Instructional Video14:22
PBS

Where Is The Center of The Universe?

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’re going to ask a simple-seeming question that will lead to so pretty wacky places. The question is this: If the universe has a center, where is it?
Instructional Video12:33
PBS

Can We Break the Universe?

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’re going to delve into a couple of the most famous paradoxes of special relativity: the Twin Paradox, The Ladder Paradox (aka the Barn-Pole Paradox), and a paradox suggested by our very own viewers, which asks whether a...
Instructional Video6:27
Curated Video

What Existed Before the Big Bang? Theories of Quantum Creation

12th - Higher Ed
Quantum Creation – what came before the big bang - the mechanism of a universe out of NO-thing - no matter, no space, and no time. Ancient Greek cosmologist Parmenides said “Nothing comes from nothing.” He was...
Instructional Video15:04
Curated Video

What Was There Before the Big Bang?

12th - Higher Ed
What came before the Big Bang? what happened before the big bang? Since time is thought to have started at the big bang, asking what happened "before" is like asking what is North of the North pole? It may have no...