existence of additional universes outside of the one that Earth inhabits, and even the possibility that the world is...
Curated Video
The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions
Carl Sagan’s famous words: “We are star stuff” refers to a mind-blowing idea – that most atomic nuclei in our bodies were created in the nuclear furnace and the explosive deaths of stars that lived in the ancient universe. In recent...
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Did Time Start at the Big Bang?
Our universe started with the big bang. But only for the right definition of “our universe”. And of “started” for that matter. In fact, probably the Big Bang is nothing like what you were taught. A hundred years ago we discovered the...
Curated Video
How Does Gravity Affect Light?
We know that gravity exerts its pull on light, and we have an explanation for why. Actually, we have multiple explanations that all predict the same thing. And at first glance, these explanations seem to describe completely different...
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NASA's Fermi Mission Shows How Luck Favors the Prepared
In 2017, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope played a pivotal role in two important breakthroughs occurring just five weeks apart. But what might seem like extraordinary good luck is really the product of research, analysis,...
Curated Video
Spaghettification - Event Horizon
Subscribe to Naked Science - http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1 Every other Wednesday we present a new video, so join us to see the truth laid bare... The defining feature of a black hole is the appearance of an event horizon, a boundary in spacetime...
Physics Girl
Strange Unexplained Cosmic Rays
The truth about strange unexplained cosmic rays? They're still unexplained! Share one of our universe's many unsolved mysteries with your class using a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The resource describes what cosmic rays are,...