Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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What is a Quantum Dot?
25 februari 2021 · 41 min
Daniel and Jorge break down the quantum world into tiny dots that have amazing properties. Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about diamond rain on Jupiter, travel near the speed of light and the tilt of Uranus.
23 februari 2021 · 37 min
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Can we see evidence of a previous Universe?
18 februari 2021 · 41 min
Daniel and Jorge explain Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology and what it means about the origins of the Universe. Lees meer
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Can we build an invisibility cloak?
16 februari 2021 · 50 min
Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith break down the science and science-fiction of invisibility. Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about hawking radiation, 5G networks and wireless phone chargers!
11 februari 2021 · 39 min
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What's a Time Crystal?
9 februari 2021 · 45 min
Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about the crazy and real science of time crystals Lees meer
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What's the biggest star in the Universe?
4 februari 2021 · 47 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about mind-blowingly huge balls of burning gas. Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field
2 februari 2021 · 43 min
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How do we know the mass of stars?
28 januari 2021 · 47 min
Daniel talks about how astronomers can measure or deduce the mass of a star, and why it controls its fate. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 14: Black holes, aliens and zombies!
26 januari 2021 · 41 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about what kind of elements are inside a black hole, how to respond to aliens and whether physicists are useful or useless in a zombie apocalypse. Lees meer
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Can a planet be bigger than its star?
21 januari 2021 · 39 min
What counts as a planet and is it possible for it to outweigh or outsize its parent star? Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light!
19 januari 2021 · 46 min
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Can we see planets in other galaxies?
14 januari 2021 · 48 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about how astronomers are trying to detect planets in far away galaxies! Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about a donut Universe, mirrors and black holes!
12 januari 2021 · 48 min
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Why can’t we see quantum effects in everyday objects?
7 januari 2021 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about quantum decoherence and why big things don't act like quantum particles. Lees meer
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Is space filled with infinite energy?
5 januari 2021 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge tackle the confusing conundrum of the Casimir Effect and quantum zero-point energy Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about energy conservation, inflation and space dust!
31 december 2020 · 45 min
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How was radiation discovered?
29 december 2020 · 45 min
X-rays, U-rays, and cosmic rays! Hear the story for how we came to understand that our world is filled with invisible dangers. Lees meer
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Are there centaurs in outer space?
24 december 2020 · 42 min
Centaurs are real, but not on Earth. Daniel and Jorge talk about the weird objects astronomers call a "space centaur" Lees meer
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Is there matter that is not made of particles?
22 december 2020 · 45 min
Is it possible that matter could be made of something that's not particles? Lees meer
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What will the DragonFly mission find on Titan?
17 december 2020 · 53 min
NASA is building an awesome drone to fly around the surface of Saturn's moon. What will it find? Lees meer
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What's the fastest spinning thing in the Universe?
15 december 2020 · 46 min
Part of their "Extreme Universe" series, Daniel and Jorge make your head spin with all of the crazy spinning objects in the Universe. Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about the size of the Universe, what's in intergalactic space and why gravity dominates the Universe.
10 december 2020 · 43 min
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about dark matter, black holes and particle colliders
8 december 2020 · 39 min
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What happened in the dark ages of the Universe?
3 december 2020 · 45 min
Before the stars and galaxies formed, the Universe was dark and foggy for hundreds of millions of years! Lees meer
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Can you undress a black hole?
1 december 2020 · 45 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether it's possible to observe a "naked singularity" Lees meer
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The Sticky Story of the Gluon's Discovery
26 november 2020 · 42 min
What is the gluon and how was it discovered? Daniel and Jorge take us through the dramatic events. Lees meer
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What's it like to fall into a black hole?
24 november 2020 · 48 min
Take a cosmic field trip with Daniel and Jorge, as they guide you on a thought experiment into the heart of the most mysterious objects in the Universe. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 13: Space water, wormhole colliders and boxes of dark matter
19 november 2020 · 42 min
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The SF Universe of Max Barry
17 november 2020 · 50 min
In Max Barry's new novel "Providence", humanity runs into aliens. It doesn't go well. Lees meer
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What's the Oldest Thing in the Universe?
12 november 2020 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the age of stars, galaxies, black holes and more! Lees meer
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The surprising shape of the Milky Way
10 november 2020 · 44 min
How do we know the shape of our galaxy, since we're stuck in the middle of it? Lees meer
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How to land a robot on an asteroid
5 november 2020 · 41 min
NASA sent Osiris-Rex to scoop a cup of dirt from an asteroid ... using a pogo stick! Lees meer
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The mysterious sources of the Van Allen radiation belts
3 november 2020 · 47 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the strange belts of particles surrounding the Earth, and the South Atlantic Anomaly Lees meer
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What if the Earth Stopped Spinning
29 oktober 2020 · 50 min
What makes planets spin, and what would happen if they stopped? Lees meer
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The Quantum Physics of Solar Panels
27 oktober 2020 · 41 min
Daniel and Jorge break down the physics and engineering behind solar panels Lees meer
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A discounted dark matter discovery
22 oktober 2020 · 41 min
Why do particle physicists discount the beautiful signal of dark matter from the DAMA experiment? Lees meer
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Is all of space magnetized?
20 oktober 2020 · 46 min
Is it possible that there are magnetic fields.... everywhere? Lees meer
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Is Energy Actually Conserved?
15 oktober 2020 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge explore whether energy is actually a fundamental conserved quantity. Lees meer
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The SF Universes of Vandana Singh
13 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 2 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the creative science in the short stories of Vandana Singh's collection "Ambiguity Machines" Lees meer
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Where do comets come from?
8 oktober 2020 · 43 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the vast and amazing Oort cloud, and whether it is throwing snowballs at us. Lees meer
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Will the ITER experiment make fusion feasible?
6 oktober 2020 · 46 min
Will humans figure out how to make fusion work on Earth, to provide plentiful clean power? Lees meer
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New discoveries in our cosmic neighborhood
1 oktober 2020 · 43 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about a new massive blob of galaxies discovered right around the corner. Lees meer
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How can we bring rocks back from Mars?
29 september 2020 · 53 min
How many robots does it take to dig up rocks from Mars and deliver them back to Earth? Lees meer
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Can a black hole power a spaceship?
24 september 2020 · 40 min
Daniel and Jorge tackle the physics, engineering and safety questions of using a black hole to visit nearby stars. Lees meer
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Is there life on Venus?
22 september 2020 · 43 min
The internet went crazy talking about phosphine on Venus! What does it mean? Lees meer
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The most common listener questions!
17 september 2020 · 43 min
Is there dark matter in black holes? Are gravitons and gravitational waves the same thing? Daniel and Jorge answer the most common listener questions! Lees meer
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The SF Multi-verse of Adrian Tchaikovsky
15 september 2020 · 54 min
Daniel and Jorge discuss the science of "The Doors of Eden", a multi-zooniverse novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky Lees meer
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What would happen if dark matter and dark energy disappeared?
10 september 2020 · 47 min
Dark matter and dark energy are 95% of the energy in the Universe. But do we need them? Lees meer
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Elinor Wonders About the Universe
8 september 2020 · 41 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the Universe from Jorge's daughter Elinor, and talk about their new PBS Kids TV show: "Elinor Wonders Why". Link: pbskids.org/elinor Lees meer
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