As the year ends, remember: galaxies aren’t shaped only by time, but by rare, violent moments. Superkilonovae—neutron star mergers powerful enough to forge gold, uranium, and the building blocks of life—quietly shaped the universe we inhabit today. 🌌✨ Join this...
Black holes are objects of mystery and dread from which nothing can escape… but could they also be the foundations of future civilizations of unimaginable might and size. Watch my exclusive video Topopolis: The Eternal River:...
Collisions of neutron star are devastating events that help provide the heavier elements critical to our planet. Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Zombie Stars are the possible remnants of failed Type 1ax Supernovae from too rapidly absorbing mass, leaving a remnant of heavier matter behind. Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Science fiction often shows ships running into black holes unnoticed, but how many black holes are even in this galaxy? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
LFBOTs, or Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients, are strange new phenomena of massive and short lived explosions outshining even supernova. Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Worlds far from the Galactic Core are thought to be low in many important elements for life, but some new research calls that into doubt, indicating that the ancient old worlds of the galactic rim might harbor alien life. See our episode The Fermi Paradox: The...
Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. If the end of the world is nigh, it may be too late to avert a catastrophe. So what can we do to mitigate the damage or recover after...
Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur One day our Sun will die, and consume our world in fire, but is it possible to refuel our Sun...
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ When the largest of stars dies, the supernova they produce can outshine a whole galaxy, and potentially sterilize vast swathes of space. Future civilizations will need to be able to prevent or mitigate...
Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500. Interstellar travel is very time consuming, moving from star to star, but perhaps we could use...
Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur One of the biggest reasons for colonizing other worlds is to ensure we don't die with our own sun, but even those alien suns we might travel to will die one day. And yet, our image of stars...