For every galaxy that’s visible from Earth, there are nine smaller ones that we can’t see, even with all the technology we’ve developed. That’s 90% of all space stuff in the observable universe that we’re missing out on. We can’t even see all the stars in the Milky Way. Our […]
For this video we’re taking a trip down under the sea. And staying there… “The nuclear-powered Oscar-class submarine Kursk (Russian: Project 949A Антей Atomnaya Podvodnaya Lodka “Kursk” (APL “Kursk”)) sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, during the first major Russian naval exercise in more […]
Detonation vs. Deflagration. ** LINKS ** Music by Jake Chudnow: http://www.myspace.com/jakechudnow Shockwave in slo mo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjC4SvZIARY How a bullet works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64ClfsXe_4 Smokeless Powder burned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sbg8vmLgHo Nitroglycerine + hammer: http://youtu.be/r17czTWHFmU Firework 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7mp7k6fmLs Firework 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moMslnSyC44 World Record Rocket Attempt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frwVK35iE4c 100 tons of TNT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLzgdbfeJE Shockwave hits camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2imofil5GbM 1965 […]
We all love to see some instant karma. Here’s some terrorists trying to kill a bunch of people and getting their asses whooped. “The Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane […]
Atlas VPN 3-year offer with a 86% discount; https://atlasv.pn/WhatIf Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. It’s 300 times more massive than Earth. But it’s less dense than our home. Uh-oh. Looks like somebody left the gas running on Jupiter. Don’t do anything stupid, like lighting a humongous […]
Well if you’re going to make the biggest improvised bomb the FBI has ever seen, you’d better make sure it’s the most complex too, right? “The Harvey’s Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26–27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing […]
Many Chinese launch centres are situated inland, which has sometimes been disastrous for the people living in the area… “Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while […]
With the Space Shuttle fleet temporarily grounded after the Challenger Disaster, this production plant was left with two years worth of excess ammonium perchlorate – which is unstable and highly flammable. Watch what happens when the plant catches fire. “On May 4, 1988, a fire followed by several explosions occurred […]
Occurring in 2018, this spectacular (and deadly) incident was caught on camera. “Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge), officially Viadotto Polcevera (English: Polcevera Viaduct), was a road viaduct in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, constructed between 1963 and 1967 along the A10 motorway over the Polcevera River, from which it derived its official […]
Go to https://brilliant.org/APERTURE to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. In the late 1990s, astronomers studied 42 supernovae. These are white dwarf stars that siphon gas from a companion star. The increase in mass causes a runaway nuclear reaction […]
