The video discusses some of the most expensive scientific instruments in the world. It starts by mentioning a photo taken by NASA of a distant galaxy, emphasizing the technological achievement and the associated costs. The video then introduces several expensive instruments, including:
1. **James Webb Telescope**: Costing 10 billion dollars, this telescope allows detailed observation of distant celestial objects, enabling us to see into the past.
2. **Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)**: Installed on the International Space Station (ISS), this 1.5 billion dollar instrument studies cosmic radiation and searches for dark matter.
3. **Large Hadron Collider (LHC)**: This particle accelerator, worth over 4.5 billion dollars, accelerates particles close to the speed of light to study their interactions.
4. **National Ignition Facility (NIF)**: Costing 3.5 billion dollars, it aims to achieve nuclear fusion, potentially offering a clean and abundant energy source.
5. **Titan Cryo Electron Microscope**: Acquired by the Pasteur Institute for 10 million euros, it allows the observation of biological samples at an unprecedented level of detail.
6. **Perseverance Rover**: The rover, along with its mission, costs 1.4 billion dollars, and it is equipped with various expensive instruments for sample collection on Mars.
The video emphasizes the incredible capabilities of these instruments and their significance in advancing scientific knowledge, despite their high costs.
1. The video is about the most expensive scientific instruments in the world.
2. The first example given is a photograph taken by NASA of a galaxy located 500 million light years from Earth.
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4. The James Web Telescope, a marvel of technology, costs 10 billion dollars.
5. The International Space Station (ISS) houses the most expensive laboratory in the world, including a spectrometer worth 1.5 billion dollars.
6. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator that costs over 4.5 billion dollars.
7. The European organization for nuclear research announced that its particle accelerator discovered the Higgs boson in 2012.
8. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is an ultra-powerful laser worth 3.5 billion dollars. It is designed to reproduce the nuclear fusion that occurs in the heart of stars.
9. The Titan Cryo is the most expensive electronic microscope on Earth, costing 10 million euros. It can observe a sample no larger than a tenth of a nanometer with a small quantity of electrons.
10. The Perseverance rover, used to collect samples on Mars, houses other instruments worth a small fortune, including the SuperCam, a camera that costs 40 million euros.
11. The SuperCam can analyze the chemical composition of rocks and geologically analyze them.
12. Many everyday items, such as phones and batteries, have their origins in space research.