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PBS Space Time Season 2016: Episode Guide & Ratings

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Season 2016 Episodes

1. The True Nature of Matter and Mass

January 6th, 201611 min

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.

2. When Time Breaks Down

January 13th, 201610 min

3. The Photon Clock Challenge

January 20th, 20163 min

4. The Origin of Matter and Time

January 27th, 201613 min

5. Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?

February 3rd, 201611 min

6. LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!

February 11th, 201610 min

7. Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

February 17th, 20169 min

8. Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened

February 24th, 201613 min

9. What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?

March 2nd, 201613 min

10. Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge

March 9th, 20166 min

11. Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?

March 16th, 201615 min

12. How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe

March 23rd, 201614 min

13. Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!

March 30th, 201610 min

14. We Are Star Stuff

April 6th, 201614 min

15. Will the Universe Expand Forever?

April 13th, 201614 min

16. Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy

April 20th, 201613 min

17. What Does Dark Energy Really Do?

April 27th, 201613 min

18. Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?

May 4th, 201613 min

19. The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question

May 11th, 20168 min

20. Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy

May 18th, 201615 min

21. Is an Ice Age Coming?

May 25th, 201616 min

22. Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?

June 1st, 201612 min

23. New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

June 8th, 201614 min

24. The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing

June 15th, 201614 min

25. Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics

June 22nd, 201616 min

26. Nuclear Physics Challenge

June 29th, 20165 min

27. Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past

July 6th, 201614 min

28. The Future of Gravitational Waves

July 20th, 20169 min

29. The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality

July 27th, 201614 min

30. Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson

August 3rd, 201614 min

31. How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past

August 10th, 201615 min

32. Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge

August 17th, 20166 min

33. Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

August 24th, 201615 min

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?

34. Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer

September 7th, 20169 min

35. Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination

September 14th, 201613 min

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.

36. Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate

September 21st, 201615 min

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.

37. Life on Europa?

September 29th, 201614 min

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?

38. Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge

October 5th, 20167 min

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.

39. Black Holes from the Dawn of Time

October 12th, 201614 min

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?

40. The First Humans on Mars

October 19th, 201612 min

Elon Musk’s SpaceX program proposes that 100 people could be sent to colonize Mars within 10 years. What might that colony look like?

41. The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse

October 26th, 201613 min

Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?

42. Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers

November 2nd, 201610 min

43. Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?

November 9th, 201616 min

44. Strange Stars

November 16th, 201614 min

45. Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism

November 30th, 201617 min

46. What Happens at the Event Horizon?

December 8th, 201620 min

47. Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge

December 14th, 20169 min

48. Have They Seen Us?

December 21st, 201618 min

Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.

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