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? […]
Get 25% off Blinkist premium and enjoy 2 memberships for the price of 1! Start your 7-day free trial by clicking here: https://www.blinkist.com/whatif One minute, you’re setting up a new space station orbiting Jupiter. The next, you’re plunging right into the middle of a giant, red cyclone of death. What […]
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 […]
Jupiter is a massive, terrifying planet. Despite being studied for centuries and even visited by nine space probes in the last 50 years, the undisputed king of the Solar System has managed to keep some things hidden from us. Until now… 00:00 What Did Scientists Discover on Jupiter? 00:38 Jupiter’s […]
Go to https://brilliant.org/WhatIf/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Eleven times wider than Earth. Over 300 times more massive. And a million times more terrifying. Jupiter looks like a beautiful ball of swirling clouds, but on […]
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This is Io. One of the four largest moons of Jupiter. A terrifying, inhospitable world, it’s got huge lakes of molten lava bigger than an average city. There are hundreds of volcanic eruptions which would dwarf a skyscraper. Oh, and its surface is constantly ripped apart by the gravitational force […]
If you landed on Venus, this hot planet would crush you – like a plastic bottle. It would be painful. But don’t worry, it would only last five seconds. The longest five seconds of your life. And just wait till you see what happens on Mars. It’s unsettling. 00:00 Venus […]
Today on What If, we’re taking Jupiter’s deadly gases and unleashing them on Earth. Where could you be safe from these toxic winds? How would the Great Red Spot wreak havoc on Earth? 00:00 What If Jupiter and Mars Switched Orbits? 07:12 What If Jupiter’s Storm Existed on Earth? 13:12 […]
