Curated Video
The Big Bang Entropy Puzzle
Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose (Oxford) relates his longstanding bemusement at why the early universe was in such a peculiar low state of entropy.
Curated Video
Boltzmann Brain Paradox Explained in Simple Words
A Boltzmann brain is not real, but what’s fascinating about it is that it thinks it’s real, and all the memories and experiences it has are real. But, of course, this brain is not real. But how would such a brain know that its memories...
Vlogbrothers
How Big is the Universe?
In which Hank explains how and why phycisists think that the univers has no edge.
CuriosaMente
¿La ENERGÍA se puede convertir en MATERIA? ⚛
La ecuación E=mc² indica que, así como la materia encierra energía, la energía se podría convertir en materia ¿O no? ¿Qué significa realmente esa ecuación de Einstein? La ecuación E=mc² de Einstein sugiere que la masa y la energía están...
Zach Star
What does a Physics major do? (Part 1 Curriculum and Subfields)
Physics majors study the universe, from electrons and protons to supergiant stars. As a physics major you will take A LOT of math and apply complex formulas to the problems at hand. Physics majors don't just learn the equations that...
Physics Girl
What happens when black holes collide? | EXPERT ANSWERS PHYSICS GIRL QUESTIONS
What happens when black holes collide? What is the speed of gravity? There are so many weird questions related to gravitational waves.
Physics Girl
Why is the universe flat?
Cosmic inflation is a theory that was proposed in the 1980s by cosmologist Alan Guth to answer some of the most fundamental questions of the origins of our universe. It also solved the Horizon Problem and the Flatness Problem.
Curated Video
Multiverse Theory Explained: Does the Multiverse Really Exist? Truth of Multiple Realities
Multiverse theory suggests that our universe, which consists of billions and billions of planets, stars and galaxies and extends out tens of billions of light-years, may not be the only universe that exists. There could be another...
Professor Dave Explains
Star and Galaxy Formation in the Early Universe
Okay, so we are about 150 million years into the lifetime of the universe. We've got a bunch of hydrogen and helium and not much else. But then gravity takes over, and boom! We've got stars! How, you ask? Well you'd better watch this!
Physics Girl
Conservation of Energy - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern
Lesson 10 (Conservation of Energy) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this...
Science360
NSF Physics Frontiers Centers Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for Evolution for ...
Thursday, July 30, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET: NSF-funded Physics Frontiers Centers (PFCs) are pushing the frontiers of science across the disciplines of physics. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for Evolution of the...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Unscripted - Kent Irwin
Former NIST physicist Kent Irwin discusses the NIST transistion edge sensor, a special integrated circuit made from superconducting materials, and how it is being used to study everything from the Big Bang to the safety of nuclear plants.
Next Animation Studio
NASA X-ray telescope detects biggest ever space explosion: study
Astronomers say they caught a glimpse of the biggest explosion in the cosmos ever observed by X-ray and radio telescopes.
AllTime 10s
10 Unsolved Mysteries Of Science
There are some mysteries that not even the greatest scientists of all time have been able to explain!
Curated Video
The Big Bang Theory vs. Steady State Theory: Explaining the Evolution and Expansion of the Universe
The video discusses two theories that try to explain the expansion and evolution of the universe - the steady state theory and the Big Bang theory. The video covers the concept of redshift of light exhibited by galaxies moving away from...
Science360
NSF-funded BICEP2 collaborators announce confirmation of cosmic inflation
Researchers with the National Science Foundation-funded BICEP2 Collaboration announced that their telescope in Antarctica has allowed them to collect what they believe is the first direct evidence for cosmic inflation. Inflation is the...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Using Webb to Trace Galactic Histories, with Aaron Yung
The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched Dec. 25, will allow us to see the farthest galaxies and better understand the origins of the Milky Way. Aaron Yung at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is preparing for these historic...
Zach Star
It really seems like our universe could be part of a hypersphere, but... it's probably not
It really seems like our universe could be part of a hypersphere, but... it's probably not
NASA
#EZScience: Taking Light Apart with the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is heading to space to explore the universe as no telescope has before. This observatory has both cameras and spectrographs, instruments that take light apart to reveal the chemical makeup of cosmic...
Science360
The birth of the first stars
When did the first stars light up the universe? After 12 years of experimental effort, a team of scientists has detected the fingerprints of the earliest stars in the universe. Find out how they did it! __For more on the discovery, see...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Elevator Pitch - What Came Before the Big Bang?
What happened before the big bang? How can something come from nothing? We've challenged a physicist to explain the origins of our universe in one elevator ride. Good luck Dr Julian Berengut, from University of NSW.
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Webb Space Telescope: Into the Unknown
The James Webb Space Telescope is going to open a new window into the universe. It will show us stars, galaxies, planets, and other objects as we’ve never seen them before. In the first of four episodes of our mini-series, we focus on...