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The Edge of an Infinite Universe

The Edge of an Infinite Universe

Season 5 Episode 17
15:16
The Holographic Universe Explained

The Holographic Universe Explained

Season 5 Episode 18
14:39
No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter?

No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter?

Season 5 Episode 19
10:37
The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole

The Real Science of the EHT Black Hole

Season 5 Episode 20
11:07
The Cosmic Dark Ages

The Cosmic Dark Ages

Season 5 Episode 22
12:29
The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions

The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions

Season 5 Episode 23
11:24
How Black Holes Kill Galaxies

How Black Holes Kill Galaxies

Season 5 Episode 24
11:20
The Quantum Internet

The Quantum Internet

Season 5 Episode 26
11:35
Did Time Start at the Big Bang?

Did Time Start at the Big Bang?

Season 5 Episode 27
12:30
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Is Dark Energy Getting Stronger?

Season 5 Episode 15

The power of Dark Energy may be increasing as the universe ages. Subtle clues are emerging that the accepted model for the nature of dark energy and dark matter may not be all that. We saw the first such clue recently in our recent episode on the Crisis in Cosmology. Today we’re doing a Space Time Journal Club to reveal another clue

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Ghost Particles Are Exposing Hidden Black Holes. They Just Won a Nobel Prize.
17:28
The 2026 Nobel in Physics went to Dr. Halzen for turning Antarctica into a neutrino telescope.
Why Does -1/12 Keep Appearing Everywhere In Physics?
14:36
Can adding every positive whole number really give you -1/12?
Quantum Physics’ Strangest Prediction May Have Just Come True?
15:22
It’s believed empty space can be crystalized and we may have observed this for the first time.
JWST May Have Discovered a New Cosmic Object: The Black Hole Star
14:20
Gigantic black holes existed in a cosmic eyeblink after the Big Bang. That should be impossible.
There's Something Massive Hiding Behind the Galaxy's Strangest Star
15:15
A decade later, a leading theory may finally explain Tabby’s Star, the galaxy’s weirdest star.
We Thought All Black Holes Came From Stars. We May Have Been Wrong.
16:31
LIGO may have found an impossible black hole, hinting at primordial relics from the Big Bang.
The Universe Has Been Expanding Since the Big Bang. Just Not How We Thought.
17:40
DESI and DES studied dark energy. Together, what can they tell us?
The Quantum Experiment That Breaks Time
16:28
Could sending a quantum twin across the galaxy make you both old and young at the same time?
We Thought Black Holes Created Event Horizons. It Might Be the Opposite
17:39
It's possible that an event horizon is forming right behind and you won't know until its too late.
We’ve Been Looking for Aliens for 70 Years. We've Been Doing It Wrong All Along
20:48
Are there no alien signals to find... or do we need to update how we search for them?
We Thought Black Holes Ended in Singularities. They Might End In a Frozen Big Bang
14:27
Physicists hope Planck stars can save us from black hole singularities and paradoxes.
We Found Galaxies Too Old for the Universe
17:41
Galaxies older than the universe? Webb's findings keep defying our best explanations.
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