Out of all the planets in the Universe, Earth is clearly the best for life, right? Wrong. Earth may be great, but scientists have discovered a few worlds that could be even better for life. Behold, KOI 5715.01. Most of the contenders on our superhabitable planet list aren’t the ones […]
Thousands of light-years from Earth, there could be another planet hospitable to life. Kepler 69c. And you’re about to travel to this alien world to see that life with your own eyes. What would it be like to make this epic journey so far across the Universe? What kind of […]
Pack your bags because you’re traveling through space to see Alpha Centauri. There’s just one problem. It’s going to take 100 years. But is it possible to sleep through the trip? Get comfy because you’re going nighty-night for an entire century. What technology would you need? What would happen to […]
How much can landing in snow protect you from a fall? We’ve seen it save people who jumped off a roof. Or dived off a cliff. And yes, they even fell from the top of a mountain! But what about a fall from even higher up? Like, from an airplane? […]
Stay turned for our new exciting Saturday episode where Peter, our host, will do a real life What If challenge! One of the lucky viewers of that episode will get a chance to meet the What If team. This blue, marble-like planet looks just like Earth. But only five seconds […]
Recap some of our most-watched exoplanet scenarios. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: http://bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book In this video, we’re looking into some of the latest exoplanet discoveries and their potential implications for astrobiology. Could they be better than Earth? These discoveries could change the way we think about […]
YES. THE SOUND SUCKS. Today SpaceX successfully tested the Falcon Heavy and is scheduled for its first launch sometime next week. Here are links to the stories in today’s video: https://www.cnet.com/news/tractor-beam-acoustic-levitate-bristol-university-humans/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/18/578620342/scientists-edge-closer-to-a-blood-test-to-detect-cancers https://gizmodo.com/we-might-need-to-redefine-planet-again-1822331497 https://phys.org/news/2018-01-trappist-planets-potentially-habitable.amp https://www.teslarati.com/livestream-spacex-falcon-heavy-static-fire-attempt/ Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/answerswithjoe […]
There are hundreds of billions of alien worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. And scientists have already discovered and confirmed over 5,000 of them. Small rocky worlds like Kepler-37 b are a pretty rare find. Because they’re so tiny, they’re more difficult to spot. But scientists have still managed to […]
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