How to Explore the Universe – Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku discusses ways in which we could explore the Universe. The biggest barrier to the human exploration of the Universe is ‘speed’. How do we build a craft that can travel to almost...
Monthly Archive: June 2013
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (5) – Carl Sagan
Part 5 of the first episode of Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’. Carl explains how mans journey into space started many years ago during the time of the great library of Alexandria. He describes the ancient...
Kepler, The Planet Hunter
A look at the Kepler mission which aims to find Earth type planets in a region of a hundred million stars. Kepler has already discovered a number of planets in the Goldilocks zone of...
Launch of Shenzhou Spacecraft-10 – June 11th 2013
China’s 5th manned space flight, Shenzhou-10, launched today on a Long March 2F rocket. Liftoff occurred from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (4) – Carl Sagan
Here is part 4 of the first episode of Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’, The Shores of The Cosmic Ocean. The story of Eratosthenes and he he deduced that the Earth was round and calculated its circumference...
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (3) – Carl Sagan
Here is part three of the first episode of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. More on Stars, the planets and the Cosmos, narrated by Carl in his in unimistakeable hypnotic voice. It’s a shame Carl did...
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (2) – Carl Sagan
Here is the second segment of the The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean. Which was the first episode of Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’ series. The series was first broadcast by the PBS in 1980 and was...
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (1) – Carl Sagan
The late great Carl Sagan introduces his iconic series ‘The Cosmos – A Personal Voyage’. This is part 1 of 6 parts of episode one.
What is Space?
A look at what our ‘reality’ really is and answering the question is empty space really empty? A newly discovered ingredient of space that actually makes up 70 percent of the universe.
Animation Explaining Quantum Mechanics
A good introduction to the concepts of Quantum Mechanics. Covers all topics including Schrodinger’s cat.
Secrets Of The Space Probes
A look at unmanned spacecraft and how they have helped us to understand other worlds. They were built to survive the most hostile environments such as high and extremely low temperatures and high radiation...
Mars – The New Evidence
We now know that bacteria can survive the most inhospitable places on Earth. There appears to be a good chance that static electricity on Mars could have been the trigger to create organic compounds....
The Universe In A Nutshell – Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku explains how scientists are trying to shrink the Universe into a single equation, ‘The Theory of Everything’. String theory may eventually lead us to this simplified understanding.
The Sun’s Evil Twin
The Nemesis theory postulates that there is a star orbiting the Sun every 26 million years. As trhis star nears the Sun its gravitational disturbances sends comets flying through the Solar System and one...
