Space Mysteries, Slowly Explained for Sleep
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Tonight, drift outward through the mysteries of space that nobody can yet explain - the Sun's crown that is hotter than the Sun, the hexagon on Saturn, the Wow! signal, the particle from nowhere, dark matter, dark energy, the slow hum of the universe, and finally the oldest question of all - narrated softly over calm music to help you fall asleep. Dim the lights, lower the volume, and let yourself drift. Chapters 0:00 Where We Begin 1:45 The Sun's Hot Crown 3:25 The Quiet Sun 5:02 The Faint Young Sun 6:38 The Missing Sunlight Particles 8:23 Where the Oceans Came From 9:52 The Planet That Spins Backwards 11:26 The Methane on Mars 13:04 Where the Water Went 14:40 The Fuzzy Heart of Jupiter 16:09 The Shrinking Storm 17:41 The Hexagon 19:16 The Cold Heart of Uranus 21:04 The Edge of the Belt 22:32 Planet Nine 24:09 The Cloud Nobody Has Seen 25:39 The Mystery That Was Solved 27:22 The Wow! Signal 29:14 Where Is Everybody 30:59 The Giant Around the Tiny Star 32:42 The Bubbles Above the Galaxy 34:21 Inside a Black Hole 36:15 The Flashes From Far Away 38:19 The Invisible Matter 40:00 The Galaxy With Almost None 41:40 The Strange Circles 43:05 The Great Attractor 44:32 The Particle From Nowhere 46:19 The Brightest Flash Ever Seen 48:10 The Hum of the Universe 50:19 The Glowing Blobs 51:48 The Missing Lithium 53:15 The Too-Smooth Universe 54:50 The Cold Spot 56:35 The Two Speeds of the Universe 58:29 The Force Pushing Everything Apart 1:00:13 The Weakest Force 1:01:35 Why There Is Anything at All 1:03:10 Before the Beginning 1:06:51 Ambient Tail (Music Only) About Sandman Science Slow, gentle journeys through the universe and the natural world, narrated calmly over soft original music, made for falling asleep and quiet minds. New journeys added regularly. Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AOrlB1dFVI8 Best experienced at a low volume, as you fall asleep. Sources for the science in this episode: the astronomy here follows published, widely reported results - the coronal heating problem and the Parker Solar Probe, the Maunder Minimum, the faint young Sun paradox, the solar neutrino problem and SNO, Mars methane (Curiosity and the Trace Gas Orbiter) and InSight, Juno at Jupiter, Cassini at Saturn, Planet Nine, the Pioneer anomaly, the Wow! signal, the Fermi bubbles, fast radio bursts, dark matter, odd radio circles, the Oh-My-God and Amaterasu particles, GRB 221009A, the NANOGrav gravitational-wave background, the lithium problem, the CMB Cold Spot, the Hubble tension and DESI. Open questions are presented as open throughout. These videos are for relaxation and sleep. They are not medical advice or a treatment for insomnia or any health condition. Music and scripts are original to Sandman Science. Narration is an AI voice.
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Tonight, drift outward through the mysteries of space that nobody can yet explain - the Sun's crown that is hotter than the Sun, the hexagon on Saturn, the Wow! signal, the particle from nowhere, dark matter, dark energy, the slow hum of the universe, and finally the oldest question of all - narrated softly over calm music to help you fall asleep.
Chapters
- 0:00 Where We Begin
- 1:45 The Sun's Hot Crown
- 3:25 The Quiet Sun
- 5:02 The Faint Young Sun
- 6:38 The Missing Sunlight Particles
- 8:23 Where the Oceans Came From
- 9:52 The Planet That Spins Backwards
- 11:26 The Methane on Mars
- 13:04 Where the Water Went
- 14:40 The Fuzzy Heart of Jupiter
- 16:09 The Shrinking Storm
- 17:41 The Hexagon
- 19:16 The Cold Heart of Uranus
- 21:04 The Edge of the Belt
- 22:32 Planet Nine
- 24:09 The Cloud Nobody Has Seen
- 25:39 The Mystery That Was Solved
- 27:22 The Wow! Signal
- 29:14 Where Is Everybody
- 30:59 The Giant Around the Tiny Star
- 32:42 The Bubbles Above the Galaxy
- 34:21 Inside a Black Hole
- 36:15 The Flashes From Far Away
- 38:19 The Invisible Matter
- 40:00 The Galaxy With Almost None
- 41:40 The Strange Circles
- 43:05 The Great Attractor
- 44:32 The Particle From Nowhere
- 46:19 The Brightest Flash Ever Seen
- 48:10 The Hum of the Universe
- 50:19 The Glowing Blobs
- 51:48 The Missing Lithium
- 53:15 The Too-Smooth Universe
- 54:50 The Cold Spot
- 56:35 The Two Speeds of the Universe
- 58:29 The Force Pushing Everything Apart
- 1:00:13 The Weakest Force
- 1:01:35 Why There Is Anything at All
- 1:03:10 Before the Beginning
- 1:06:51 Ambient Tail (Music Only)
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