Matthew O’Dowd
Self - Host
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Series SeasonSeason 2016 episodes2016
PBS Space Time
Season 2016
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Episode 111 min2016-01-06
The True Nature of Matter and Mass
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.
Episode 210 min2016-01-13
When Time Breaks Down
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Episode 33 min2016-01-20
The Photon Clock Challenge
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Episode 413 min2016-01-27
The Origin of Matter and Time
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Episode 511 min2016-02-03
Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?
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Episode 610 min2016-02-11
LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!
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Episode 79 min2016-02-17
Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
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Episode 813 min2016-02-24
Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened
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Episode 913 min2016-03-02
What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?
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Episode 106 min2016-03-09
Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge
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Episode 1115 min2016-03-16
Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?
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Episode 1214 min2016-03-23
How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe
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Episode 1310 min2016-03-30
Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!
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Episode 1414 min2016-04-06
We Are Star Stuff
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Episode 1514 min2016-04-13
Will the Universe Expand Forever?
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Episode 1613 min2016-04-20
Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy
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Episode 1713 min2016-04-27
What Does Dark Energy Really Do?
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Episode 1813 min2016-05-04
Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?
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Episode 198 min2016-05-11
The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question
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Episode 2015 min2016-05-18
Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy
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Episode 2116 min2016-05-25
Is an Ice Age Coming?
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Episode 2212 min2016-06-01
Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?
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Episode 2314 min2016-06-08
New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
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Episode 2414 min2016-06-15
The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing
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Episode 2516 min2016-06-22
Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics
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Episode 265 min2016-06-29
Nuclear Physics Challenge
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Episode 2714 min2016-07-06
Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past
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Episode 289 min2016-07-20
The Future of Gravitational Waves
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Episode 2914 min2016-07-27
The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality
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Episode 3014 min2016-08-03
Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson
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Episode 3115 min2016-08-10
How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past
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Episode 326 min2016-08-17
Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge
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Episode 3315 min2016-08-24
Should 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?
Episode 349 min2016-09-07
Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer
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Episode 3513 min2016-09-14
Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination
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.
Episode 3615 min2016-09-21
Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate
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.
Episode 3714 min2016-09-29
Life 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?
Episode 387 min2016-10-05
Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
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.
Episode 3914 min2016-10-12
Black Holes from the Dawn of Time
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?
Episode 4012 min2016-10-19
The First Humans on Mars
Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?
Episode 4113 min2016-10-26
The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse
Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?
Episode 4210 min2016-11-02
Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
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Episode 4316 min2016-11-09
Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?
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Episode 4414 min2016-11-16
Strange Stars
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Episode 4517 min2016-11-30
Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism
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Episode 4620 min2016-12-08
What Happens at the Event Horizon?
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Episode 479 min2016-12-14
Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge
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Episode 4818 min2016-12-21
Have They Seen Us?
Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.
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