Extreme Orbits
Earth has a very stable orbit and that is why life as we know it has evolved here. However other planets in the Universe have very violent and chaotic orbits as explained in this...
Category: Our Universe
String Theory – The Elegant Universe (2)
We continue with part 2 of the Elegant Universe, the search for the theory of everything.
Ten of Space’s Most Stunning Wonders
A stunning video of the ten most mysterious places in the Universe. Please ‘like’ and share with friends.
Twenty Five Crazy Facts About Black Holes
Little is known about black holes but several scientists in history have developed their own theories about their properties and structures. Here is a list of 25 crazy facts about black holes.
Creation – Universe: Beyond the Millennium
The documentary premiered in 1999 and presents an overview of the universe as humans understood it at that time, and how we think it will evolve in the next millennium. “Creation”, for years scientists have...
The Most Beautiful Galaxies In the Universe!
There are more than 170 billion galaxies in the known universe. Here we look at some of the most beautiful ones!
Was the Universe Born in a Black Hole? – Horizon
What was there before the Big Bang? Many new theories are taking shape including this one which suggests that the Universe was born in a black hole. What was there before the Big Bang...
NASA’s Search for Life Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
NASA is now planning a mission to send a craft to Europa with the purpose of searching for life below the thick ice. Mission will probably not launch for another ten years or so....
What’s A Supernova and Where Can I See One?
The galaxy M82 is filled with stars being created and dying. At present a star is exploding and you can see it.
Large Objects In Space
A look at the largest objects in space, from gas planets to the cosmic web and dark matter.
NASA – Planet Hunter
A new NASA-sponsored website, DiskDetective.org, lets the public discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.
Solar Twin
News from ESO. Planet hunters have discovered three planets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67. Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are now confirmed, only a handful have been...
Solving the Puzzle of Dark Matter? – Prof Lars Bergström
Cosmologists are becoming ever more certain that a large fraction of the mass in the universe is invisible and does not emit or absorb light. This talk will give a basic introduction to the...
Space (New Worlds) – Sam Neil
The Sun is getting hotter and one day life on Earth will become impossible. In this episode of ‘Space’ Sam Neil looks at new planets that will one day have to house human beings.
Space (Are We Alone?) – Sam Neil
Sam Neil continues his look at ‘Space’. This time exploring the possibility of Alien Life. The search for life on other worlds has been compared to identifying a single grain of sand on the Moon,...
Space (Staying Alive) – Sam Neil
In the second part of ‘Space’ Sam Neill takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the galaxy to discover how disasters in space regularly threaten our entire world.
Space (Star Stuff) – Sam Neil
A series on ‘space’ hosted by sam Neil. This episode covers the origins of life and how everything is produced by the process in which stars burn their fuel.
