PBS Space Time

Blast off into the cosmos with astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd.

Episodes

  • How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?

    S6 Ep26 |
    This how we finally figured them out.
  • Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?

    S6 Ep17 |
    Does gravity require extra dimensions?
  • Mapping the Multiverse: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Mapping the Multiverse

    S6 Ep16 |
    This is a map of the multiverse.
  • How Luminiferous Aether Led to Relativity: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How Luminiferous Aether Led to Relativity

    S6 Ep15 |
    How Luminiferous Aether led to Relativity.
  • How We Know The Universe is Ancient: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How We Know The Universe is Ancient

    S6 Ep14 |
    How do you learn the age of the universe when there’s no trace left of its beginnings?
  • Will Wormholes Allow Fast Interstellar Travel?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Will Wormholes Allow Fast Interstellar Travel?

    S6 Ep13 |
    When do we get to wormhole ourselves out of here?
  • Was the Milky Way a Quasar?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Was the Milky Way a Quasar?

    S6 Ep12 |
    Recently we discovered that its violent past was much more recent than we thought.
  • How We Know The Earth Is Ancient: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How We Know The Earth Is Ancient

    S6 Ep11 |
    How can we be sure about timescales so far beyond the capacity for human intuition?
  • What’s On The Other Side Of A Black Hole?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    What’s On The Other Side Of A Black Hole?

    S6 Ep10 |
    Normal maps are useless inside black holes.

Specials

  • Strange Stars: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Strange Stars

    These stars may be the most massive stellar remnant just shy of forming a black hole.
  • Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?

    Did all of dark energy just vanish?
  • The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse

    Is our universe a definitive single reality? Can we even answer that question?
  • The First Humans on Mars: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The First Humans on Mars

    What might a budding Mars colony look like?
  • Black Holes from the Dawn of Time: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Black Holes from the Dawn of Time

    Primordial black holes may be lurking throughout our universe.
  • Life on Europa?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Life on Europa?

    The can the Hubble Telescope tell us about the potential for life on Europa?
  • Quantum Entanglement (The Bohr-Einstein Debate): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Quantum Entanglement (The Bohr-Einstein Debate)

    Let's settle the quantum entanglement once and for all.
  • Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination

    Will self-replicating robots reshape our galaxy?

About PBS Space Time

PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down the both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.

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