Brainwaves Video Anthology
Avi Loeb - Extraterrestrial:The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project...
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Astronomer doubles down: ‘Oumuamua could be alien craft’
A new book reasserts the astronomer author’s controversial claim about mankind’s first observed interstellar object
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NASA's Fermi Catches Gamma-ray Flashes from Tropical Storms
About a thousand times a day, thunderstorms fire off fleeting bursts of some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. These events, called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), last less than a millisecond and produce gamma...
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Exploring Enceladus: Saturn's Mysterious Moon
In this video, we explore the moon Enceladus, one of Saturn's largest moons. With its icy surface and potential cryo volcanic activity, Enceladus has captured the interest of scientists. Its unique features and the presence of water...
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Exploring Jupiter: The Giant Gas Giant
This video provides a description of the planet Jupiter. It describes Jupiter as a gas giant composed mainly of gases like ammonia, sulfur, and hydrogen. The interior of the planet is explained to consist of compressed hydrogen gas,...
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Neil Armstrong: The First Man on the Moon
This video provides a brief biography of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. It highlights his early career as a naval aviator and his work as an engineer and test pilot for NACA, which later became NASA. The video also...
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Exploring Mars: The Red Planet and its Mysteries
This video provides an overview of Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun. It highlights key facts such as its diameter, mass, moons, and orbit period. The video also explains the origin of Mars' name, its association with the God of War,...
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NASA's Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting Dwarf Planet Makemake
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a moon orbiting dwarf planet Makemake -- the third largest known object past the orbit of Neptune, about two thirds the size of Pluto. Further observations of this moon may allow...
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NASA Names Upcoming Telescope to Honor the 'Mother of Hubble'
In a time when women were discouraged from studying math and science, Nancy Grace Roman became a research astronomer and the first chief of astronomy at NASA. Known today as the “Mother of Hubble,” she was instrumental in taking the...
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Speedy, 500-meter-wide asteroid to pass near Earth on Nov. 29
A half-kilometer-wide asteroid will zoom past Earth on Nov. 29, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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NASA | Suzaku: The Intergalactic Prospector
Recently astronomers used the Suzaku orbiting X-ray observatory, operated jointly by NASA and the Japanese space agency, to discover the largest known reservoir of rare metals in the universe. Suzaku detected the elements chromium and...
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What’s the right balance between theory and observation?
What’s the right balance between theory and observation? Dr. Michael Brown answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
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NASA | Fermi Finds a Youthful Pulsar Among Ancient Stars
In three years, NASA's Fermi has detected more than 100 gamma-ray pulsars, but something new has appeared. Among a type of pulsar with ages typically numbering a billion years or more, Fermi has found one that appears to have been born...
Physics Girl
Craziest eclipses in the solar system
A total solar eclipse passed across North America on August 21, 2017. Are there other total solar eclipses in the solar system?
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New theory may explain how mystery space object Oumuamua came into being: astronomers
A study published in Nature suggests the tidal forces that formed Oumuamua may have caused its erratic behavior.
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29 Days on the Edge
The greatest origin story of all unfolds with the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb's launch is a pivotal moment that exemplifies the dedication, innovation, and ambition behind NASA and its partners, the European Space Agency (ESA) and...
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5,000 Exoplanets: Listen to the Sounds of Discovery (NASA Data Sonification)
On March 21, 2022, the number of known exoplanets passed 5,000 according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. This animation and sonification tracks humanity's discovery of the planets beyond our solar system over time. Turning NASA data into...
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Star Gives Birth to Possible Black Hole in Hubble and Spitzer Images
A team of astronomers at The Ohio State University watched a star disappear and possibly become a black hole. Instead of becoming a black hole through the expected process of a supernova, the black hole candidate formed through a "failed...
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NASA | The Webb Telescope
The Webb Telescope will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the...
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Exploring Mercury: The Smallest Planet in the Solar System
This video provides a description of the planet Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in our solar system. It highlights key facts about Mercury, such as its diameter, mass, lack of moons, and orbit period. The video also mentions the...
Physics Girl
This thing is -270°C and is EVERYWHERE
The universe is microwaving itself. A mystery signal discovered in the 1960s led to a Nobel prize. In this video, Dianna explores one of the most mysterious discoveries in physics - a constant microwave signal that seemed to be coming...
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Did an earthquake finish off giant Arecibo mega-telescope?
The telescope’s towers and detector platform came crashing down last week, just as a regional earthquake’s wave train passed through the site.
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Take a Spin With NASA’s WFIRST Spacecraft
On schedule to launch in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the WFIRST spacecraft will play a...
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NASA | We Did All That in 50 Years!
Humans have always looked up at the sky. They used astronomy to track time, orient their cities, decide when to plant their crops, and even based their religious practices on their celestial world. But there was much more to learn.