Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
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Are there stars made of dark matter?
22 juni 2021 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about what it takes to make a star and whether dark matter could pull it off Lees meer
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Where are all the medium-sized black holes?
17 juni 2021 · 56 min
Daniel and Jorge search for the missing black holes that are not too small or too big, but right in the middle! Lees meer
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How was the cosmic microwave background discovered?
15 juni 2021 · 57 min
Daniel and Jorge go through the crazy story of missed opportunties, accidental observations that led to one of the greatest science discoveries of all time. Lees meer
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How many Higgs bosons are there?
10 juni 2021 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge explain why our Universe might have more than just one Higgs boson, and what they should be called. Lees meer
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Where did the Earth's atmosphere come from?
8 juni 2021 · 57 min
Daniel and Jorge explain where the air you breathe came from, and whether there's hope for deep breaths on exoplanets. Lees meer
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What did we learn from the Arecibo Radio Telescope?
3 juni 2021 · 53 min
Daniel and Jorge tell the story of the construction, the scientific insights and the collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico Lees meer
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Why does measuring a quantum object change it?
1 juni 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
Daniel chats with Adam Becker about the "measurement problem" in quantum mechanics: does the wavefunction collapse, and what causes it? Lees meer
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Can there be life INSIDE a black hole?
27 mei 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about astro-blackhole-biology and whether it's possible to have life evolve inside a black hole. Lees meer
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Listener Questions: the expanding observable Universe, what it's like to be a photon and the age of the Universe
25 mei 2021 · 50 min
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What is Frame Dragging?
20 mei 2021 · 53 min
Daniel and Jorge explain how space can get twisted up around spinning objects. Lees meer
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Is space-based solar power realistic?
18 mei 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith talk about getting solar power FROM SPACE! Lees meer
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Does Mars Have a Liquid Center?
13 mei 2021 · 51 min
Daniel and Jorge crack open the red planet and talk about whether it is totally solid, or whether it still has liquid flowing inside! Lees meer
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What's the most promising theory of EVERYTHING?
11 mei 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about string theory, loop quantum gravity, M-theory, p-branes, geometric unity and ice cream! Lees meer
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What's the most powerful volcano in the Solar System?
6 mei 2021 · 56 min
Daniel and Jorge break down how volcanos work and blow up your idea of what makes a powerful volcano blow. Lees meer
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Can the Universe exist without space?
4 mei 2021 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge break down the Universe to its most basic level and ask if space is necessary Lees meer
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The Science Fiction Universe of SB Divya
29 april 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
Daniel interviews SB Divya about her new novel "Machinehood" which explores whether machines can be self-aware. Lees meer
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Can brains spontaneously form in space?
27 april 2021 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the chance that you could be a brain floating in space. Lees meer
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Listener Questions: Black Holes, Dark Entropy and a Radio Free Zone!
22 april 2021 · 52 min
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Did CERN just discover a new particle, using penguins?
20 april 2021 · 52 min
Daniel and Jorge explain the exciting new results from the LHCb experiment! Lees meer
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Did Fermilab just discover a new particle?
15 april 2021 · 54 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the result of the g-2 experiment at Fermilab and what it means! Lees meer
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Have we solved the black hole information paradox?
13 april 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
Daniel and Jorge break down recent advances in quantum gravity! Lees meer
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What's a Tesseract?
8 april 2021 · 52 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about 4-dimensional cubes, life in the 4th dimension and the Infinity Stones! Lees meer
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Did Jupiter once have a different orbit?
6 april 2021 · 55 min
Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith explore the dramatic story of Jupiter's wandering orbits Lees meer
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What's the heaviest stable element?
1 april 2021 · 53 min
Daniel and Jorge take a trip to the theoretical Island of Stability and talk about super heavy elements Lees meer
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What's the Huge Large Quasar Group?
30 maart 2021 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about quasars, large groups of quasars and HUGE LARGE groups of quasars! Lees meer
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What is the Space Roar?
25 maart 2021 · 54 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysterious, unexplained "space roar" and whether its a clue about something new in the Universe. Lees meer
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What was the pioneer anomaly?
23 maart 2021 · 53 min
Daniel and Jorge dig into the mystery of why the Pioneer spacecraft's path surprised scientists. Lees meer
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The Science Finction Universe of Lindsay Ellis
18 maart 2021 · 57 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the Universe of Lindsay Ellis' novel "Axiom's End" Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about black holes, antimatter stars and why the Universe exists!
16 maart 2021 · 54 min
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Why does our Universe have a Cold Spot?
11 maart 2021 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge explain why scientists are puzzling over a massive cold spot in the sky. Lees meer
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What are boson stars?
9 maart 2021 · 56 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether its possible to have stars made out of bosons! Lees meer
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about the smell of space, the electroweak force and spotting distant aliens.
4 maart 2021 · 52 min
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What are globular clusters?
2 maart 2021 · 53 min
Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin explore the mysteries of these weird, ancient blobs of stars. Lees meer
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What is a Quantum Dot?
25 februari 2021 · 49 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 · 44 min
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Can we see evidence of a previous Universe?
18 februari 2021 · 48 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 · 58 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 · 47 min
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What's a Time Crystal?
9 februari 2021 · 52 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 · 55 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 · 50 min
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How do we know the mass of stars?
28 januari 2021 · 55 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 · 49 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 · 46 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 · 54 min
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Can we see planets in other galaxies?
14 januari 2021 · 55 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 · 56 min
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Why can’t we see quantum effects in everyday objects?
7 januari 2021 · 52 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 · 52 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 · 53 min
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