Category Archives: Astrophysics

New Evidence That Cosmic Web Feeds The Galaxies

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the discovery in regards to the universe spanning cosmic web and how it helps galaxies grow over time Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.06273.pdf​ Images: ESO/NASA/Roland Bacon et al … Continue reading

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Carl Sagan on Extraterrestrials

A literal reading of the Bible simply is a mistake; I mean it’s just wrong” – Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel. Hear more interview outtakes and learn more about Carl Sagan http://blankonblank.org/carl-sagan​ The incomprehensible … Continue reading

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Earthrise | Kottke

Last month I shared a video of the Earth rising over the surface of the Moon captured by Japan’s Kaguya orbiter. It’s a good clip but quite short and over-narrated. Seán Doran took several Earthrise & Earthset sequences filmed by … Continue reading

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Large Structures Inside Earth Seem to be Remnants of a Dead Planet

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the new discovery that suggests we discovered the leftovers of the legendary planet Theia Study: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lps…​ Images: Sanne.cottaar, CC-BY-SA-3.0 The African LLSVP. (Ward et al., … Continue reading

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Aliens and How the Universe Will End | Amanpour and Company

Why is the universe the way it is? How did life begin? And how might it end? Our next guest has spent his life in search of the answers. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author and popular science communicator. … Continue reading

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Astrophysicist reacts to funny space memes! #2

Another meme review for you since you all seem to love them so much! […]

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How NASA Plans to Save Earth from Asteroids

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is NASA’s first test of a “kinetic impactor” that could one day be used to save Earth from an incoming asteroid. Andy Rivkin, an asteroid expert with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, explains … Continue reading

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An Interesting Explanation of Dark Energy and Hubble Tension

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the mysteries of dark energy and a potential explanation of the phenomenon known as Hubble tension. Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract…​ Cosmological constant and images/formulae used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_en…​  

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Space Hurricanes Exist And One Was Just Found Above Earth

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a discovery of a new phenomenon known as space hurricane. Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146…​ Video credit, NASA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg…​

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Cygnus X-1’s Stellar-Mass Black Hole is More Massive than Astronomers Thought | Sci News

A black hole in the Cygnus X-1 binary system is so massive that it challenges current stellar evolution models. Discovered in 1964, Cygnus X-1 is an X-ray binary system located in the constellation Cygnus. The primary star, HD 226868, is … Continue reading

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