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Video: We Are Star Stuff- Cosmic Poetry
From the History’s Channel “The Universe” series, season one; “Beyond The Big Bang”. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the connections we all have, with Sagan-like poetry.
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Video: We Are Star Dust- Symphony of Science
We Are Star Dust is a musical compliation of scientists Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman and Lawrence Krauss. Lyrics: [Neil deGrasse Tyson] We are part of this universe We are in this universe The universe is in us Yes, the universe is in us [Lawrence Krauss] Every atom in your body Came from a star that…
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Video: The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
“Physicist Werner Heisenberg said, ‘When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.’ As difficult as turbulence is to understand mathematically, we can use art to depict the way it looks. Natalya St. Clair illustrates how…
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Video: The Basics of the Higgs Boson
“In 2012, scientists at CERN discovered evidence of the Higgs boson. The what? The Higgs boson is one of two types of fundamental particles and is a particular game-changer in the field of particle physics, proving how particles gain mass. Using the Socratic method, CERN scientists Dave Barney and Steve Goldfarb explain the exciting implications…
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Video: Tardigrades Are the Toughest Animal on Earth That Can Survive Space and Volcanos
“Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are the toughest and probably the weirdest animal species on Earth. Tardigrades are eight-legged micro-animals that can withstand just about anything, from mass extinctions to the vacuum of outer space, to the pressure of the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth, and radiation 1,000 times…
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Video: Should We Be Looking For Life Elsewhere in the Universe?
“As the number of “potentially habitable” planets that astronomers find continues to rise, we seem ever closer to answering the question, “Are we alone in the universe?” But should we be looking for life elsewhere? If we were to find life in one of these worlds, should we try to contact any beings who may…
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Video: Ripple of Gravity, Flashes of Light
” On Aug. 17, 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo detected, for the first time, gravitational waves from the collision of two neutron stars. The event was not only “heard” in gravitational waves but also seen in light by dozens of telescopes on the ground and in space. Learn more about what this…
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Video: Powers of Ten (1977)
“Powers of Ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. Every ten seconds we view the starting point from ten times farther out until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of…
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Video: Nuetron Star Collision Observed for First Time
“On August 17, researchers around the world detected the signals from a neutron star collision that took place 130 million years ago. Georgia Tech Professor Laura Cadonati explains what happened, how it was seen, and what researchers have learned.”
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Video: Navajo Story of Stars
Navajo leaders and NASA scientists share perspectives on the stars.
