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Cool Worlds
Space, astronomy, exoplanets, astroengineering and the search for extraterrestrial life & intelligence.The Cool Worlds Lab (http://coolworldslab.com), based at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is a team of astronomers seeking to discover and understand alien worlds, particularly those where temperatures are cool enough for life, led by Professor David Kipping.Links:Subscribe!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHZpIpAWJQ-Jy_CeCdXhMA?sub_confirmation=1
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Cool WorldsHow Many Planets in the Universe? | Part 2: Our Universe
Hey Cool Worlders! Here's part 2 of the mini series "How Many Planets in the Universe?" where we now estimate the total number of worlds in the cosmos. If you…
Cool WorldsCan We Engineer The Sun?
The Sun is dying. A slow death, to be sure, but slowly it creeps towards its end, gradually increasing in luminosity - an effect that will push Earth out of…
Cool WorldsProxima b: Transits, Habitability and How to Get There!
Dr Guillem Anglada and the Pale Red Dot project team announced today the discovery of a planet orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri! Prof Kipping…
Cool WorldsA Chat with "Space with Sarah"
Sarah Pearson, a graduate student here at the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, is launching a new YouTube channel called "Space with Sarah". Cool…
Cool WorldsWhy I Don’t Buy The Dark Forest Hypothesis
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Cool WorldsFrom Wobbles to Worlds - Discovery of The Exoplanet Edge!
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Cool WorldsSome Bad News
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Cool WorldsCould A.I. Replace Scientists?
It's getting harder to harder to ignore the potential disruptive power of AI in research. Scientists are already using AI tools but could the future lead to…
Cool WorldsHow we know that the Earth's climate is changing
Our own cool world is warming up. Dr Gavin Schmidt, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), visited the Cool Worlds Lab and explains…
Cool WorldsThe Kepler Revolutions
There have been two scientific revolutions involving a "Kepler"- one 400 years ago and one on-going! Prof Kipping explains both and why NASA's Kepler Mission…
Cool WorldsDid Astronomers Just Prove Dark Energy is an Illusion?
Did astronomers just prove dark energy is wrong? Some breaking news this week that I couldn't resist covering on here...Written, presented & edited by Prof…
Cool WorldsAsk Me Anything Million Subs Special
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Cool WorldsWhat is an Alien Megastructure?
Alien megastructures are back in the headlines after some new research published last week. It has been claimed that Tabby's Star is confirmed to be steadily…
Cool WorldsWhy Finding Earth-Sized Planets is Hard
The transit method of finding exoplanets is easier for big planets than small planets. But new work from the Cool Worlds Lab shows that transits disfavor the…
Cool WorldsHow Game Theory Can Help Us Find Aliens
Could it be that aliens are trying to communicate with us right now, but we're just not listening in the right way? They might have chosen a specific…
Cool WorldsThe Ambiguity Problem
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Cool WorldsRed and White Dwarfs QandA
Answers to your questions by Prof David Kipping from our "Proxima Planet Hunt" and "Polluted Dead Stars" videos (links below)! Thanks to all of you who posted…
Cool WorldsWhy Exomoons Are So Important
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Cool WorldsCan Moons Have Moons?
After the discovery of supersized exomoon candidates, many have been wondering - can moons have moons? And could *those* also have moons?! Today we dive into…
Cool WorldsCan We Save Ourselves?
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Cool WorldsEarth Over The Next Billion Years
Our lifespans might feel like a long time by human standards, but to the Earth it's the blink of an eye. Even the entirety of human history represents a tiny…
Cool WorldsPolluted Dead Stars
Cool Worlds Lab guest Dr Sarah Ballard from MIT explains how observing dead stars (white dwarfs) can reveal the makeup of exoplanets and even exoplanetesimals!…
Cool WorldsThe Strangest Idea in Science: Quantum Immortality
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Cool WorldsThe Doomsday Argument | When Will Civilization End?
When will our civilization end? Whether it be by our own means or an external threat, there are many plausible scenarios which could extinguish humanity…
Cool WorldsAn Idea So Crazy It Might Just Work...
Light sails are a promising method for traveling through space - indeed, Breakthrough Starshot proposed a laser driven version could reach nearby stars. But…
Cool WorldsShocking Result from DESI Stuns Cosmology
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Cool WorldsProject Starshot | New Research on Relativistic Light Sails
New research paper from the Cool Worlds Lab about one the most exciting missions ever proposed, "Starshot". Starshot plans to send tiny probes to distant…
Cool WorldsAre UFOs Legitimate Science?
UFOs, UAPs are dominating the media, but what do astronomers really think is going on? Check out our sponsor by using the code coolworlds to get an exclusive…
Cool WorldsJuno Explained
The Juno spacecraft just arrived at Jupiter! Prof Kipping explains what Juno is all about, how NASA got the spacecraft safely into orbit and how this connects…
Cool WorldsA Tale of Scientific Integrity
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Cool WorldsIn Defense of Science
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Cool WorldsClassifying Worlds
Is there a way to naturally classify the different types of planets in the Universe? Two of the most fundamental properties of any object are its mass and size…
Cool WorldsThe K2-18b Video You've Been Waiting For
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Cool WorldsThe First Civilization to Emerge in the Galaxy
The Galaxy is approximately 13 billion years old, which makes one wonder - just how many civilizations could have come and gone across that ocean of time?…
Cool WorldsCould Quark Stars be the Engines of Self-Replicating Strange Matter?
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Cool WorldsProxima Planet Hunt
Proxima Centauri is our nearest star but we still don't know whether it has any planets. Prof Kipping discusses our planet hunting campaign using the space…
Cool WorldsThe Most Mysterious Star | Prof Jason Wright
Prof Jason Wright from Penn State explains why Tabby's Star has become known as the most mysterious star in the galaxy and how you can help him and Tabby…
Cool WorldsCould 3I/ATLAS Be Technological?
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Cool WorldsJWST Surveyed a Jupiter-like Exoplanet for Exomoons: Results
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Cool WorldsWhy Intelligent Life May Be Impossible Around Most Stars
Use code coolworlds at https://incogni.com/coolworlds to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan.New research from the Cool Worlds Lab leads a shocking…
Cool WorldsA Cloaking Device for Planets QandA
We've been overwhelmed by the huge numbers of views, likes and questions on our "Cloaking Device" video! Alex responds to a few of your questions, please keep…
Cool WorldsCould We Detect the Death Star?
To celebrate the release of Star Wars Rogue One this weekend, let's ask the question - could we detect the Death Star with our current telescopes? Remarkably…
Cool WorldsAn Event So Deadly it Makes Parts of the Galaxy Inhospitable
Space is a bleak, hostile environment. Asteroid strikes, supernovae and gamma ray bursts could wipe us out at any moment. But could certain parts of the galaxy…
Cool WorldsHow Many Planets in the Universe? | Part 1: Our Galaxy
Have you ever wondered just how many planets there are in the Universe? So have we! We haven't surveyed the entire Universe (!) but based of the occurrence…
Cool WorldsThe First Exoplanet Claim: Captain William S Jacob
In 1855, Captain William Stephen Jacob authored a paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society claiming that a planet likely existed in the…
Cool WorldsOur First Contact with Aliens Will Be Their Last Words
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Cool WorldsEinstein's (small) mistake
Breakthrough Starshot plans to accelerate a gram-mass spacecraft up to one-fifth the speed of light to reach nearby stars in our lifetimes. In a recent video…
Cool WorldsThe “Crisis in Cosmology” EXPLAINED
In the last few years, astronomers have witnessed a growing problem emerge. As measurement precision has increased, the hope was that this problem would abate…
Cool WorldsIs Time an Illusion? | Prof Sean Carroll
We caught up with Prof Sean Carroll at a recent astronomy conference and got his thoughts about time. Time may seem like a fundamental property of the…
Cool WorldsWill We Run Out Of Lithium?
Lithium demand has been increasing for years thanks to the lithium ion battery. Now, that demand looks set to explode as many nations set new targets for…
Cool WorldsDisk Detectives
Would you like to help astronomers hunt for planets? Dr Marc Kuchner of NASA, principal investigator of the DiskDetective.org project, visited the Cool Worlds…
Cool WorldsA Machine That Can Predict Exoplanets
Exciting new research from the Cool Worlds Lab has delved into the use of machine learning and artificial neural networks for astronomy. In new work from David…
Cool WorldsIs Moore's Law Ending?
Moore's Law has given us exponential improvements in computer technology for many decades, benefiting everything from astrophysics to iPhones, but is it about…
Cool WorldsWhy We Might Live in a "Barely Habitable" Universe
Use code coolworlds at https://incogni.com/coolworlds to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan.Intelligent design purports that the Universe was made…
Cool WorldsA Cloaking Device for Planets
NSF Graduate Fellow Alex Teachey of the Cool Worlds Lab explains our new paper which devises a method to cloak entire planets from extraterrestrial…
Cool WorldsThe Dawn of Immortal Space Telescopes
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Cool WorldsThe Truth About JWST Detecting Alien Life...
JWST is the pinnacle of our astronomical aspirations, the most sensitive telescope ever built by human hands. But can this feat of engineering resolve a…
Cool WorldsNew Discoveries on Wormholes Are Changing Everything
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Cool WorldsBayesian Worlds
One branch of statistics, called Bayesian statistics, is becoming increasingly important in detecting new planets. Emily Sandford, a second-year graduate…
Cool WorldsMy Thoughts on Artemis II
An amazing experience I had to share with you all...Written & presented by David Kipping, edited by Jorge Casas→ Support our research…