In 1204, a Japanese poet wrote of lights in the Kyoto sky. 900 years later, astronomers read more into his words than he intended.
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A medieval Japanese poet helped modern astronomers find a solar storm
In 1204, a Japanese poet wrote of lights in the Kyoto sky. 900 years later, astronomers read more into his words than he intended. Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick
Open this video on ParallaxNickHypatia: Science's First Martyr
Hypatia of Alexandria was the last of the Greek scientific icons. Her death marked the death of science in the ancient world. But what she saw could happen again.
Open this video on ParallaxNickSecond-closest potentially habitable planet found!
Just 11 light years away, astronomers have identified a terrestrial-sized planet in a star's habitable zone, the closest since Proxima b. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa0TgREKn12hPWjg3hPWT91aEu30dNLfo Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/p...
Open this video on ParallaxNickS*x in space. Let's talk about it.
Stop giggling. This is serious. It's one thing to live in space; it's another to endure. Our species must replenish itself if it is to survive off world. Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick
Open this video on ParallaxNickHow will we count the years on Titan?
Why go to Titan? How will we live there, and more importantly, how will we count time? Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick
Open this video on ParallaxNickHow will we tell time on Mars?
When we get to Mars, we will need clocks and calendars. Thankfully someone has already come up with them. Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick
Open this video on ParallaxNickHow will we tell time on the Moon?
Apparently (I have doubts) we're getting serious about colonising the Moon. But if so we will have to tell time there. So how will we do it? 🔎 Related Searches & Keywords: astronomy,moonbase,moon base,lunar colony,lunar base,artemis,artemis program,nasa ar...
Open this video on ParallaxNickGliese 251 c: Another Earth?
In this update to my voyage across the 10 parsec map, Gliese 251, a star we have previously passed, has gained a possibly habitable planet. It may be the first planet we could determine might have life. Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick ...
Open this video on ParallaxNick3/I ATLAS and the history of comet panics
Another comet, another bout of Internet hysteria. But 3I/ATLAS is far from the first comet to instill fear in humanity. In this video we look back at the astonishingly long history of cometophobia. Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick 0:00 ...
Open this video on ParallaxNickThe Magellanic Clouds: Our Sky's Least-Seen Landmarks
Part two of a collab with Youtuber Trolligi takes us on a tour of our Galaxy's largest satellites, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. What are they, and how did they get named after a guy who never mentioned them? 0:50 – Triligi collaboration intro 1:08...
Open this video on ParallaxNickLise Meitner: The Woman Who Found Fission, And Was Forgotten. Part 2: Fallout
Lise Meitner's discovery of fission briefly made her an icon, the "mother of the bomb"; a title she did not want. Attempts were then made to wipe her from history. Watch part 1: https://youtu.be/HjCU2p1kdHA 🔎 Related Searches & Keywords: lise meitner,histo...
Open this video on ParallaxNickLise Meitner: The Woman Who Found Fission, and was forgotten. Part one: Ignition.
Watch Part 2: https://youtu.be/wHMtZCBUT_s Meitner was called "The Jewish Mother of the Bomb", a title she hated. Having experienced horror, she regretted the horror her discovery unleashed. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/parallaxnick 🔎 Related Searche...
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