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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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Strange Stars
9:49
What happens when matter can’t get any denser yet somehow does?
Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?
12:14
Did all of dark energy just vanish?
What Happens at the Event Horizon?
11:23
What really happens when you approach the event horizon of a black hole?
Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
9:02
Scientists studying quantum vortices and their impact on superconductivity just won the No
The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse
11:10
Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinite multive
The First Humans On Mars
6:18
Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within
Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
6:19
Everything we’ve learned about our universe tells us that it is very unlikely we are alone
Life on Europa?
9:33
New findings have increased the likelihood that there is a vast ocean lying under Europa.
Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination
9:48
We’ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots.
Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer
8:21
Has a fifth fundamental force been discovered and how will this effect our understanding o
Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?
9:52
Dive into the bizarre phenomenon
Is an Ice Age Coming?
12:10
Matt looks at how the changes in our planet’s orbit and rotation impacts our climate.
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