Episodes
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How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?
S6 Ep26 |This how we finally figured them out.
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How Gaia Changed Astronomy Forever
S4 Ep23 |New Gaia mission data has dramatically changed how we understand our own galaxy. - Image
The Star at the End of Time
S4 Ep22 |How long will life persist as the stars begin to die? - Image
Black Hole Swarms
S4 Ep21 |We can now see that the Milky Way is swarming with tens of thousands of black holes. - Image
Using Stars to See Gravitational Waves
S4 Ep20 |We’re going to need a gravitational wave observatory - in fact, we've already built one. - Image
The Physics of Life (ft. It's Okay to be Smart & PBS Eons!)
S4 Ep19 |How did our chaotic universe generate the extreme complexity we see in life? - Image
The Unruh Effect
S4 Ep18 |A black hole can never catch up to you, but the Unruh radiation it generates sure can. - Image
The Andromeda-Milky Way Collision
S4 Ep17 |The Andromeda galaxy will inevitably collide with our own Milky Way. Will that be the end? - Image
Scientists Have Detected the First Stars
S4 Ep16 |What do the first stars, dark matter, and superior siege engines have in common?
Specials
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Strange Stars
These stars may be the most massive stellar remnant just shy of forming a black hole.
About PBS Space Time
PBS 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. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down the both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.