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PBS Space Time Season 2016

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Season 2016 Episodes

48 episodes
1
The True Nature of Matter and Mass
Jan 6, 2016
We know that mass is energy… but what is energy? And where did matter and time even come from? Matt begins to dive into these intricate topics by first examining what inertial mass is, how it relates to gravitational mass, and what it all means for mass as a fundamental property.
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When Time Breaks Down
Jan 13, 2016
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The Photon Clock Challenge
Jan 20, 2016
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The Origin of Matter and Time
Jan 27, 2016
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Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?
Feb 3, 2016
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LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!
Feb 11, 2016
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Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
Feb 17, 2016
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Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened
Feb 24, 2016
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What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?
Mar 2, 2016
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Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge
Mar 9, 2016
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Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?
Mar 16, 2016
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How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe
Mar 23, 2016
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Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!
Mar 30, 2016
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We Are Star Stuff
Apr 6, 2016
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Will the Universe Expand Forever?
Apr 13, 2016
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Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy
Apr 20, 2016
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What Does Dark Energy Really Do?
Apr 27, 2016
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Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?
May 4, 2016
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The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question
May 11, 2016
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Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy
May 18, 2016
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Is an Ice Age Coming?
May 25, 2016
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Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?
Jun 1, 2016
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New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
Jun 8, 2016
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The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing
Jun 15, 2016
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Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics
Jun 22, 2016
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Nuclear Physics Challenge
Jun 29, 2016
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Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past
Jul 6, 2016
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The Future of Gravitational Waves
Jul 20, 2016
29
The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality
Jul 27, 2016
30
Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson
Aug 3, 2016
31
How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past
Aug 10, 2016
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Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge
Aug 17, 2016
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Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?
Aug 24, 2016
The Kepler telescope recently noticed a strange partial eclipse that some have speculated could be a Dyson Sphere. Are Dyson Sphere's possible? Are they practical? What other alternatives to futuristic energy capture do we have to choose from? Why not a kugelblitz - a swarm of black hole powered engines?
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Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer
Sep 7, 2016
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Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination
Sep 14, 2016
We’ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity’s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it.
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Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate
Sep 21, 2016
Albert Einstein strongly disagreed with Niels Bohr when it came to Bohr’s interpretation of quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement settled the argument once and for all.
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Life on Europa?
Sep 29, 2016
The Hubble Telescope found more evidence of vast plumes of water bursting through the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. What does this tell us about the potential for life on Europa?
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Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
Oct 5, 2016
The Drake Equation tells us the likelihood that there are other advanced technological civilizations waiting for us among the stars. In this episode of Space Time we challenge you to use the Drake Equation to help us determine how near or far these alien races may be. Links to reference material below.
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Black Holes from the Dawn of Time
Oct 12, 2016
Primordial black holes may be lurking throughout our universe. How large are they, how many are out there and what would happen if they moved through our solar system?
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The First Humans on Mars
Oct 19, 2016
Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?
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The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse
Oct 26, 2016
Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?
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Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
Nov 2, 2016
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Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?
Nov 9, 2016
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Strange Stars
Nov 16, 2016
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Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism
Nov 30, 2016
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What Happens at the Event Horizon?
Dec 8, 2016
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Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge
Dec 14, 2016
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Have They Seen Us?
Dec 21, 2016
Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.