From Sixty Symbols. Professor Meghan Gray discusses how we communicate with probes in deep space. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More videos with Professor Gray – playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBORQN625NgO3c4T82M6w2st Live view of the Deep Space Network: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/dsn.html Professor Gray is a professor at the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/meghan.gray Support Sixty Symbols on Patreon:…

From Sixty Symbols. How a quiz question led to a rabbit hole involving James Clerk Maxwell and the rings of Saturn. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Professor Ed Copeland is a physics professor at the University of Nottingham. More Ed on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 Ed on Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWJwf-59lYWThTpSj2Ivt5jB On the stability of…

From Sixty Symbols. Physics Professor Phil Moriarty puts ChatGPT to the test with a second-year quantum mechanics exam… Extra footage from this interview here: https://youtu.be/OOBJh6jyXxU – More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Phil has written a blog to accompany this video and the extra video – https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/01/12/in-quantum-physics-chatgpt-thinks-outside-the-box-just-a-little-too-much/ The Hull paper by Pimbblet and…

From Sixty Symbols. Our very own Professor Mike Merrifield is honoured with an asteroid, along with his father the archaeologist Ralph Merrifield. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More videos with Mike – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k 50426 Mikemerrifield (2000 DJ15) – https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=MIkemerrifield 50427 Ralphmerrifield (2000 DT15) – https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=ralphmerrifield Mike Merrifield – https://about.me/michael.merrifield Mike is an…

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Meghan Gray discusses spirals in space. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Professor Gray playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBORQN625NgO3c4T82M6w2st More links 2025 UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241073v66jo Nottinghamshire: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrx8kdj8gjo Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/nottingham/comments/1jj0pbg/anyone_else_just_seen_this_in_the_sky/ 2023 Alaska: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/18/northern-lights-spiral-alaska-night-sky-blue-light-spirals-spacex-rocket-fuel 2023 Hawaii: https://www.space.com/spacex-gps-rocket-launch-spiral-hawaii Movie from Mauna Kea (inc telescopes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dvI2zAA8vY 2009 Crazy Norwegian spiral: https://slate.com/technology/2009/12/awesomely-bizarre-light-show-freaks-out-norway.html Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoTnLTViHJM Simulation that…

From Sixty Symbols. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ The joint prize winners are John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. More at https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2025/summary/ Discussing the prize here…

From Sixty Symbols. Tony Padilla on the physics of nothing… Learn more about Jane Street internships at https://jane-st.co/internship-ss-25 (episode sponsor) More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla from the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/antonio.padilla More Sixty Symbols videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs More Numberphile videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWL8KAJKO3WfHhJcWrJfjgfU Tony’s author page on Amazon:…

From Sixty Symbols. Mike Merrifield discusses the third known interstellar comet to pass through our solar system (3I/ATLAS). More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos Messier Objects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9FC5F6773B383D5 More on the comet 3I/ATLAS… https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/ https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html ESO image: https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/potw2527a/ The paper Mike discusses… https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05318 More Mike on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Mike…

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Mike Merrifield creates his digital doppelganger – then Brady asks them both the same questions. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Videos on all 110 Messier Objects (featuring Mike Merrifield): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9FC5F6773B383D5 Brady visits the ELT site (before construction): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=450jt8LlcnY More Mike on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Mike Merrifield: https://about.me/michael.merrifield Computerphile…

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Meghan Gray discusses space co-ordinates and what sits at position 0,0 in the sky? More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ From Prof Gray: “Mea culpa dear viewers – as rightly pointed out by several commenters, the pinch point of the analemma is not where the equinox occurs. Instead it…

From Sixty Symbols. Full interview with Ed from our video about Phantom Dark Energy and findings from DESI… Main video is at https://youtu.be/UDOsuwDeGeE — More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Support Sixty Symbols content via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols DESI paper — https://inspirehep.net/files/4e84e8f39981be29846f14e1a3044e5b ACT paper — https://inspirehep.net/files/575b0da26acedbb91d1e259d88f9e251 Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland are based at…

From Sixty Symbols. Tony and Ed discuss some recent findings from the world of Dark Energy. Full uncut interview with Ed is at https://youtu.be/rcgnhoe4LSA — More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Support Sixty Symbols content via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols DESI paper — https://inspirehep.net/files/4e84e8f39981be29846f14e1a3044e5b ACT paper — https://inspirehep.net/files/575b0da26acedbb91d1e259d88f9e251 Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland are based…

From Sixty Symbols. Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla answer more viewer questions. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA Ed and Tony are physicists at The University of Nottingham and Sixty Symbols stalwarts. Ed: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/ed.copeland Tony: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/antonio.padilla More Tony videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs More Ed videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 Patreon:…

From Sixty Symbols. Professors Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla take on more questions from viewers about Black Holes. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA More Black Hole videos on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNnhsKqjZ_pO2Hum73dbJBT Videos at the Large Hadron Collider: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7DEC46BD7058D7BB Ed and Tony are physicists at…

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Mike Merrifield discusses meteor showers – and whether it’s possible to hear meteors travel through the sky? More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More videos with Mike: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Mike Merrifield is an emeritus professor at The University of Nottingham: https://x.com/astromikemerri Photoacoustic Sounds from Meteors: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313259225_Photoacoustic_Sounds_from_Meteors Green Flash video shown…