What Can Cosmic Dust Tell Us About Our Solar System?
Cosmic dust includes comet dust, asteroidal dust, dust from the Kuiper belt, and interstellar dust passing through our galaxy.
Hubble Science Nebula Video: Starbirth Nebulae, Cosmic Cradles
In this NASA Nebula video, the Hubble telescope’s beautiful images of nebulae are created by the radiation of newly formed stars on surrounding gasses.
Proteins, Amino Acids, and Evolution [VIDEO]
Proteins, amino acids, and evolution are fundamental to the structure of organisms. In a way, poteins demonstrate the existence of order in our world.
Dr. Stephen Barr — The Multiverse
In this video, Dr. Stephen Barr provides some parameters to help understand ideas behind the possibility of a multiverse.
The Camera-like Eye and Evolution [VIDEO]
In this video Dr. Dan Kuebler describes how the camera-like eye, present in a variety of animal species (including humans), is an example of "convergence".
Why Does Evolution Work at All? [VIDEO]
Why does evolution work? Dr. Dan Kuebler says that without the order of the subatomic particles, molecules, cells, evolution doesn't get off the ground.
How Did Life Begin on Earth?
How Did Life Begin on Earth some 3.6 billion years go? This is called abiogenesis.
Alexander Vilenkin: Did the Universe have a Beginning?
Was there a beginning of the universe? Physicist Dr. Alexander Vilenkin refutes some scientific models that argue for a universe without a beginning.
Habitable Worlds and the Origin of Water
The Öberg Astrochemistry Group uses observations to address how molecules form and how their evolution may be associated with the origins of life.
Order At the Deepest Level Of Nature [VIDEO]
Science explains order by showing it to be a consequence of deeper order. But what about the order at the deepest level of nature?
Dr. Vera Rubin and Why Dark Matter Matters
Because of Dr. Vera Rubin, dark matter became a household term in the 1980’s, but we still aren’t sure what it is or even if it really exists.
Order and Quantum Uncertainty [VIDEO]
Is the universe a product of randomness, order, or both? In this video, Dr. Barr responds to a question about the uncertainty involved in quantum mechanics