About this season
Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth.
Episodes (48)
1. The True Nature of Matter and Mass
Aired 6 January 2016 • 11 min
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.
2. When Time Breaks Down
Aired 13 January 2016 • 10 min
3. The Photon Clock Challenge
Aired 20 January 2016 • 3 min
4. The Origin of Matter and Time
Aired 27 January 2016 • 13 min
5. Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?
Aired 3 February 2016 • 11 min
6. LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!
Aired 11 February 2016 • 10 min
7. Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
Aired 17 February 2016 • 9 min
8. Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened
Aired 24 February 2016 • 13 min
9. What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?
Aired 2 March 2016 • 13 min
10. Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge
Aired 9 March 2016 • 6 min
11. Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?
Aired 16 March 2016 • 15 min
12. How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe
Aired 23 March 2016 • 14 min
13. Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!
Aired 30 March 2016 • 10 min
14. We Are Star Stuff
Aired 6 April 2016 • 14 min
15. Will the Universe Expand Forever?
Aired 13 April 2016 • 14 min
16. Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy
Aired 20 April 2016 • 13 min
17. What Does Dark Energy Really Do?
Aired 27 April 2016 • 13 min
18. Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?
Aired 4 May 2016 • 13 min
19. The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question
Aired 11 May 2016 • 8 min
20. Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy
Aired 18 May 2016 • 15 min
21. Is an Ice Age Coming?
Aired 25 May 2016 • 16 min
22. Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?
Aired 1 June 2016 • 12 min
23. New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
Aired 8 June 2016 • 14 min
24. The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing
Aired 15 June 2016 • 14 min
25. Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics
Aired 22 June 2016 • 16 min
26. Nuclear Physics Challenge
Aired 29 June 2016 • 5 min
27. Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past
Aired 6 July 2016 • 14 min
28. The Future of Gravitational Waves
Aired 20 July 2016 • 9 min
29. The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality
Aired 27 July 2016 • 14 min
30. Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson
Aired 3 August 2016 • 14 min
31. How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past
Aired 10 August 2016 • 15 min
32. Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge
Aired 17 August 2016 • 6 min
33. Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?
Aired 24 August 2016 • 15 min
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?
34. Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer
Aired 7 September 2016 • 9 min
35. Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination
Aired 14 September 2016 • 13 min
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.
36. Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate
Aired 21 September 2016 • 15 min
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.
37. Life on Europa?
Aired 29 September 2016 • 14 min
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?
38. Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
Aired 5 October 2016 • 7 min
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.
39. Black Holes from the Dawn of Time
Aired 12 October 2016 • 14 min
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?
40. The First Humans on Mars
Aired 19 October 2016 • 12 min
Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?
41. The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse
Aired 26 October 2016 • 13 min
Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?
42. Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
Aired 2 November 2016 • 10 min
43. Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?
Aired 9 November 2016 • 16 min
44. Strange Stars
Aired 16 November 2016 • 14 min
45. Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism
Aired 30 November 2016 • 17 min
46. What Happens at the Event Horizon?
Aired 8 December 2016 • 20 min
47. Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge
Aired 14 December 2016 • 9 min
48. Have They Seen Us?
Aired 21 December 2016 • 18 min
Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.