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Escaping from gravity Duration: 03:43 Brian Cox explains the effects changes in gravity have on the body. |
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Gravity on different worlds Duration: 06:32 Brian Cox uses a spinning centrifuge to create gravity as it would be experienced on other planets. He demonstrates how difficult it would be to live in conditions of higher gravitational force. |
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The Big Bang Duration: 04:30 Brian Cox explains why some stars look red and how this help prove that the universe is expanding? |
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Measuring the speed of light Duration: 03:42 Brian Cox explains how scientists first measured the speed of light. |
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Types of light in the universe Duration: 03:29 Brian Cox describes different types of light and how we can detect the oldest light in the universe. |
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Looking back in time Duration: 06:06 Brian Cox explains the way light from stars and galaxies takes time to travel to Earth. Looking at distant objects sees them as they were; the further away the further back in time. |
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Spectroscopy and how we know what stars are made of Duration: 06:08 Brian Cox explains how we can analyse starlight using spectroscopy and prove the universe is made from the same 92 chemical elements as are found on earth. This can be proved by analysing starlight using spectroscopy. |
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Evolution of complex life Duration: 03;37 Brian Cox explains the theory that the development of the eye by a predator in the Cambrian era may have started an evolutionary explosion and the development of complex life forms. |
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