Film & Animation

Dropping an iPhone X Down 4000 FT Deep Hole! – What’s In There?

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So I dropped the new iPhone X down a 4000+ ft. deep mine hole and recorded it all to see what happens.

So here’s how my experiment went down. The fishing line I bought was 1329 yards (3987 ft.) When the line ran out I was pretty disappointed thinking it’s just dangling but the iPhone footage shows it seems to have hit something.

I assume the line just kept unraveling despite the phone landing, unless it just landed on a ledge or something and actually was 4000 feet deep? Hard to tell but after the initial 2-3 second drag delay, the iPhone was going down pretty fast and for like a good three minutes.

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Dangerous Worlds

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Dangerous Worlds
Elizabeth Tasker, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

In exploring our own solar system, astronomers have uncovered some weird worlds. However, these are nothing compared to the lands harboured by our neighbouring stars. Huge Jupiters snuggle so close to their star that their years last only as long as our days. Planets are resurrected around stars that have long been dead. Other worlds begin their nights with dual sunsets, like Tatooine in Star Wars, drown in global water oceans, as in Interstellar, or even have seas of tar. These worlds can be more extreme than anything in fiction and prompt us to ask if any could be called home.

NOTE: There were some sound problems with the recording. The auditorium was upgraded during the week before this event, and a couple bugs were uncovered during this field test of the system. We apologize, and the staff is working to ensure these problems are solved for future events.

Host: Dr. Frank Summers

Recorded live on November 7, 2017 at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD USA

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Tonight’s Sky: November 2017

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In November the northern hemisphere is treated to views of Pisces, Aries, Triangulum, and the Leonid Meteor Shower.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at http://hubblesite.org/videos/science