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NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller is coming back to Big Think’s studio soon to answer YOUR questions! Here’s all you need to know to submit your science-related inquiries.
Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.
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We have arrived: Big Think’s most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.
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Next on Big Think’s 2019 top 10 countdown, black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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Going back to the moon will give us fresh insights about the creation of our solar system.
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The recent photo of a black hole is something extraordinary. Here’s why.
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Gigantic explosions of light are reverberating across the universe.
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The periodic table was a lot simpler at the beginning of the universe.
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We are hurtling through space. But where are we going?
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Black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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Light exists outside of time.
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NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller will be at Big Think’s studio on May 16th to answer YOUR questions! Here’s all you need to know to submit your science-related inquiries.
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Artistic depictions of the atom have deceived us all.
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It’s one of the most consistent patterns in the unviverse. What causes it?
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A lot goes into being weightless.
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Why is math the universal language? NASA’s Michelle Thaller solves that one.
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If the universe is expanding in all directions, why is Andromeda hurtling toward the Milky Way?
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Getting to close to a black hole is a nightmare waiting to happen.
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A NASA astronomer explains how astronauts dispose of their, uh, dark matter.
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If a doomsday asteroid is set to collide with Earth, you’re going to know about it – whether you want to or not.
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NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains how an accidental discovery led to the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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We’re finally here! We’ve been counting down the 10 most popular videos of 2018. This is #1…
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NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains why the term ‘Big Bang’ is misleading, and how to best imagine the shape of the universe.
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Where is God? Michelle Thaller lays out a cosmic view of religion, science, and the human condition.
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Here’s the science of black holes, from supermassive monsters to ones the size of ping-pong balls.
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We may not find Klingons, but what we do find will blow our terrestrial minds.
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Around Halloween in 2015, astronomers discovered ‘The Goblin’. Now, it’s leading us to what some call Planet X.
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Astronauts aren’t floating in space, they’re free falling—and so are you. Here’s the amazing science behind so-called zero gravity.
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