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Out of This World

TED-Ed via YouTube

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This course explores various topics related to space, the universe, and celestial bodies. The learning outcomes include understanding concepts such as the life cycle of stars, the expansion of the universe, and the potential for human civilization to spread across galaxies. Students will learn about measuring extreme distances, the possibility of living on other planets, and the mysteries of black holes and dark matter. The course teaches skills such as detecting supernovas, building dark matter detectors, and studying stars. The teaching method involves a series of lectures by experts in the field. The intended audience for this course includes individuals interested in astronomy, space exploration, and the mysteries of the universe.

Syllabus

Could we actually live on Mars? - Mari Foroutan.
Where does gold come from? - David Lunney.
The journey to Pluto, the farthest world ever explored - Alan Stern.
Light seconds, light years, light centuries: How to measure extreme distances - Yuan-Sen Ting.
How fast are you moving right now? - Tucker Hiatt.
The death of the universe - Renée Hlozek.
Who won the space race? - Jeff Steers.
The beginning of the universe, for beginners - Tom Whyntie.
How small are we in the scale of the universe? - Alex Hofeldt.
The moon illusion - Andrew Vanden Heuvel.
What creates a total solar eclipse? - Andy Cohen.
What is the universe expanding into? - Sajan Saini.
Could the Earth be swallowed by a black hole? - Fabio Pacucci.
Could human civilization spread across the whole galaxy? - Roey Tzezana.
The life cycle of a neutron star - David Lunney.
Is there a center of the universe? - Marjee Chmiel and Trevor Owens.
Why is NASA sending a spacecraft to a metal world? - Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.
Should we be looking for life elsewhere in the universe? - Aomawa Shields.
Three ways the universe could end - Venus Keus.
What is the universe made of? - Dennis Wildfogel.
Sunlight is way older than you think - Sten Odenwald.
Four ways to understand the Earth's age - Joshua M. Sneideman.
How far would you have to go to escape gravity? - Rene Laufer.
Could we survive prolonged space travel? - Lisa Nip.
Would you live on the moon? - Alex Gendler.
How to build a dark matter detector - Jenna Saffin.
Why neutrinos matter - Sílvia Bravo Gallart.
How do we study the stars? - Yuan-Sen Ting.
Is space trying to kill us? - Ron Shaneyfelt.
The first asteroid ever discovered - Carrie Nugent.
What light can teach us about the universe - Pete Edwards.
How to detect a supernova - Samantha Kuula.
Could comets be the source of life on Earth? - Justin Dowd.
Questioning the universe - Stephen Hawking.
Can a black hole be destroyed? - Fabio Pacucci.
There may be extraterrestrial life in our solar system - Augusto Carballido.
The dust bunnies that built our planet - Lorin Swint Matthews.
Einstein's twin paradox explained - Amber Stuver.
Are we living in a simulation? - Zohreh Davoudi.
Hawking's black hole paradox explained - Fabio Pacucci.
NASA’s first software engineer: Margaret Hamilton - Matt Porter & Margaret Hamilton.
Newton’s three-body problem explained - Fabio Pacucci.
Could we harness the power of a black hole? - Fabio Pacucci.
What if every satellite suddenly disappeared? - Moriba Jah.
The woman who stared at the sun - Alex Gendler.

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