Category Archives: Astrophysics

ESA’s Incredible Adventures of the Hera Asteroid Mission | The Kid Should See This

Can we shove an asteroid? Do we have the technology to knock one off its path through space, deflecting it from a future impact? This is the question that Hera and two CubeSats, Milani and Juventas, are trying to answer. … Continue reading

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41 micrometeorites in less than 2 minutes | The Kid Should See This

“The solar system is a dusty place,” explains Project Stardustfounder Jon Larsen in the caption of one of his videos. “Every day approximately 100 tons of cosmic dust fall down on Earth, mainly as micrometeorites…” “Most of these mineral particles (iron, … Continue reading

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Dinosaurs Lived on the Other Side of the Milky Way, NASA Scientist Shows

NASA scientist Jessie Christiansen mapped out dinosaur evolution through the Milky Way’s rotation, showing that dinosaurs roamed Earth when it was in different parts of our galaxy.

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The Aldrin Cycler: A Conveyor Belt To Mars | Answers With Joe

[…]As we turn our eyes to Mars, one concept is starting to get more attention – the Mars Cycler. A ship that remains in permanent orbit between Mars and Earth, providing a constant exchange between the two planets and using … Continue reading

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Dark Matter: The Situation has Changed

Today I tell you how my opinion about dark matter has changed an why. Is modified gravity better or worse? What evidence speaks for one side or the other, and is the case really as clear-cut as many astrophysicists claim? … Continue reading

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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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