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How We Know The Universe is Ancient

How We Know The Universe is Ancient

Season 6 Episode 14
14:01
Mapping the Multiverse

Mapping the Multiverse

Season 6 Episode 16
14:21
Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

Season 6 Episode 17
12:41
Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?

Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?

Season 6 Episode 18
13:58
What Happens After the Universe Ends?

What Happens After the Universe Ends?

Season 6 Episode 19
14:34
Building Black Holes in a Lab

Building Black Holes in a Lab

Season 6 Episode 20
13:12
Dissolving an Event Horizon

Dissolving an Event Horizon

Season 6 Episode 21
11:32
How Stars Destroy Each Other

How Stars Destroy Each Other

Season 6 Episode 24
10:41
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Was the Milky Way a Quasar?

Season 6 Episode 12

The Milky Way galaxy is relatively calm by the destructive standards of the rest of the Universe, and compared to its own very violent past. But just recently we discovered that its violent past was much more recent than we thought - and could even happen again.

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Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
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16:08
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17:44
We’ve never seen a TDE in the Milky Way, but we’ve seen them in distant galaxies.
Can We Test Quantum Gravity?
16:51
Let’s talk about quantum gravity experiments that can be done here on Earth!
Is Gravity RANDOM Not Quantum?
19:25
What if gravity isn’t weirdly quantum at all, but rather … just a bit messy?
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17:02
Have we reached the end of the line of discoverable elements?
Do Black Holes Have to Be Black?
15:32
Can we change the color of a black hole?
Was Penrose Right? New Evidence For Quantum Effects In The Brain
18:26
Learn about Nobel laureate Roger Penrose's idea of how consciousness is caused by quantum processes.
How To Detect Faster Than Light Travel
16:28
Faster than light travel may produce gravitational waves that we could see here on Earth.
Can a Particle Be Neither Matter Nor Force?
20:07
All particles belong to two large groups: fermions and bosons.
Will The Sun’s Magnetic Field Flip This Year?
16:11
Just how much stronger is this year’s solar activity going to get?
Is It Impossible To Cross The Event Horizon? | Black Hole Firewall Paradox
17:25
So you’ve decided to jump into a black hole...
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