Where We Stand in the Cosmic Energy Continuum

This is an excerpt from Cosmic Journeys “Cold Sparks & Black Holes.” It’s the start of a journey through the incredible continuum of cosmic energy that produced us. Today, energy [...]

Gamma Ray Thunderstorms

in 1080p… A big surprise from the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope. It detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the [...]

Seeing the Formation of Planets

Watch in 1080p. See how the Webb Space Telescope will study planetary bodies with our solar system and planets orbiting other stars. Its operations in the years to come promise [...]

Imagining Extrasolar Planets

From the Spitzer Science Center. While astronomers have identified over 500 planets around other stars, they’re all too small and distant to fill even a single pixel in our most [...]

The Infinite Monkey Theorem… in 1080p

For those who haven’t seen “Is the Universe Infinite?”, here’s a re-enactment of the famous paradox known as the “infinite monkey theorem.”