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Atoms As Big As Mountains — Neutron Stars Explained

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | October 31, 2025

Neutron Stars are some of the strangest things in the Universe. Not quite massive enough to become black holes they are basically atoms as big as mountains with properties so extreme it’s mind-blowing. And if you get too close to a neutron star you are in big trouble… OUR CHANNELS […]


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The Last Star in the Universe – Red Dwarfs Explained

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | September 25, 2025

The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died. OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeES HOW CAN […]


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What’s Left?

Vsauce | August 23, 2025

LINKS: Music courtesy of Jake Chudnow: http://www.soundcloud.com/JakeChudnow Brain Lateralization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function Brain scans showing lateralization in lefties: http://www.neurology.org/content/52/5/1038/F3.expansion.html Left-handedness and Creativity: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain.aspx Handedness of Presidents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States Running out of Helium: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-the-world-is-running-out-of-helium-2059357.html General info on Left-handedness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed


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What If You Lit a Match on Jupiter?

What If | August 5, 2025

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 […]


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The Periodic Table Song (2018 Update!) | SCIENCE SONGS

92.9 The Torch | May 6, 2025

The COMPLETE Periodic Table! The END OF THE UNIVERSE Song: https://youtu.be/o6UPfdhOHIY iTunes http://bit.ly/asaptable Check out http://asapscience.com for more Bandcamp: https://asapscience.bandcamp.com/track/the-updated-periodic-table-song-2018 In celebration of National Periodic Table Day, here is our song updated with the 4 newly named elements! https://www.asapscience.com/ FOLLOW US! Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and […]


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What If We Nuked the Sun?

What If | April 17, 2025

Humanity’s nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying all life on Earth. Over. And over. And over. Maybe it’s time we dumped it far away. We might want to inhabit other planets in the future, so how about our closest star? How many nukes could we throw at the Sun? What […]


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Neutron Stars – The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes

92.9 The Torch | April 14, 2025

Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-neutron-stars/ Neutron stars are one of the most extreme and violent things in the universe. Giant atomic nuclei, only a few kilometers in diameter but as massive as stars. And they owe their existence to the death of something majestic. OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeES […]


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How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines

92.9 The Torch | April 10, 2025

Sources and further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-stellar-engines Get your Stellar Engine Infographic Poster here: https://shop.kurzgesagt.org Nothing in the Universe is static. In the milky way, billions of stars orbit the galactic center. Some, like our sun, are pretty consistent, keeping a distance of around 30,000 light years from the galactic center, completing […]


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The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison

92.9 The Torch | March 31, 2025

We created our first app ‘Universe in a Nutshell’, together with Tim Urban of Wait but Why! Appstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-ios Google Playstore: http://kgs.link/universe-app-android Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceslargeststar Wait But Why: https://waitbutwhy.com/ Video on Red Dwarfs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-VPyLaJFM&vl=pt What is the largest star in the Universe? And why is it that large? […]



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