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ScienceCasts: The Special Ingredients... of Earth

Researchers using a Japanese X-ray satellite with NASA participation have found the chemical ingredients of Earth-like planets in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more.

What Happens at an Event Horizon?

For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * Every galaxy seems to have a supermassive black hole in its center. A black hole is defined as such because nothing can escape from a certain point inside, not even light. There is, however, a last stable orbit which is called the event horizon outside of w

ScienceCasts: Hubble’s Contentious Constant

There are two leading ways to measure the universe's rate of expansion, and for fifteen years, they more or less agreed with one another. Not anymore, and that’s a big deal. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA

What If A Massive Solar Flare Hit Us?

The sun is great. The sun is our friend. The sun allows us to keep on living. Basically everything you know and love you can thank the sun for. But the sun is a fickle beast. We are entirely at the suns mercy, and sometimes, our fiery mate kicks off out there. Click here to see more videos: https:/

What Is Dark Matter?

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifesBiggestQuestions 80 percent of our universe is made up stuff that doesn’t emit light or energy, and can't be directly observed. This is called dark matter. Many scientists believe its there, because there are, how to put this, hints that it exi

NASA ScienceCasts: Two Sides of the Same Star

A neutron star comes from a large star that has run out of fuel, and exploded as a supernova. First it becomes a radio pulsar and later becomes a magnetar. Or maybe it’s the other way around! NASA Science: http://science.nasa.gov/ Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA