In 2020, the world celebrated two decades of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As an orbiting laboratory that has provided astronauts with a view of Earth from outer space, the ISS may not seem very similar to more recent innovations like tiny CubeSats. But all of […]
Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/APERTURE. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/how-big-is-the-universe Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch Have you ever looked up at the night sky and pondered about your very own existence? Maybe you were camping out with some friends, […]
The coronavirus pandemic may have been the biggest science news story of 2020, but it wasn’t the only story. Discover three of the greatest space developments of the year and what 2021 may bring. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Digital Producer: Ana Aceves Production Assistance: Christina Monnen © WGBH Educational Foundation 2020
Satellites, space observatories, and supercomputers have shown astronomers the ingredients needed to form a galaxy. Spoiler: Dark matter is a must. Subscribe for free to get all episodes of NOVA Now on Apple Podcasts at https://apple.co/2U5GyYp When our ancestors looked up into the night sky, they too saw a great, […]
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 […]
Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/APERTURE. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/the-history-of-the-entire-universe Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch The entire Universe, every electron, proton, atom, every star and galaxy, was born out of a singularity that brought about our whole existence. The […]
For tens of thousands of years, humans have pondered eternal questions like “How does our world even exist?” and “Where did we come from?” Now, more than ever, scientists are finding answers within the Big Bang theory. Subscribe for free to get all episodes of NOVA Now on Apple Podcasts […]
This pretzel-shaped collection of galaxies is our Universe. And it’s about to collide with another universe. It might be fascinating to watch, but we should probably be worried about what’s going to happen when they crash. How would it change the physics of our Universe? Is there any chance that […]
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Learn more: Bear Grylls’ awesome kid-names: http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/01/15/bear-grylls-welcomes-son-huckleberry-edward-jocelyne/ Michael Collins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut) Very cool article about Collins and the speech Nixon had ready in case Armstrong and Aldrin didn’t leave the moon: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/19/michael-collins-astronaut-apollo11 Veritasium’s moon video: http://youtu.be/Bz9D6xba9Og List of man-made objects on the moon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_man-made_objects_on_the_Moon to scale distance between earth and moon: […]
