The Universe As We Know It

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The Woman Who Measured the Stars with Glass Plates...

The Universe As We Know It ·

2026/09/26

In a Harvard Observatory basement in 1908, a woman earning 30 cents an hour discovered the key to measuring the entire universe. Henrietta Leavitt's discovery of the period-luminosity relationship transformed dim points of light on glass plates into cosmic yardsticks, ultimately revealing that our galaxy was just one of billions and giving us the tools to measure distances across the observable universe.

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15:37

Einstein vs. the Quantum: A Century of Physics at War...

The Universe As We Know It ·

2026/09/11

They're both right. They both work perfectly. And they absolutely hate each other. Dive into the greatest scientific rivalry that isn't between people—it's between the two most successful theories in physics, each explaining half the universe while completely contradicting the other, and why their refusal to get along might be the biggest clue we have to understanding reality itself.

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16:58

Seven Cosmic Phenomena We Completely Misunderstood...

The Universe As We Know It ·

2026/08/26

From thinking Venus was two different stars to believing the Sun orbited Earth, humanity's cosmic blunders are as fascinating as our breakthroughs. We're counting down seven of the most epic misunderstandings in astronomical history—cases where even the brightest minds got it completely wrong. Some took centuries to correct, and one still makes astronomers wince.

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15:08

The 43 Minutes That Saved Apollo 13

The Universe As We Know It ·

2026/08/11

On April 13, 1970, an explosion 200,000 miles from Earth turned a routine moon mission into a desperate fight for survival. We reconstruct the frantic 43 minutes when three astronauts had to abandon their dying command module and squeeze into a lunar module built for two—a spacecraft that would become humanity's smallest, most unlikely lifeboat in the vacuum of space. Every decision made in those minutes would determine whether they'd ever see home again.

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15:32

Fire and Ice: The Death Match Between Red Giants and...

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2026/07/19

Same starting point, wildly different endings. We pit the cosmic bloat of red giants against the diamond-hard density of white dwarfs to understand why some stars go out with a whimper of expansion while others collapse into eternal compression. It's a tale of two destinies written in the mass of a star.

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13:38

Five Cosmic Accidents That Changed Everything

The Universe As We Know It ·

2026/06/14

What if the universe as we know it exists because of a series of lucky breaks? From the precise ratio of matter to antimatter in the first microseconds after the Big Bang, to the asteroid that cleared the way for mammals, we're counting down five cosmic flukes that shaped everything. Prepare to feel incredibly fortunate—and incredibly tiny.

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13:55

The Day We Caught a Neutron Star Collision

The Universe As We Know It ·

2026/05/29

On August 17, 2017, a ripple in spacetime triggered alarms at observatories across the globe, launching the most coordinated astronomical observation ever attempted. What happened in the next 11 hours would confirm decades of theory, solve the mystery of where gold comes from, and open an entirely new way of seeing the universe. This is the story of GW170817—the cosmic collision that changed everything.

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00:10:12

Multi-Verse

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2026/01/07

NOT science fictionSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:10:34

Quantum Mechanics

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2025/12/24

This is rocket science!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:10:24

Best of pt2

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2025/11/26

The Universe As We Know It best of episode!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:10:38

Best of

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2025/11/11

The Universe As We Know It best of episode!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:10:07

Fascinating Universe

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2025/10/28

It's a big universe!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:10:07

Super Novae pt2

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2025/10/15

Super stars!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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10:37

Super Novae

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2025/09/30

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10:08

Other Life pt2

The Universe As We Know It ·

2025/09/16

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10:19

Other Life

The Universe As We Know It ·

2025/09/02

What would other life be like?

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10:05

Other Worldly pt2

The Universe As We Know It ·

2025/08/19

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10:32

Other Worldly

The Universe As We Know It ·

2025/08/05

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11:47

All About Galaxies

The Universe As We Know It ·

2025/07/23

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10:44

Comets pt2

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2025/07/09

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