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Zero-Point Energy Demystified

Zero-Point Energy Demystified

Season 4 Episode 2
9:45
Suicide Space Robots

Suicide Space Robots

Season 4 Episode 3
6:00
Citizen Science

Citizen Science

Season 4 Episode 4
10:02
Extinction by Gamma-Ray Burst

Extinction by Gamma-Ray Burst

Season 4 Episode 7
9:48
What Do Stars Sound Like?

What Do Stars Sound Like?

Season 4 Episode 8
9:14
Horizon Radiation

Horizon Radiation

Season 4 Episode 9
12:03
The End of the Habitable Zone

The End of the Habitable Zone

Season 4 Episode 10
9:55
Kronos: Devourer Of Worlds

Kronos: Devourer Of Worlds

Season 4 Episode 11
7:42
What is Energy?

What is Energy?

Season 4 Episode 12
11:20
The Death of the Sun

The Death of the Sun

Season 4 Episode 13
9:01
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The Vacuum Catastrophe

Season 4 Episode 1

If vacuum energy really does have the enormous value predicted by quantum field theory then our gently expanding, geometrically flat universe shouldn’t exist. This is the vacuum catastrophe.

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