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Physics, Math, and Astronomy Podcast Episodes

A composite list of episodes from the past 90 days of physics, math, and astronomy podcasts. Also see episode list for general science podcasts.

Updated: 2024-Mar-28 06:28 UTC. Episodes: 425. Minimum length: 5 minutes. Hide descriptions. Feedback: @TrueSciPhi.

Episodes
podcast image2024-Mar-27 • 20 minutes
Alon Amit, sharing the mathematical journey in Quora and Math Circles
Alon Amit, probably the most prolific answerer of math questions on Quora, shares his reasons for his deep involvement. He seeks to share the journey, the exploration and stumbles of solving a problem. He's especially drawn to questions that will teach him things, even if he never completes the answer. He also shares his joy of problem solving with kids through Math Circles. One example problem, involving only 4 dots, can be worked on by a young child, yet affords deep exploration. | | --- | | Send in a ... (@CarolJacobyPhD)
podcast image2024-Mar-27 • 34 minutes
How human history shapes scientific inquiry
In this episode, we examine how the course of human history has shaped our scientific knowledge, why the physics community prioritizes some questions over others, and why progress in complex systems research is especially difficult. Academia continues to operate within set boundaries and students are taught certain concepts as fundamental and to skirt others completely. However, the history of science demonstrates that such concepts aren’t always set in stone. It’s possible that blowing open the “shackles o... (@sfiscience@michaelgarfield)
podcast image2024-Mar-27 • 60 minutes
Eclipse Tips: A guide to safe observing and astrophotography
Ron Benner, the President of the American Optometric Association, and astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy give helpful tips for safely observing the upcoming total solar eclipse in North America. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Mar-27 • 32 minutes
SETI Live - From Earth to Mars: The Incredible Story of the Ingenuity Helicopter
Recorded 15 February, 2024. With a first flight on April 19, 2021, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter broke ground on new capabilities for remote planetary missions. For nearly three years, the little drone far exceeded the originally planned technology... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-27 • 53 minutes
Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction - Georgia Pt 2
Shelly continues her stay in Tbilisi, Georgia and speaks to two Physicists, Giorgia Japaridz (Illia State Univ.) and Revaz Shanidze (Tbilisi State Univ). They discuss what life as a physicist was ... (@NuclearLifePod@ShellyLesh)
podcast image2024-Mar-27 • 25 minutes
S27E38: The Final Puzzle Piece: Witnessing Planetary Formation's Endgame
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 38 *Witnessing the Final Stages of Planetary Formation For the first time, astronomers have captured the end of the planetary formation process, observing the dispersal of gas... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 5 minutes
Exoplanet Radio - The First Exoplanets: A Discovery that Forever Changed Us
From August 7, 2023. Our galaxy likely holds hundreds of billions of planets around other stars but when and how did we begin finding them? What was the first exoplanet detected? It turns out that the first discovery wasn’t one, but two... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 42 minutes
[Q&A] True Color of The Moon, Capturing Sunspots, Constellation of Almost Hubbles
Can we harvest energy from the Moon's temperature difference? Why don't we just launch multiple telescopes like Hubble? Why is the Moon grey? Why are sunspots black? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show! (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 41 minutes
Sun Series: How to Experience a Total Solar Eclipse
On April 8, 2024, the Moon will pass in front of the Sun, casting a shadow across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Total solar eclipses have fascinated human beings for thousands of years. Watching the Moon eclipse the Sun is a surreal, multi-sensory experience that you’re not likely to forget. But Eclipses also offer unique opportunities for NASA to study the relationship between our star and home planet. Join current and former NASA sun scientists Kelly Korreck, Fred “Mr. Eclipse” Espenak and Cheril... (@NASA@PadiBoyd)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 36 minutes
S27E37: Betelgeuse's Boiling Secret: The Star That Spins Too Fast
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 37 *Betelgeuse's Surprising Spin: A Red Supergiant's Secrets Astronomers have been intrigued by the rapid rotation of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, but new insights suggest... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 46 minutes
What happened to M33's black hole?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mystery of the missing mysterious black hole at the heart of M33See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 51 minutes
Staying Curious with William Shatner
What is the value of curiosity? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with William Shatner to explore the nature of spacetime, Star Trek, human curiosity, loneliness, and more. How would warp drive work? (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 24 minutes
The force awakens: Quantum collisions
Last weekend our friends and neighbours at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge put on a great event: the Mathematics Discovery Day, part of the Cambridge Festival. Among the may hands-on activities, games and pop-up ex... (@plusmathsorg)
podcast image2024-Mar-26 • 46 minutes
51: Into The Interstellar
Izzie and Dr Becky are venturing into interstellar space. What is it? Where is it? And what do we know about it? | | With special thanks to Professor Martin Barstow from University of Leicester and Professor Chris Lintott from the University of Oxford. Chris' new book "Our Accidental Universe" is out now. | | Check out the RAS's video on Pons Brooks here: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/12... | | The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The produce... (@RoyalAstroSoc@IzzieClarke@drbecky_)
podcast image2024-Mar-25 • 34 minutes
Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 18, 2024. Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Mar-25 • 111 minutes
Episode #118 - Programming a Functional World w/ Max Sklar
Today's guest is Max Sklar, an expert in computer science and information systems, as well as the host of The Local Maximum podcast (https://www.localmaxradio.com/). We highly recommend checking out his show! (@MathPhysicsPod)
podcast image2024-Mar-25 • 129 minutes
270 | Solo: The Coming Transition in How Humanity Lives
I think through some of the ways that technology is changing the world, exploring the possibility of an upcoming singularity marking the shift to a new equilibrium of human existence. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Mar-25 • 34 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes
Streamed live on Mar 18, 2024. Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcements and discoveries from various missions. One theme kept coming up, the Solar... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-24 • 69 minutes
Why ChatGPT Can’t Tell Compelling Stories (Yet) w/ John Vervaeke and Shawn Coyne
“What is it about Artificial Intelligence driving tech giants like Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Sam Altman? Why are they racing to develop and own these thinking machines while unsure of the harm they could cause us? Can we trust nation-states and NGOs to use their totalitarian strategies when they don’t truly understand the problems we face?” (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Mar-24 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 251 & 252: Catching Shadows & Tough Guy
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Students and teachers are doing real science by measuring... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-24 • 20 minutes
Star Diary: The Comet and the Coathanger
Comet C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS passes through the Coathanger cluster, the Moon dips into the Bowl of Virgo and Mercury hangs in the evening sky. Find out how to see all this and more in our weekly stargazing podcast, Star Diary 25 to 31 March 2024. | | How to find the bowl of Virgo: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advic... | | View the Pleiades star cluster: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astro... | | Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmaga... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Mar-23 • 72 minutes
#303 - Dr Harry Cliff - Space Oddities
Episode 303: Space Oddities with Dr. Harry Cliff - Anomalies and New Frontiers in Physics Matt delves into the mysteries of the cosmos with Dr. Harry Cliff, particle physicist, science communicator, and author of the new book, "Space Oddities." We explore the fascinating anomalies challenging the very foundations of physics, Dr. Cliff shares insights from his work at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and his deep dive into the latest scientific enigmas. #SpaceOddities #ParticlePhysics #Cosmology #ScienceAnomal... (@Interplanetypod@iam7cool)
podcast image2024-Mar-23 • 59 minutes
The Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 55: A Trip Down Under
Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. Today we are re-running Episode 11 from all the way back in Season 1! Jacinta takes us on a tour of her homeland, into the Australian bush, and chats about pathfinders, precursors and the... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-23 • 17 minutes
Cygnus: Cosmic Background
Join Jordan and Kit as they explore the exciting astronomy of the constellation Cygnus: The Swan. (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 25 minutes
[Space Bites] Mystery of Supernova 1987a // End of Chandra // JWST Exomoons Update with @CoolWorldsLab
Planning trains on the Moon, Chandra is getting shut down, the future of Mars helicopters, and an update on exomoons with Dr. David Kipping. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 49 minutes
An orchestral trip through the moons of our solar system
Amanda Lee Falkenberg describes the process of turning mysterious worlds into music (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 35 minutes
EVSN - Stability, Instability, Drama, & How We are Space Stuff
From March 7, 2024. It is possible to buy stickers, sweatshirts, mugs, and other stuff and things emblazoned with the simple phrase, “We are star stuff”. This phrase was popularized by Carl Sagan, and it serves as a gentle reminder that all the... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 39 minutes
Britain's First Astronaut
Interview with Dr Helen Sharman (@AwesomeAstroPod@DrJeniMillard@SiriusAstro)
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 24 minutes
S27E36: Neutron Star Mass Mystery: Unlocking the Threshold of Black Holes
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 36 *The Precise Mass of Neutron Stars Unveiled Astronomers have pinpointed the exact upper mass limit for non-rotating neutron stars, providing a critical piece to the puzzle of... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 44 minutes
Is Aging a Disease? Epigenetics with David Sinclair
Is aging a disease that can be cured? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly discover the field of epigenetics, the Information Theory of Aging, and curing blindness for mice with Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, David Sinclair. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-22 • 27 minutes
Why do people believe in UFOs?
Have you ever seen a ghost or a UFO? Chris French is a psychologist whose latest book The Science of Weird S**t explores the paranormal, and why people might claim to have experienced something science can’t currently explain. We spoke to Chris to find out how psychologists address the paranormal, and what makes people believe in UFOs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Mar-21 • 27 minutes
Frugal approach to computer modelling can reduce carbon emissions
Simulations should be designed to minimize energy consumption, say physicists (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Mar-21 • 57 minutes
Actual Astronomy - Deep Sky Eye Observatory with Tim Doucette
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. Bio: Tim Doucette Tim believes that through education and awareness of the Universe, the world can become a better place. Through his passion for Astronomy... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-21 • 49 minutes
Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-20 • 21 minutes
Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory
A new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain. (@QuantaMagazine)
podcast image2024-Mar-20 • 56 minutes
The asteroid hunter
Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, joins Planetary Radio to share stories from his new book, The Asteroid Hunter. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Mar-20 • 32 minutes
SETI Live - The Mysterious Ocean of Saturn’s Moon, Mimas
Recorded 8 February 2024. Join us for an exciting SETI Live where we’ll explore the wonders beyond Earth. We’re excited to have Dr. Valéry Lainey, a renowned researcher from the Paris Observatory in France, as our guest. Dr. Franck Marchis, our... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-20 • 32 minutes
S27E35: Red Planet Revelation: Mars Hides an Ancient Volcanic Behemoth
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 36 *Mars Unveils a Colossal Volcanic Secret Astronomers have discovered a massive ancient volcano on Mars, hidden beneath an ice sheet in the planet's Tharsus volcanic province.... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 40 minutes
AaS! 220: Will Our Universe End in a Big Rip?
How can a “big rip” tear the universe apart? What does that mean for existence itself? Is it going to happen, and what are we doing to find out? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by... (@PaulMattSutter)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 41 minutes
Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 220: Will Our Universe End in a Big Rip?
How can a “big rip” tear the Universe apart? What does that mean for existence itself? Is it going to happen, and what are we doing to find out? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 42 minutes
[Q&A] Largest Stars, Dark Matter In The Solar System, Science Being Slow
How heavy are the biggest stars in the Universe and how do they compare to the Sun? Why would aliens be grabby? Is there more space for science communicators? What's the minimum size for an object to have an atmosphere? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 49 minutes
Cosmic Queries – Infinite Quarks
What happens to quarks during spaghettification? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions about positrons, how we got the speed of light, where the Big Bang took place, and more! (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 59 minutes
How does electricity work?
Daniel and Katie explain how electric current, lightning and static electricity emerge from the strange quantum nature of electrical charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 26 minutes
How does AI work?
Artificial intelligence has made astonishing progress in the last few years. Perhaps surprisingly, all of the amazing things we've seen, from ChatGPT to generative AI, are powered by same mathematical technique: machine learning, and in particular de... (@plusmathsorg)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 42 minutes
Quantum Sensor Networks & Future Quantum Application Opportunities with Dr. Prineha Narang of UCLA
In Episode 83, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Dr. Prineha Narang of UCLA. The team discusses distributed quantum sensor networks, lasers, magnons, and new technology application opportunities through organic conversations.Dr. Prineha Narang is a Professor in Physical Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA with an interdisciplinary group spanning areas of physics, chemistry, and engineering. Prior to moving to UCLA, she was an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials S... (@EntangledThings@patrickhynds@ciprianjichici)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 36 minutes
Sun Series: The Sun, Our Star
The Sun is our closest star. Billions of years ago, it shaped the formation of our home planet and the beginning of life on Earth. Today, it provides the heat and energy that powers our civilization, but it can also disrupt our technology and spacecraft through explosive outbursts of radiation. Join NASA Sun scientist Joe Westlake on a journey from the surface of Earth to the Sun’s core to learn how intricately we’re connected to our star and the progress we’ve made unraveling its mysteries. This is episode... (@NASA@PadiBoyd)
podcast image2024-Mar-19 • 49 minutes
S5E19 Item Response Theory, Q.E.D.
In this week's episode Patrick and Greg provide an introduction to the Item Response Theory model: what it is, how it relates to traditional factor analysis, and how this modem approach improves upon some of the limitations of classical test theory. Along the way they also mention weinerness, memorizing Latin for punishment, eggszampke, in ether words, ITR, switching a and b, I’m not defensive - you are, why biostatisticians hate us (page 3 subsection 8), binary babble, EAPs and MAPs, computer adaptiv... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Mar-18 • 39 minutes
Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails
Astronomy Cast Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 11, 2024. You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Mar-18 • 41 minutes
79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)
Last year, an experiment called NanoGRAV made a surprising discovery of gravitational waves using pulsars around the universe. Special guest Chiara Mingarelli explains. | | For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse | Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-u... (@DanHooperAstro@shalmawegs)
podcast image2024-Mar-18 • 71 minutes
269 | Sahar Heydari Fard on Complexity, Justice, and Social Dynamics
I talk with Sahar Heydari Fard about viewing social change through the lens of complex-systems theory. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Mar-18 • 39 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails
Streamed live on Mar 11, 2024. You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review has problems of its own. We’ll talk about that today. This video was... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-18 • 47 minutes
[Special] What Went Wrong With Starship's Third Test Flight
Another Test of SpaceX Starship Superheavy combo, another analysis of the flight with Scott Manley and Marcus House! (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-18 • 36 minutes
S27E34: The Ups and Downs of SpaceX's Starship: A Test Flight Tale
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 34 *SpaceX's Starship Tests the Limits of Spaceflight In a breathtaking display of rocketry, SpaceX's Starship edges closer to the stars, nearly perfecting its third flight test.... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-17 • 29 minutes
[Interview] NASA Set Its Spaceship on Fire. Here's Why
What did NASA learn from setting their Cygnus spaceships on fire? Is fire more dangerous in space than on Earth? Finding out with Dr. David Urban, Branch Chief from NASA Glenn Research Center. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-17 • 202 minutes
Sam Harris: God Did NOT Write the Bible!
Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! Today’s guest needs no introduction… Meet Sam Harris. Neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of Making Sense, creator of Waking Up, and one of the most thought-provoking intellectuals of our time. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett, he fearlessly navigates e... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Mar-17 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 249 & 250: Cool Star Homes & Shooting Star’s Daddy
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Recently Dr. Michael Gillon of the University of Liege in... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-17 • 17 minutes
Asterism: Goat Creature Corner (Plus)
Join Jordan and Kit in a unique Creature Corner episode that features the myths Capella, the Goat Star, and fun facts about... goats! (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Mar-17 • 13 minutes
Star Diary 18 to 24 March 2024
Mercury reaches greatest elongation this week, while Jupiter will be bracketed by its moons. Find out how to see both of them in our weekly stargazing podcast, Star Diary. Transcription: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podca... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/virtu... Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... more ab... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Mar-16 • 57 minutes
[Interview] The Secret Behind NASA's Recent Success
What drives NASA's most successful projects like James Webb, Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, etc? What's going on with international cooperation? How will future missions be planned and executed? Finding out with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, former Associate Administrator of NASA Science Mission Directorate. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-16 • 117 minutes
A Conversation with Irwin Shapiro: Scientist Extraordinaire from the Earth to the Stars, and at 94, still going strong.
Irwin Shapiro is a remarkable human being by almost any standard. Following his education in physics at Cornell and Harvard, he had a job at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory working on various problems in planetary dynamics, and radar ranging, when he went to a lecture and realized that a completely new phenomenon could occur in General Relativity that no one had proposed in the half-century since Einstein first proposed it. For objects traveling near a massive object like the Sun, the travel time to go from one ... (@LKrauss1@OriginsProject)
podcast image2024-Mar-16 • 43 minutes
Cosmic Perspective - Interview with Charlie Bolden re: Black History Month
Hosted by Andy Poniros. Former NASA Astronaut & NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden discusses his growing up as an African American in the segregated US South, & his and other African American’s experiences with and accomplishments to the US... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-15 • 35 minutes
Keith Burnett: IOP president says it is our duty to make physics more inclusive
Podcast interview also explores challenges and opportunities facing modern universities (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Mar-15 • 37 minutes
EVSN - Early Black Holes Formed Before Stars?
From Feb 21, 2024. One of the unexpected realities of JWST is the discovery that we have really been asking the wrong questions in many astronomy areas. For instance: we generally asked how supermassive black holes and galaxies formed, with a basic... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-15 • 24 minutes
[Space Bites] Starship’s Third Flight // Schrodinger’s Voyager // Start of Milkdromeda
Starship reaches orbit in a new test, NASA regains contact with Voyager 1 (sort of), are the Milky Way and Andromeda already exchanging stars, and two new incredible images to replace your desktop wallpaper. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-15 • 32 minutes
S27E33: Star Shredded by Black Hole: A Cosmic Feast Observed
For your special NORDVPN discount and risk free 30 Day Money back guarantee, visit https://www.nordvpn.com/stuartgary and use the code STUARTGARY at checkout. Get your online privacy under control with the best in the business. The Space, Astronomy... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-15 • 50 minutes
Cosmic Queries – Out There
Neil deGrasse Tyson, co-host Harrison Greenbaum, and astrophysicist Janna Levin answer questions on the far away and the far out, including Andromeda's impending collision with the Milky Way, white holes, a holographic universe, and more. Prepare to get trippy! (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-14 • 64 minutes
Awesome Astronomy - Ep. 141: Wet Moons and Tippy Landers
Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month our intrepid crew of the good ship Awesome investigate sub surface oceans on the moons of the solar system,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-14 • 30 minutes
What Is Quantum Teleportation?
Quantum teleportation isn’t just science fiction; it’s entirely real and happening in laboratories today. But teleporting quantum particles and information is a far cry from beaming people through space. In some ways, it’s even more astonishing. | John Preskill, a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology, is one of the leading theoreticians of quantum computing and information. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin interviews him about entanglement, teleporting bits from coast to coast... (@QuantaMagazine@stevenstrogatz)
podcast image2024-Mar-14 • 42 minutes
[Q&A] How Cold Are Moon Shadows, Why Are Dark Matter Halos Spherical, War For The Moon
How cold does it get in the shadows on the Moon? What's going on with dark matter research? Can we chase Oumuamua with a solar sail spacecraft? Will we ever face a war for the Moon? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-14 • 74 minutes
Physics of Chocolate
Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep but tenuous connection between physics and chocolate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-13 • 34 minutes
Ep 4: The physics of collectives
How do groups solve problems? Are there conditions that create a pathway to innovation and groundbreaking inventions? In today’s episode, we look at the science of collectives to learn about the patterns that emerge as human societies grow, the importance of a collective structure to foster ideas and create impact, and – from collectives like ants and immune systems – the importance of veering off the beaten path to become better at exploring and discovering. (@sfiscience@michaelgarfield)
podcast image2024-Mar-13 • 60 minutes
Tales of totality: The adventures of an eclipse chaser
Jim Bell, a professor from the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and former president of The Planetary Society's Board of Directors, shares captivating tales from his global eclipse-chasing journeys. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Mar-13 • 27 minutes
SETI Live - The COSMIC Project at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
In a groundbreaking cosmic quest, the SETI Institute’s Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster (COSMIC) at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is expanding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). This cutting-edge... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-13 • 27 minutes
Look Up! March 2024
This month we have a very special episode of the Look Up! podcast. We have the Royal Observatory's Dr. Ed Bloomer interviewing Professor Chris Lintott, astronomer and author. In his episode Chris tells us about his new book, ‘Our Accidental Universe’, which discusses how astronomers often stumble across their discoveries. We hope you enjoy! If you wanted to learn what's in the night sky this month, head to our Night Sky Highlights blog at rmg.co.uk. We'll be back to our regular programming next month! (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Mar-13 • 27 minutes
S27E32: Juno's Europa Flyby: Unraveling the Oxygen Secrets of Jupiter's Icy Moon
This episode is brought to you with the support of Incogni....the data protection service. To claim your special offfer benefit as a SpaceTime listener visit www.icogni.com/stuartgary or use the coupon code STUARTGARY at checkout. 60% off and a 30-day... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-13 • 12 minutes
50: BONUS - Dust, stars and alien streetlights
What is cosmic dust? Could we reignite a dying Sun with a nuclear weapon? How do we know what galaxies stars are in, and can the JWST see streetlights on alien worlds? | | If you have a question for the Supermassive team, send them to [email protected] or find us on Instagram, @SupermassivePod. | | The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. | | | (@RoyalAstroSoc@IzzieClarke@drbecky_)
podcast image2024-Mar-12 • 6 minutes
Exoplanet Radio - How Do We Find Exoplanets?
Hosted by Tony Darnell. From Aug 4, 2023. What are the best ways to see planets around other stars? One can imagine that it is not easy. This episode looks at ways astronomers find exoplanets. Get all episodes at free and with no ads. Music... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-12 • 40 minutes
[Interview] Why White Dwarf Stars Unexpectedly Stop Cooling Down
White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-12 • 54 minutes
Do We Have Free Will? with Robert Sapolsky
Is there a quantum reason we could have free will? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the concept of free will and predetermination with neuroscientist, biologist, and author of Determined: The Science of Life Without Free Will, Robert Sapolsky. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-12 • 51 minutes
Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and get stuck in philosophical rabbit holes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-12 • 20 minutes
It's all connected – climate change and the spread of diseases
We’re now all very aware that climate change is not just a problem for the future – 2023 was officially the hottest year on record ever. And as well as impacting our lives through food security, flooding and drought, climate change can also impact ou... (@plusmathsorg)
podcast image2024-Mar-12 • 44 minutes
S5E18 Probability on Spring Break
In this week’s episode, Patrick and Greg play with some of the basics of probability in the context of some classic, fun, and often counterintuitive examples. Along the way they also discuss arguments with relatives, a feel for the roulette wheel, Xeroxing your butt, “The coin has spoken.”, Quantitude BooqQlub, the Bellagio Fountains, Clooney and Pitt look-alikes, the Flippier, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Monty Hall, Ferraris and goats, the birthday problem, how to carve an elephant, and pick-6 lotteries... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Mar-11 • 32 minutes
Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Astronomy Cast Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live March 4, 2024. NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Mar-11 • 236 minutes
AMA | March 2024
Ask Me Anything episode for March 2024. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Mar-11 • 32 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Streamed live March 4, 2024. NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the future of space exploration. It’s called NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts or NIAC. This... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-11 • 64 minutes
[Interview] Getting Samples From Enceladus Is Harder Than You Think
How do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes? How fast does it need to go? Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft? Figuring out the answers with Professor Mark Burchell from the University of Kent. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-11 • 28 minutes
S27E31: Cosmic Graveyard: The Enigma of the Universe's Oldest Dead Galaxy
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spaceti... Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 31 *The Enigma of the Universe's Oldest Dead Galaxy In a... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-10 • 64 minutes
Why Are People Protesting Against a Telescope? | Robert Kirshner
Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! Today, we’re joined by a real hero of mine and mentor to millions around the world – dr. Robert Kirshner! Robert is an astronomer of great renown. He is the Clowes Research Professor of Science at Harvard University and executive director of the Thirty Meter Telescope. This remarkable international scientific endeavor will radically change our understanding of the univers... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Mar-10 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 247 & 248: Trans Neptunian & Gliding to Space
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - During the course of a single night our telescopes can find... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-10 • 21 minutes
Star Diary 11 to 17 March 2024
Comet 12P Pons Brooks will streak past the Andromeda Galaxy this week, while Comet C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS passes the star clusters of the Milky Way. Find out how to see both of them in our weekly stargazing podcast, Star Diary. Learn how to measure the craters on the Moon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advic... Transcription: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podca... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmag... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Mar-09 • 91 minutes
Starts With A Bang #103 - Active galaxies and the universe
All throughout the Universe, galaxies exist in a great variety of shapes, ages, and states. Today's galaxies come in spirals, ellipticals, irregulars, and rings, all ranging in size from behemoths hundreds or even thousands of times larger than the Milky Way to dwarf galaxies with fewer than 0.1% of the stars present here in our cosmic home. But at the centers of practically all galaxies, particularly the large ones, lie supermassive black holes. | When matter falls in towards these black holes, it doesn't ... (@StartsWithABang)
podcast image2024-Mar-09 • 11 minutes
NOIRLab - IGRINS-2
Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is now peering deeper into the dusty dwellings of young stars with its new IGRINS-2 instrument. This next-generation spectrograph is an upgraded version of the... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-08 • 10 minutes
Smashing Particles up Against Mathematics
Dr. Abiy Tasissa of Tufts University, discusses the mathematics he and colleagues used to study particle collider data, including optimal transport and optimization. Collider physics often result in distributions referred to as jets. Dr. Tasissa and his team used "Earth Mover's Distance" and other mathematical tools to study the shape of jets. "It is interesting for me to see how mathematics can be applied to study these fundamental problems answering fundamental equations in physics, not only at t... (@amermathsoc)
podcast image2024-Mar-08 • 34 minutes
Actual Astronomy - The Observer’s Calendar for March
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. March 09 - New Moon March 10 - Daylight saving time March 11 - Mercury Moon and Jupiter Line up in evening sky March 12 - Asteroid 23 Thalia at opposition magnitude... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-08 • 22 minutes
[Space Bites] Furious Boiling of Betelgeuse // Robot-Surgeon on the ISS // Biggest Black Holes Ever Seen
Understanding the surface of Betelgeuse, James Webb’s third observing cycle has been announced, Starship’s upcoming third test, and the most massive pair of black holes ever seen. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-08 • 39 minutes
Stars Talk to Neil – Reversing Earth’s Rotation
What happens after death? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer science questions from celebrities like Kelly Clarkson, Dax Shepard, Sway Calloway, and more! (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-08 • 42 minutes
S27E30: Axion Stars: The Unseen Beacons of Dark Matter Mysteries
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 30 *Unveiling the Mysteries of Dark Matter with Hypothetical Axion Stars Could the enigmatic axion star hold the key to understanding dark matter? Join us as we delve into the... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-07 • 17 minutes
Tackling climate change while improving human wellbeing
Urban climatologist Radhika Khosla is our podcast guest (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Mar-07 • 35 minutes
EVSN - Yes, Scientists DO Look at the (Dark Energy Survey) Data
From February 14th, 2024. Every time I get the digital “why can’t you scientists just look at the data” lecture, I wonder what people think scientists do. All we do is look at data, and when that data tells us our understanding of the universe... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-07 • 53 minutes
Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2)
Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 2)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-06 • 68 minutes
Geothermal activity on the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake
A team co-led by the Southwest Research Institute has made a groundbreaking discovery, revealing evidence of hydrothermal or metamorphic activity on the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake in the Kuiper Belt. The lead author of this research, Chris Glein, joins Planetary Radio to explain. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Mar-06 • 21 minutes
Tiny Language Models Come of Age
To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children’s stories. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Thought Bot” by Audionautix. (@QuantaMagazine)
podcast image2024-Mar-06 • 31 minutes
SETI Live - Ganymede's Alien Landscape: Salt, Organics, and Extraterrestrial Clues
Hosted by Dr. Franck Marchis. NASA’s Juno mission has observed mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Data for this discovery was collected by the Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) spectrometer aboard... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-06 • 21 minutes
S27E29: Unveiling the Eclipse: A Celestial Dance of Shadows and Light
This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you by Incogni...the new privacy and data protection specialists who work tirelessly for you. To get your special SpaceTime bonus visit https://www.incogni.com/stuartgary The Space, Astronomy & Science... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 118 minutes
Cal Newport: Want to Be More Productive? Do LESS
Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! What if I told you that you could be more productive… by doing less? Sounds crazy, but as per today’s extraordinary guest, it’s true! Meet Cal Newport, associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and other books that offer a refreshing departure from the hustle culture that pervades modern societ... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 42 minutes
AaS! 219: What's the Best Way to Defend Our Planet?
How do we track dangerous asteroids? What can impacts do to us? What do we plan to do if The Big One is headed for us? Is Armageddon a documentary? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by... (@PaulMattSutter)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 43 minutes
Ask A Spaceman Ep. 219: What's the Best Way to Defend Our Planet?
How do we track dangerous asteroids? What can impacts do to us? What do we plan to do if The Big One is headed for us? Is Armageddon a documentary? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 47 minutes
[Q&A] Mars Rovers On The Moon, Satellite Management, Life Near Blue Giants
Why won't NASA send a copy of Perseverance to the Moon? Can life exist on a planet around a blue giant star? How do satellites stay safe in orbit and don't collide with each other? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 39 minutes
Breaking Down Oppenheimer with Brian Greene
What do two physicists think about the movie Oppenheimer? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with theoretical physicist Brian Greene to discuss Robert J. Oppenheimer’s work on the Manhattan Project, the science in Christopher Nolan’s film, and the dawn of quantum physics. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 44 minutes
Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1)
Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 1)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 25 minutes
S27E28: Lunar Lander's Moonlight Slumber: Odysseus in Schomberger Crater
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spaceti... Space, Astronomy and Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 28 *Odysseus lunar lander placed into sleep mode Intuitive Machines... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 27 minutes
Reduce, remove, refreeze: Repairing the Earth's climate
Could we make the clouds brighter so they reflect more of the Sun's warming rays back into space to keep us cooler? Or make Arctic ice thicker so it lasts longer over the summer? These ideas might sound slightly fantastical, but they're active resear... (@plusmathsorg)
podcast image2024-Mar-05 • 39 minutes
Entangled Things Three Year Anniversary
Episode82In Episode 82, Patrick and Ciprian celebrate three years of Entangled Things.The team discusses different modalities, shifting perspectives, and the importance of the algorithms. (@EntangledThings@patrickhynds@ciprianjichici)
podcast image2024-Mar-04 • 36 minutes
Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program
Astronomy Cast Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 26, 2024. In the olden days, NASA developed its missions using a variety of in-house engineers and external... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Mar-04 • 39 minutes
78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)
What's it like bringing science to the most general public audiences? How do you distill complex results into short news-worthy articles without getting lost in clickbait? Today we hear the perspective of New York Times science journalist Katrina Miller.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-u... the show (@DanHooperAstro@shalmawegs)
podcast image2024-Mar-04 • 62 minutes
[Interview] How Close Are We To Self-Replicating Robots Conquering Space
Self-replicating space robots seems as an obvious way to explore the Universe. How close are we to such a scenario and what do we need to fill outer space with Von Neumann probes? Figuring out with Professor Alex Ellery. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-04 • 13 minutes
My conversation with Elon Musk: Cosmology, AI, and Dying on Mars
Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! Katherine Brodsky recently hosted an interview with the one and only Elon Musk. I had the privilege of joining them and used my opportunity to confront Elon about Starlink, AI, and his plan to colonize Mars! Enjoy. Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:44 Starlink and Cosmic Microwave Background Research 00:06:57 A True Turing Test 00:09:54 Can We Break Physics? 00:11:24 ... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Mar-04 • 90 minutes
268 | Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality
I talk with physicist Matt Strassler about fundamental physics and the ways that we often talk about it. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Mar-04 • 36 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program
Streamed live on Feb 26, 2024. In the olden days, NASA developed its missions using a variety of in-house engineers and external suppliers. As more commercial companies are targeting the Moon, NASA is working with partners to deliver its payloads to... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-03 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 245 & 246: Raw Asteroid & Odds of Aliens
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Most asteroids that we observe have been baked by the Sun... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-03 • 22 minutes
Star Diary 4 to 10 March 2024
Two comets pass overhead this week. Find out how to see both of them in our weekly stargazing podcast, Star Diary. Learn to capture the planets in our upcoming Masterclass all about photographing the planets. Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/MCPlanets Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/virtu... Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazi... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Mar-02 • 8 minutes
Last Minute Astronomer - March Episode
I’m Rob Webb, your Last Minute Astronomer, bringing astronomy to normies and nerds, with little time to spare. As usual, we’ll start by talking about where the naked eye planets are this month, move on to the lunar phases, and finish up with... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-02 • 71 minutes
[Interview] Was Cosmic Dust Responsible for Life on Earth?
What is cosmic dust? What is it made of and what can it tell us about the Universe? Could cosmic dust be responsible for life starting on Earth? Figuring it all out with Dr Craig Walton from Cambridge University. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-02 • 15 minutes
Auriga: Pop Culture Superstar
Join Jordan and Kit as they explore where Auriga shows up in Pop Culture (broadly defined), and what they'd do with the Auriga brand! (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 63 minutes
Wet Moons and Tippy landers
Episode 141 Awesome Astronomy March 2024 (@AwesomeAstroPod@DrJeniMillard@SiriusAstro)
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 51 minutes
#302 - Chris Lintott - Our Accidental Universe
Matt is Joined by Chris Lintott to talk about Our Accidental Universe his new book out this month and some of the ideas contained within. Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, where his research ranges from understanding how galaxies form and evolve, to predicting the properties of visiting interstellar asteroids. He is Principal Investigator of the Zooniverse citizen science platform. Lintott is best known as presenter of the BBC ‘Sky at Night’ program. In 2023, he was a... (@Interplanetypod@iam7cool)
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 66 minutes
Space Policy Edition: The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration
Science historian Dr. Matt Shindell joins the show to discuss the unique era of commercial lunar exploration, and how planetary exploration has evolved and can continue to evolve on and around the Moon. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 34 minutes
EVSN - Celebrating the Mars Robots That Could
From February 7, 2024. Robots on Mars have a long history of exceeding all possible expectations. From Spirit and Opportunity lasting far beyond their planned 90-day missions to Ingenuity lasting 72 flights out of a planned five, these craft have... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 57 minutes
March 2024
Feel the Magnetic Pull. Feel the Magnetic Pull. In this episode Jessy Marin talks to Dr. Kate Pattle about her work studying the involvment of magnetic fields in star formation. We discuss some of the new released images from the Event Horizon Telescope and JWST and test a new format for our Odds and Ends section where we present an interesting article on Saturn's moon Mimas. (@jodcast)
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 19 minutes
[Space Bites] Odysseus Moon Landing Verdict // JWST Breakthrough // SLIM Surprise
We’ve learned what happened to the Odysseus Lander. SLIM survived the lunar night. Experience a fiery trip from orbit to the Utah desert. James Webb completes one of its major science goals. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Mar-01 • 22 minutes
S27E27: Cosmic Clues: New Horizons Probes the Depths of the Kuiper Belt
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 27 *Hints of an Extended Kuiper Belt: New Horizons' Dusty Discoveries NASA's intrepid New Horizons spacecraft, now journeying through the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt, has... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-29 • 29 minutes
Radiology societies call for critical evaluation of AI, building the UK’s quantum workforce
In this podcast we look at issues surrounding two emerging technologies (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Feb-29 • 55 minutes
Awesome Astronomy - Blasting Soil! With Dr. Phil Metzger
Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month Dr. Jen talks to Dr. Phil! Dr. Phil Metzger, 30 years at NASA where he has worked on various missions and... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-29 • 31 minutes
What Is the Nature of Time?
Time seems linear to us: We remember the past, experience the present and predict the future, moving consecutively from one moment to the next. But why is it that way, and could time ultimately be a kind of illusion? In this episode, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek speaks with host Steven Strogatz about the many “arrows” of time and why most of them seem irreversible, the essence of what a clock is, how Einstein changed our definition of time, and the unexpected connection between time and o... (@QuantaMagazine@stevenstrogatz)
podcast image2024-Feb-29 • 30 minutes
Episode 70: Season 5 in Review
The band is back together! In this episode Jacinta, Tshia and Dan sit together in the cupboard once again to catch up and to reflect on Season 5. | The post Episode 70: Season 5 in Review appeared first on The Cosmic Savannah. (@cosmicsavannah@jdelhaize@DanielCunnama)
podcast image2024-Feb-29 • 49 minutes
Are there charm quarks in the proton?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the cozy story of the proton might need to be updated to describe all of its true charm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-29 • 39 minutes
33. Cantor: An Infinite Odyssey
Ioanna Georgiou, mathematics educator and author of “Mathematical Adventures!” and “Peculiar Deaths of Famous Mathematicians”, joins us to discuss Georg Cantor! In this episode, we'll attempt to answer the following questions: What does it mean to ca... (@weheartmath)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 21 minutes
Too Much Math in the Schools? These Books Counter That Narrow View
Lee Kraftchick continues his tour of books about math written for the non-mathematician like himself. We also can't let go of Gödel Escher Bach. Lee cites an opinion piece in the Washington Post, titled, "The Problem with Schools Today is Too Much Math," which gives a very narrow view of what math is. He counters it with a response (see theartofmathematicspodcast.com) and more books that demonstrate that math provides "pleasures which all the arts afford." He also discusses books about m... (@CarolJacobyPhD)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 29 minutes
Why is life so diverse?
In the first two episodes of this season, we’ve examined how fundamental rules like scaling laws constrain evolution for all forms of life. But if everything is bound to these core rules, then why do we see exceptions? In this episode, Abha and Chris get into the incredible diversity of plants and animals on this planet, where that diversity comes from, and if it’s possible to make forecasts about the biosphere, just like we do for the weather. And, what happens when biodiversity is threatened? (@sfiscience@michaelgarfield)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 57 minutes
The legacy of Red Rover Goes to Mars
Twenty years after a pioneering collaboration between The Planetary Society, NASA, and LEGO, Planetary Radio reflects on the Red Rover Goes to Mars program and the lives it impacted. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 34 minutes
SETI Live - "A City on Mars" with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
From January 30, 2024. Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren’t... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 35 minutes
S27E26: The Universe's Luminosity Leader: Unveiling Quasar J0529-4351
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 26 *The Brightest and Fastest Growing Black Hole Quasar Ever Seen Astronomers have uncovered a cosmic colossus: the most luminous quasar known, powered by a black hole 17 billion... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 53 minutes
America's return to the Moon and UK lunar ambitions
Plus de-orbiting a two-tonne satellite... (@NakedScientists@drbtmcallister)
podcast image2024-Feb-28 • 54 minutes
50: Quakes in Space
Izzie and Dr Becky are exploring shaky ground, whether that’s on Earth, other planets and even on our neighbour the Moon. This month is all about quakes. | | With special thanks to Mark Panning, the project scientist for NASA's InSight mission, and Dr Jess Johnson from the University of East Anglia. | | Join Izzie and the UK Space Education Office for Mars Day on Tuesday 5th March, sign up to the virtual event here. | | Explore the North Tyneside Solar Trail and discover models representing planets ... (@RoyalAstroSoc@IzzieClarke@drbecky_)
podcast image2024-Feb-27 • 58 minutes
Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction - Georgia Pt 1
Spend time with Shelly and two guest as she travels to Tbilsi, Georgia. First she discusses storytelling and Georgian’s atomic Odyssey with Shorena Lortkipanidze from the Civil Council on Defense a... (@NuclearLifePod@ShellyLesh)
podcast image2024-Feb-27 • 55 minutes
[Interview] How Should We Handle Space Weapons
How serious is the threat from space weapons? How should we handle the situation with international treaties? Is there a way to ensure the enforcement of them and what are the risks if somebody breaks them? Figuring out the answers with Dr Matthew Powell from the University of Portsmouth. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-27 • 39 minutes
Neil’s Guide to Heat Transfer Physics
How do you make some things stay hot and others stay cool? Neil deGrasse Tyson, with the help of comedian Chuck Nice, explains the physics of heat transfer, insulation, and why your Stanley cup can keep your drink cold during a fire. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Feb-27 • 58 minutes
Why is quantum gravity so hard?
Daniel and Jorge explain why the two theories of physics are so at odds with each other.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-27 • 51 minutes
S5E17 Classification and Regression Trees with Yi Feng
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick are honored to visit with Yi Feng, a quantitative methodologist at UCLA, as she helps them understand classification and regression tree analysis. She describes the various ways in which these models can be used, and how these can serve to inform both prediction and explanation. Along the way they also discuss looking pensive, drunken 3-way interactions, Stephen Hawking, parlor tricks, Cartman, validation, dragon boats, anxiety, spam filters, hair loss, audio vis... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Feb-26 • 32 minutes
Ep. 709: Space Weapons
Astronomy Cast Ep. 709: Space Weapons by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 19, 2024. [My apologies for Fraser’s audio dropouts. We’re not sure how it happened as it wasn’t happening at his studio. Audio is a black art, IMHO.... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Feb-26 • 73 minutes
267 | Benjamin Breen on Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and Utopia
I talk with historian Benjamin Breen about Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, and their involvement with psychedelics. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Feb-26 • 62 minutes
Dark matter vs modified gravity: which team are you on?
Two researchers who have switched sides in this heated cosmic debate (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Feb-26 • 31 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 709: Space Weapons
Streamed live on Feb 19, 2024. [My apologies for Fraser’s audio dropouts. We’re not sure how it happened as it wasn’t happening at his studio. Audio is a black art, IMHO. Rich) Last week we learned that Russia might be planning nuclear weapons... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-26 • 34 minutes
S27E25: Lunar Lander's Perilous Journey: The Odyssey of Odysseus at the South Pole
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 26 *Odysseus' Bumpy Lunar Landing: A Historic Moment with Hiccups In a mix of triumph and tribulation, the Nova-C Odysseus lander by Intuitive Machines has made a historic... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-26 • 46 minutes
[Q&A] Refuelling the Sun, Rogue Planets Auroras, Space Nukes
Where do auroras come from on rogue planets? Can we refuel the Sun to make it last longer? What's going on with space nuke tests? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-25 • 101 minutes
Bringing Astrophysics to Life Through Art with Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 What do you get when you combine the minds of a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and an outstanding artist? The Warped Side of Our Universe by Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran! A remarkable book that explores Thorne's astrophysical discoveries through poetic verse and otherworldly paintings. Today, Kip and Lia will guide us through the process of creating their wonderful book. Tune in! Kip Thorne is a theoretica... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-25 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 243E & 244E: Earth/Venus Express & Pale Blue Dot
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - We will probably never know the details of the collision... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-25 • 23 minutes
Star Diary 26 February to 3 March 2024
Catch Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Hear the details in this week’s stargazing guide podcast, Star Diary. Make an animation of Jupiter: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astro... Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/virtu... to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... more about yo... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Feb-24 • 45 minutes
The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 54: The African Network of Women in Astronomy
Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. With Prof Mirjana Pović, Prof Vanessa McBride, Dr. Priscilla Muheki and Prof Carolina Ödman. In this week’s episode we are joined by fours members of the board of the recently... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 24 minutes
In Conversation - Interview 1
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15 The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking be... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 19 minutes
In Conversation - Interview 2
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking b... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 7 minutes
In Conversation - Interview 3
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Jess, with help from members of the Astronomy Ambassadors Group, recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their imag... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 27 minutes
In Conversation - Interview 4
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking b... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 20 minutes
In Conversation - Interview 5
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomer Affelia recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to start taking b... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 20 minutes
In Conversation - Interview 6
In Conversation with the Shortlisted and Winning Photographers from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The shortlisted and winning photographers of this competition were invited to a special Private View event in September 2023 where they could see the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. During the event, Royal Observatory astronomers Affelia and Jess, recorded interviews with some of the photographers who were there to talk about their images and to ask for some advice about how to sta... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 23 minutes
[Space Bites] USA’s Crazy Moon Landing // Problems for Perseverance // New Glenn Goes Vertical
Odysseus lands successfully on the Moon, China is planning to build bricks on the lunar surface, James Webb finds the neutron star at the heart of supernova 1987 A, and Blue Origins finally rolls out New Glenn. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 34 minutes
EVSN - The Compass (Sometimes... Kinda) Points North
From Wednesday, January 24, 2024. If you take a compass and follow its pointy little needle, you will end up in Northern Canada but not at the North Pole. If you have a boat, you'll end up on Ellesmere Island wondering where Santa is hiding. ... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 47 minutes
Why We Get Depressed with Heather Berlin
What is depression? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the neuroscience behind major depression, its treatments, and the factors that contribute to this pervasive condition with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 19 minutes
What Is Dark Matter Really Made Of?
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Remastered from our interview in 2022. There are few concepts in physics as frequently discussed but as poorly understood as dark matter. After all, we don’t even know what it’s made of! However, there are many potential candidates, and I had the pleasure of explaining them in my interview with Arvin Ash. We also talked about the fascinating possibility of detecting gravitational waves from the polarization of the CMB... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-23 • 25 minutes
S27E24: The Milky Way's Rugby Ball: Sagittarius A* Spins SpaceTime
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 24 *Warping SpaceTime: The Fast-Spinning Black Hole at the Milky Way's Heart NASA's Chandra X-ray Space Telescope and the Very Large Array have observed the supermassive black... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-22 • 40 minutes
Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
Future colliders, neutrinos and dark matter are key targets (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Feb-22 • 17 minutes
Cheap Astronomy - Fantastic Physics Formulas - Episode 9
Expanding and lifting. The Hubble – Lemaitre Law: v=H0D V (Velocity) equals D (distance) times H-nought (the Hubble-Lemaitre constant). This formula describes the relationship between the distance of galaxies and the velocity at which they... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-22 • 46 minutes
What is cold welding?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how its possible to merge metals without melting!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-21 • 55 minutes
OSIRIS-REx becomes APEX
Scott Guzewich, deputy project scientist for NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX mission, joins Planetary Radio to discuss the next steps for the mission as we count down to asteroid Apophis’ flyby of Earth in 2029. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Feb-21 • 22 minutes
Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit
Scientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating worlds that defy classification. The new observations have forced them to rethink their theories of star and planet formation. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Light Gazing” by Andrew Langdon. (@QuantaMagazine)
podcast image2024-Feb-21 • 26 minutes
SETI Live - Drifting Signals: New Boundaries for Radio Technosignatures
Recorded 30 November 2023. In a new study published in the Astronomical Journal, researchers used the known population of exoplanets to set better thresholds for planetary effects on signals from ETIs (extraterrestrial intelligences). Megan Grace Li,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-21 • 44 minutes
[Q&A] JWST vs Apollo Landing Sites, TRAPPIST-1 Atmospheres, Chinese Space Program
Why doesn't JWST look at Apollo landing sites? What happened to TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres? What's the biggest thing we can measure our velocity relative to? Will the Universe ever start bouncing back? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-21 • 32 minutes
S27E23: Tectonic Tremors: Unraveling the Secrets of Earth's Pacific Plate
This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you with the support of Incogni....the online privacy support you need. Take control today - visit https://www.incogni.com/stuartgary to take advantage of our special offer, save big and secure your peace of... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-21 • 38 minutes
Planet Hunting with Host Padi Boyd
In this special episode, we turn the tables and put host Padi Boyd in the interview seat. Padi shares stories from her time with NASA’s groundbreaking Kepler mission, which showed us many more exoplanets—planets orbiting other stars—than we had previously discovered. She also tells us about her dream astronomical dinner companion and her go-to karaoke song. Plus, we'll wrap up another season of wild and wonderful adventures by answering questions from listeners like you and sharing behind-the-scenes tidbits... (@NASA@PadiBoyd)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 40 minutes
AaS! 218: How Do We Know What the Milky Way Looks Like?
Why is it so hard to get a picture of the Milky Way? How much of our galaxy have we mapped? What the heck is a “barred spiral” and what does that have to do with our core? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This... (@PaulMattSutter)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 41 minutes
Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 218: How Do We Know What the Milky Way Looks Like?
Why is it so hard to get a picture of the Milky Way? How much of our galaxy have we mapped? What the heck is a “barred spiral” and what does that have to do with our core? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 35 minutes
[Interview] Discovery of The Decade for Dwarf Planets? Eris and Makemake Geothermal Activity
Huge Kuiper Belt discovery! With James Webb astronomers were able to see that Eris and Makemake show signs of geothermal activity. How exactly did that happen? Figuring out with Dr Christopher Glein, Lead Scientist at Southwest Research Institute. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 54 minutes
Incentivizing the Future with Peter Diamandis
How do science competitions further innovation? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with Peter Diamandis, Founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, to discuss science innovation, incentive competitions, and the future of space, longevity, AI, and more. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 57 minutes
How is general relativity wrong?
Daniel and Jorge talk about why we think Einstein was wrong about the nature of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 41 minutes
Quantum Computing in Space with guests Garland Garris & Rima Oueid
In Episode 81, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Garland Garris of Accenture Federal Services, and first time guest Rima Oueid of the United States Department of Energy.The team discusses Quantum Computing in space, international development interest, and complimentary technologies to push development timelines.As Accenture Federal Services Quantum Security Lead, Garland Garris, provides Insider Threat, Law Enforcement, Intelligence, cybersecurity expertise and leadership to help guide the comp... (@EntangledThings@patrickhynds@ciprianjichici)
podcast image2024-Feb-20 • 34 minutes
S5E16 Simpson's Paradox
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick talk about Simpson’s Paradox: what it is, examples of where it occurs in real life, and why we might not really need to think about it as a paradox at all. Along the way they also discuss Apple Vision, The Simpsons predicting the future, sitting too close to the TV, low levels of radiation, Paul the octopus, Blinky, shtuff, duck duck duck, Jonathan the tortoise, batting averages, bad at fractions, Cal Berkeley admissions, GDP and happiness, exercise and heart at... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Feb-19 • 36 minutes
Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?
Astronomy Cast Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live Feb 12, 2024. Last week we talked about sample return missions from the Moon and Mars, but scientists have... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Feb-19 • 31 minutes
[Interview] Swarms of Cheap Spacecraft for Solar System Exploration
Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. How can we do that? Figuring it out with Alexander Alvara. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-19 • 80 minutes
266 | Christoph Adami on How Information Makes Sense of Biology
I talk with physicist/biologist Chris Adami about how to use information theory to understand biology. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Feb-19 • 37 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?
Streamed live Feb 12, 2024. Last week we talked about sample return missions from the Moon and Mars, but scientists have retrieved samples from other objects in the Solar System, including comets and asteroids. What does it take to return a piece of... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-19 • 31 minutes
S27E22: Red Planet Hiccup: Perseverance's Dusty Dilemma and the Sherlock Conundrum
SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 22*Technical Troubles for NASA's Mars Perseverance RoverNASA's Mars Perseverance rover faces a new challenge as engineers work to stabilize a dust cover on one of the rover's crucial science instrument cameras. The Sherlock instrument's cover remains partially open, hindering its quest to find signs of past microbial life in Jezero Crater. Will the team overcome this cosmic hiccup? Stay tuned.*Was Snowball Earth Triggered by an Asteroid Impact?A new study suggests that Snowball E... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-18 • 75 minutes
Why There’s No Such Thing as Free Will w/ Robert Sapolsky
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Whether or not there is free will has tortured scientists from many fields since philosophers in ancient Greece started wondering about it. But for one scientist, there’s no question about it… Meet neuroendocrinology researcher, bestselling author, and Stanford University professor – Robert Sapolsky! Sapolsky’s journey has led him from studying stress and neuronal degeneration in wild baboons in Kenya to exploring the r... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-18 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 241E & 242E: Lunar Village & Blinded
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Covered by a blanket of lunar soil to protect it from BB... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-18 • 16 minutes
Star Diary 19 to 25 February 2024
Watch Callisto pass under Jupiter. Get the details in the latest episode of our weekly stargazing guide podcast. Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/virtu... Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Feb-17 • 71 minutes
Awesome Astronomy - Ep. 140: Giant European Space Lasers!
Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month we explore: - The exciting announcements from the European Space Agency as they outline their new missions for the... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-17 • 53 minutes
Blasting Soil - Interview with Dr Phil Metzger
This month Dr Jen talks to Dr Phil! Dr Phil Metzger, 30 years at NASA where he has worked on various missions and programmes including the ISS snd Space Shuttle, while more recently he has been investigating how rocket efflux interacts with soil and... (@AwesomeAstroPod@DrJeniMillard@SiriusAstro)
podcast image2024-Feb-17 • 32 minutes
Auriga: Myths and Retcons(tellations)
Join Jordan and Kit as they retell and ret-con the mythology of the constellation Auriga! (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Feb-17
FQxI February 17, 2024 Podcast Episode
The Universal Constructor: A Conversation with David Deutsch (@FQXi)
podcast image2024-Feb-16 • 169 minutes
A Dialogue with Label-Defying Journalist Jonathan Kay
I first became aware of Jonathan Kay through his writing for the online magazine, Quillette. And for full disclosure, I got to know him better because he is one of their editors, and he has edited several of my own pieces for that magazine. Before that, however, I had been a fan of his writing, and was happy to be able to have an extended conversation with him about writing, journalism, false news, and politics, to name a few of the topics we discussed. Our dialogue occurred shortly after the appearance o... (@LKrauss1@OriginsProject)
podcast image2024-Feb-16 • 55 minutes
EVSN - Spooky Season Space Images
From October 25, 2023. Around our parent collaboration, CosmoQuest, Halloween is, hands-down, the most beloved season of the year. Costumes are worn. Yards are decorated. We are here for all the strangers that knock on our door - the weirdos, the... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-16 • 21 minutes
[Space Bites] Unexpected Mimas Discovery // Moon Mission Launch // New EHT Image
More oceans across the Solar System. The Event Horizon Telescope zooms into an active galactic nucleus. Another lunar lander sets off to the Moon. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-16 • 10 minutes
Supporting Wildlife with Statistics
Dr. Outi Tervo of Greenland Institute for Natural Resources, shares how mathematics helps recommend speed limits for marine vessels, which benefits narwhals and Inuit culture. Narwhals "can only be found in the Arctic," said Outi Tervo, a senior scientist at GINR. "These species are going to be threatened by climate change more than other species that can live in a bigger geographical area." The collaboration has already lobbied on behalf of the narwhals to reduce the level of sea traffic in their h... (@amermathsoc)
podcast image2024-Feb-16 • 25 minutes
S27E21: Cosmic Chicken or Egg: Did Black Holes Birth Galaxies?
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podcast image2024-Feb-16 • 26 minutes
How x-rays unlock the secrets of the Universe
Optical expert Dr Charly Feldman from the University of Leicester discusses her work on China’s Einstein probe, and reveals how x-ray vision unlocks the secrets of the Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Feb-15 • 25 minutes
Bionic jellyfish and more efficient windfarms: a conversation with John Dabiri
The Caltech aeronautics engineer is our podcast guest (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Feb-15 • 70 minutes
Actual Astronomy - Astronomy Books
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Astronomy Books. In this episode we discuss some of the best astronomy books with City Lights Bookstore owner Chris Wilcox.... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-15 • 34 minutes
How Did Altruism Evolve?
We often talk about evolution in terms of competition, as the survival of the fittest. But if it is, then where did the widespread (and widely admired) impulse to help others even at great cost to ourselves come from? In this episode, Stephanie Preston, a professor of psychology and head of the Ecological Neuroscience Lab at the University of Michigan, talks about the evolutionary, neurological and behavioral foundations for altruism with our new co-host, the astrophysicist and author Janna Levin. (@QuantaMagazine@stevenstrogatz)
podcast image2024-Feb-15 • 57 minutes
Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and try to avoid giving marriage advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-14 • 34 minutes
How do we identify life?
In this episode, Chris and Abha explore how life originated here on earth and how we might identify it in other parts of the universe. They ask two researchers about the signature characteristics of life and what common dynamics we might see among organisms outside our planet. They’ll also delve into assembly theory, a recent concept that looks at the construction of objects as a way to universally quantify life, which has ignited debate within the scientific community. (@sfiscience@michaelgarfield)
podcast image2024-Feb-14 • 64 minutes
The Space Race: Honoring the first African-American space explorers
This week on Planetary Radio, we take a peak behind the scenes at National Geographic's new documentary, “The Space Race,” which celebrates the triumphs and struggles of the first African-American space pioneers and astronauts. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Feb-14 • 27 minutes
SETI Live - “The Big One”: The Most Powerful Marsquake Ever Detected
Recorded 16 November 2023. On Earth, we understand how and where earthquakes happen due to the discovery of plate tectonics – the continental crust’s creation, movement, and destruction. However, when astronauts placed seismometers on the lunar... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-14 • 65 minutes
[Interview] What's Wrong With Modern Science And How To Fix It
What are the main problems of modern-day science? Why there's a growing trust gap between the scientists and the public? How can we fix those problems and restore the trust? Figuring out with Dr. Paul M. Sutter. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-14 • 24 minutes
S27E20: The Improbable Galaxy: Unveiling the Enigma of Pearl SDG
For peace of mind when online and know you are protected get our special 60% off deal on Incogni. Visit https://www.incogni.com/stuartgary to get the deal The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 20 *The Enigma of Pearl... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-13 • 48 minutes
Should We BELIEVE In Science? DemystifySci & Brian Keating
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Should we believe in science? Is there any room to scrutinize the scientific method? And does Eric Lerner have a point? Recently, my dear colleagues, Dr. Anastasia Bendebury and Dr. Michael Shilo DeLay joined me at UCSD to discuss how scientists come to conclusions about the world, the role of belief in science, and what we can learn from modern controversies in cosmology. Dr. Anastasia Bendebury and Dr. Michael Shilo D... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-13 • 5 minutes
Exoplanet Radio Ep. 11 - TRAPPIST-1: A System Full Of Hope
From July 29, 2023. Aside from our own solar system, one of the most studied stellar systems lies about 40 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Aquarius. Using ground and space based telescopes like Spitzer, Kepler, Hubble, and, now,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-13 • 46 minutes
[Q&A] Trusting Asteroid Strike Probabilities, Propulsion Breakthrough, Methane on Mars
How sure can astronomers be when estimating asteroid strikes? Why is Jupiter so radioactive? What happened to the methane on Mars story? Are black holes 2D or 3D? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-13 • 45 minutes
Cosmic Queries – Becoming Entangled
How do particles get entangled? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice, answer grab-bag questions about harnessing Hawking Radiation, bad places to construct wormholes, and whether running or walking in the rain makes you wetter. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Feb-13 • 54 minutes
Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?
Daniel and Kelly analyze recent claims of the recovery of iron spheres from interstellar meteors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-12 • 33 minutes
Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars
Astronomy Cast Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 5, 2024. We’ve sent robots to other worlds, but the amount of science we can deploy to another planet can’t... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Feb-12 • 205 minutes
AMA | February 2024
Monthly Ask Me Anything episode. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Feb-12 • 33 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars
Streamed live on Feb 5, 2024. We’ve sent robots to other worlds, but the amount of science we can deploy to another planet can’t compare with the vast science labs we have on Earth. That’s why more and more missions are for a sample return,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-12 • 28 minutes
S27E19: Saturn's "Death Star" Moon Hides a Watery Surprise
The Space, Astronomy, and Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 19 *Saturn’s Moon Mimas Hides a Watery Secret Mimas, once known merely as the Death Star look-alike, has revealed a startling secret. New research from the Cassini mission data... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-12 • 13 minutes
49: BONUS - Double Yolker Galaxies
Do we see black hole mergers as a result of galaxy mergers? What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs? Is a gas giant just a rocky planet with a huge and dense atmosphere? Do all orbits eventually end up in resonance? | | The Supermassive Team is back with the first bonus episode for 2024! Send in your questions to [email protected] or find us on Instagram, @SupermassivePod. | | The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clark... (@RoyalAstroSoc@IzzieClarke@drbecky_)
podcast image2024-Feb-11 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 239E & 240E - Fresh Lunar Crater & The King
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - The moon is being hit by objects in the present epoch.... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-11 • 20 minutes
Star Diary 12 to 18 February 2024
Watch Venus pass through the morning sky this Valentine’s Day. Get the details in the latest episode of our weekly stargazing guide podcast. Photographing the Moon: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astro... Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/virtu... Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Feb-10 • 22 minutes
NOIRLab - 20 Years Of Journey Through The Universe
Journey Through the Universe — a partnership between the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education Hilo-Waiākea Complex Area — celebrates 20 years of cosmic exploration with Hawai‘i... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-10 • 13 minutes
Auriga: Cosmic Background
Join Jordan and Kit as they explore the amazing astronomy of the constellation Auriga: The Charioteer. (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Feb-09 • 18 minutes
[Space Bites] NASA in Trouble // More Impossible Galaxies from JWST // Final Goodbye to Ingenuity
Big layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Testing spacesuits for the Moon. Another flyby of Io. And our final look at Ingenuity. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-09 • 108 minutes
Michael Saylor: The Thermodynamics of Bitcoin EXPLAINED (2021)
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Remastered from our interview in 2021. There is a lot of talk about how to make money with Bitcoin… But how does it actually work? What are the physics behind it? And can Bitcoin replace the US dollar? Here today to answer all of these questions and more is Michael Saylor. Michael J. Saylor is an American entrepreneur and business executive who co-founded and led MicroStrategy, which provides business intelligence, m... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-09 • 42 minutes
EVSN - Making Anti-Matter… Matter
In this episode, we look at what tree rings can teach us about past earthquakes, and how well machine learning can identify life, like trees, from carbon-rich materials that were never alive to distant galaxies and spinning black holes. We even take a... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-09 • 40 minutes
PhysicsBowl: Tackling Science
What is one of the greatest displays of terrestrial physics? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the physics of “The Tush Push” and the science in American football. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Feb-09 • 38 minutes
Dark Matter Secrets Revealed with Lopsided Galaxies: S27E18
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 18 *Revealing Dark Matter through Lopsided Galaxies A groundbreaking study unveils how asymmetric galaxies could be the key to unlocking the mysteries of dark matter, the elusive... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-09 • 138 minutes
Balancing Acts: Navigating the Utility of Religion and Facing the Abyss with Terence
Trying out some new technology to generate this summary, suggestions on how to best format or present this information is welcome. HOUR 1 1. Utility of Religion One speaker has shifted from a strong atheist stance to recognizing the utility of religion in society, particularly as a moral guiding force and a provider of hope and direction for the general population. 2. Religion and Societal Stability The speaker believes that religion is one of the elements holding civil society together and that mo... (@Beyond_Physics)
podcast image2024-Feb-08 • 36 minutes
Graphene-based materials show great promise for hydrogen transport and storage
Materials expert Krzysztof Koziol also talks about hydrogen-powered aircraft (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Feb-08 • 14 minutes
Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 101: More Stars
More star stuff. – Do other stars have sunspot activity cycles like the Sun does? Yes, although we say starspots rather than sun spots, when referring to any star other than the Sun. The Sun has an approximately 11 year cycle defined by the number... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-08 • 71 minutes
[Interview] NASA JPL Layoffs. Artemis and Mars Sample Return in DANGER?
BREAKING NEWS. JPL is laying off about 530 people. Why did that happen and what it means for major NASA missions like Artemis and Mars Sample Return? Figuring it out with Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-08 • 51 minutes
Can we see inside things using muons?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the weirdness of muons and how they can let us see inside things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-07 • 52 minutes
Exploring solar eclipses through time
Ed Krupp, the director of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, will share insights from the fascinating field of archaeoastronomy. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Feb-07 • 24 minutes
What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells
Every species develops at its own unique tempo, leaving scientists to wonder what governs their timing. A suite of new findings suggests that cells use basic metabolic processes as clocks. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Pulse” by Geographer. (@QuantaMagazine)
podcast image2024-Feb-07 • 39 minutes
SETI Live - Unveiling the Future of Amateur Astronomy: Unistellar’s ODYSSEY Telescope
Join us for an exclusive SETI Live event, as we take a first look at the next-generation telescope from Unistellar - the ODYSSEY. First introduced in 2017 with their eVscope, Unistellar has been a prominent collaborator with the SETI Institute... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-07 • 37 minutes
S27E17: Ancient Lake on Mars Confirmed - Excitement Ensues
Get Our Exclusive 60% off Incogni deal here ➼ https://incogni.com/stuartgary or use the checkout code STUARTGARY. It's the peace of mind you need online made easy! The Space, Astronomy and Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 17 *Confirmation... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-07 • 54 minutes
[Interview] Deepest Ever Deep Field. Where Are The Limits of James Webb?
We all know the Hubble Deep Field as one of the most important astronomy images of all time. But when will we get a similar attempt from Webb? What will we be able to get from it and what are the limits of JWST? Finding out with Dr Viraj Pandya from NASA. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 45 minutes
Discover the Joy of Science w/ Jim Al-Khalili
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Remastered from our interview in 2022. What can science learn from poetry? Can you teach someone to become a scientist? And what’s the biggest source of hype in science right now? In 2022, I had the pleasure of discussing these topics with the amazing Jim Al-Khalili. Jim is a theoretical physicist at the University of Surrey, where he holds a Distinguished Chair in physics as well as a university chair in the public en... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 42 minutes
AaS! 217: Will We Achieve Fusion Power Soon?
How do we achieve nuclear fusion in the laboratory? What are some experiments that are trying to achieve fusion power generation? Why is it so difficult? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by... (@PaulMattSutter)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 44 minutes
Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 217: Will We Achieve Fusion Power Soon?
How do we achieve nuclear fusion in the laboratory? What are some experiments that are trying to achieve fusion power generation? Why is it so difficult? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 41 minutes
[Q&A] Kuiper Belt Orbiter, Naming Planet 9, Most Perfect Spheres
Could we detect life on Earth from Neptune's orbit? Is the Moon shrinking over time? Why don't we send an orbiter the the Kuiper belt? What should we call Planet 9 if we find it? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 100 minutes
[Interview] Why JWST Avoids Searching For Exomoons with Dr. David Kipping
If exoplanets exist, so should exomoons. However, to this day we still did not find any. Even more than that, there's a pretty big controversy regarding the potential discovery of exomoons. What's going on and what can we do about it? Finding the answers with Dr David Kipping. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 55 minutes
The Mystery of Mushrooms with Bryn Dentinger
Why are some mushrooms delicious, some make you high, and some kill you? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice discover the weird world of mushrooms, psilocybin, and mycelia with mycologist Bryn Dentinger. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 46 minutes
Why do some galaxies have bars?
Daniel and Jorge explain what we know about the bars at the center of galaxies, and what mysteries they might hide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 37 minutes
How Electric Utilities Prepare for a Post-Quantum Future in the Energy Sector with Dr. Sayon Chanda
In Episode 80, Patrick speaks with Sayon Chanda, Senior Scientist at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of US Department of Energy's leading federal research laboratories in Denver Colorado.The team discusses the NISQ era of Quantum Computing, the complexities of current electric utility configurations, and how electric utilities can prepare for a post quantum future. Learn more: https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2023/q... Chanda is a senior scientist at National Renewable Energy Laborato... (@EntangledThings@patrickhynds@ciprianjichici)
podcast image2024-Feb-06 • 50 minutes
S5E15 Classical Test Theory (in bed)
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick take a walk down memory lane to rediscover classical test theory, although they revisit this through the lens of modern latent variable models. They describe how these classical methods are actually highly restricted latent measurement models and they explore how these restrictions can be relaxed and even tested. Along the way they also discuss weird dates, free Tupperware, yellow fatty beans, advice cookies, in bed, scalloped tiles, scales at NASA, important fo... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Feb-05 • 38 minutes
Ep. 706: China’s Space Program
Astronomy Cast Ep. 706: China’s Space Program by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jan 30, 2024. We’re so familiar with NASA’s exploration efforts in space, but you might be surprised to learn that China launches almost as many... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Feb-05 • 80 minutes
265 | John Skrentny on How the Economy Mistreats STEM Workers
I talk with sociologist John Skrentny about how the post-graduation careers of STEM majors aren't generally what they were led to expect. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Feb-05 • 59 minutes
[Interview] Venus Could Harbour Non-Water Based Life
Whenever we search for life, we're searching for 'life as we know it". But are there alternative options? Non-carbon based life? Or life that doesn't use water as a solvent? It turns out, things like that can be as close as on Venus. Figuring it out with Dr William Bains. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-05 • 39 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 706: China’s Space Program
Streamed live on Jan 30, 2024. We’re so familiar with NASA’s exploration efforts in space, but you might be surprised to learn that China launches almost as many rockets as the US. They’ve got their own space exploration program that could soon... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-05 • 34 minutes
S27E16: Our Shrinking Moon
The Space, Astronomy and Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 16 *The Moon is shrinking A new study has confirmed earlier research showing that the Earth’s moon is shrinking causing landslides and instability around the lunar south pole. *NASA... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-05 • 41 minutes
77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)
Quantum computing makes big promises, but how does it work? What is the real state of quantum computing today? Special guest Henry Lamm answers our questions.Our new merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-u... ask-us-anything segments and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseSuppo... the show (@DanHooperAstro@shalmawegs)
podcast image2024-Feb-04 • 68 minutes
[Interview] What a REAL City On Mars Will Look Like
Science fiction taught us that Mars cities are inevitable. That we will sooner or later have those cool looking glass domes with spaceports and stuff. But the world is a cruel place and reality is unforgivable. So, how will a realistic Mars habitat of the future will look like? Discussing it with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-04 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 237E & 283E: Tough Tourist & Born Wild
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Rocky metallic asteroid can stand the heat. A block and a... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-04 • 15 minutes
Star Diary 5 to 11 February 2024
Watch the shadows of Jupiter’s moons as they pass across the face of the planet. Get the details in the latest episode of our weekly stargazing guide podcast. Learn how to make your own Jupiter animation: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astro... www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Check out our on-demand astronomy webinars to learn everything worth knowing about astronomy and stargazing: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/virtu... to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: ht... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Feb-03 • 107 minutes
Starts With a Bang #102 - The missing exoplanets
Up until the early 1990s, we didn't know what sorts of planets lived around stars other than our Sun. Were they like our own Solar System, with inner, rocky planets close to our star and large, giant worlds farther away? It turned out that exoplanetary systems come in a great variety of configurations: with planets of all sizes, masses, and distances from their parent stars. But some configurations are more common than others. | There are lots of hot Earth-sized planets and lots of hot Jupiter-sized planets... (@StartsWithABang)
podcast image2024-Feb-03 • 36 minutes
[Interview] How Nancy Grace Roman Will Help Understand Dark Matter
Understanding dark matter is one of the most interesting challenges in modern cosmology. Upcoming new telescopes, such as Nancy Grace Roman, can help us solve this mystery. How exactly will it happen? Finding out with Dr Christian Aganze from Stanford University. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-03 • 20 minutes
Awesome Astronomy - How The Sun Actually Works
Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Nov 26, 2022. Recorded live at AstroCamp, Paul takes us on a voyage of discovery to understand how the Sun (and all the... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 82 minutes
A dialogue with Brian Keating, at the San Diego Air and Space Museum
In mid October the Origins Project Foundation ran two public events in California. The second event was held at the Air and Space Museum in San Diego. I had asked my colleague Brian Keating, who teaches at UCSD and is a Trustee of that museum, whether he might be interested in doing a public dialogue together that we could later both broadcast on our respective podcasts. He and I have each appeared before on each other’s podcasts, and I knew that we could have the kind of comfortable, informative, and fu... (@LKrauss1@OriginsProject)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 125 minutes
Richard Borcherds | Monstrous Moonshine: From Group Theory to String Theory | The Cartesian Cafe
| Richard Borcherds is a mathematician and professor at University of California Berkeley known for his work on lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras. His numerous accolades include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1998 and being elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and the National Academy of Sciences. | Patreon (bonus materials + video chat): https://www.patreon.com/timothynguyen | In this episode, Richard and I give an overview of Richard's most famous result: his p... (@IAmTimNguyen)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 81 minutes
Space Policy Edition: Space isn’t black — it’s grey
Space policy expert Laura Delgado López joins the show to break down the new paper, “Clearing the Fog: The Grey Zones of Space Governance” by Jessica West and Jordan Miller. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 51 minutes
New COLD WAR Over Computer Chips? w/ Chris Miller
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 If there's one key factor securing America's economic prosperity and military superiority, it's not oil; it's chips. No, not the chips we all love to snack on during movies, but highly efficient computer chips. Chips that power pretty much everything from our military machinery to our iPhones. The United States held the top spot in crafting the fastest chips on Earth for a long time. But countries like Taiwan and China ... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 46 minutes
Actual Astronomy - The Observer's Calendar for February 2024
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. * Friday February 2nd - Last quarter Moon. - Zodiacal Light becomes visible in West for next 2 weeks after evening twilight fades - Gegenschein visible from a... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 19 minutes
[Space Bites] Giant Forest Telescope // GO for LISA // Thoughts on YouTube Retirement
SLIM woke up but briefly., Turning a forest into a giant particle detector. Another explanation for that hycean world. And some stunning new pictures from Webb. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 70 minutes
Awesome Astronomy Episode #140
Giant European Space Lasers! (@AwesomeAstroPod@DrJeniMillard@SiriusAstro)
podcast image2024-Feb-02 • 28 minutes
S27E15: Mars's Methane Mystery: Atmospheric Pressure Clues?
🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/stuartgary or use the checkout code STUARTGARY. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 15 *Could atmospheric pressure changes be driving Martian... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 29 minutes
MRI keeps proton beam therapy on target, new technique tracks bacteria motion
In this podcast we chat about active matter and medical physics (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 62 minutes
Neil Turok on the simplicity of nature
Neil Turok is a professor at the University of Edinburgh where he holds the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics. He acted as the director of Perimeter Institute from 2008 to 2019 and now holds the Carlo Fidani Roger Penrose Distinguished Visiting Rese... (@Perimeter@laurenehayward@Call_me_Colin)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 28 minutes
EVSN - Whales and (Possible) Space Whales
From December 29, 2023. As the Thanksgiving leftovers reach the stage of possibly gaining intelligence in the back of our refrigerators, we’re going to take a look at the origins of life, how we might find simple life on icy moons, and even how we... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 34 minutes
[Interview] An Exoplanet With A Comet-Like Giant Tail
Recently astronomers made an unexpected discovery. They found a planet called WASP-69b with a giant comet-like gas tail that was bigger than ever. What's causing such behaviour and what can we learn about hot Jupiters? Finding out with Dakota Tyler from the University of LA. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 40 minutes
February 2024
Blueberries and Peas. In February's episode, Fiona interviews Dr Alex Cameron on his work understanding the properties of early galaxies using JWST, and we take a whistle-stop tour around some of Bluedot's stalls from July 2023. (@jodcast)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 40 minutes
Ismar Volić, "Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation" (Princeton UP, 2024)
An interview with Ismar Volić (@NewBooksMath)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 36 minutes
What Makes for 'Good' Math?
We tend to think of mathematics as purely logical, but the teaching of math, its usefulness and its workings are packed with nuance. So what is “good” mathematics? In 2007, the mathematician Terence Tao wrote an essay for the “Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society” that sought to answer this question. Today, as the recipient of a Fields Medal, a Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and a MacArthur Fellowship, Tao is among the most prolific mathematicians alive. In this episode, he joins Steven Strogatz... (@QuantaMagazine@stevenstrogatz)
podcast image2024-Feb-01 • 59 minutes
What is quantum relativity?
Daniel and Katie grapple with an effort to explain how quantum mechanics could arise from relativity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-31 • 35 minutes
What can physics tell us about ourselves?
Humans can live up to age 100, and not 1000 – why? Are there limits in how much our brains can think and compute? The laws of physics can help explain a lot, both about our own human bodies and how we are connected to life all around us. (@sfiscience@michaelgarfield)
podcast image2024-Jan-31 • 65 minutes
The 20th landing anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity
Matt Golombek, project scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, joins Planetary Radio to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the landing of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Jan-31 • 37 minutes
SETI Live - Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV with Ariel Waldman
From Oct 31, 2023. Ask anyone interested in space science, and you will likely also find a person influenced in some way by science fiction, whether they grew up watching Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, watching movies, or reading books.... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-31 • 42 minutes
Look Up! Feb 2024
What's in February's night sky? Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers Jess and Affelia talk through some of the month's must-see cosmic objects in this podcast. They also give updates on the Peregrine 1 and SLIM lunar missions and ask what colours the planets actually are after reprocessed images of Neptune show it to be less blue than what most people think. In this we say that the SLIM lunar lander might come back online - and since recording it has successfully turned back on! Congratulations again to... (@ROGAstronomers)
podcast image2024-Jan-31 • 40 minutes
[Interview] How Space-Based Reflectors Can Change Solar Energy
Solar energy is simple the best energy source we have access to. But how can we make it even better? With space tech, of course! In this interview I'm talking about a project that suggests putting giant solar reflectors in orbit to extend daytime for solar farms on Earth with my guest, Dr Onur Celik. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-31 • 26 minutes
S27E14: Mars' Hidden Oceans: Unveiling the Red Planet's Secrets
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 14 *Oceans of frozen water could exist under the Martian equator A potential ice-rich portion of the Medusae Fossae Formation deposits may contain the largest volume of water in... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 57 minutes
#301 - Bernie Taylor - Biological Time
Matt is Joined by cultural astronomer and Paleolithic researcher Bernie Taylor In this unusual and captivating episode, join us on a remarkable journey as we delve into the intricacies of ancient timekeeping and its deep connection to the natural world. Taylor takes us back to early 2001, recounting his research with Oregon Fish and Wildlife on salmon migration patterns. He unravels a fascinating story linking lunar cycles to salmon behavior, a knowledge long held by Native Americans but overlooked by moder... (@Interplanetypod@iam7cool)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 6 minutes
Exoplanet Radio Ep. 10: An Exoplanet Found in Another Galaxy
From July 25, 2023. Astronomers have found evidence of a possible planet outside of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this is the first time that a planet has been detected in another galaxy. It is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51, also... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 46 minutes
[Q&A] Lunar Starship VS Saturn V, Max Size of Black Holes, ISS Replacement
Why can't Starship reach the Moon without refuelling? How big can black holes get? What space station will replace the ISS? How big do Lagrange points get? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 40 minutes
The new face of the nuclear nerd - Miss America (2023) Grace Stanke
Start the New Year off with a bang. Join Shelly & Miss America 2023, nuclear engineer, and fellow Badger Grace Stanke to discuss a range of topics. (@NuclearLifePod@ShellyLesh)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 54 minutes
Immunizing Against Anti-Science with Peter Hotez
How do you stop the spread of anti-science rhetoric? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio break down disease prevention and the rise of anti-science with physician and global health expert, Peter Hotez. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 56 minutes
Were all the forces once one?
Daniel and Jorge explore whether the fundamental forces can be linked together, and whether they all acted as one in the early Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 48 minutes
49: The End of the World
The Supermassive Podcast is back for 2024 and putting the "happy" in Happy New Year! What could be a cheerier start to the year than an episode about the End of the World… Astronomically speaking!? | | From supernova explosions, to super volcanoes, Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst and Dr Robert Massey are running through the checklist of big bad things that put our planet at risk. Special thanks goes to Professor Chris Impey from the University of Arizona and author of How It Ends, and Dr Mike Cassidy from... (@RoyalAstroSoc@IzzieClarke@drbecky_)
podcast image2024-Jan-30 • 35 minutes
S5E14 Regression to the Mean
In this week's episode Patrick and Greg launch a new occasional series called Stuff You Should Know. The topic for today is regression to the mean: what the heck is it, how does it arise in every day life, and what can we do about it. Along the way they also discuss the space-time continuum, Kai Ryssdal, inflation, witches of MacBeth, the hidden curriculum, oh dang, sh*t (ummm...STUFF) you should know, SAT prep courses, the triumph of mediocrity, angstroms, blobs. reinventing history, and being patroni... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 70 minutes
🎉 Celebrating 200K Subscribers: Q&A with Brian Keating 🥳
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 I can’t believe it. We’ve reached 200K subscribers! Thank you so much for joining me on this exciting journey. It is an immense pleasure to engage with all of you and to share my passion every day. In this celebratory episode, I'll answer all your questions from the comment section, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, you name it. So, buckle up! Today, we’re diving deep Into The Impossible. — Additional resources: 📢 Ow... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 72 minutes
264 | Sabine Stanley on What's Inside Planets
I talk with planetary scientist Sabine Stanley about how we know what's inside planets in the Solar System and elsewhere. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 30 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 103: Electromagnetism
From August 25, 2008. Our series on the basic forces of the cosmos continues! Last week we discussed gravity, and this we’ll handle electromagnetism. Electricity and magnetism are just two aspects of the same force, and you can’t talk about... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 66 minutes
[Interview] Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology
The Hubble Tension is one of the most exciting mysteries in modern-day science. Different methods give different results for the expansion of the Universe. So, how can we solve this and can James Webb help us with that? Or will it make things even worse? Finding out with Physics Nobel Prize laureate, Dr Adam Riess. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 45 minutes
Moonwalkers, and NASA flight director Gerry Griffin
The team touch on Artemis, Apollo, Hollywood, and the immersive Moonwalkers exhibition... (@NakedScientists@drbtmcallister)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 35 minutes
S27E13: Mars Ingenuity Helicopter // Mystery Monster //Neptune and Uranus' Magnetic Fields
The Space, Astronomy & Science Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 13 *NASA shuts down its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Mission NASA has been forced to end its history-making Mars Ingenuity Helicopter mission on the Red planet. *The mystery monster... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-29 • 50 minutes
Episode 76: Undeciability and Theories of Everything with Claus Kiefer
Jim talks with Claus Kiefer about the implications of Goedel's incompleteness theorems on the search for the theory.Show Notes: http://frontiers.physicsfm.com/76 (@_PhysicsFM_@PhysicsMystic)
podcast image2024-Jan-28 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 235E & 236E: Potential Mining Target & Incoming
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - My Catalina Sky Survey teammates have discovered an... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-28 • 18 minutes
Star Diary 29 January to 4 February 2024
Search for a comet in the morning twilight all this week. Get the details in the latest episode of our weekly stargazing guide podcast. Learn how to make your own Jupiter animation: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astro... www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Learn all about astrophotography in our on-demand Masterclass, all about deep-sky imaging: https://bit.ly/SaNMCDSPod Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... more ab... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Jan-27 • 52 minutes
The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 53: Space Lasers!
Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. A powerful, naturally occurring “space laser”, called a megamaser, has been discovered with South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope in a galaxy nearly five billion light-years away. This is... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-27 • 19 minutes
Asterism: The Pleiades in Astronomy and Mythology
Join Jordan and Kit as they explore the astronomy and mythology of the Pleiades! (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Jan-26 • 21 minutes
[Space Bites] Ingenuity Is OVER // Destructive Test by Sierra Space // Why Starship Exploded
Ingenuity is over. SLIM landed on the Moon, but it’s upside-down. Webb sees planets orbiting white dwarf stars. And we finally know why Starship exploded. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-26 • 39 minutes
EVSN - Blast From the Past: Watch the Annular Eclipse on October 14!
This episode was originally released on October 4, 2023. When we headed into recording this episode, I didn’t know if there would be a government shutdown or not, and I have to admit, on Saturday, September 30, I spent more than a few hours... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-26 • 53 minutes
Cosmic Queries – A Ripple in Spacetime with Charles Liu
What if time had multiple dimensions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer grab-bag questions about Hawking Radiation, the speed of light, and how rare black holes are with astrophysicist Charles Liu. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Jan-26 • 25 minutes
S27E12: The oldest black hole ever observed
🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/stuartgary or use the checkout code STUARTGARY. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 12 *The oldest black hole ever... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-25 • 34 minutes
Start-up is sending its quantum magnetometer into space
SBQuantum’s David Roy-Guay is our podcast guest (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Jan-25 • 75 minutes
Awesome Astronomy - Millards in Space!
Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This episode, it’s Jen and a special guest exploring: - the inexplicable Big Ring, - the first proof connecting... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-25 • 49 minutes
What is the dark flow?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the whole Universe is in motion, and what could be pulling on itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 21 minutes
Books for the Mathematical Tourist
Lee Kraftchick discusses some of his favorite books for non-mathematicians to explore the breadth of mathematics. These books range from very old to current. Some discuss beautiful proofs, whether math is invented or discovered, and how to think. Lee and Carol agree on the number one greatest book for mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike. See the full list at theartofmathematicspodcast.com. | | --- | | Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/... (@CarolJacobyPhD)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 59 minutes
Blazing a trail to the Moon
We're celebrating lunar missions and the space advocacy that helps make them happen this week on Planetary Radio. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 17 minutes
An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated
The telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to another. Now that it has been disproved, the universe of shapes has exploded. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Slow Burn” by Kevin MacLeod. (@QuantaMagazine)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 45 minutes
[Q&A] Is Mars Worth Exploring, Imaging Our Galaxy, Rogue Planets
How can we possibly know how does the Milky Way look like? Is Marth worth further exploration after not finding any life there for years? How can we realistically settle on the Moon? All this and more in the week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 102 minutes
Mo Gawdat: “Life is a Video Game!” | The Shocking Case for Intelligent Design
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Will AI destroy humanity? Can we bring the dead back to life? And is there any convincing evidence for intelligent design? Joining me today to explore these fascinating topics is none other than Mo Gawdat! Mo is the founder of the non-profit organization One Billion Happy and host of the #1 mental health podcast Slo Mo. He is the author of the bestselling books Solve for Happy and Scary Smart and used to work as chief b... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 50 minutes
SETI Live: Moon and Mars on Earth: Preparing for Space Exploration in the Arctic
Recorded live on 10 August 2023. Tune in to this week's SETI Live broadcast, beamed directly from Devon Island in the High Arctic! This exceptional locale serves as a remarkable analog, mirroring key environmental features of both the Moon and Mars to... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-24 • 26 minutes
S27E11: Mars could have had flowing water for hundreds of millions of years
🌏 Get Our Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/stuartgary or use the checkout code STUARTGARY. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 11 *Claims Mars could have had... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 34 minutes
Episode 90 - Corrine Yap
In which we really try to avoid triangles. (@niveknosdunk@evelynjlamb)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 5 minutes
Exoplanet Radio - The First Exoplanet of JWST
Hosted by Tony Darnell. The James Webb Space Telescope Has confirmed its first exoplanet! We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: and donate as much as you... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 35 minutes
Radio pioneers: the enduring role of ‘amateurs’ in radio astronomy
With its wartime origins and iconic facilities, radio astronomy has always inspired curious tinkerers (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 40 minutes
Unlocking Gene Therapy with Gaurav Shah
Are rare diseases themselves rare? Neil deGrasse Tysonand comedian Chuck Nice learn about the science of gene therapy and how it can treat and potentially cure rare diseases with Gaurav Shah, CEO, Rocket Pharma. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 47 minutes
Listener Questions 47: Gravity, Time, Photons
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Ask your [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 43 minutes
Patrick and Ciprian discuss Post-Quantum Encryption
In Episode 79, Patrick and Ciprian talk about Post-Quantum Encryption.A fascinating discussion about asymmetric encryption, NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization, and CRYSTALS - the Cryptographic Suite for Algebraic Lattices. (@EntangledThings@patrickhynds@ciprianjichici)
podcast image2024-Jan-23 • 47 minutes
S5E13 The Confidence Interval's Tale
In this week's episode Greg and Patrick talk about confidence intervals: symmetric and asymmetric, asymptotic and bootstrapped, how to interpret them, and how not to interpret them. Along the way they also mention tire pressure gauge mysteries, conference travel reimbursement, phases of the moon, gyroscopic effects, baseball walk-of-shame, why people hate us, settling out of court, confidence tricks, Mack JcArdle, Shakespearean means, lipstick on a pig, the cat rating scale, the Miller's Tale, hot... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Jan-22 • 38 minutes
76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?
Is the world around us real, or are we living in someone's computer program?Our new merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-u... ask-us-anything segments and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseSuppo... the show (@DanHooperAstro@shalmawegs)
podcast image2024-Jan-22 • 32 minutes
Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth
Astronomy Cast Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live January 17, 2024. Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe,... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Jan-22 • 86 minutes
263 | Chris Quigg on Symmetry and the Birth of the Standard Model
I talk with physicist Chris Quigg about how the Standard Model of particle physics came to be. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Jan-22 • 31 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth
— FullRaw program, no chat — Has chat at end. Streamed live January 17, 2024. Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe, and hopefully we can find evidence of life. But what... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-22 • 53 minutes
[NIAC 2024] Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back
When we'll be sending probes to other stars, getting there will be only one part of the challenge. How do we get the data back? So, NASA just funded a research that will be aiming to solve this problem through the NIAC program. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-22 • 39 minutes
S27E10: Cosmic Conundrum: The Dark Energy Survey's Unanswered Question
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 10 *Lessons from the dark energy survey Astronomers taking part in the recent release of data from the Dark Energy survey say the findings closely follow existing predictions of the properties of... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-21 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 233E & 234E: Asteroid Awareness & Anatomy Of An Extinction Crater
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - You are less likely to be injured by a space rock than you... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-21 • 13 minutes
Star Diary 22 to 28 January 2024
Catch all 8 of the Solar System’s planets in one night! Get the details in the latest episode of our weekly stargazing guide podcast. Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... Learn all about astrophotography in our on-demand Masterclass, all about deep-sky imaging: https://bit.ly/SaNMCDSPod Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Jan-20 • 15 minutes
Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 100: Some Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Oh, nothing… Dear Cheap Astronomy – Is there really no way to do FTL travel? Well, no – but there’s no harm going through the options again. - Just doing it. - Quantum stuff. - Send information. But, faster than light? Given photons can’t... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-20 • 20 minutes
Orion: Pop Culture Superstar
Join Jordan and Kit as they explore where Orion shows up in Pop Culture (broadly defined), and what they'd do with the Orion brand! (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Jan-19 • 97 minutes
Did Stephen Wolfram Finally Prove the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Has the second law of thermodynamics finally been proven? The second law of thermodynamics has been shrouded in mystery for a century and a half. Now, after building on the recent breakthroughs in the foundations of physics, Stephen Wolfram has finally provided a resolution to the mystery. Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and the creator ... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-19 • 31 minutes
EVSN - Solar Cycle to the Maximum, 2025
From Dec 13, 2023. Researchers currently think solar maximum - when the Sun is most active - will occur sometime in late 2024 to early 2025. With this cycle, we will experience just what a good blast of solar radiation can do to the small sats,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-19 • 20 minutes
[Space Bites] Hycean VS Lava Worlds //Japan's Moon Landing // NASA's Supersonic Breakthrough
News about two lunar landers, Webb helps rule out one explanation for the Hubble Tension, NASA’s new quiet supersonic plane, and lots of exoplanet news. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-19 • 32 minutes
S27E09: The Dark Energy Survey’s Unique Insights
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 9 *The Dark Energy Survey’s unique insights into the expansion of the universe In 1998, astrophysicists discovered that the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate. They attributed this to... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-19 • 21 minutes
How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System
Prof Sara Russell of the UK’s Natural History Museum reveals how she will be studying the samples of Asteroid Bennu returned to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, and what it could tell us about the history of our Solar System. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Jan-18 • 27 minutes
The Magellanic Clouds: astronomers make the case for a name change
Move could make astronomy more welcoming to people of all cultures (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Jan-18 • 65 minutes
Actual Astronomy - Naming Asteroids
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. * Our guest today is Peter Jedicke * I first met Peter when we served on the RASC National Council * Craige Levine, who is a past guest from last Spring, had moved... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-18 • 46 minutes
What are octonions?
Daniel and Jorge talk about super complex numbers and how they might hold the secrets of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-17 • 74 minutes
What’s hidden inside planets?
Sabine Stanley, author of the new book "What's Hidden Inside Planets?", discusses some of the amazing things that lie under the surfaces of the worlds in our Solar System. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Jan-17 • 61 minutes
Did the Big Bang Happen More Than Once? Brian Keating, Paul Davies & Maulik Parikh
Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Watch the video of this conversation and see the presentation here; https://youtu.be/QFLgyCkfYCA Imagine a scenario in which the Big Bang happened twice. Imagine a scenario in which it happened numerous, maybe even an infinite number of times. Imagine a scenario in which it never even happened at all. It may sound crazy, but all these scenarios are possible. Recently, several astronomers and physicists have called into q... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-17 • 46 minutes
SETI Live - What to Expect in 2024 in Space
The new year has begun, and it's time for your favorite hosts - Dr. Franck Marchis and Beth Johnson - to run down some of the space science to look forward to in 2024. We will talk about launches, missions, celestial events (including a certain solar... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-17 • 31 minutes
S27E08: How the Mysterious Centaurs Gain their Comet-like Characteristics
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 8 *How the mysterious Centaurs gain their comet-like characteristics Close encounter with the gas giant’s Jupiter and Saturn is causing a group of frozen outer solar system asteroid like worlds to... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 54 minutes
A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”. (@numberphile@BradyHaran)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 43 minutes
AaS! 216: Do Aliens Look Like Us?
Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos? What are the different forms that life can take? When did life first appear in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give... (@PaulMattSutter)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 44 minutes
Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 216: Do Aliens Look Like Us?
Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos? What are the different forms that life can take? When did life first appear in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 40 minutes
[Q&A] TRAPPIST-1 vs Alpha Cen, Catching The Voyagers, Lunar Space Elevator
Why it's easier for James Webb to observe TRAPPIST-1 than Alpha Centauri? Is a lunar space elevator possible at all? What would my ideal space mission look like? Can we build a telescope the size of a solar system? Answering all these questions and more in this week's Q&A show. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 53 minutes
The Future of Commercial Spaceflight with Lauren Lyons
What technology can we look forward to in commercial spaceflight? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice discover SpaceX, other space startups, and what is going on in the commercial space industry with engineer and executive Lauren Lyons. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 51 minutes
What's hidden inside planets?
Daniel talks to Prof. Sabine Stanley about what's happening inside planets, and how that helps us understand what's out there.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-16 • 43 minutes
S5E12 Meta-Analysis With Paschal Sheeran
In this week's episode Patrick and Greg have great fun talking about meta-analysis with Paschal Sheeran, a social psychologist from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He describes what meta-analysis is, what it offers, and how to apply it in your own work. Along the way they also discuss taking off into the north vs the south, flipping people off, being subtle, metaphysics, say my name, most effective tactic available, fleeing Ireland, struggling to fit in, falling off a bus, taking the p... (@quantitudepod)
podcast image2024-Jan-15 • 30 minutes
Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images
Astronomy Cast Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live January 8, 2024. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed dozens of flybys of Jupiter, seeing the planet from many angles and delivering some of... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Jan-15 • 74 minutes
#139 Awesome Astronomy January 2024
It's the Millard Show...Yeeeeeh! (@AwesomeAstroPod@DrJeniMillard@SiriusAstro)
podcast image2024-Jan-15 • 80 minutes
262 | Eric Schwitzgebel on the Weirdness of the World
I talk with philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel about how and why the universe seems irreducibly weird to us. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Jan-15 • 30 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images
Streamed live January 8, 2024. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed dozens of flybys of Jupiter, seeing the planet from many angles and delivering some of the most beautiful images we’ve ever seen of the Jovian world. Now it’s focusing in on Io,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-15 • 50 minutes
[Bonus] Modern Day Skeptics
This is an episode I did with Brian Dunning, host of The Skeptoid podcast and Richard Saunders, host of The Skeptic Zone podcast. Enjoy! (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-15 • 34 minutes
S27E07| NASA Delays Manned Return to the Moon
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podcast image2024-Jan-14 • 44 minutes
[Bonus] Where are all the aliens?
This is an episode I did with Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid and producer and director of THE UFO MOVIE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE and Richard Saunders, host of The Skeptic Zone. Enjoy! (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-14 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 231E & 232E: Comet Ahoy & Earth’s Wobble
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Recently a relatively dim object, Comet P/2016 BA14 flew... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-14 • 21 minutes
Star Diary 15 to 21 January 2024
Jupiter appears to gain another moon this week as it passes another star. Find out how to see it and other astronomy highlights in this week’s stargazing podcast guide. Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... all about astrophotography in our on-demand Masterclass, all about deep-sky imaging: https://bit.ly/SaNMCDSPod Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.... (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Jan-13 • 17 minutes
NOIRLab - Big Astronomy
Big Astronomy, or Astronomía a Gran Escala, is a multifaceted research and outreach project supported by several partners and funded by the National Science Foundation that showcases the award-winning bilingual planetarium show Big Astronomy: People,... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-13 • 25 minutes
Orion: Myths and Retcons(tellations)
Join Jordan and Kit as they retell and ret-con the mythology of the constellation Orion! (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Jan-12 • 40 minutes
Award-winning technology allows a paralysed person to walk, new journal focuses on sustainability
This podcast features a neuroscientist and a catalysis expert (@PhysicsWorld)
podcast image2024-Jan-12 • 27 minutes
Are We On Borrowed Time? Canadian Prepper & Brian Keating
Remastered from our interview in June 2023. Have you ever wondered why people become preppers? Well, you're in luck because today you're going to find out from one of the most famous preppers in the world, Nate Polson, also known as the Canadian Prepper! Canadian Prepper is an educational YouTuber who talks about self-defense, survival, and all things preparedness. He analyzes current events, reviews innovative equipment, and theorizes about the demise of civilization as we know it. In this interview,... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-12 • 32 minutes
EVSN - Planetary Formation Leads to Strange New Worlds
This episode was originally released in video format on December 1, 2023. We keep tweaking our format a little bit every episode, trying to find the right mix for YouTube, podcasts, and now, short-form video. We think we the setup is on the mark now... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-12 • 21 minutes
[Space Bites] TRUE Colour of Neptune // Moon Landing Failure // Major Missions Delays
We finally learn the true color of Neptune. Vulcan succeeds while Peregrine fails. Delays for Artemis missions. A rocket that eats itself for more thrust. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-12 • 44 minutes
Healing the Earth Through Regenerative Farming with Will Harris
Is industrial farming bad for us? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about the future of food production, regenerative agriculture, and greenwashing with herdsman, land steward, and author Will Harris. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Jan-12 • 29 minutes
Distant Stars // Shooting Star Testing // NASA’s Deep Space Network | S27E06
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podcast image2024-Jan-11 • 78 minutes
Engineering Synthetic Life With Craig Venter
Get 30% off unlimited access to Ground News, giving you full coverage of breaking news and allowing you to navigate media bias seamlessly 👉 https://www.ground.news/drbrian It may sound like science fiction, but it's true. Biologists are already creating synthetic life from scratch. Of course, this raises many questions: what is life? What are the possible applications? And are we on to something here, or are we just playing God? Here today, to answer all of these questions and more is one of the most infl... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-11 • 40 minutes
Cosmic Perspective - Exploring The Moon With Robert Reeves
Intro Music: Revised Version of "A Piece of Space History", by Andy Poniros Closing Music: " 2001 Funk", composed by Larry Benigno DESCRIPTION: Author & Amateur Astronomer Robert Reeves discusses his new book, "Exploring the Moon with... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-11 • 48 minutes
How do particles carry forces?
Daniel and Jorge push and pull on the simple picture of particles exchanging other particlesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-10 • 51 minutes
JWST finds a new lead in the search for life on a mysterious exoplanet
Knicole Colón, the deputy project scientist for exoplanet science for JWST, joins Planetary Radio to discuss the detection of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Jan-10 • 15 minutes
Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve
By watching “minimal” cells regain the fitness they lost, researchers are testing whether a genome can be too simple to evolve. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Hidden Agenda” by Kevin MacLeod. (@QuantaMagazine)
podcast image2024-Jan-10 • 27 minutes
SETI Live - Tracking Santa - Around the World in a Night
For our last SETI Live of 2023, senior astronomer Seth Shostak and communications specialist Beth Johnson have fun chatting about the "science" behind Santa's overnight journey. How can he deliver presents so quickly? How do the reindeer fly? And just... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-09 • 30 minutes
Monstrous X5 Solar Flare // X-37B Space Shuttle | S27E05
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 5 *Monstrous X5 solar flare launched on New Year's Eve The Sun celebrated the completion of Earth’s latest orbit by blasting out a spectacular X-5 class solar flare dwarfing even Sydney’s new year’s... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-09 • 42 minutes
Exploring Consciousness with George Mashour
What is consciousness? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about the study of consciousness and how psychedelics could uncover the inner mechanisms of the brain with anesthesiologist and founder of the Michigan Psychedelic Center, George Mashour. (@neiltyson)
podcast image2024-Jan-09 • 63 minutes
How can we find life on other planets?
Daniel talks to Prof. Aomawa Shields, auther of "Life on Other Planets" about the the climate of exoplanets and her unusual path to astronomy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. (@DanielandJorge@DanielWhiteson@PHDcomics)
podcast image2024-Jan-09 • 37 minutes
Gamification of Educational Concepts through Quander with Dr. Diana Franklin
In Episode 78, Patrick and Ciprian speak with returning guest Diana Franklin of the University of Chicago.A fascinating episode where the team discusses gamification of educational concepts through Quander, entanglement, superposition, and the advantages of reframing ideas for Quantum native students.Diana Franklin is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. When she received her Ph.D. at UC Davis, 2002, her research focus was computer architecture, especially new technologie... (@EntangledThings@patrickhynds@ciprianjichici)
podcast image2024-Jan-08 • 33 minutes
Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe
Astronomy Cast Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 20, 2023. Solar cycle 25 is shaping up to be a doozy, with plenty of flares and coronal mass ejections blasting off the Sun. As the solar... (@fcain@starstryder)
podcast image2024-Jan-08 • 67 minutes
261 | Sanjana Curtis on the Origins of the Elements
I talk with nuclear astrophysicist Sanjana Curtis about the origin of the chemical elements. (@seanmcarroll)
podcast image2024-Jan-08 • 31 minutes
Astronomy Cast Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe
Streamed live on Dec 20, 2023. Solar cycle 25 is shaping up to be a doozy, with plenty of flares and coronal mass ejections blasting off the Sun. As the solar activity continues to rise, how are things shaping up? This video was made possible... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-08 • 42 minutes
75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)
We hear two physicists describe their lives collecting data in remote locations, from deep underground in an active mine and from the South Pole.Our new merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-u... ask-us-anything segments and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseSuppo... the show (@DanHooperAstro@shalmawegs)
podcast image2024-Jan-08 • 27 minutes
Astronomers study the earliest Milky Way type galaxy ever seen | S27E04
The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 4 *Astronomers study the earliest Milky Way type galaxy ever seen A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand the origins of our own Milky Way. *What lies in the... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-07 • 116 minutes
Episode #117 - Generation, Flows and Networks w/ Dr. Emmanuel Bengio
*** In the intro I say graph flow networks instead of generative flow networks by accident *** Today's guest is Dr. Emmanuel Bengio. Enjoy this conversation about his research, including the topic of generative flow networks (GFlowNets). Books Referenced: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss and Neil Howe The Culture series by Iain Banks (@MathPhysicsPod)
podcast image2024-Jan-07 • 6 minutes
Travelers in the Night Eps. 229E & 230E: Could Be Twins & Spray Paints
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - A pair of possibly related comets pass unusually close to... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-07 • 17 minutes
Star Diary 8 to 14 January 2024
Watch the rare sight of a moon’s shadow passing across the face of Saturn. Get the details in the latest episode of our weekly stargazing guide podcast. Transcription: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/star... all about astrophotography in our on-demand Masterclass, all about deep-sky imaging: https://bit.ly/SaNMCDSPod Subscribe to BBC Sky at Night Magazine for all the best stargazing tips: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/subsc... more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (@skyatnightmag)
podcast image2024-Jan-06 • 99 minutes
Starts With A Bang #101 - Quantum Computing
Happy new year, everyone, and with a new year comes a spectacular new podcast! We normally cover an intricate and underappreciated aspect of astrophysics on the podcast, but I had the opportunity to bring on a true expert in the field of quantum computing and just couldn't pass it up. | You've likely heard a lot of noise about quantum computers and the benefits that they're poised to bring, with buzzwords like "P=NP," "quantum supremacy," and "quantum advantage" tossed around, ... (@StartsWithABang)
podcast image2024-Jan-06 • 10 minutes
Last Minute Astronomer - January Episode
January of 2024 has some slight changes to Saturn and Jupiter in the sky, 4 visible naked-eye planets, and a couple of close encounters. I’m Rob, your Last Minute Astronomer, bringing astronomy to normies and nerds, with little... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-06 • 65 minutes
[Bonus] Why 2024 Will Be a Major Year For Space Exploration
This is a bonus episode from John Michael Godier's Event Horizon podcast. We discussed JWST, Artmeis, Parker Solar Probe and many other things to be excited about in 2024. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-06 • 17 minutes
Orion: Cosmic Background
Join Jordan and Kit as they explore the astronomy and other cosmic background of the constellation Orion: The Hunter. (@[email protected])
podcast image2024-Jan-05 • 64 minutes
Space Policy Edition: India’s growing space ambitions
UK-based space writer Gurbir Singh, author of the book The Indian Space Programme: India’s Incredible Journey from the Third World towards the First, joins the show to help us understand India’s growing ambitions and capabilities in space. (@exploreplanets@PlanRad)
podcast image2024-Jan-05 • 55 minutes
Philip Goff: Is There Cosmic Purpose Without God?
What is the purpose of the Universe? Why do we exist? And does the truth lie beyond traditional religion and secular atheism? Here today, to discuss all these fascinating questions with me is leading philosopher of mind and returning guest Philip Goff! Philip is a British author, renowned philosopher, and professor at Durham University. In his recently published book, "Why? The Purpose of the Universe", he explores meaning and purpose beyond Western thought, which is precisely what we’re doing today in ... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
podcast image2024-Jan-05 • 48 minutes
EVSN - It's Not Aliens (We Also Want Aliens)
This episode was originally released on YouTube September 27, 2023. There are some news cycles that are just plain weird, and this news cycle tried really, really hard to be one of them. Headlines last week highlighted that JWST observed methane and... (@planetarysci)
podcast image2024-Jan-05 • 20 minutes
[Space Bites] Lunar Starship Elevator Test // Accurate Ancient Star Map // Io Close Flyby
Juno’s closest flyby of Io, Hubble studies an exoplanet atmosphere for 3 years, astronauts test out Starship’s elevator, and more evidence for quark stars. (@universetoday@fcain)
podcast image2024-Jan-04 • 22 minutes
Milky Way’s Satellite Galaxies // Japan Lunar Lander // NASA’s Infrared Radiometer | S27E03
SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 3 *The short life of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies A new study warns that most small satellite galaxies are destroyed soon after they enter the Milky Way’s galactic halo. *Japan lunar lander enters lunar orbit Japan's... (@stuartgary)
podcast image2024-Jan-04 • 146 minutes
Max Tegmark & Eric Weinstein: AI, Aliens, Theories of Everything, & New Year’s Resolutions! (2020)
Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card! Help me help you get great guests on the Into the Impossible podcast and spread the message throughout the universe. Fill out this listener https://jf1bh9v88hb.typeform.com/to/FGPU... for your chance to win! Enjoy this classic episode from the vault: Max Tegmark & Eric Weinstein, New Years Eve 2020! Don't forget to join my mailing list for your chance to win a real meteorite: briankeating.com Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/U... Get... (@Into_Impossible@DrBrianKeating)
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Company uses quantum optics to generate sequences of truly random numbers
Our podcast guest is Ramy Shelbaya of Quantum Dice (@PhysicsWorld)
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Actual Astronomy - The Observer's Calendar for January 2024
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer's Calendar for January 2024. In this episode we’ll talk about catching the Quadrantid meteor Shower's up to 200... (@planetarysci)
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What are land tides?
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Revisiting the discovery of phosphorus on Enceladus
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SETI Live - Hot Spot on the Moon - Granite Batholith Found Below Surface
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Magellanic Clouds' Secret & Eris's Squishy Core | S27E02
**Host:** Stuart Gary **Special Guest:** Technology Editor Alex Zaharov-Reutt ### Episode Highlights: 1. **The Dual Nature of the Small Magellanic Cloud**: New research suggests that what was previously thought to be a single galaxy, the Small... (@stuartgary)
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AaS! 215: How Does Science Regain Trust?
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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 215: How Does Science Regain Trust?
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Cosmic Queries – Science Epiphany
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What is a symmetron?
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260 | Ricard Solé on the Space of Cognitions
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 46: Stellar Nurseries
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January 2024
Bluedot 2023 Special. In this episode, Fiona Porter travels to Bluedot and interviews Dr. Rebecca Bowler, Sheena Cruickshank, and Jen Gupta. Additionally, Fiona Porter conducted a separate, extended interview with Dr. Tim O'Brien about organizing Bluedot and about the history of Jodrell Bank. (@jodcast)
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S27E01: Black Hole Radio Signals // A Close Encounter // China Launch
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FQxI December 31, 2023 Podcast Episode
The Year in Physics Review 2023 Part 3 (@FQXi)
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Star Diary 1 to 7 January 2024
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#300 - Eric Berger -2023
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Our Burning Questions – Age of the Universe & More
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FQxI December 29, 2023 Podcast Episode
The Year in Physics Review 2023 Part 2 (@FQXi)

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Our galaxy likely holds hundreds of billions of planets around other stars but when and how did we ...
... What was the first exoplanet detected?
Can we harvest energy from the Moon's temperature difference?
... Why don't we just launch multiple telescopes like Hubble?
... Why is the Moon grey?
... Why are sunspots black?
What is the value of curiosity?
What is it?
... Where is it?
... And what do we know about it?
“What is it about Artificial Intelligence driving tech giants like Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, Mark...
... Why are they racing to develop and own these thinking machines while unsure of the harm they could ...
Is aging a disease that can be cured?
Have you ever seen a ghost or a UFO?
How can a “big rip” tear the universe apart?
... What does that mean for existence itself?
... Is it going to happen, and what are we doing to find out?
How can a “big rip” tear the Universe apart?
... What does that mean for existence itself?
... Is it going to happen, and what are we doing to find out?
How heavy are the biggest stars in the Universe and how do they compare to the Sun?
... Why would aliens be grabby?
... Is there more space for science communicators?
... What's the minimum size for an object to have an atmosphere?
What happens to quarks during spaghettification?
What did NASA learn from setting their Cygnus spaceships on fire?
... Is fire more dangerous in space than on Earth?
What drives NASA's most successful projects like James Webb, Perseverance, Parker Solar Probe, etc?
... What's going on with international cooperation?
... How will future missions be planned and executed?
How cold does it get in the shadows on the Moon?
... What's going on with dark matter research?
... Can we chase Oumuamua with a solar sail spacecraft?
... Will we ever face a war for the Moon?
How do groups solve problems?
... Are there conditions that create a pathway to innovation and groundbreaking inventions?
What is cosmic dust?
... Could we reignite a dying Sun with a nuclear weapon?
... How do we know what galaxies stars are in, and can the JWST see streetlights on alien worlds?
What are the best ways to see planets around other stars?
Why does this happen?
Is there a quantum reason we could have free will?
How do we plan a mission that can go to Enceladus and grab a sample of its plumes?
... How fast does it need to go?
... Will it bring samples to Earth or analyse them on the spacecraft?
What happens after death?
SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 30 *Unveiling the Mysteries of Dark Matter with Hypothetical Axion Star...
What if I told you that you could be more productive… by doing less?
How do we track dangerous asteroids?
... What can impacts do to us?
... What do we plan to do if The Big One is headed for us?
... Is Armageddon a documentary?
How do we track dangerous asteroids?
... What can impacts do to us?
... What do we plan to do if The Big One is headed for us?
... Is Armageddon a documentary?
Why won't NASA send a copy of Perseverance to the Moon?
... Can life exist on a planet around a blue giant star?
... How do satellites stay safe in orbit and don't collide with each other?
What do two physicists think about the movie Oppenheimer?
Could we make the clouds brighter so they reflect more of the Sun's warming rays back into space to...
... Or make Arctic ice thicker so it lasts longer over the summer?
What's it like bringing science to the most general public audiences?
... How do you distill complex results into short news-worthy articles without getting lost in clickbai...
How close are we to such a scenario and what do we need to fill outer space with Von Neumann probes
00:00:00 Intro 00:04:44 Starlink and Cosmic Microwave Background Research 00:06:57 A True Turing T...
What is cosmic dust?
... What is it made of and what can it tell us about the Universe?
... Could cosmic dust be responsible for life starting on Earth?
But why is it that way, and could time ultimately be a kind of illusion?
But if everything is bound to these core rules, then why do we see exceptions?
How serious is the threat from space weapons?
... How should we handle the situation with international treaties?
... Is there a way to ensure the enforcement of them and what are the risks if somebody breaks them?
How do you make some things stay hot and others stay cool?
Where do auroras come from on rogue planets?
... Can we refuel the Sun to make it last longer?
... What's going on with space nuke tests?
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What is depression?
Why doesn't JWST look at Apollo landing sites?
... What happened to TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres?
... What's the biggest thing we can measure our velocity relative to?
... Will the Universe ever start bouncing back?
Why is it so hard to get a picture of the Milky Way?
... How much of our galaxy have we mapped?
... What the heck is a “barred spiral” and what does that have to do with our core?
Why is it so hard to get a picture of the Milky Way?
... How much of our galaxy have we mapped?
... What the heck is a “barred spiral” and what does that have to do with our core?
How exactly did that happen?
How do science competitions further innovation?
What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?
How can we do that?
Will the team overcome this cosmic hiccup?
But if it is, then where did the widespread (and widely admired) impulse to help others even at gre...
What are the main problems of modern-day science?
... Why there's a growing trust gap between the scientists and the public?
... How can we fix those problems and restore the trust?
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... Is there any room to scrutinize the scientific method?
... And does Eric Lerner have a point?
How sure can astronomers be when estimating asteroid strikes?
... Why is Jupiter so radioactive?
... What happened to the methane on Mars story?
... Are black holes 2D or 3D?
How do particles get entangled?
What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission?
Do we see black hole mergers as a result of galaxy mergers?
... What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs?
... Is a gas giant just a rocky planet with a huge and dense atmosphere?
... Do all orbits eventually end up in resonance?
There is a lot of talk about how to make money with Bitcoin… But how does it actually work?
... What are the physics behind it?
... And can Bitcoin replace the US dollar?
What is one of the greatest displays of terrestrial physics?
– Do other stars have sunspot activity cycles like the Sun does?
Why did that happen and what it means for major NASA missions like Artemis and Mars Sample Return?
But when will we get a similar attempt from Webb?
... What will we be able to get from it and what are the limits of JWST?
What can science learn from poetry?
... Can you teach someone to become a scientist?
... And what’s the biggest source of hype in science right now?
How do we achieve nuclear fusion in the laboratory?
... What are some experiments that are trying to achieve fusion power generation?
... Why is it so difficult?
How do we achieve nuclear fusion in the laboratory?
... What are some experiments that are trying to achieve fusion power generation?
... Why is it so difficult?
Could we detect life on Earth from Neptune's orbit?
... Is the Moon shrinking over time?
... Why don't we send an orbiter the the Kuiper belt?
... What should we call Planet 9 if we find it?
What's going on and what can we do about it?
Why are some mushrooms delicious, some make you high, and some kill you?
But are there alternative options?
... Non-carbon based life?
... Or life that doesn't use water as a solvent?
Quantum computing makes big promises, but how does it work?
... What is the real state of quantum computing today?
So, how will a realistic Mars habitat of the future will look like?
Were they like our own Solar System, with inner, rocky planets close to our star and large, giant w...
How exactly will it happen?
What's causing such behaviour and what can we learn about hot Jupiters?
So what is “good” mathematics?
Humans can live up to age 100, and not 1000 – why?
... Are there limits in how much our brains can think and compute?
What's in February's night sky?
But how can we make it even better?
Why can't Starship reach the Moon without refuelling?
... How big can black holes get?
... What space station will replace the ISS?
... How big do Lagrange points get?
How do you stop the spread of anti-science rhetoric?
What could be a cheerier start to the year than an episode about the End of the World… Astronomical...
So, how can we solve this and can James Webb help us with that?
... Or will it make things even worse?
What if time had multiple dimensions?
How can we possibly know how does the Milky Way look like?
... Is Marth worth further exploration after not finding any life there for years?
... How can we realistically settle on the Moon?
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... Can we bring the dead back to life?
... And is there any convincing evidence for intelligent design?
Are rare diseases themselves rare?
How do we get the data back?
Oh, nothing… Dear Cheap Astronomy – Is there really no way to do FTL travel?
... But, faster than light?
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Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos?
... What are the different forms that life can take?
... When did life first appear in the universe?
Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos?
... What are the different forms that life can take?
... When did life first appear in the universe?
Why it's easier for James Webb to observe TRAPPIST-1 than Alpha Centauri?
... Is a lunar space elevator possible at all?
... What would my ideal space mission look like?
... Can we build a telescope the size of a solar system?
What technology can we look forward to in commercial spaceflight?
Have you ever wondered why people become preppers?
Is industrial farming bad for us?
what is life?
... What are the possible applications?
... And are we on to something here, or are we just playing God?
How can he deliver presents so quickly?
... How do the reindeer fly?
What is consciousness?
Solar Maximum of Doom?
As the solar activity continues to rise, how are things shaping up?
What is the purpose of the Universe?
... Why do we exist?
... And does the truth lie beyond traditional religion and secular atheism?
... In his recently published book, "Why?
What forces people to lose trust in science?
... How does this affect the process of science itself?
... What are scientists doing to make this worse?
... How can we fix it?
What forces people to lose trust in science?
... How does this affect the process of science itself?
... What are scientists doing to make this worse?
... How can we fix it?
What would a wormhole actually look like?
Where are the limits of James Webb's capabilities?
... What can we expect from it in terms of exoplanet research and how can we get there?
What is the greatest scientific breakthrough?