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Podcast Profile: Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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611 episodes
2018 to 2024
Median: 47 minutes
Collection: Physics, Math, and Astronomy

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This podcast, "Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe," is a dynamic series that delves into a plethora of intriguing and complex questions about the Universe. Hosted by Daniel Whiteson, a physicist at CERN, and Jorge Cham, a popular online cartoonist, the show aims to make profound scientific concepts accessible and engaging to a broad audience. The episodes cover a wide range of topics, from fundamental physics and cosmology to more speculative questions about the Universe.

A recurring theme in this podcast is the exploration of cosmic phenomena and their implications. Episodes frequently discuss elements of astrophysics, such as neutrinos, gravitational waves, and black holes, providing listeners with insights into the fabric of the cosmos. The podcast also dives into the nature of the Universe itself, addressing subjects like the expanding Universe, quantum mechanics, and dark matter.

Listener engagement is a significant aspect of the show, with numerous episodes dedicated to answering questions from their audience. These listener-driven episodes often tackle a diverse array of topics, from the physics of everyday objects to the grander questions of science fiction, indicating a strong emphasis on interactive science communication.

In addition to broad scientific themes, the podcast also touches on specific, sometimes quirky, scientific inquiries. Topics range from whether nuclear-powered airplanes are feasible to the possibilities of quantum biology and the mysterious forces that might govern exotic particles like charm quarks. Discussions extend to the applications of science in unusual contexts, such as the physics of chocolate and the potential use of muons for imaging.

Interviews and collaborations with guest experts add another layer of depth, as co-hosts often bring in authors and researchers to discuss their latest work and theories. This opens the door to both historical perspectives on influential scientists and cutting-edge scientific discoveries.

Through these varied discussions, the podcast endeavors to unravel the mysteries of the Universe in a manner that is both approachable and intellectually stimulating, ensuring that complex scientific ideas are conveyed in an enjoyable and jargon-free manner.

Episodes:

Listener Questions 62: Single photons, moon gold and particle interactions. 2024-Jul-04 51 minutes

Listener Questions 61.0158: Black holes, gold asteroids and gravitational waves in time! 2024-Jul-02 54 minutes

Do neutrinos get redshifted? 2024-Jun-27 57 minutes

Is the length of a day changing? 2024-Jun-25 52 minutes

Listener Questions 60,491: Mini solar systems, greek physics and black holes! 2024-Jun-20 47 minutes

Can supernovas cause ice ages? 2024-Jun-18 48 minutes

Listener Questions 59: Interstellar probes and fractional electrons 2024-Jun-13 45 minutes

Does dark matter have an anti-particle? 2024-Jun-11 49 minutes

Why don't we have nuclear powered airplanes? 2024-Jun-06 42 minutes

Listener Questions 58: Donuts, disaster and discoveries! 2024-Jun-04 46 minutes

The science fiction Universe of "Constellation" 2024-May-30 49 minutes

Listener Questions 57: Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics and Beta Decay! 2024-May-28 43 minutes

Who was the most influential scientist? 2024-May-23 58 minutes

What's the electric charge of the Universe? 2024-May-21 50 minutes

Listener Questions 56: Neutron Stars, Dense matter and shared atmospheres! 2024-May-16 41 minutes

What mysteries are hiding in the extra-galactic background light? 2024-May-14 56 minutes

What’s the largest asteroid impact in Earth’s history? 2024-May-09 50 minutes

Listener Questions 55: Time and waves! 2024-May-07 51 minutes

What is quantum biology? 2024-May-02 59 minutes

What is gravitoelectromagnetism? 2024-Apr-30 50 minutes

Physics of the Internet 2024-Apr-25 46 minutes

Listener Questions 54: String cosmology, cosmic strings, and alien numbers 2024-Apr-23 50 minutes

Can element 115 be used for anti-gravity? 2024-Apr-18 44 minutes

Listener Questions 53: Strong force, primordial atoms and infinities 2024-Apr-16 41 minutes

How metallic is the Sun? 2024-Apr-11 44 minutes

Listener Questions 52 2024-Apr-09 51 minutes

Are physics and religion in harmony or conflict? 2024-Apr-04 60 minutes

The most promising particle physics anomalies 2024-Apr-02 74 minutes

Listener Questions 51 2024-Mar-28 50 minutes

What happened to M33's black hole? 2024-Mar-26 46 minutes

Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows! 2024-Mar-21 48 minutes

How does electricity work? 2024-Mar-19 59 minutes

Physics of Chocolate 2024-Mar-14 73 minutes

Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves! 2024-Mar-12 50 minutes

Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2) 2024-Mar-07 53 minutes

Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1) 2024-Mar-05 43 minutes

Are there charm quarks in the proton? 2024-Feb-29 49 minutes

Why is quantum gravity so hard? 2024-Feb-27 58 minutes

What is cold welding? 2024-Feb-22 46 minutes

How is general relativity wrong? 2024-Feb-20 57 minutes

Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes 2024-Feb-15 56 minutes

Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth? 2024-Feb-13 54 minutes

Can we see inside things using muons? 2024-Feb-08 50 minutes

Why do some galaxies have bars? 2024-Feb-06 45 minutes

What is quantum relativity? 2024-Feb-01 58 minutes

Were all the forces once one? 2024-Jan-30 56 minutes

What is the dark flow? 2024-Jan-25 48 minutes

Listener Questions 47: Gravity, Time, Photons 2024-Jan-23 47 minutes

What are octonions? 2024-Jan-18 46 minutes

What's hidden inside planets? 2024-Jan-16 50 minutes

How do particles carry forces? 2024-Jan-11 48 minutes

How can we find life on other planets? 2024-Jan-09 62 minutes

What are land tides? 2024-Jan-04 44 minutes

What is a symmetron? 2024-Jan-02 49 minutes

Does hot or cold water freeze faster? 2023-Dec-28 44 minutes

Listener Questions 46: Mountains, ether and time! 2023-Dec-26 46 minutes

What is the electrical charge of the moon? 2023-Dec-21 41 minutes

Can planets share an orbit? 2023-Dec-19 45 minutes

What shapes can galaxies take? 2023-Dec-14 49 minutes

What’s the difference between inertial and gravitational mass? 2023-Dec-12 49 minutes

Has our solar system lost any planets? 2023-Dec-07 47 minutes

Are there galaxies without dark matter? 2023-Dec-05 42 minutes

Does quantum mechanics conserve energy? 2023-Nov-30 49 minutes

Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes 2023-Nov-28 45 minutes

The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion" 2023-Nov-23 62 minutes

Who was the first scientist? 2023-Nov-21 55 minutes

The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman 2023-Nov-16 64 minutes

Why is there quantum uncertainty? 2023-Nov-14 49 minutes

What did the early Universe sound like? 2023-Nov-09 47 minutes

Can we settle space? Should we? Have we really thought this through? 2023-Nov-07 68 minutes

What's the matter with matter in the Universe? 2023-Nov-02 44 minutes

Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you! 2023-Oct-31 48 minutes

Which force(s) power the human senses? 2023-Oct-26 80 minutes

Could we see moons around exoplanets? 2023-Oct-24 53 minutes

Could we seed exoplanets with life? 2023-Oct-19 63 minutes

Do Black Holes Have Hair? 2023-Oct-17 47 minutes

Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial? 2023-Oct-12 65 minutes

Could dark matter be making flashes of light? 2023-Oct-10 43 minutes

Where is all the missing matter? 2023-Oct-05 45 minutes

How does gravity escape a black hole? 2023-Oct-03 57 minutes

Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision 2023-Sep-28 43 minutes

Great, Big Questions about the Universe 2023-Sep-26 42 minutes

How important is cosmic dust? 2023-Sep-21 44 minutes

Explain the Universe: Behind the Scenes 2023-Sep-19 89 minutes

How big is the smallest habitable planet? 2023-Sep-14 47 minutes

Why do moving objects look shorter? 2023-Sep-12 50 minutes

How do we measure the Higgs boson mass? 2023-Sep-07 48 minutes

Listener Questions 42: Life, the Universe and Ghosts! 2023-Sep-05 48 minutes

Why do scientists do simulations? 2023-Aug-31 58 minutes

Have we seen more or fewer gravitational waves than expected? 2023-Aug-29 62 minutes

Why is space so flat? 2023-Aug-24 50 minutes

The Science Fiction Universe of "Meru" by SB Divya 2023-Aug-22 51 minutes

What is the maximum vacuum? 2023-Aug-17 51 minutes

The Science Fiction Universe of "Orbital Cloud" 2023-Aug-15 44 minutes

What does the center of the galaxy look like? 2023-Aug-10 49 minutes

How fast can a black hole spin? 2023-Aug-08 52 minutes

How can we look for magnetic monopoles? 2023-Aug-03 49 minutes

How massive is a neutrino? 2023-Aug-01 55 minutes

How can we keep solar panels clean on Mars? 2023-Jul-27 43 minutes

What is a non-Newtonian fluid? 2023-Jul-25 53 minutes

Listener Questions 41: Questions about the mass of the Universe, moons made of gas, and backyard blackholes. 2023-Jul-20 49 minutes

What everyone misunderstands about the Universe 2023-Jul-18 61 minutes

How stable is the Earth's orbit? 2023-Jul-13 49 minutes

Do things get more massive the faster they move? 2023-Jul-11 49 minutes

How do planets get their moons? 2023-Jul-06 49 minutes

Do all galaxies have central black holes? 2023-Jul-04 48 minutes

How to use the whole galaxy to hear huge gravitational waves 2023-Jun-29 60 minutes

What drives the movement of Earth’s continents? 2023-Jun-27 46 minutes

What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space? 2023-Jun-22 52 minutes

Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us 2023-Jun-20 53 minutes

Could there be more than one theory of everything? 2023-Jun-15 46 minutes

Why are some things transparent? 2023-Jun-13 54 minutes

What is a superluminous supernova? 2023-Jun-08 50 minutes

What color is the Sun? 2023-Jun-06 53 minutes

Why does the Universe have antiparticles? 2023-Jun-01 49 minutes

Could we reveal quantum gravity in a tabletop experiment? 2023-May-30 57 minutes

What is tidal locking? 2023-May-25 44 minutes

What's the best way to measure the expansion of the Universe? 2023-May-23 57 minutes

Listener Questions 39: gravitons, antimatter and unified forces! 2023-May-18 50 minutes

Will our supercluster be torn apart? 2023-May-16 54 minutes

Do black holes have a maximum electric charge? 2023-May-11 48 minutes

What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs? 2023-May-09 48 minutes

Could spacetime be a fluid? 2023-May-04 54 minutes

Could black holes help form stars? 2023-May-02 47 minutes

What weird thing in space is pulsing every 20 minutes? 2023-Apr-27 55 minutes

What is a glueball? 2023-Apr-25 53 minutes

How do we measure the gravitational constant? 2023-Apr-20 48 minutes

Listener Questions about rogue planets and black holes! 2023-Apr-18 50 minutes

Why can't two electrons be in the same place? 2023-Apr-13 54 minutes

What can we learn from dwarf galaxies? 2023-Apr-11 48 minutes

Why didn't we evolve around a red dwarf star? 2023-Apr-06 52 minutes

How does carbon dating work? 2023-Apr-04 49 minutes

Is there a better way to accelerate particles? 2023-Mar-30 51 minutes

What does the Antikythera Mechanism do? 2023-Mar-28 47 minutes

Listener Questions 37: quantum cats, heat death and dark multiverses! 2023-Mar-23 49 minutes

Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field? 2023-Mar-21 53 minutes

Could we spot an alien nuclear blast? 2023-Mar-16 56 minutes

Could some particles have tiny electric charges? 2023-Mar-14 56 minutes

How can we measure the curvature of space? 2023-Mar-09 52 minutes

How do space telescopes point themselves? 2023-Mar-07 53 minutes

Listener Questions 36 2023-Mar-02 49 minutes

Could black holes be making the Universe expand faster? 2023-Feb-28 55 minutes

Do gravitational waves leave a mark on the Universe? 2023-Feb-23 50 minutes

Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun? 2023-Feb-21 50 minutes

What's the problem with the Standard Model? 2023-Feb-16 53 minutes

The Science Fiction Universe of "A Half Built Garden" by Ruthanna Emrys 2023-Feb-14 53 minutes

355 Days in Space: Finding Meaning with Astronaut Mark Vande Hei 2023-Feb-14 31 minutes

What's the real speed limit of the Universe? 2023-Feb-09 48 minutes

Listener Questions 35: Exomoons, black holes and math! 2023-Feb-07 49 minutes

Does gravity make rainbows? 2023-Feb-02 51 minutes

Why can't stars fuse Iron? 2023-Jan-31 47 minutes

Does particle spin affect life on Earth? 2023-Jan-26 47 minutes

What's going on with Przybylski's Star? 2023-Jan-24 51 minutes

The Science of "For All Mankind" 2023-Jan-19 56 minutes

Does anti-matter feel anti-gravity? 2023-Jan-17 54 minutes

Did NASA accidentally invent a warp drive? 2023-Jan-12 49 minutes

Could a grand unified theory of physics be impossible? 2023-Jan-10 47 minutes

Listener Questions about light and black holes 2023-Jan-05 54 minutes

How powerful could a civilization get? 2023-Jan-03 50 minutes

What is quantized inertia? 2022-Dec-29 50 minutes

Was the Higgs boson discovery a triumph or disappointment? 2022-Dec-27 49 minutes

The biggest collisions in the Universe 2022-Dec-24 23 minutes

The science of time travel television 2022-Dec-22 56 minutes

What is the Big Rip? 2022-Dec-20 54 minutes

Could dark matter be a superfluid? 2022-Dec-15 50 minutes

Could black holes actually be fuzzballs? 2022-Dec-13 51 minutes

Is there a pattern to asteroid impacts on Earth? 2022-Dec-08 59 minutes

What is a black hole eclipse? 2022-Dec-06 53 minutes

What is the densest planet? 2022-Dec-01 57 minutes

Does the Moon have an atmosphere? 2022-Nov-29 48 minutes

How do we know quantum mechanics is really random? 2022-Nov-24 57 minutes

Listener Questions 33: Questions from your kids! 2022-Nov-22 47 minutes

What are sterile neutrinos? 2022-Nov-17 50 minutes

Why is math so important for physics? 2022-Nov-15 56 minutes

How can the Universe expand faster than the speed of light? 2022-Nov-10 52 minutes

Can you send messages without particles? 2022-Nov-08 48 minutes

How do planets get rings? 2022-Nov-03 58 minutes

Can you make matter out of pure electrons? 2022-Nov-01 52 minutes

What are the most common elements in the Universe? 2022-Oct-27 57 minutes

Listener Questions 31: Photons, aliens, and baseball 2022-Oct-25 53 minutes

How dangerous is nuclear waste? 2022-Oct-20 69 minutes

What's up with Iapetus? 2022-Oct-18 51 minutes

Can you communicate with neutrinos? 2022-Oct-13 58 minutes

The Science of "The Spare Man" 2022-Oct-11 58 minutes

What's it like to be an alien? 2022-Oct-06 56 minutes

Listener Questions 32: Particles, particles, particles! 2022-Oct-04 60 minutes

Why does physics even work? 2022-Sep-29 54 minutes

What is negative temperature? 2022-Sep-27 50 minutes

Is math the language of the Universe? 2022-Sep-22 59 minutes

What are quantum glasses? 2022-Sep-20 51 minutes

What will the Lucy mission teach us? 2022-Sep-15 50 minutes

Why haven't we seen a Milky Way Supernova in 400 years? 2022-Sep-13 57 minutes

What's inside a neutron star? 2022-Sep-08 56 minutes

What's the amplituhedron? 2022-Sep-06 53 minutes

Did the James Webb Space Telescope disprove the Big Bang Theory? 2022-Sep-01 51 minutes

If the Universe is infinite, why is the night sky dark? 2022-Aug-30 53 minutes

Listener Questions about discoveries 2022-Aug-25 52 minutes

Could there be two dimensions of time? 2022-Aug-23 51 minutes

How long does a neutron live? 2022-Aug-18 58 minutes

Can a gravitational wave pass through a black hole? 2022-Aug-16 55 minutes

What is superdeterminism? 2022-Aug-11 50 minutes

Is the speed of light the same in all directions? 2022-Aug-09 50 minutes

Are black holes hot or not? 2022-Aug-04 54 minutes

Listener Questions about aliens, black holes and white holes! 2022-Aug-02 48 minutes

What is early dark energy? 2022-Jul-28 57 minutes

What can slime molds teach us about dark matter? 2022-Jul-26 55 minutes

What did the first JWST images reveal? 2022-Jul-21 57 minutes

Why is momentum conserved? 2022-Jul-19 59 minutes

What is laser fusion? 2022-Jul-14 58 minutes

How do galaxies die? 2022-Jul-12 48 minutes

What is a quark gluon plasma? 2022-Jul-07 56 minutes

How do fireworks work? 2022-Jul-05 51 minutes

What happens to event horizons when black holes collide? 2022-Jun-30 57 minutes

Do photons bump into each other? 2022-Jun-28 59 minutes

Listener Questions about Annihilation 2022-Jun-23 58 minutes

What is Energy? 2022-Jun-21 56 minutes

Could aliens teach us science? 2022-Jun-16 45 minutes

Can the Earth survive when the Sun expands? 2022-Jun-14 54 minutes

What will the next generation of space telescopes reveal? 2022-Jun-09 57 minutes

Could the Universe be shaped like a donut? 2022-Jun-07 59 minutes

Where is most of Earth's water? 2022-Jun-02 60 minutes

What if gravity were much stronger? 2022-May-31 55 minutes

Tech in the Great Outdoors 2022-May-26 32 minutes

What does our black hole look like? 2022-May-26 56 minutes

Is the whole Universe spinning? 2022-May-24 55 minutes

What is a particle? 2022-May-19 59 minutes

Can we defend the Earth from deadly space rocks? 2022-May-17 57 minutes

What does the NICER telescope study? 2022-May-12 51 minutes

Can we escape a black hole with a warp drive or wormhole? 2022-May-10 50 minutes

Creature Feature: The Physics of Animal Color 2022-May-07 65 minutes

Can the human eye see a single photon? 2022-May-05 72 minutes

Introducing: Spyology Squad 2022-May-04 1 minute

What came first matter or energy? 2022-May-03 52 minutes

What can neutrinos teach us about supernovas? 2022-Apr-28 57 minutes

Is the W boson too massive? 2022-Apr-26 58 minutes

Is nuclear power worth the risks? 2022-Apr-21 67 minutes

The science fiction universe of "Lost in Space" 2022-Apr-19 52 minutes

What are zombie stars? 2022-Apr-14 49 minutes

What if the speed of light were slower? 2022-Apr-11 52 minutes

Is it dangerous to send messages to aliens? 2022-Apr-07 75 minutes

Are there particles that don't have anti-particles? 2022-Apr-05 52 minutes

How big can a comet get? 2022-Mar-31 51 minutes

What could aliens teach us about the Universe? 2022-Mar-29 52 minutes

What will the new probes to Venus reveal? 2022-Mar-24 45 minutes

Could we build a particle collider on the moon? 2022-Mar-22 57 minutes

Can molton salt reactors produce electricity safely? 2022-Mar-17 46 minutes

How to take over the world 2022-Mar-15 59 minutes

Can we put black holes to work for us? 2022-Mar-10 50 minutes

Why do stars twinkle? 2022-Mar-08 51 minutes

What is dark radiation? 2022-Mar-03 49 minutes

What is the future of exoplanet research? 2022-Mar-01 59 minutes

Where does the Higgs get its mass? 2022-Feb-24 49 minutes

Can you roast a marshmallow in space, and other listener questions. 2022-Feb-22 48 minutes

Is there Uranium on Uranus? 2022-Feb-17 50 minutes

Does the Universe have a preferred direction? 2022-Feb-15 47 minutes

Why does the Higgs boson like Mexican hats? 2022-Feb-10 51 minutes

Can we build a wormhole? 2022-Feb-08 55 minutes

Listener questions about alien tech, the Earth's orbit and its future! 2022-Feb-03 48 minutes

Is there an explanation for the Universe, or is it random? 2022-Feb-01 58 minutes

The next revolution in theoretical physics 2022-Jan-27 55 minutes

Could our galaxy have a dark matter center? 2022-Jan-25 47 minutes

Could life have started much earlier in the Universe? 2022-Jan-20 56 minutes

The mysterious phenomenon of turning sound into light 2022-Jan-18 51 minutes

Do we know where dark matter is? 2022-Jan-13 49 minutes

What's happening to the Hyades Cluster? 2022-Jan-11 44 minutes

Why black holes are actually bright. 2022-Jan-06 55 minutes

What happens when stars collide? 2022-Jan-04 52 minutes

Did this particle cause the Big Bang? 2021-Dec-30 52 minutes

What if the asteroid hadn't killed the dinosaurs? 2021-Dec-28 50 minutes

Could quantum mechanics be deterministic? 2021-Dec-23 50 minutes

What is Zodiacal Light? 2021-Dec-21 51 minutes

Will starlink spoil astronomy? 2021-Dec-16 45 minutes

Can something be both a conductor and insulator? 2021-Dec-14 49 minutes

Did our Universe evolve? 2021-Dec-09 50 minutes

How should we search for extra terrestrial intelligence? 2021-Dec-07 43 minutes

Things that glow in the dark 2021-Dec-02 51 minutes

Kids questions about the Universe! 2021-Nov-30 46 minutes

The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 2021-Nov-25 55 minutes

Could a solar flare wipe out humanity? 2021-Nov-23 46 minutes

How to be a supervillain with physics. 2021-Nov-18 47 minutes

How do we measure the speed of light? 2021-Nov-16 50 minutes

Why do we think dark matter is made of particles? 2021-Nov-11 45 minutes

How did exotic particles change the Universe? 2021-Nov-09 54 minutes

What is Relational Quantum Mechanics? 2021-Nov-04 49 minutes

Frequently Asked Listener Questions About the Universe! 2021-Nov-02 48 minutes

Why does gravity slow down time? 2021-Oct-28 47 minutes

How do you spot a wormhole? 2021-Oct-26 52 minutes

Are black holes really black holes? 2021-Oct-21 43 minutes

Are neutrinos hiding the dark matter? 2021-Oct-19 51 minutes

Black Hole Questions! 2021-Oct-14 44 minutes

What is a quantum eraser? 2021-Oct-12 49 minutes

How many generations of stars will there be? 2021-Oct-07 51 minutes

Is time pixelated? 2021-Oct-05 51 minutes

What hidden symmetry is controlling the Universe? 2021-Sep-30 54 minutes

Do fission reactors occur naturally? 2021-Sep-28 44 minutes

Does the Universe need cause and effect? 2021-Sep-23 50 minutes

Does the weak force attract or repel? 2021-Sep-21 50 minutes

Is the Universe a hologram? 2021-Sep-16 47 minutes

Listener Questions 17: hamsters, black holes and higgs fields! 2021-Sep-14 46 minutes

Can you be motionless in space? 2021-Sep-09 52 minutes

Why don't we have electric airplanes? 2021-Sep-07 52 minutes

What will the Giant Magellan Telescope show us? 2021-Sep-02 57 minutes

What is a space hurricane? 2021-Aug-31 43 minutes

What's a proton made of? 2021-Aug-26 49 minutes

What if our particles were different? 2021-Aug-24 51 minutes

What is a light cone? 2021-Aug-19 47 minutes

How many particles has the Large Hadron Collider discovered? 2021-Aug-17 48 minutes

Why is the three-body problem so hard? 2021-Aug-12 47 minutes

How many stars can a solar system have? 2021-Aug-10 47 minutes

Listener Questions 16: pictures from space, antimatter stars and Jupiter-eating aliens! 2021-Aug-05 46 minutes

Can we use the galaxy as a gravitational wave detector? 2021-Aug-03 43 minutes

How does a plasma thruster work? 2021-Jul-29 45 minutes

Can you outrun a flash of light? 2021-Jul-27 46 minutes

How were pulsars discovered? 2021-Jul-22 46 minutes

The SF Universe of Cadwell Turnbull's "The Lesson" 2021-Jul-20 64 minutes

What's the cosmic gravitational background? 2021-Jul-15 51 minutes

What do the Navy UFO videos really mean? 2021-Jul-13 77 minutes

Is infinity real or just mathematical? 2021-Jul-08 55 minutes

How many moons does the Earth have? 2021-Jul-06 54 minutes

Listener Questions: photon information, simulated Universes and Daniel's fantasy science budget 2021-Jul-01 47 minutes

The SF Universe of Essa Hansen's novel "Nophek Gloss" 2021-Jun-29 57 minutes

Is it possible to have a two-dimensional object? 2021-Jun-24 51 minutes

Are there stars made of dark matter? 2021-Jun-22 44 minutes

Where are all the medium-sized black holes? 2021-Jun-17 46 minutes

How was the cosmic microwave background discovered? 2021-Jun-15 48 minutes

How many Higgs bosons are there? 2021-Jun-10 45 minutes

Where did the Earth's atmosphere come from? 2021-Jun-08 47 minutes

What did we learn from the Arecibo Radio Telescope? 2021-Jun-03 44 minutes

Why does measuring a quantum object change it? 2021-Jun-01 59 minutes

Can there be life INSIDE a black hole? 2021-May-27 52 minutes

Listener Questions: the expanding observable Universe, what it's like to be a photon and the age of the Universe 2021-May-25 40 minutes

What is Frame Dragging? 2021-May-20 42 minutes

Is space-based solar power realistic? 2021-May-18 51 minutes

Does Mars Have a Liquid Center? 2021-May-13 42 minutes

What's the most promising theory of EVERYTHING? 2021-May-11 53 minutes

What's the most powerful volcano in the Solar System? 2021-May-06 46 minutes

Can the Universe exist without space? 2021-May-04 46 minutes

The Science Fiction Universe of SB Divya 2021-Apr-29 57 minutes

Can brains spontaneously form in space? 2021-Apr-27 46 minutes

Listener Questions: Black Holes, Dark Entropy and a Radio Free Zone! 2021-Apr-22 42 minutes

Did CERN just discover a new particle, using penguins? 2021-Apr-20 43 minutes

Did Fermilab just discover a new particle? 2021-Apr-15 44 minutes

Have we solved the black hole information paradox? 2021-Apr-13 55 minutes

What's a Tesseract? 2021-Apr-08 43 minutes

Did Jupiter once have a different orbit? 2021-Apr-06 46 minutes

What's the heaviest stable element? 2021-Apr-01 46 minutes

What's the Huge Large Quasar Group? 2021-Mar-30 41 minutes

What is the Space Roar? 2021-Mar-25 46 minutes

What was the pioneer anomaly? 2021-Mar-23 45 minutes

The Science Finction Universe of Lindsay Ellis 2021-Mar-18 49 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about black holes, antimatter stars and why the Universe exists! 2021-Mar-16 45 minutes

Why does our Universe have a Cold Spot? 2021-Mar-11 46 minutes

What are boson stars? 2021-Mar-09 47 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about the smell of space, the electroweak force and spotting distant aliens. 2021-Mar-04 44 minutes

What are globular clusters? 2021-Mar-02 44 minutes

What is a Quantum Dot? 2021-Feb-25 41 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about diamond rain on Jupiter, travel near the speed of light and the tilt of Uranus. 2021-Feb-23 36 minutes

Can we see evidence of a previous Universe? 2021-Feb-18 40 minutes

Can we build an invisibility cloak? 2021-Feb-16 50 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about hawking radiation, 5G networks and wireless phone chargers! 2021-Feb-11 39 minutes

What's a Time Crystal? 2021-Feb-09 45 minutes

What's the biggest star in the Universe? 2021-Feb-04 47 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field 2021-Feb-02 42 minutes

How do we know the mass of stars? 2021-Jan-28 47 minutes

Listener Questions 14: Black holes, aliens and zombies! 2021-Jan-26 41 minutes

Can a planet be bigger than its star? 2021-Jan-21 38 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light! 2021-Jan-19 46 minutes

Can we see planets in other galaxies? 2021-Jan-14 47 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about a donut Universe, mirrors and black holes! 2021-Jan-12 48 minutes

Why can’t we see quantum effects in everyday objects? 2021-Jan-07 44 minutes

Is space filled with infinite energy? 2021-Jan-05 44 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about energy conservation, inflation and space dust! 2020-Dec-31 45 minutes

How was radiation discovered? 2020-Dec-29 44 minutes

Are there centaurs in outer space? 2020-Dec-24 41 minutes

Is there matter that is not made of particles? 2020-Dec-22 44 minutes

What will the DragonFly mission find on Titan? 2020-Dec-17 53 minutes

What's the fastest spinning thing in the Universe? 2020-Dec-15 46 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about the size of the Universe, what's in intergalactic space and why gravity dominates the Universe. 2020-Dec-10 43 minutes

Daniel answers Listener Questions about dark matter, black holes and particle colliders 2020-Dec-08 39 minutes

What happened in the dark ages of the Universe? 2020-Dec-03 45 minutes

Can you undress a black hole? 2020-Dec-01 44 minutes

The Sticky Story of the Gluon's Discovery 2020-Nov-26 42 minutes

What's it like to fall into a black hole? 2020-Nov-24 48 minutes

Listener Questions 13: Space water, wormhole colliders and boxes of dark matter 2020-Nov-19 41 minutes

The SF Universe of Max Barry 2020-Nov-17 49 minutes

What's the Oldest Thing in the Universe? 2020-Nov-12 44 minutes

The surprising shape of the Milky Way 2020-Nov-10 43 minutes

How to land a robot on an asteroid 2020-Nov-05 40 minutes

The mysterious sources of the Van Allen radiation belts 2020-Nov-03 46 minutes

What if the Earth Stopped Spinning 2020-Oct-29 50 minutes

The Quantum Physics of Solar Panels 2020-Oct-27 41 minutes

A discounted dark matter discovery 2020-Oct-22 41 minutes

Is all of space magnetized? 2020-Oct-20 45 minutes

Is Energy Actually Conserved? 2020-Oct-15 43 minutes

The SF Universes of Vandana Singh 2020-Oct-13 61 minutes

Where do comets come from? 2020-Oct-08 42 minutes

Will the ITER experiment make fusion feasible? 2020-Oct-06 46 minutes

New discoveries in our cosmic neighborhood 2020-Oct-01 43 minutes

How can we bring rocks back from Mars? 2020-Sep-29 52 minutes

Can a black hole power a spaceship? 2020-Sep-24 40 minutes

Is there life on Venus? 2020-Sep-22 42 minutes

The most common listener questions! 2020-Sep-17 42 minutes

The SF Multi-verse of Adrian Tchaikovsky 2020-Sep-15 53 minutes

What would happen if dark matter and dark energy disappeared? 2020-Sep-10 46 minutes

Elinor Wonders About the Universe 2020-Sep-08 40 minutes

What is Bose Einstein Condensate 2020-Sep-03 46 minutes

What is Mirror Matter? 2020-Sep-01 47 minutes

The SF Universe of Dr. Karen Lords 2020-Aug-27 50 minutes

Listener Questions 12: Higgs Bosons, Black holes and earthquakes! 2020-Aug-25 43 minutes

How did we discover black holes? 2020-Aug-20 46 minutes

What happened to the Superconducting Supercollider? 2020-Aug-18 44 minutes

Do protons live forever? 2020-Aug-13 44 minutes

Special 200th episode! 2020-Aug-11 47 minutes

Did the XENON experiment just discover a weird axion? 2020-Aug-06 43 minutes

How did supermassive black holes get so big? 2020-Aug-04 46 minutes

The Marvelous Mystery of the Muon Magnetic Moment 2020-Jul-30 42 minutes

Is dark matter hot? 2020-Jul-28 41 minutes

How was the Higgs boson discovered? 2020-Jul-23 49 minutes

What are quasi-particles 2020-Jul-21 41 minutes

Can neutrinos explain why we have matter? 2020-Jul-16 46 minutes

Listener Questions 11: Deep questions about gravity and particles. 2020-Jul-14 42 minutes

Does the Universe need dark matter? 2020-Jul-09 48 minutes

Did NASA discover a parallel Universe? 2020-Jul-07 45 minutes

Do black holes destroy information? 2020-Jul-02 52 minutes

What is the axion? 2020-Jun-30 48 minutes

The SF Universe of Alastair Reynolds "Revenger" 2020-Jun-25 60 minutes

What are primordial black holes? 2020-Jun-23 49 minutes

Is the impossible drive possible? 2020-Jun-18 45 minutes

The long race for the top quark 2020-Jun-16 52 minutes

Where in the solar system might we find life? (ft. Katie Goldin of Creature Features) 2020-Jun-11 56 minutes

How do you navigate in deep space? 2020-Jun-09 46 minutes

Can stars eat other stars? 2020-Jun-04 41 minutes

Why are neutrinos so light? 2020-Jun-02 43 minutes

Can we see the surface of exoplanets? 2020-May-28 41 minutes

What is the real charge of the electron? 2020-May-26 39 minutes

Could Jupiter turn into a star? 2020-May-21 37 minutes

What are the basic constants of the Universe? 2020-May-19 42 minutes

Listener Question 10: Particles, stars and universe-sized black holes! 2020-May-14 43 minutes

Can Dark Matter feel itself 2020-May-12 44 minutes

How do LEDs work? 2020-May-07 44 minutes

Should we believe any alien abduction stories? 2020-May-05 53 minutes

Does Stephen Wolfram's Theory of Everything Work? 2020-Apr-30 44 minutes

The SF Universe of Sue Burke's "Semiosis" 2020-Apr-28 48 minutes

Can planets lose their atmospheres? 2020-Apr-23 38 minutes

What is the Cosmological Constant? 2020-Apr-21 42 minutes

How quarks were discovered? 2020-Apr-16 43 minutes

What is the tallest mountain in the solar system? 2020-Apr-14 37 minutes

The SF Universe of Mary Robinette Kowal's "The Calculating Stars" 2020-Apr-09 58 minutes

Could dark matter be made of quarks? 2020-Apr-07 44 minutes

The SF Universe of Becky Chamber's "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" 2020-Apr-02 55 minutes

Listener Questions 9 2020-Mar-31 39 minutes

What are virtual particles? 2020-Mar-26 39 minutes

The SF Universe of Blake Crouch's "Recursion" 2020-Mar-24 40 minutes

How small is an electron? 2020-Mar-19 46 minutes

Why is strange matter so strange? 2020-Mar-17 39 minutes

The science fiction universe of "Ancillary Justice" 2020-Mar-12 41 minutes

What is the biggest explosion in the universe 2020-Mar-10 41 minutes

Is it possible to move the sun? 2020-Mar-05 42 minutes

Is the Universe infinite? 2020-Mar-03 46 minutes

What have we learned from the Spitzer Space Telescope? 2020-Feb-27 42 minutes

Choose your own physics adventure! 2020-Feb-25 40 minutes

Can quantum gravity save physics? 2020-Feb-20 48 minutes

Listener Questions 8: Can AI understand humor? 2020-Feb-18 45 minutes

What causes the biggest explosions in the universe? 2020-Feb-13 43 minutes

Are there planets without a star? 2020-Feb-11 41 minutes

Can you slow down light? 2020-Feb-06 42 minutes

What is the great attractor? 2020-Feb-04 42 minutes

Can particles travel faster than light? 2020-Jan-30 39 minutes

4 ways physics could end the world 2020-Jan-28 49 minutes

Is Betelgeuse about to explode? 2020-Jan-23 45 minutes

Why can quarks never be alone? 2020-Jan-21 46 minutes

Is space filled with junk? 2020-Jan-16 42 minutes

Why is the universe inflating? 2020-Jan-14 51 minutes

What will the new space telescope reveal? 2020-Jan-09 43 minutes

Why do some particles die? 2020-Jan-07 45 minutes

Is the universe left-handed? 2020-Jan-02 43 minutes

Can you destroy a black hole? 2019-Dec-31 49 minutes

How does relativity affect our perception of time? 2019-Dec-26 43 minutes

How was antimatter discovered? 2019-Dec-24 44 minutes

What are cosmic strings? 2019-Dec-19 44 minutes

What is quantum spacetime foam? 2019-Dec-17 40 minutes

What are magnetic monopoles? 2019-Dec-12 41 minutes

How fast is the universe blowing up? 2019-Dec-10 46 minutes

Is there a fifth force of the universe? 2019-Dec-05 42 minutes

Listener Questions 7 2019-Dec-03 45 minutes

The mystery of the missing neutrinos 2019-Nov-28 44 minutes

Where is the coldest place in the Universe? 2019-Nov-26 39 minutes

Is our solar system weird? 2019-Nov-21 41 minutes

Who ordered the muon? 2019-Nov-19 41 minutes

Can science predict what you will do? 2019-Nov-14 47 minutes

Is it possible to send messages faster than light using quantum entanglement? 2019-Nov-12 42 minutes

Is there weather in space? 2019-Nov-07 37 minutes

News from the Solar System 2019-Nov-05 40 minutes

Journey to the Beginning of Time (featuring Dan Hooper) 2019-Oct-31 51 minutes

What's in the asteroid belt? 2019-Oct-29 29 minutes

Does Quantum Mechanics make sense? 2019-Oct-24 41 minutes

Can we build a warp drive? 2019-Oct-22 36 minutes

How do we know the photon is real? 2019-Oct-17 29 minutes

Can you imagine a color you've never seen? 2019-Oct-15 37 minutes

What is the cosmic microwave background? 2019-Oct-10 50 minutes

Listener Questions 6 2019-Oct-08 30 minutes

What are fermi bubbles? 2019-Oct-03 35 minutes

How many stars can you see in the night sky with the naked eye? 2019-Oct-01 27 minutes

What are fast radio bursts and what causes them? 2019-Sep-26 37 minutes

The shocking mystery of lightning explained 2019-Sep-24 36 minutes

Will the Higgs-Boson destroy the universe? 2019-Sep-19 35 minutes

How to see pictures of dinosaurs (featuring XKCD creator Randall Munroe) 2019-Sep-17 41 minutes

What is the physics behind skipping stones? 2019-Sep-12 33 minutes

How do microwaves work? 2019-Sep-10 35 minutes

What are Tardigrades? 2019-Sep-05 35 minutes

What was the first particle ever discovered? And how was it discovered? 2019-Sep-03 35 minutes

Why is half of the moon always hidden? 2019-Aug-29 34 minutes

What is a graviton? 2019-Aug-27 35 minutes

What would happen on earth if the moon disappeared? 2019-Aug-22 33 minutes

Listener Questions 5 2019-Aug-20 45 minutes

What would happen if the sun became a black hole? 2019-Aug-15 31 minutes

What are white holes? 2019-Aug-13 37 minutes

Take a cruise of the exoplanets 2019-Aug-08 40 minutes

How old is the earth? 2019-Aug-06 41 minutes

Do aliens exist? 2019-Aug-01 51 minutes

Can you see an electron or other tiny particles? 2019-Jul-30 42 minutes

What is the strongest magnet in the universe? 2019-Jul-25 50 minutes

Why haven't aliens visited us? 2019-Jul-23 46 minutes

What is the Weak Force? 2019-Jul-18 42 minutes

What is Cold Fusion? 2019-Jul-16 42 minutes

How do you make gold? 2019-Jul-11 38 minutes

How do MRIs work? 2019-Jul-09 32 minutes

What is the hexagon on saturn? 2019-Jul-04 29 minutes

What is Quantum Tunneling? 2019-Jul-02 37 minutes

Can you sail on light? 2019-Jun-27 35 minutes

What is the densest thing in the universe? 2019-Jun-25 44 minutes

What do Quarks taste like? 2019-Jun-20 39 minutes

Listener Questions 4 2019-Jun-18 39 minutes

What is the brightest thing in the universe? 2019-Jun-13 37 minutes

Is the Earth round? 2019-Jun-11 41 minutes

How can we see Dark Matter? 2019-Jun-06 44 minutes

Listener Questions 3 2019-Jun-04 42 minutes

What Is Radiation? 2019-May-30 42 minutes

What Is the Hottest Thing In The Universe? 2019-May-28 45 minutes

What Is A Dyson Sphere? 2019-May-23 44 minutes

Bad Science Questions 2019-May-21 47 minutes

What Is Quantum Spin? 2019-May-16 40 minutes

What Is The Emptiest Place In The Universe? 2019-May-14 41 minutes

What's In Jupiter's Great Red Spot? 2019-May-09 39 minutes

Will A Gamma Ray Burst Kill You? 2019-May-07 44 minutes

What's Inside The Earth? 2019-May-02 45 minutes

How Does A Bicycle Balance? 2019-Apr-30 36 minutes

Why Does Time Go Forwards? 2019-Apr-25 43 minutes

What Is A Tachyon? 2019-Apr-23 39 minutes

What is Supersymmetry? 2019-Apr-18 45 minutes

Questions From The Zeitgeist (ft The Daily Zeitgeist hosts) 2019-Apr-16 40 minutes

What Is A Space Elevator? 2019-Apr-11 45 minutes

Can You See A Black Hole? 2019-Apr-09 43 minutes

What Are The Weirdest Stars? 2019-Apr-04 45 minutes

What's Under The Ice On Europa? 2019-Apr-02 39 minutes

What's The Biggest "Thing" in The Universe? 2019-Mar-28 41 minutes

Listener Questions 2.0 2019-Mar-26 36 minutes

What Is A Superconductor? 2019-Mar-21 37 minutes

What Was Oumuamua? 2019-Mar-19 37 minutes

What Are Quantum Fields? 2019-Mar-14 34 minutes

What Is Time Dilation? 2019-Mar-12 36 minutes

Why Do We Have Stars? 2019-Mar-07 32 minutes

How Does A Laser Work? 2019-Mar-05 36 minutes

How Old Is The Universe? 2019-Feb-28 37 minutes

What's At The Center Of The Galaxy? 2019-Feb-26 39 minutes

Is Anti-Gravity Technology Possible? 2019-Feb-21 37 minutes

Where Does The Earth's Magnetic Field Come From? 2019-Feb-19 40 minutes

Are Wormholes Real? 2019-Feb-14 36 minutes

What Is Terraforming? 2019-Feb-12 43 minutes

What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean? 2019-Feb-07 43 minutes

What Nobel Prizes Have Been Proven Wrong? 2019-Feb-05 39 minutes

Is A New Particle Collider Worth $20B? 2019-Jan-31 38 minutes

How Did The Moon Form? 2019-Jan-29 30 minutes

What Are Cosmic Rays? 2019-Jan-24 35 minutes

Is The Multiverse Real? 2019-Jan-22 32 minutes

How Can We Tell The Distance To Stars? 2019-Jan-17 31 minutes

What Is The Most Important Invention In Human History? (ft. Ryan North) 2019-Jan-15 35 minutes

Listener Questions 2019-Jan-10 33 minutes

What Is A Quantum Computer? 2019-Jan-08 37 minutes

What Happens When Galaxies Collide? 2019-Jan-03 35 minutes

Why Is Gravity So Weird? 2019-Jan-01 36 minutes

Is the Universe pixelated? 2018-Dec-27 36 minutes

Are there other Earths out there? 2018-Dec-25 34 minutes

Was/Is There Life On Mars? 2018-Dec-20 36 minutes

What Is String Theory? 2018-Dec-18 34 minutes

Will Physics Ever Explain Everything? 2018-Dec-13 33 minutes

What Is A Dimension And How Many Are There? 2018-Dec-11 32 minutes

What is a Neutrino? 2018-Dec-06 31 minutes

How Does a Nuclear Bomb Work? 2018-Dec-04 36 minutes

Is Teleportation Possible? 2018-Nov-29 33 minutes

Is the Universe Random? 2018-Nov-27 37 minutes

Where Did Earth's Water Come From? 2018-Nov-22 30 minutes

The Baby Universe (ft. Katie Mack) 2018-Nov-20 36 minutes

Can We Travel Faster Than Light? 2018-Nov-15 34 minutes

Is Light a Particle or a Wave? 2018-Nov-13 36 minutes

Are there Aliens? 2018-Nov-08 30 minutes

Is Anti-Matter a Real Thing? 2018-Nov-06 32 minutes

How will the Universe die? 2018-Nov-01 30 minutes

What is making the Universe explode? 2018-Oct-30 32 minutes

Will an Asteroid Kill You? 2018-Oct-25 36 minutes

What's Inside a Black Hole? 2018-Oct-23 24 minutes

How Big is the Universe? 2018-Oct-18 22 minutes

What's the smallest piece of matter? Is there one? 2018-Oct-16 24 minutes

What is everything made of? 2018-Oct-11 31 minutes

What are Gravitational Waves? 2018-Oct-09 31 minutes

When will the Sun explode? 2018-Oct-04 21 minutes

Is Time Travel Possible? 2018-Oct-02 28 minutes

What came before the Big Bang? 2018-Sep-27 25 minutes

Is the Higgs Boson useful? 2018-Sep-25 32 minutes

Are we Living in a Simulation? 2018-Sep-25 32 minutes

Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe: Trailer 2018-Sep-18 1 minute