Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc ———————————————————————————- The co-founder of Field String Theory explains why the universe has 11 dimensions rather than any other number. ———————————————————————————- MICHIO KAKU: Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and […]
Planet Nine’s existence is not the first time astronomers have predicted a planet they couldn’t see. Clyde Tombaugh was looking for Planet X when he accidentally found Pluto. After Voyager 2 flew by Neptune in 1989, new calculations determined there was no Planet X. But three years ago, a disturbance […]
Two astronomers argue that the farthest objects in the Kuiper Belt are being pushed and pulled by the gravity of Planet Nine, a giant planet orbiting over 10 times farther from the Sun than Neptune. If they find it, it’ll be the first real expansion of the Sun’s planetary album […]
Follow two astronomers, Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin, as they’re on the hunt for Planet Nine — a hypothesized ninth planet at the edge of our solar system. PRODUCTION CREDITS Produced and Directed by: Caitlin Saks and Terri Randall Camera: Dave Arabia Digital Producer: Ana Aceves MEDIA CREDITS Additional Footage: […]
Is the Universe an Accident? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Theoretical physicist Alan Lightman suggests that our universe is one of many possible variations, leaving physicists at a cosmological dead end. Lightman’s latest book is The Accidental Universe: […]
Bill Nye on the Remarkable Efficiency of SpaceX Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere […]
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Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/the-james-webb-space-telescope-and-what-it-means-for-humanity Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch The James Webb Space Telescope, JWST for short, has been designed to look more than 13.5 billion years into the past to study the farthest and oldest regions of space, peering back into the early days of the Universe. Its aim is to look […]
