E=mc2
There is no equation as famous as Albert Einstein’s E=mc2, which is part of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. You’ve learned about this over 100 year-old equation in school (hopefully) and have heard it...
View ArticleThe Origin of the Universe
Since man has inhabited the earth, we have attempted to answer the questions of why are we here and where we came from. Many intellectuals have postulated different ideas: Aristotle said the universe...
View Article24-Lecture Course: Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics
Lecture #1 of 24 Course Description: Astrophysics is a division of astronomy that looks at the physics of the universe. This course on astrophysics focuses on three rapidly advancing branches of...
View ArticleAsking Big Questions About the Universe
Was there anything before the Big Bang? Where did we come from? Are we alone? And what is the future of the human race. Stephen Hawking asks and answers these questions. Stephen Hawking is one of the...
View ArticleA Universe from Nothing
This could be the most interesting lecture ever posted on Virtual Professors. In fact, if this lecture does not blow your mind, we will refund your money…oh wait, this site is free already. This...
View ArticleHeavy Construction Made Weightless — Building the International Space Station
Stephen Robinson is an astronaut who recently returned from a mission on space shuttle Endeavor. The mission was to install an expansion of the space station that would increase station’s living and...
View ArticleInner space: String theory & the universes’ hidden dimensions
String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as...
View ArticleDark Energy and the Runaway Universe
World-renowned astronomer and prize-winning professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, Alex Filippenko, explores some of the mysteries of the universe at a special lecture at the...
View ArticleExtreme Astrophysics Around the World
All over the planet, giant telescopes and detectors are looking (and listening) for clues to the workings of the universe. In this video, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy gives us a tour of these...
View ArticleDistant time and the hint of a multiverse
In an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe, cosmologist Sean Carroll asks a deceptively simple question: Why does time exist at all? The potential answers...
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