Dr Erin Explains The Universe Podcast

This video does a quick introduction of Tachyons and the source of them in Star Trek. If there are other fandoms you would like me to explore Tachyons in, please let me know!

Part 2 of the two-part episode on Multiverse theory in science fiction. We're going to talk about quantum and infinite multiverses. In other words: Dan Harmon's guide to the multiverse!

Part 1 of the two-part episode on Multiverse theory in science fiction. We'll explore simulated, brane, parallel and dripping black hole multiverses! Some mild spoilers for Black Mirror - San Junipero and Stranger Things.

In this episode, we'll discuss the method they develop in Episode 9 (mid-season finale) of Star Trek: Discovery. Gravitational Lensing and Triangulation...explained! Spoilers, and please accept my apologies for the lighting in this one.

No Solo Spoilers. In this video, we're going to discuss what a "parsec" actually is and what Han Solo means when he says the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in "less than 12 parsecs". We'll also discuss the Legend and Canon explanations!

NO SPOILERS for The Last Jedi - In this episode, Dr Erin gives her view of how the hyperdrive and traveling through hyperspace works in Star Wars. Recommended other videos include Spacetime, FTL Travel and Tachyons. May the Force be with you!

We'll discuss the science of gravitational time dilation, and some of the places we see it in sci-fi. Queue geeking out over Interstellar, Star Trek: Voyager, and some ad hoc calculations of Journey to the Center of the Earth!

This episode goes into the different types of FTL travel we see in the Mass Effect video game series.

This video goes through some of the basic methods of faster-than-light travel (FTL travel) that we commonly see in science-fiction.

This video answers a viewer question about why solar systems and galaxies are flat discs, and what about our whole universe?

This video explores the concept of Element Zero in the Mass Effect video game series, and explains the science behind it.

In this episode, we'll discuss the life cycle of stars, from protostars, to main sequence, to red giants, to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. All are mentioned in science fiction all the time, and if you've wondered what it means when you see a blue star, this is for you! Feel free to leave me questions in the comments or on Twitter: @drerinmac

In this episode, we will discuss the history of dark matter, what evidence there is for it, and some theories on what it could be. Let's SCIENCE!

Science background on the cosmological address -- helping to explain what we really mean when we say "Galaxy far far away" or "No power in the 'verse"

This episode explores the different types of artificial gravity utilized in science fiction, and what is feasible vs what isn't.