Thousands of light-years from Earth, there could be another planet hospitable to life. Kepler 69c. And you’re about to travel to this alien world to see that life with your own eyes. What would it be like to make this epic journey so far across the Universe? What kind of […]
Pack your bags because you’re traveling through space to see Alpha Centauri. There’s just one problem. It’s going to take 100 years. But is it possible to sleep through the trip? Get comfy because you’re going nighty-night for an entire century. What technology would you need? What would happen to […]
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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? […]
Mars didn’t always look like this. It may have once been covered in oceans. But what if we brought all the Martian water back and transformed the red planet into one that’s half blue? What would Mars look like if it was 50% land and 50% water? Where would we […]
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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? […]
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