Season 2016
Episodes • 2016
1. The True Nature of Matter and Mass
11 minWe know that mass is energy… but what is energy? And where did matter and time even come from? Matt begins to dive into these intricate topics by first examining what inertial mass is, how it relates to gravitational mass, and what it all means for mass as a fundamental property.
▶ Watch Episode13. Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!
10 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode19. The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question
8 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode23. New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
14 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode25. Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics
16 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode30. Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson
14 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode33. Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?
15 minThe Kepler telescope recently noticed a strange partial eclipse that some have speculated could be a Dyson Sphere. Are Dyson Sphere's possible? Are they practical? What other alternatives to futuristic energy capture do we have to choose from? Why not a kugelblitz - a swarm of black hole powered engines?
▶ Watch Episode34. Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer
9 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode35. Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination
13 minWe’ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity’s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it.
▶ Watch Episode36. Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate
15 minAlbert Einstein strongly disagreed with Niels Bohr when it came to Bohr’s interpretation of quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement settled the argument once and for all.
▶ Watch Episode37. Life on Europa?
14 minThe Hubble Telescope found more evidence of vast plumes of water bursting through the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. What does this tell us about the potential for life on Europa?
▶ Watch Episode38. Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
7 minThe Drake Equation tells us the likelihood that there are other advanced technological civilizations waiting for us among the stars. In this episode of Space Time we challenge you to use the Drake Equation to help us determine how near or far these alien races may be. Links to reference material below.
▶ Watch Episode39. Black Holes from the Dawn of Time
14 minPrimordial black holes may be lurking throughout our universe. How large are they, how many are out there and what would happen if they moved through our solar system?
▶ Watch Episode40. The First Humans on Mars
12 minElon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?
▶ Watch Episode41. The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse
13 minIs our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?
▶ Watch Episode42. Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
10 minNo description available.
▶ Watch Episode48. Have They Seen Us?
18 minAre aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.
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