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How We Know The Universe is Ancient

How We Know The Universe is Ancient

Season 6 Episode 14
14:01
Mapping the Multiverse

Mapping the Multiverse

Season 6 Episode 16
14:21
Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

Season 6 Episode 17
12:41
Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?

Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?

Season 6 Episode 18
13:58
What Happens After the Universe Ends?

What Happens After the Universe Ends?

Season 6 Episode 19
14:34
Building Black Holes in a Lab

Building Black Holes in a Lab

Season 6 Episode 20
13:12
Dissolving an Event Horizon

Dissolving an Event Horizon

Season 6 Episode 21
11:32
How Stars Destroy Each Other

How Stars Destroy Each Other

Season 6 Episode 24
10:41
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Was the Milky Way a Quasar?

Season 6 Episode 12

The Milky Way galaxy is relatively calm by the destructive standards of the rest of the Universe, and compared to its own very violent past. But just recently we discovered that its violent past was much more recent than we thought - and could even happen again.

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Could Life Evolve Inside Stars?
10:47
Fundamental kinks in the universe may evolve into complex structures within the stars.
The Truth About Beauty in Physics
13:29
We explore if chasing the beauty in physics is an actual good course of action.
How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?
11:13
This how we finally figured them out.
Can Future Colliders Break the Standard Model?
13:42
We discuss the incredibly ambitious plans for future colliders.
How Stars Destroy Each Other
10:41
We take a look at the dysfunctional stellar relationships among the stars.
The Boundary Between Black Holes & Neutron Stars
11:22
The boundary between neutron stars and black holes promises to reveal secrets of both.
Does Antimatter Explain Why There's Something than Nothing
12:43
The most precious substance in our universe is not gold, nor oil. It's antimatter.
Dissolving an Event Horizon
11:32
Despite what the cosmic censorship hypothesis suggests, naked singularities may exist.
Building Black Holes in a Lab
13:12
It's very hard to study black holes but studying black hole analogies makes it easier.
What Happens After the Universe Ends?
14:34
Sir Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology hypothesis.
Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?
13:58
Viruses don’t just influence organisms, they’re incredibly important on a planetary scale.
Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?
12:41
Does gravity require extra dimensions?
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