Category Archives: Astronomy

A Picture of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

This is an image of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Visit https://www.kiwico.com/veritasium30 to get 30% off your first month of any crate! ▀▀▀ Image of Sgr A* from EHT collaboration Event … Continue reading

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An astrophysicist’s TOP 5 targets for JWST

[…] More information on what the James Webb Space Telescope will do – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Zlq… My previous video about Earendel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VChgs… My previous video about HD1 & GN-z11 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VquAx… My previous video on the Nobel Prize in Physics for … Continue reading

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Data Sonification: Black Hole at the Center of Galaxy M87 (Multiwavelength)

Studied by scientists for decades, the black hole in Messier 87, or M87, gained celebrity status in science after the first release from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project in 2019. This new sonification does not feature the EHT data, … Continue reading

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Earth as seen by the Expedition 49 crew aboard the International Space Station | Space Porn

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Earth’s Core Is Leaking Ancient Helium Created During The Big Bang

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new analysis that determines the type and amount of helium being leaked from planet Earth Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 https://news.agu.org/press-release/an… https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… #helium #earth #bigbang […]

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Wilemina Fleming | Hank Green

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“Don’t Look Up” Could Actually Happen | Random Thursday

[…] Don’t Look Up is a satire that imagines what modern society’s reaction would be to an Earth-killing asteroid that generated a lot of acclaim – and backlash – since it came out last year. But what if that did … Continue reading

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Why Are There 7 Days In a Week? EXPLAINED

[…] ↓ More info and sources below ↓ […] Why does everyone use a 7 day week, and where did it come from? Where do the names of the days come from? And who can we blame for Mondays? Here’s … Continue reading

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Is the strength of gravity really CONSTANT? | Solving the crisis in cosmology

Is the gravitational constant, G, really a constant? Or does it change with time, or with space, or with scale in the Universe?! And if it did, could this help solve the crisis in cosmology?! Or even be an explanation … Continue reading

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There’s A “Bermuda Triangle” In Space | Answers With Joe

[…] There’s an area of space called the South Atlantic Anomaly, or the SAA, where the Earth’s magnetic field is significantly weaker, allowing solar and cosmic radiation dangerously close to the atmosphere. From the beginning of the space age, it … Continue reading

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