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When galaxies collide, they can create a “starburst,” triggering the birth of countless new stars. The Hubble Space Telescope captured one such starburst 70 million light-years away, in a pair of galaxies known as the Antennae Galaxies. Our Milky Way will also create a starburst in a few billion years, when it collides with the Andromeda Galaxy. But until then, you can learn all about this astonishing phenomenon on our YouTube channel. http://ow.ly/rubU50LbtuM | The Great Courses

Diamond and graphite are both made of carbon—So, why are they so different? Watch as Professor Erica Carlson breaks down the different bonds that carbon forms. For a more detailed breakdown, watch her course, Understanding the Quantum World, available on Wondrium and The Great Courses Signature Collection. https://www.wondrium.com/understanding-the-quantum-world | The Great Courses

On this day in 2003, the Human Genome Project was completed. For the first time in history, scientists had sequenced the human genome. Discover the how and why with Sam Kean in his course, Unlocking the Hidden History of DNA. http://ow.ly/46lS50NBAf9 | The Great Courses