Blast off into the cosmos with astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd.
PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.
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Blast off into the cosmos with astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd.
PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.
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Photo Gallery
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A satellite telescope examining space dust.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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The imagined possibility of Earth passing by a black hole before crossing the black hole’s event horizon.
Photo courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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The double slit experiment shows that light and matter can exhibit wave-like and particle-like properties. When some particles pass through two closely spaced slits, there's an interference pattern.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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The image conveys a sense of complex, interconnected systems of 4 dimensional objects and the flow of time within a vast universe.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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Schrödinger's cat is an experiment that illustrates superposition in quantum mechanics, proposing that a cat in a sealed box can be alive as well as dead until observed.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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The possibilities of of tiny black holes moving through our solar system.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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When we look at an object, light is reflected from it into our eyes, which enables us to see.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
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The path of light crossing the event horizon of a black hole.
Image courtesy of Andrew Kornhaber
About the Host
Matt O’Dowd, Ph.D.,is an astrophysicist, professor & science communicator. He serves as the host and writer of PBS Space Time, currently the biggest physics and space show on YouTube with over 3 million subscribers.
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