Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Finding Aliens Could Doom HumanityDavid KippingJuly 31, 2026 26 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Great FilterFermi ParadoxAstrobiology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Technological Civilizations Might Be Insanely RareDavid KippingJune 10, 2026 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Fermi ParadoxVon Neumann ProbesCosmology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWe're Finally Unlocking the "Cosmic Shoreline"David KippingMay 23, 2026 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Cosmic ShorelineExoplanetsAtmospheric Escape
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy We Might NEVER Detect Alien LifeDavid KippingMay 1, 2026 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5AstrobiologyExoplanetsBiosignatures
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENNew Discoveries on Wormholes Are Changing EverythingDavid KippingMarch 19, 2026 26 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5WormholesGeneral RelativityQuantum Gravity
Applied Sciences & Engineering Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Dawn of Immortal Space TelescopesDavid KippingJanuary 18, 2026 14 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Space TelescopesRoboticsAI
Formal & Physical Sciences Engineering & TechnologyENOur First Contact with Aliens Will Be Their Last WordsDavid KippingDecember 11, 2025 15 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Fermi ParadoxSETIExoplanets
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENJWST Surveyed a Jupiter-like Exoplanet for Exomoons: ResultsDavid KippingNovember 20, 2025 29 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5JWSTExomoonsKepler-167e
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy We Might Live in a "Barely Habitable" UniverseDavid KippingOctober 31, 2025 16 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Fine-TuningIntelligent DesignCosmology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Intelligent Life May Be Impossible Around Most StarsDavid KippingSeptember 28, 2025 21 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExoplanetsM-DwarfsBayesian Statistics
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENCould 3I/ATLAS Be Technological?David KippingAugust 23, 2025 24 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/53I/ATLASInterstellar ObjectAvi Loeb
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENAn Idea So Crazy It Might Just Work...David KippingJuly 26, 2025 29 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Interstellar TravelSolar SailTARS
Formal & Physical Sciences Science — General & HistoryENCan We Save Ourselves?David KippingJune 29, 2025 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5AsteroidNEOVera Rubin
Formal & Physical Sciences Arts & ArchitectureENAsk Me Anything Million Subs SpecialDavid KippingJune 14, 2025 80 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5AMAAstrophysicsExoplanets
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy I Don’t Buy The Dark Forest HypothesisProf. David KippingMay 31, 2025 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Dark ForestFermi ParadoxGame Theory
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe K2-18b Video You've Been Waiting ForProf. David Kipping (Cool Worlds)May 9, 2025 40 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5K2-18bBiosignatureExoplanets
Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Science — General & HistoryENIn Defense of ScienceDavid KippingApril 11, 2025 12 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Science FundingBasic ResearchNASA
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENShocking Result from DESI Stuns CosmologyProf. David KippingApril 5, 2025 13 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5DESIDark EnergyCosmology
Formal & Physical Sciences PhysicsENThe Strangest Idea in Science: Quantum ImmortalityDavid KippingMarch 3, 2025 36 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Quantum MechanicsMany-WorldsQuantum Immortality
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENEarth-Like Exoplanets Just Got Even More Earth-LikeDavid Kipping / Cool Worlds LabJanuary 25, 2025 21 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExoplanetsEccentricityHabitability
Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought AI — News & ApplicationsENCould A.I. Replace Scientists?Prof. David KippingDecember 21, 2024 20 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5AIScientific ResearchAcademia
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENFrom Wobbles to Worlds - Discovery of The Exoplanet Edge!David Kipping & Daniel YahalomiNovember 26, 2024 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExoplanetsTransit Timing VariationsAstrophysics
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Odds of Life - THIS CHANGED MY MINDDavid KippingOctober 27, 2024 20 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5AbiogenesisBayesian StatisticsLUCA
Formal & Physical Sciences Engineering & TechnologyENInterstellar Propulsion Technologies - RANKED!David KippingSeptember 28, 2024 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Interstellar TravelPropulsionSpace Exploration
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENDo "Grabby Aliens" Solve The Fermi Paradox?David KippingAugust 30, 2024 19 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Fermi ParadoxGrabby AliensHard Steps
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENAre Dyson Spheres Physically Possible?David KippingAugust 2, 2024 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Dyson SphereMegastructuresAstrophysics
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENA JuMBO Mystery - This Shouldn't Happen!David KippingJuly 11, 2024 13 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5JWSTEuclidRogue Planets
Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Engineering & TechnologyENNASA's in TroubleDavid KippingMay 25, 2024 21 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5NASAAstronomy FundingSpace Policy
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Black Holes Break The UniverseDavid KippingApril 20, 2024 22 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Black HolesInformation ParadoxHawking Radiation
Formal & Physical Sciences Science — General & HistoryENHow to Destroy a Nuke Anywhere on EarthDavid KippingMarch 17, 2024 16 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5NeutrinosMuon ColliderNuclear Weapons
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Star That Shouldn't ExistDavid Kipping (Cool Worlds)February 18, 2024 16 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Przybylski's StarAp StarsSpectroscopy
Formal & Physical Sciences Literature & WritingENA Tale of Scientific IntegrityDavid Kipping (Cool Worlds)January 26, 2024 27 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Scientific IntegrityExoplanetsPulsars
Formal & Physical Sciences Foresight & Science FictionENOutlasting the UniverseDavid KippingJanuary 6, 2024 19 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Heat DeathDyson's Eternal IntelligenceBlack Holes
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENCould Quark Stars be the Engines of Self-Replicating Strange Matter?David KippingDecember 10, 2023 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Quark StarsStrange MatterNeutron Stars
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhat the Hell Happened to Venus?David KippingNovember 11, 2023 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5VenusPlanetary ScienceHabitability
Formal & Physical Sciences Philosophy & EthicsENThe Ambiguity ProblemDavid KippingOctober 8, 2023 16 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5SETIBayesian StatisticsTechnosignatures
Formal & Physical Sciences PhysicsENHow Thermodynamics Holds Back Negative Carbon TechDavid KippingSeptember 19, 2023 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5ThermodynamicsDirect Air CaptureClimate Change
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Exomoons Are So ImportantDavid KippingAugust 24, 2023 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExomoonsExoplanetsHabitability
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhat's Stopping Us From Building a Warp Drive?David KippingAugust 1, 2023 24 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Warp DriveGeneral RelativityAlcubierre Metric
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENAre UFOs Legitimate Science?David KippingJuly 10, 2023 28 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5UAPUFOScientific Method