Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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Listener Questions 46: Mountains, ether and time!
26 december 2023 · 47 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about reviving old theories, building tall mountains, and passing time. Lees meer
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What is the electrical charge of the moon?
21 december 2023 · 42 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the moon is positive, negative or neutral! Lees meer
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Can planets share an orbit?
19 december 2023 · 46 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether two planets could share an orbit around a star, or whether there would be too much gravitational squabbling. Lees meer
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What shapes can galaxies take?
14 december 2023 · 50 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the weird, wacky shapes of galaxies and the cosmic story they tell. Lees meer
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What’s the difference between inertial and gravitational mass?
12 december 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether there are two or one kind of mass and the massive consequences. Lees meer
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Has our solar system lost any planets?
7 december 2023 · 48 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about how instabilities in the early solar system may have ejected an ancient ice giant. Lees meer
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Are there galaxies without dark matter?
5 december 2023 · 42 min
Daniel and Jorge discuss how dark matter shapes our Universe and whether it would be possible to have a galaxy without it. Lees meer
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Does quantum mechanics conserve energy?
30 november 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge explore whether basic rules of our Universe are broken at the quantum scale. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes
28 november 2023 · 45 min
Daniel and Jorge venture to the edge of human knowledge about black holes, gravity and magnetic fields. Lees meer
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion"
23 november 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about alien arrival, as depicted on the show "Invasion" and Daniel talks to two of the writers, Tatiana Suarez Pico and Aditi Brennan Kapil about writing science fiction. Lees meer
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Who was the first scientist?
21 november 2023 · 55 min
Daniel talkes to Prof. James Poskett about how the history of science has much more nuance and global participation than the standard mythology. Lees meer
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman
16 november 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
Daniel and Kelly chat with Ned Beauman, author of "Venemous Lumpsucker" a cautionary tale about applying free market strategies to preventing extinction. Lees meer
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Why is there quantum uncertainty?
14 november 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with one of the fuzziest concepts in quantum mechanics Lees meer
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What did the early Universe sound like?
9 november 2023 · 48 min
Daniel and Jorge take you back to the early Universe and the sound bubbles that seeded everything. Lees meer
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Can we settle space? Should we? Have we really thought this through?
7 november 2023 · 1 uur 8 min
Daniel talks to Kelly and Zach Weinersmith about whether humanity is ready to move into the stars. Lees meer
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What's the matter with matter in the Universe?
2 november 2023 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge dig into the history of matter, dark matter and dark energy, explaining how they used to have very different ratios. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you!
31 oktober 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the Earth's tilt, steampunk atoms and fundamental pixels of rad. Lees meer
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Which force(s) power the human senses?
26 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 20 min
Daniel and Katie talk about how we experience the Universe and what physics underlies our senses. Lees meer
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Could we see moons around exoplanets?
24 oktober 2023 · 53 min
Daniel and Jorge are over the moon about the possibility of spotting alien moons. Lees meer
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Could we seed exoplanets with life?
19 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
Daniel and Kelly wrangle with the tricky science and ethics of sending microbes to distant worlds. Lees meer
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Do Black Holes Have Hair?
17 oktober 2023 · 48 min
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the hairy question of what's happening inside and on the surface of black holes. Lees meer
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Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial?
12 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the claims that 'Oumuamua might have been alien space junk. Lees meer
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Could dark matter be making flashes of light?
10 oktober 2023 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge break down a new study that looks for dark matter using both gravity and light. Lees meer
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Where is all the missing matter?
5 oktober 2023 · 45 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the effort to track down all the quarks in the Universe. Lees meer
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How does gravity escape a black hole?
3 oktober 2023 · 57 min
Daniel and Katie warp their minds around the question of what gravitational information really is and what we know about a black hole. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision
28 september 2023 · 43 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send in your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com Lees meer
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Great, Big Questions about the Universe
26 september 2023 · 42 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from young people about the Universe, to mark Jorge's new book! Lees meer
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How important is cosmic dust?
21 september 2023 · 44 min
Daniel and Jorge dust off their knowledge of the tiny-but-mighty grains of space dust which help form our world and block our view of the cosmos. Lees meer
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Explain the Universe: Behind the Scenes
19 september 2023 · 1 uur 30 min
To mark the 500th episode, Daniel gives a tour of the podcast's history and production process, including candid interviews with the co-hosts, Sean Carroll and other podcasters. Lees meer
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How big is the smallest habitable planet?
14 september 2023 · 48 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about what it would take to live away from Earth, and whether a small planet could host humanity. Lees meer
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Why do moving objects look shorter?
12 september 2023 · 50 min
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the weird consequences and hard questions of special relativity! Lees meer
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How do we measure the Higgs boson mass?
7 september 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about why the Higgs mass is such an important number and how physicists weigh such a fleeting particle. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 42: Life, the Universe and Ghosts!
5 september 2023 · 48 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com Lees meer
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Why do scientists do simulations?
31 augustus 2023 · 59 min
Daniel and Jorge explain how simulation lets scientists answer new kinds of questions about the Universe. Lees meer
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Have we seen more or fewer gravitational waves than expected?
29 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Daniel and Katie talk about what physicists expected when they turned on a new kind of ear for listening to the Universe. Lees meer
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Why is space so flat?
24 augustus 2023 · 51 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about what it means for space to be curved, how we measure it and why the answer is a puzzle. Lees meer
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Meru" by SB Divya
22 augustus 2023 · 52 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to the author of "Meru" about a future which blurs the line between humans and machines. Lees meer
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What is the maximum vacuum?
17 augustus 2023 · 52 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about what is revealed if you empty space of all possible particles. Lees meer
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Orbital Cloud"
15 augustus 2023 · 44 min
Daniel and Kelly talk to Tayio Fujii, author of "Orbital Cloud" Lees meer
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What does the center of the galaxy look like?
10 augustus 2023 · 50 min
Daniel and Jorge turn their eyes to the center of the galactic action and give us a sense for where we are. Lees meer
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How fast can a black hole spin?
8 augustus 2023 · 52 min
Daniel and Katie get their heads spinning as they spiral into the center of spinning black holes Lees meer
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How can we look for magnetic monopoles?
3 augustus 2023 · 50 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about a particle with a pure magnetic charge and how to look for it using a cubic kilometer of ice. Lees meer
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How massive is a neutrino?
1 augustus 2023 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysterious mass of the neutrino and how we can measure it. Lees meer
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How can we keep solar panels clean on Mars?
27 juli 2023 · 43 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about how to keep solar panels bright and powerful when they far away on a dusty planet. Lees meer
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What is a non-Newtonian fluid?
25 juli 2023 · 53 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the gooey physics of honey, gravity, asphalt and ketchup! Lees meer
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Listener Questions 41: Questions about the mass of the Universe, moons made of gas, and backyard blackholes.
20 juli 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Lees meer
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What everyone misunderstands about the Universe
18 juli 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Daniel talks to Zach Weinersmith about the most common misconceptions about our Universe. Lees meer
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How stable is the Earth's orbit?
13 juli 2023 · 50 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we can expect the Earth to continue in its path forever, or if our days are numbered. Lees meer
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Do things get more massive the faster they move?
11 juli 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when you start to move fast, and whether it makes sense to think about your mass growing. Lees meer
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How do planets get their moons?
6 juli 2023 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about how a planets gets its natural satellites and the stories that each one reveals. Lees meer
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