minutephysics
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Neutrino Oscillation, Explained In 3 Minutes
Video: Neutrino oscillations are where neutrinos can change “flavors” – between electron, muon, or tau neutrinos. No idea what I’m saying but want to? You need to watch this.
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Where Exactly Did The Big Bang Actually Happen?
When you think of the big bang, that cosmic explosion that jump-started the ever-expanding universe as we know it, it’s only natural to imagine it as a single point. One corner of space that just blew up into the galactic being. But where was it?
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How Can We See Light?
Light is tricky. You probably know that we experience “light” by seeing it bounce off something before being absorbed into our eyes. But what about light itself? That’s much tougher, since in order to see the light, it has to be absorbed. Solving for this little Catch 22 won Serge Haroche the 2012 Nobel Prize…
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Guns In Space, And How To Kill Our Sun
MinutePhysics showed us what would happen if the Earth were hollow, but that was just one part of the nerdy YouTube channel tag team this weekend.