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Earth's mysterious red glow, explained - Zoe Pierrat

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Explore the phenomenon and uses of chlorophyll fluorescence, a small amount of light emitted by plants during photosynthesis.
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The Place Where Time Flows Backwards

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People all around the world tend to represent time via space, but there’s no consensus on which way time goes.
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How Distant Galaxies Mess With Our Lives

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Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant.
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The Largest Black Hole in the Universe - Size Comparison

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The Black Hole story continues with our Black Hole merch, spanning the whole range from somewhat bonkers to more serious.
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The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes

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If you want to continue thinking about black holes a tad more, you can do so by getting one of the many black hole related things the Kurzgesagt team made with love: bit.ly/3dRJj71
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Why Robots That Bend Are Better

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Robots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. This could make them ideal for space exploration. Check out http://kiwico.com/Veritasium50​ for 50% off your first month of any subscription!
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Would Living on the Moon Suck? - Dear Blocko #31

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Animation by Steven Lawson Written by Michael Sago
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What if We Nuke the Moon?

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What would happen if we were to detonate a very very powerful nuclear weapon on the moon?
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What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth

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To get a fresh perspective on science, go to https://brilliant.org/Nutshell/ and sign up free. And there’s an extra perk for kurzgesagt viewers: the first 200 people to use the link get 20% off their annual membership, which lets you view all the daily problems in the archives and unlock every course. Thanks to our friends from Brilliant for supporting this channel.
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Do You Expand With The Universe?

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As the universe expands, is said to "stretch" photons. But if it stretches photons, does it also stretch molecules, galaxies and you? A portion of this video was sponsored by Salesforce.
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Could we harness the power of a black hole?

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Imagine a distant future when humans reach beyond Earth, forge cities on planets thousands of light-years away, and maintain a galactic web of trade and transport. What would it take to make that leap?
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Why Gravity is NOT a Force

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The General Theory of Relativity tells us gravity is not a force, gravitational fields don't exist.
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This Is How Aliens Might Contact Us

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Could Aliens Be Trying To Contact Earth Without Us Knowing?
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What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like?

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The observable universe is a big place that has been around for more than 13 billion years. Up to two trillion galaxies made up of something like 20,000 billion billion stars surround our home galaxy.
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Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections

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We have a bunch of new stuff, from the long requested bacteriophage infographic poster to a new Optimistic Nihilism poster that lets you enjoy some existential dread in style.
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The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth | Cosmos: Possible Worlds

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Neil deGrasse Tyson details how and why Bees communicate through math and coordinates.
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Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here’s Why

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The most elegant interpretation of quantum mechanics is the universe is constantly splitting A portion of this video was sponsored by Norton.
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The Cosmic Calendar | Cosmos: Possible Worlds

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The Cosmic Calendar visualizes the chronology of the universe, scaling approx. 13.8 billion years to one single year for perspective.
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How Could We Get To Mars In Only 28 Hours?

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There's a cheat code to getting to Mars. Can humans handle the harsh conditions that space will throw at them?
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How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines

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Nothing in the Universe is static. In the milky way, billions of stars orbit the galactic center. Some, like our sun, are pretty consistent, keeping a distance of around 30,000 light years from the galactic center, completing an orbit every 230 million years.
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The Mysterious Event That Made Venus A Death Trap

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At one time long ago, the planet Venus had some similarities in its climate to that of Earth, and having the potential to be habitable for the existence of life, but something happened that made Venus an uninhabitable, rocky, desolate planet, but what?