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Category Archives: Astrophysics
Why Physicists Think Gravity Creates Light
[…] Most articles on the topic stop just after the reveal – gravity can turn into light, but don’t explain how. If you’re like me that wasn’t quite enough to satisfy your curiosity, so I wanted to dig a bit … Continue reading
What Happened in Tunguska in 1908? New Study May Have An Answer
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the Tunguska 1908 event and the new study that may provide an answer to a 100+ year old mystery. Paper: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/articl… […]
What Shape Are Black Holes? Yes.
What shape is the event horizon of a black hole? Well, the answer to that question changes if our universe is hiding an extra dimension (or more). Black holes could come in an infinite number of shapes — including a … Continue reading
Why Are Craters Always Round?
[…] If you take a look at all the impact craters in our solar system, the vast majority are nice, neat circles. But why? Meteorites and asteroids strike planets and moons at all sorts of angles. Where are all the … Continue reading
How Does Light Actually Work?
[…] If you like this video, check out writer Geraint Lewis´ excellent book, co-written with Chris Ferrie: Where Did the Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos https://www.amazon.com/Where-Universe… AND check out his … Continue reading
So, space isn’t a 4D Pringle… Maybe a donut?
pace might be infinite, it might wrap around, and it might even spit you out as your own mirror image. Now that we know the curvature of the Universe, let’s try to figure out it’s topology. This video is Part … Continue reading
Turns Out, Photon Rings May Allow Us To See Inside a Black Hole
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about photon rings of black holes Links: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05064 Other videos: #blackhole #photonring #astrophysics […]
The Cosmic Illusion No One Talks About
[…] At about 9.6 billion light years, our intuition about angular diameter breaks down. Galaxies start getting larger the more distant they are. Let’s find out why. Nick Lucid – Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Natalie Wells – Researcher ______________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS The Speed … Continue reading
Most Extreme Black Hole Collision Ever Seen Produced Very Exotic Effects
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a very unusual black hole collision that produces some ridiculous relativistic effects Links: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2… https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158… https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.01302 http://research.physics.illinois.edu/… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lense%E… https://vijayvarma392.github.io/GW200… Additional videos: #blackhole #ligo #einstein … Continue reading
JWST Captures Square-Shaped Ripple Rings Around a Star | My Modern Met
By Madyson DeJausserand on September 23, 2022 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Ryan Lau/JWST ERS Team/Judy Schmidt Even astronomers are surprised by the shape of this star’s ripples. “Nope, I don’t know what this is…” admitted citizen scientist Judy Schmidt when she shared … Continue reading