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Is Interstellar Travel Impossible?

Season 8 Episode 19

Space is pretty deadly. But is it so deadly that we’re effectively imprisoned in our solar system forever? Many have said so, but a few have actually figured it out.

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Perpetual Motion From Negative Mass?
14:28
Challenge question: if 1kg of apples is $5 and 2kg is $10, how much is -1kg of apples?
The Crisis in Cosmology
13:17
The hubble constant--the rate of expansion of our universe--has consumed astronomers.
Our Antimatter, Mirrored, Time-Reversed Universe
13:50
The foundations of quantum theory rests on its symmetries.
Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy The Same?
13:08
Astronomers are the worst at naming things. Dark energy AND dark matter?
Why String Theory is Wrong
15:07
Why String Theory is Wrong
Quantum Physics in a Mirror Universe
12:18
What you think is a perfect reflection might be universe that is fundamentally different.
Did Life on Earth Come from Space?
14:20
Did life on Earth originate on another planet?
'Oumuamua Is Not Aliens
13:04
It’s never aliens … until it is. So let’s talk about ‘oumuamua.
Are Virtual Particles A New Layer of Reality?
13:43
Let me tell you a story about virtual particles. It may or may not be true.
Why String Theory is Right
13:37
Some see string theory as the one great hope for a theory of everything.
Supersymmetric Particle Found?
12:07
Supersymmetric Particle Found?
Will We Ever Find Alien Life?
12:44
Recent surveys draw scientific conclusions about the persistent absence of aliens.
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