The first asteroid ever discovered - Carrie Nugent
AdultsScienceSpaceOver the course of history, we've discovered hundreds of thousands of asteroids. But how do astronomers discover these bits of rock and metal? How many have they found? And how do they tell asteroids apart? Carrie Nugent shares the story of the very first asteroid ever discovered and explains how asteroid hunters search for these celestial bodies.
Why Is The Universe So Empty? (ft. PHD Comics!)
AdultsScienceSpaceWhy is the universe organized the way it is? And why is it so empty? From planets and stars to superclusters and galactic filaments, the universe's largest structures formed because of its smallest. In this special collaboration with PHD Comics, we'll learn how the earliest, quantumest blips seeded the structure of everything everywhere.
Will we ever be able to teleport? - Sajan Saini
AdultsScienceTechnologyFuture...Is teleportation possible? Could a baseball transform into something like a radio wave, travel through buildings, bounce around corners, and change back into a baseball? Oddly enough, thanks to quantum mechanics, the answer might actually be yes... sort of! Sajan Saini explains.
Meet NASA's new class of astronauts
AdultsScienceTechnologySpaceMore than 18,300 candidates applied to be astronauts in NASA's latest class-smashing the record of 8,000 applicants in 1978-and only 12 got the job. Here's who made the cut.
This Is Not What Space Looks Like
AdultsPhotographySpaceTechnology...Amazing images of the far reaches of the universe are everywhere, but are they accurate? What does space really look like?
NASA Is Going to the Sun! But How...and Why?
AdultsScienceSpaceTechnologyIn 2018, NASA will launch a solar probe that will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft before. But why? What are they looking for?
The Beginning of Everything -- The Big Bang
AdultsHistoryPhysicsSpace...How did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing? And what about time? We don't have all the answers yet so let's talk about what we know.
Are You Alone? (In The Universe)
AdultsLifeSpacePhilosophy...Are you alone? To answer this question we have to take a look what "you" are first. What are you made of and where you stand in this universe. Are you your body? Your atoms? And how are your parts connected to the big picture?
The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons
AdultsSpaceTechnologyScienceLarge chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?