The Last Star in the Universe – Red Dwarfs Explained
The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after...
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What Is Something?
What is something? On the most fundamental level thinkable, what are things? Why are things? And why do things behave the way they do? [via kurzgesagt]
Understanding the Most Extreme Numbers in the Universe
Humans are great at understanding medium-sized things, like how far the supermarket is from your house, or how to find the bathroom in the dark. But imagining distances in light-years is a lot harder...
Could the Firefly Universe Exist?
Firefly takes place in an incredibly complicated star system. But it probably couldn’t exist, because physics. [via scishowspace]
There’s a Giant Hole in the Universe
There’s basically a hole in the universe — a region where there’s much less matter than there should be. And we don’t know why it’s there. [via scishow]
Iron Man Honest Trailer
The film that kicked off the Marvel cinematic universe is also blamed for the studio’s repetitive film formula. Watch the Iron Man Honest Trailer! [via honesttrailers]
The Fermi Paradox
The universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where...
The Lord of the Rings Mythology Explained
For those of you who don’t feel like reading the The Silmarillion, CGP Grey made a 4 minute summary of the mythology of The Lord of The Rings universe. [via cgpgrey]
Super Heroes vs Game Heroes
Heroes from the comic universe and gaming universe collide over an artifact from the gods. Who will emerge victorious? [via corridordigital]
Laniakea: Our home supercluster
Scioence Journal Nature features the research of R. Brent Tully et al, which defines a supercluster called Laniakea. Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures...
