Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
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Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you!
31 oktober 2023 · 59 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 30 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 · 1 uur 2 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 13 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 · 57 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 15 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 · 53 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 · 55 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 · 1 uur 6 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 · 53 min
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Great, Big Questions about the Universe
26 september 2023 · 52 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 · 54 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 39 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 · 58 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 · 1 uur
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 · 59 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 · 58 min
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Why do scientists do simulations?
31 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 8 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 12 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 · 1 uur
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 · 1 uur 1 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 · 1 uur 2 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 · 54 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 · 58 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 · 1 uur 2 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 · 59 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 · 1 uur 4 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 · 52 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 · 1 uur 3 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 · 59 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 11 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 · 59 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 · 59 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 · 59 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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Do all galaxies have central black holes?
4 juli 2023 · 58 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether galaxies have to have black holes at their hearts. Lees meer
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How to use the whole galaxy to hear huge gravitational waves
29 juni 2023 · 1 uur 10 min
Daniel and Jorge break down the recent discovery of huge gravitational waves by NANOGrav, and what it means about supermassive black holes. Lees meer
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What drives the movement of Earth’s continents?
27 juni 2023 · 56 min
Daniel and Jorge explore the deep, violent history of the Earth's surface. Lees meer
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What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space?
22 juni 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Daniel and Katie touch on the explosive question of nuclear weapons and explain the impact of space-based explosions. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us
20 juni 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners about the dangers of our Universe and whether engineers could save us. Lees meer
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Could there be more than one theory of everything?
15 juni 2023 · 57 min
Daniel talks to philosopher Thomas Barrett about whether there could be multiple effective descriptions of our Universe Lees meer
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Why are some things transparent?
13 juni 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
Daniel and Jorge try to see through the mysteries of transparency. Lees meer
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What is a superluminous supernova?
8 juni 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the super names for some of the most incredible events in astronomy. Lees meer
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What color is the Sun?
6 juni 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Daniel and Katie talk about the amazing physics, chemistry and biology that determines how we see the Sun. Lees meer
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Why does the Universe have antiparticles?
1 juni 2023 · 59 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe would make sense without antimatter. Lees meer
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Could we reveal quantum gravity in a tabletop experiment?
30 mei 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about how clever experiments might provide a breakthrough in the effort to understand the quantum nature of space-time. Lees meer
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What is tidal locking?
25 mei 2023 · 53 min
Daniel and Kelly talk about how the gravitational dance of the Earth and Moon, and other objects in and out of our Solar System. Lees meer
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What's the best way to measure the expansion of the Universe?
23 mei 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about how to use different cosmic rulers to measure the expansion of the Universe. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 39: gravitons, antimatter and unified forces!
18 mei 2023 · 59 min
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Will our supercluster be torn apart?
16 mei 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep future fate of our cosmic neighborhood. Lees meer
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Do black holes have a maximum electric charge?
11 mei 2023 · 58 min
Daniel and Jorge explore whether its possible to crack open a black hole by overcharging it. Lees meer
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