PBS Space TimeSeason 20162016 · 48 episodesEpisodes1The True Nature of Matter and MassWe 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.2When Time Breaks Down3The Photon Clock Challenge4The Origin of Matter and Time5Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?6LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!7Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!8Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened9What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?10Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge11Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?12How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe13Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!14We Are Star Stuff15Will the Universe Expand Forever?16Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy17What Does Dark Energy Really Do?18Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?19The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question20Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy21Is an Ice Age Coming?22Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?23New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!24The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing25Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics26Nuclear Physics Challenge27Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past28The Future of Gravitational Waves29The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality30Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson31How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past32Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge33Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?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?34Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer35Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic DominationWe’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.36Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein DebateAlbert 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.37Life on Europa?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?38Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization ChallengeThe 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.39Black Holes from the Dawn of TimePrimordial 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?40The First Humans on MarsElon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?41The Many Worlds of the Quantum MultiverseIs our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?42Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers43Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?44Strange Stars45Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism46What Happens at the Event Horizon?47Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge48Have They Seen Us?Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.Season 1Season 2015Season 2017Season 2018Season 2019Season 2020Season 2021Season 2022Season 2023Season 2024Season 2025Season 2026
