From Dr. Becky.
AD | Go to https://piavpn.com/Becky to get 83% off Private Internet Access with 4 months free! | In this episode of Astrophysicist reacts we’re watching Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Episode 6 "Where No One Has Gone Before" to pick out the science from the fiction in this sci-fi show. We’re chatting about faster than light speed travel, warp drives, special relativity including time dilation, and the idea of negative energy.
You can watch Star Trek: TNG on Netflix if you’re in the UK: https://www.netflix.com/title/70158329
00:00 – Introduction
01:40 – How fast is the Enterprise’s warp drive?
04:24 – The real equations for warp drive
05:52 – How big was the known universe in 1987
07:22 – Time dilation
08:21 – PIA VPN | AD
10:16 – Negative energy, warp drives, and dark energy
14:25 – Conclusion
16:03 – Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
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👩🏽💻 I’m Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don’t know. If you’ve ever wondered about something in space and couldn’t find an answer online – you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
