Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ According to modern cosmology, one day all the stars will burn out and the Universe will be full of dead planets, black holes, and other stellar remnants, slowing decaying till entropy brings the Heat...
To see deeper into space, we will need much bigger telescopes. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ As astronomy seeks to find and study distant planets and peer further and more accurately into space and time, the limitations of ground...
We take a moment talk about the accomplishments of Stephen Hawking, perhaps the best known scientist of the late 20th century, and a major influence on many of SFIA's concepts. There's also a very nice tribute to him by our friends over at PBS Space Time:...
A discussion of various theories for the End of the Universe. Watch part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTb0V1BGNw How the Universe began and why is a question that's obsessed humanity for at least as long as civilization has existed, at the same time, how...
In memory of Carl Sagan, this episode will review many of the topics he covered during his career and see what what we've learned about the Cosmos and its inhabitants since then. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the Facebook Group:...
Today we're teaming up with Joe Scott to look at the Great Attractor, a mysterious and massive source of gravity obscured from our vision, and the concept of Dark Flow, movements of whole clusters of galaxies in directions with no obvious cause. Companion Episode at...
A look at Dark Matter, what it is, what it isn't, and what it might be used for. Visit our Website: http://www.IsaacArthur.net Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud:...