Some moons are bigger than planets, and Titan is aptly named, long believed to be biggest moon, but should it or Ganymede around Jupiter hold that title? And where to do planets, moons, and stars begin and end? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music...
We often dream of a future out in the galaxy, exploring and settling strange new worlds under the light of alien suns, but what would living in space truly be like? Watch my exclusive video on Life As An Asteroid Miner:...
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Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur As we venture out into space to colonize new planets, moons, and asteroids, how will these new settlements grow from simple outposts in to developed worlds with cities and civilizations all...
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other Stellar Objects. Could Jupiter be turned into a...
A look at Neptune, a potential gateway to the stars... Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ The Icy Giants, Neptune and Uranus, are often overlooked for as candidates for colonizing our solar system. Even when noted, the focus tends to be...
A visit to Ceres and the Asteroid Belt. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Ceres, a dwarf planet amid the Asteroid Belt, hold the potential to be the hub of a vast mining and manufacturing network in the Belt, as well as potentially...
Today we take a trip inward, to explore Sun-Scorched Mercury. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun, a seeming airless wasteland little discussed in conversations about colonizing our solar system....
A look at O'Neill Cylinders, immense space habitats. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Far larger than any conventional Space Station, O'Neill Cylinders could potentially serve as as entire city-states or nature preserves. Today we will...
To explore space and expand beyond Earth we will need a robust orbital infrastructure to serve as our beachhead. Today we will explore the necessary components for that, how we will go about creating them, and threats to them like Kessler Syndrome, a potential cascade...