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Science of Thrones: How Long Could the Winter Last? (2016x12)

Air date: Apr 23, 2016

Can we use science to explain the seasons and long winters in Game of Thrones? In GoT, based off George R. R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire, the seasons can last many years and their lengths vary unpredictable to even the Maesters. Astronomers are of course huge fans of science fiction and fantasy stories and have even come up with a way to explain how Westeros could experience such wild seasons. Prof Kipping explains how it works! ::More about this Video:: ► Kostov et al. (2013), "Winter is Coming": http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0445 ► Outro music by Taylor Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl9kI1yQKZk ::Playlists For Channel:: Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests Q&A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies ::Follow us:: SUBSCRIBE to the channel http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsSubscribe Cool Worlds Lab http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu Twitter https://twitter.com/david_kipping Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cool.worlds THANKS FOR WATCHING!!