How did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing? And what about time? […]
If television shows and movies are any indication, we humans spend a lot of our time subconsciously preparing for UFOs carrying maleficent aliens to descend on Earth. Subscribe for free to get all episodes of NOVA Now on Apple Podcasts at https://apple.co/2U5GyYp But should we rush to create an intergalactic […]
Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter: https://underknown.com/newsletter/ Dark, mysterious and consuming everything around them, black holes will rip apart anything that passes their event horizons. But could there be more? What would happen if you fell into one of those monstrosities? […]
Black holes are dark, matter-devouring balls of gravity. Most of them are so far away that we don’t need to worry about them. But not this one. Meet Gaia BH1. This enormous black hole sits right outside our Solar System. More specifically, 1,600 light-years away from us. Transcript and Sources: […]
Some of these galaxies are mind-blowing, some of them are beautiful, and some of them are both. “A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek galaxias (γαλαξίας), literally ‘milky’, a reference to […]
The Big Bang Theory has been shaken by crises in recent years. Will these crises result in a scientific revolution as Kuhn’s paradigm shift predicted? Or will scientists solve problems and end the crisis of cosmology? Chapter 00:30 Kuhn’s Paradigm Shift 03:20 The Big Bang’s Crisis 04:12 Light Elements 05:05 […]
The farthest known galaxy is GN-z11, which currently resides at a distance of 32 billion light years from Earth. But wait, how could there be a galaxy “older” than the existence of our cosmos? In this video, we’ll explore the mystery of this topic. If you like to see more […]
If you were driving at the speed of light and turned on your headlights, what would happen? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants Sources and extras below!! Thanks to Jude for asking me this question on twitter! https://twitter.com/stefanikj5/status/550865272895447041 “The Life of the Cosmos” by Lee Smolin: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Life-Cosmos-Lee-Smolin/dp/0195126645 “In Search of the Multiverse” […]
