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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook
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Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources.
How to STEAL Elon Musk’s Space Car
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What would it take to steal the only road car currently crossing the cosmos? Kyle outlines a villainous plan that he totally doesn’t approve of.
Einstein's twin paradox explained
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Follow two astronauts into outer space to explore time dilation and Einstein’s theory of relativity through the Twin Paradox thought experiment.
Why Astronauts Were Almost Trapped On The Moon Forever
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The Apollo 11 mission to the moon is one of the most intense stories of survival.
Does Planet 9 Exist?
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A planet has been predicted to orbit the sun with a period of 10,000 years, a mass 5x that of Earth on a highly elliptical and inclined orbit.
First Flight on Another Planet!
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The Mars Helicopter aims to make the first powered flight on another planet when it takes off on Mars as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!
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Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.
We Crashed Water Bears on the Moon
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There are Water Bears on the surface of the moon!
Can We Turn Earth Into a Spaceship?
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World ending disasters are common place in science fiction, and usually an inventive plan is required to save the day.
Where does NASA keep the Moon Rocks?
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A HUGE thank you to Andrea Mosie - Lab Manager
What Can The Most Powerful Satellites Really Do?
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How powerful are satellites up in space right now? What can they do to help us on Earth?
The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe
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Inside neutron stars we can find the weirdest and most dangerous substance in the universe: Strange matter. What is strange matter, how dangerous is it and what can it tell us about the origin of the universe?
Under the Dark Skies
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National Geographic partnered with the International Dark-Sky Association to provide families with a true ‘dark sky’ observatory experience, free from the artificial light prevalent in city and suburban communities.
How Do You Survive Being Trapped In Space? ft. William Osman
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William Osman and Blocko are trapped on the international space station for this episode of Deblocked! How do you survive trapped in space?