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Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
PBS Space Time - S2016 - E38
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.
PBS Space Time: Season 2016 - 48 Episode s
2016x1 - The True Nature of Matter and Mass
January 6, 2016
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.
2016x2 - When Time Breaks Down
January 13, 2016
2016x3 - The Photon Clock Challenge
January 20, 2016
2016x4 - The Origin of Matter and Time
January 27, 2016
2016x5 - Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?
February 3, 2016
2016x6 - LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!
February 11, 2016
2016x7 - Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
February 17, 2016
2016x8 - Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened
February 24, 2016
2016x9 - What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?
March 2, 2016
2016x10 - Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge
March 9, 2016
2016x11 - Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?
March 16, 2016
2016x12 - How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe
March 23, 2016
2016x13 - Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!
March 30, 2016
2016x14 - We Are Star Stuff
April 6, 2016
2016x15 - Will the Universe Expand Forever?
April 13, 2016
2016x16 - Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy
April 20, 2016
2016x17 - What Does Dark Energy Really Do?
April 27, 2016
2016x18 - Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?
May 4, 2016
2016x19 - The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question
May 11, 2016
2016x20 - Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy
May 18, 2016
2016x21 - Is an Ice Age Coming?
May 25, 2016
2016x22 - Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?
June 1, 2016
2016x23 - New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
June 8, 2016
2016x24 - The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing
June 15, 2016
2016x25 - Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics
June 22, 2016
2016x26 - Nuclear Physics Challenge
June 29, 2016
2016x27 - Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past
July 6, 2016
2016x28 - The Future of Gravitational Waves
July 20, 2016
2016x29 - The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality
July 27, 2016
2016x30 - Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson
August 3, 2016
2016x31 - How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past
August 10, 2016
2016x32 - Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge
August 17, 2016
2016x33 - Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?
August 24, 2016
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?
2016x34 - Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer
September 7, 2016
2016x35 - Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination
September 14, 2016
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.
2016x36 - Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate
September 21, 2016
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.
2016x37 - Life on Europa?
September 29, 2016
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?
2016x38 - Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge
October 5, 2016
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.
2016x39 - Black Holes from the Dawn of Time
October 12, 2016
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?
2016x40 - The First Humans on Mars
October 19, 2016
Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?
2016x41 - The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse
October 26, 2016
Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?
2016x42 - Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers
November 2, 2016
2016x43 - Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?
November 9, 2016
2016x44 - Strange Stars
November 16, 2016
2016x45 - Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism
November 30, 2016
2016x46 - What Happens at the Event Horizon?
December 8, 2016
2016x47 - Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge
December 14, 2016
2016x48 - Have They Seen Us?
December 21, 2016
Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.
PBS Space Time: All seasons
S0: Specials
8 Episode s
S1: Season 1
1 Episode
S2015: Season 2015
43 Episode s
S2016: Season 2016
48 Episode s
S2017: Season 2017
45 Episode s
S2018: Season 2018
44 Episode s
S2019: Season 2019
40 Episode s
S2020: Season 2020
41 Episode s
S2021: Season 2021
35 Episode s
S2022: Season 2022
34 Episode s
S2023: Season 2023
33 Episode s
S2024: Season 2024
17 Episode s