Length: 9:41
Description: Scientists witness for the first time a collision of two neutron stars, or a kilonova.
Showing posts with label How the Universe Works. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How the Universe Works. Show all posts
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
How the Universe Works - Spacetime: The Ultimate Cosmic Architect
Length: 9:32
Description: Space conceals a secret structure called spacetime - a tangible substance that bends, stretches, warps and twists matter into the stars and planets we see around us. In many ways, we're just along for the ride 😎.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
How the Universe Works - Understanding the Grand Tack Hypothesis
Length: 9:09
Description: According to the Grand Tack model, Jupiter's journey through our early solar system may have taken some surprising 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣s.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
How the Universe Works - How Ice Water Survives on Mercury
Length: 8:19
Description: Despite what one might assume about the planet closest to our sun, Mercury is home to many deposits of icy water. How did this water get here, and how does it remain amongst sweltering temperature and radiation?
Thursday, August 22, 2024
How the Universe Works - Looming Asteroids & One Really Bad Day for the Dinosaurs
Length: 8:28
Description: What are the chances of an asteroid hitting Earth, decimating life as we know it? Let's not ask the dinosaurs!
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
How the Universe Works - Just How Old is the Milky Way Galaxy?
Length: 9:30
Description: With the use of infrared light, scientists have made shocking discoveries regarding the age of the Milky Way galaxy.
Monday, July 22, 2024
How the Universe Works - The Puzzling Natures of Neptune and Uranus
Length: 9:04
Description: Given their size and material compositions, Neptune and Uranus occupy unusual spots in our solar system - how did they get there?
Friday, July 12, 2024
How the Universe Works - A Binary Star System Turns Deadly
Length: 9:10
Description: Binary star systems, while commonplace in our known universe, have the potential to birth some of the most menacing celestial bodies around: pulsars.
Monday, July 1, 2024
How the Universe Works - The Secret Lives of Dwarf Planets
Length: 9:46
Description: Our solar system is home to many tiny worlds known as dwarf planets. Once thought to be dead lumps of rock, some research reveals they're some of the most active and exciting places in the solar system.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
How the Universe Works - Collapsed Stars and the Nonexistence of Black Holes?
Length: 8:46
Description: New discoveries are challenging everything we know about black holes, and astronomers are beginning to question if they even exist. The latest science tries to explain how they work and what they look like, despite the fact we've never actually seen one.
Monday, June 10, 2024
How the Universe Works - Small Red Dwarfs Are Home to Countless Planets
Length: 9:11
Description: Astronomers have discovered strange new planets that amaze the world of science over and over again. These new planets could not be more different from our own planet. Some of these strange worlds don't have stars, others are made out of diamonds.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
How the Universe Works - Our Universe's "Dark" Secret
Length: 9:07
Description: Dark matter is one of the largest mysteries in our cosmos - ubiquitously abundant and invisible to the eye, yet it controls the fate of all that surrounds us. We know little about dark matter's composition, and what we do know only leads to more questions. Might there be a "dark" Earth after all?
Monday, May 13, 2024
How the Universe Works - Pluto's Very Weird Moons
Length: 8:33
Description: Pluto is home to five moons ranging dramatically in size. Its largest - Charon - is about half the size of Pluto, while the remaining four - Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra - are tiny, irregular, icy bodies.
Monday, May 6, 2024
How the Universe Works - ASASSN-15lh: The Brightest Supernova Ever Recorded
Length: 8:30
Description: ASASSN-15lh was first detected on June 14, 2015, and is the most luminous supernova ever observed. Unimaginably far away, and unimaginably powerful, a supernova on the scale of ASSASN-15lh has the capacity to vaporize life existing up to 1,000 light-years away - uh oh!
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
How the Universe Works - Was There Once Life on Mars?
Length: 9:16
Description: Scientists believe that the building blocks for life are found throughout the solar system, and Mars is no exception.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
How the Universe Works - The Logic-Defying Nature of Supermassive Black Holes
Length: 9:53
Description: Supermassive black holes are found throughout our known universe, devouring stars and shaping galaxies. They are the giants of the universe, yet their paths to existence remains mysterious. What caused these behemoths reach their mind-boggling size?
Thursday, April 11, 2024
How the Universe Works - Death by Neutron Star
Length: 8:16
Description: A neutron star is the result of the violent death and collapse of a massive star. Incredibly dense, neutron stars have exceptionally strong gravitational fields, obliterating anything (or anyone) that wanders within reach - sorry, Chuck!
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
How the Universe Works - The Mystery of Planet Nine
Length: 9:29
Description: A mysterious ninth planet lurks in the outer reaches of our solar system and it's a giant: ten times the mass of the Earth. But why is it so hard to catch a glimpse of?
Monday, March 18, 2024
How the Universe Works - The Mystery of Earth's Oceans
Length: 8:44
Description: Where did the Earth's oceans come from? For years, scientists suspected that they came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by comets and asteroids, but an exciting discovery suggests that their true origins could be more exotic than anyone had ever imagined.
Friday, March 8, 2024
How the Universe Works - The Mysterious Origin of Earth's Oversized Moon
Length: 8:55
Description: Our moon is stranger than you think - oversized with a mysterious history that only leads to more questions.