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…

From Sixty Symbols. Trajectories of Asteroid 46925 Bradyharan… Courtesy of Alexander Bock. Music by Alan Stewart. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ See all the videos about the asteroid at this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBO4UqGylRzFFLZL8wEkRbpo Trajectories rendered by Alexander using the open-source astrovisualization software OpenSpace (http://openspaceproject.com), developed in collaboration between American Museum of Natural History,…

From Sixty Symbols. Newly-named 46925 Bradyharan – see full interviews and more at this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBO4UqGylRzFFLZL8wEkRbpo More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ David Rankin from Catalina Sky Survey: https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu Daniel Bamberger at Northolt Branch Observatories: https://www.facebook.com/NBObservatories Mike Merrifield: https://x.com/AstroMikeMerri Adam Block: http://adamblockphotos.com Asteroid info at SSD JPL: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=Bradyharan&view=VOP Asteroid info at MPC: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=Bradyharan…

From Sixty Symbols. Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla answer a viewer question about the rights/wrongs of String Theory and its proof … More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Ed and Tony are physicists at The University of Nottingham and Sixty Symbols stalwarts. More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA Ed: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/ed.copeland Tony:…

From Sixty Symbols. Professor Mike Merrifield retires from research astronomy (and becomes an emeritus professor instead) — More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ He’ll keep making videos with us here on Sixty Symbols and Deep Sky Videos. Mike Merrifield longer podcast interview: https://youtu.be/oObkD2G9CTM Mike video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Mike on social media: https://x.com/AstroMikeMerri/ Roger…

From Sixty Symbols. Ed and Tony talk about actually "doing" theoretical physics – and meeting fans of their videos. More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA — More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland from the University of Nottingham. More videos with Ed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 More videos with…

From Sixty Symbols. Explaining a photon at varying levels of difficulty. Another viewer question tackled by Ed and Tony. More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA — More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland from the University of Nottingham. More videos with Ed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 More videos with…

From Sixty Symbols. This video features Juan Garrahan, Phil Moriarty and Mike Pound… More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. Nobel Prize press release – https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/press-release/ Phil…

From Sixty Symbols. Two viewer questions about huge numbers and white holes. Learn more about the Jane Street internships at https://jane-st.co/internships-ss More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ More from this Q and A session: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNLpmQg4SSZ6tMsyDldilnA Featuring Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland. More videos with Ed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNtF1y-sneLuyCTE-Mda561 More videos with Tony: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBPJmX64Jay51cdZTKMz4ACs Some big…

From Sixty Symbols. We discuss the UK’s "clearing" system, where students make last-minute applications for university… often after disappointing high school results. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ This video features Professors Meghan Gray and Philip Moriarty… Meghan is the undergraduate admissions tutor for The University of Nottingham’s School of Physics and Astronomy……