The European Space Agency (ESA) is part of an international effort to monitor and – ultimately – tackle space debris. This junk – accumulated in orbit since the dawn of the space age sixty years... continue reading
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Three hundred and sixty degrees, of seven hundred clowns, all in one small room. Use the arrows in the upper left to look around. Turn on CC for bonus information.
posted by newtboy 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 2:07Professor Mike Merrifield explains Lagrange Points.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 11 months ago • 1,273 views • 8:55Sean Carroll on the arrow of time.
posted by radx 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 535 views • 9:37YouTube Description: Professor Moriarty requested that we re-visit one aspect of physics in the game Portal 2 - humour him!
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 535 views • 4:09Professor Ed Copeland on the latest news to come from the Planck project - talking about the Big Bang and the resulting microwave radiation. [YT]
posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 415 views • 17:26This is a really nice demonstration, and explanation of, what happens when you drop a magnet down a conducting non-magnetic tube. YouTube Description: Huge thanks to the Royal Institution, Professor... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 4 months ago • 228 views • 3:50YouTube Description: Stephen Hawking just scooped a $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize. Our very own Dr Tony Padilla (who missed out on a prize this year) discusses three of Professor Hawking's... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 362 views • 9:30From YT: The open cluster M67 has traditionally been considered a possible birthplace for the Sun, though computer modelling may throw a spanner in the works? Will astronomers ever learn where our star... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 7 months ago • 487 views • 4:50The Deep Sky team explains why some stars appear spiky in some photographs of stars.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 559 views • 7:18YouTube Description: A huge crystal of calcite is used to demonstrate birefringence, a side-effect of light's refraction through certain materials. Featuring Professor Mike Merrifield.... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 8 months ago • 856 views • 6:55YouTube Description: Professor Roger Bowley uses fuse wire, magnets and electrical current for a quick demonstration.
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 709 views • 4:40YouTube Description: Gathering dust (and beer cans) under a tree at CERN - it's Gargamelle. This experiment played a key role in Nobel Prize-winning research into the weak force. It's now on public... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 499 views • 5:29Just what is the Higgs Boson? Sixty Symbols explains in this video from last year. After the news of 4 July 2012, they did a new video to talk about the likely discovery of the Higgs Boson: http://videosift.com/video/Is... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 10 months ago • 1,584 views • 12:45I may have some tears for all the excitement... Wondering what the Higgs Boson is? http://videosift.com/video/Sixty-Symbols-What-is-the-Higgs-Bason From YT: Professor Ed Copeland and Brady tune in live... continue reading
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 10 months ago • 2,585 views • 8:39Deep Sky Videos celebrates Father's Day by discussing the Herschel family.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 838 views • 7:58Momentum, Magnets & Metal Balls - Sixty Symbols
posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 1 year 11 months 1 week ago • 1,454 views • 5:20FOR SCIENCE !@ @
posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,270 views • 5:16