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SpaceRip Originals

Season 1
Collection of original short videos addressing breaking stories about the universe Watch stars explode and spacetime rip at the seams through unique visualizations and smart storytelling
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  1. S1 E1 - Countries and Coastlines from Space
    4min
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    These highres timelapse sequences captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station give us a beautiful and clear view of some wellknown coastlines and countries around the world Get a good look at England France Italy Egypt Algeria Tunisia Greece the island of Crete Taiwan South Korea Japan the United States Mexico Ecuador Peru Chile Argentina Cuba and more
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  2. S1 E2 - What an Astronauts Camera Sees
    7min
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    An intimate tour of Earths most impressive landscapes captured by astronauts with their digital cameras Dr Justin Wilkinson from NASAs astronaut team describes the special places that spacemen focus on whenever they get a moment
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  3. S1 E3 - Earth as You Rarely See It
    8min
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    Experience some of the most striking Earth images ever made courtesy of NASAs legendary Landsat satellite
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  4. S1 E4 - Planet of Altered States
    3min
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    Natural and humancaused change captured in these extraordinary space satellite image sequences covering years and decades of time
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  5. S1 E5 - Earth in 200 Million Years
    4min
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    Earths continents will continue to evolve slowly but surely A simulation shows how plate tectonics over the next 200 million years will completely remake the surface of our planet
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  6. S1 E6 - Earth in Metamorphosis
    5min
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    The world is changing before our eyes See Earth in transition as viewed from space with images courtesy of the Landsat mission and NASAs Scientific Visualization Studio Take stock of whats lost and what has taken its place These images provide a powerful snapshot of a planet thats rapidly being shaped by both natural and human events
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  7. S1 E7 - Seeing Earth in Space
    4min
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    Weve all seen pictures of Earth from space Now take the time to appreciate what our planet looks like against the starscapes of the Milky Way galaxy as seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station
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  8. S1 E8 - Earth Masterpieces of ice and Stone
    14min
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    Revel in Earth as Art The Landsat missions were launched for scientific purposes but they have produced one of the most aweinspiring collections of beautiful images of our home planet
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  9. S1 E9 - Seeing Inside a Supertwister
    9min
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    Dr Leigh Orf a scientist from the University of Wisconsin ttells us how he designed the most detailed supercomputer model of a tornadic thunderstorm ever produced and how it resembles the real thing
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  10. S1 E10 - Solar Torrents of Fire
    4min
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    NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory has brought us front row center for a show put on everyday by our Sun filled with radiant bursts and dark mysteries
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  11. S1 E11 - The Evolution of the Moon
    6min
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    This video takes viewers through the moons evolutionary history and reveals how it came to appear the way it does today It likely started as a giant ball of magma formed in the collision of a Marssized object with the Earth
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  12. S1 E12 - Why Mars Died and Earth Lived
    10min
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    Did liquid water once flow on Mars Did the planet support life in any form The answers may shed light on whether lifebearing planets are the norm in our galaxy Or is Earth a rare gem with a unique makeup and history that allows it to support life
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  13. S1 E13 - Cinematic Mars
    4min
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    Mars Express the first planetary mission of the European Space Agency was sent to the Red Planet in 2003 It sent a lander down to the surface and although it failed to fully deploy the orbiter has been taking pictures and mapping the surface ever since It has produced highresolution mineralogical maps radar soundings of permafrost and probing the composition of the atmosphere
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  14. S1 E14 - The Surface of the Sun as Youve Never Seen It
    3min
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    The extraordinary images in this video recount the 3rd year of operation of NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory Since its launch in 2010 SDOs data and imagery have exceeded everyones hopes and expectations providing stunningly detailed views of the sun
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  15. S1 E15 - Apollo 12 on the Ocean of Storms
    3min
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    Ultra highresolution photos of this historic second manned mission to the moon featuring breathtaking views of the lunar surface
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  16. S1 E16 - Solar Tsunami
    4min
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    Scientists are tracking the path of energy rising from the Suns core into violent solar tsunamis and outbursts called coronal mass ejections
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  17. S1 E17 - When a Solar Storm Slams into Earth
    4min
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    What happens with a giant solar outburst on the scale of the Great Solar Storm of 1859 hits the Earth Solar scientists got a taste of such a blast in 2012 when the Sun erupted in a giant coronal mass ejection In one of the largest solar computer simulations ever performed scientists tracked the impact of a massive wave of solar plasma as it slammed into Earth
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  18. S1 E18 - Glimpsing the Birth of the Solar System
    16min
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    This video explores the famous solar system in the making Beta Pictoris Around this young hot star a vast disk of dust and gas is now forming comets asteroids and planets
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  19. S1 E19 - Is the Universe Dying
    4min
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    A large international scientific collaboration has now found that the energy output of galaxies has dropped to half what it was a billion years ago Does this mean the universe is slowly fading into obscurity
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  20. S1 E20 - A Gods Eye View of the Universe
    3min
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    What if we could see the universe as a whole For centuries scientists have tried to discern the large scale structure of the universe Now using powerful telescopes and supercomputers they are finding that the cosmos challenges our wildest imaginings
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  21. S1 E21 - The Paradox of Infinity
    5min
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    For those who find infinity hard to grasp even troubling youre not alone Its a concept that has long tormented even the best minds going back to ancient Greek thinkers who struggled to resolve its paradoxes
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  22. S1 E22 - Discovery of the Accelerating Universe
    5min
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    Two groups of astronomers sought to find out how quickly gravity is reining in the expansion of the universe Instead they found that the universe is accelerating outward
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  23. S1 E23 - Major New Cosmic Simulation
    6min
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    Scientists have created an important new simulation of cosmic evolution It takes place in a virtual cube 350 million lightyears squared and spans a time period from 12 million years after the Big Bang to the present day
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  24. S1 E24 - The Infinite Monkey Theorem
    2min
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    A reenactment of the famous paradox known as the infinite monkey theorem
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  25. S1 E25 - Where We Stand in the Cosmic Energy Continuum
    6min
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    Heres the start of a journey through the incredible continuum of cosmic energy of which we are a product
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