Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
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How was radiation discovered?
29 december 2020 · 53 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 · 50 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 · 52 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 · 1 uur 1 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 · 54 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 · 51 min
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about dark matter, black holes and particle colliders
8 december 2020 · 46 min
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What happened in the dark ages of the Universe?
3 december 2020 · 52 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 · 52 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 · 50 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 · 56 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 · 49 min
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners, like you! Submit yours, to questions@danielandjorge.com Lees meer
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The SF Universe of Max Barry
17 november 2020 · 58 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 · 52 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 · 52 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 · 49 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 · 54 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 · 57 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 · 48 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 · 48 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 · 53 min
Is it possible that there are magnetic fields.... everywhere? Lees meer
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Is Energy Actually Conserved?
15 oktober 2020 · 52 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 10 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 · 51 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 · 54 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 · 51 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 · 1 uur 1 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 · 48 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 · 51 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 · 50 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 · 1 uur 1 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 · 54 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 · 48 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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What is Bose Einstein Condensate
3 september 2020 · 53 min
Have you heard of "Bose Einstein Condensate" but never really understood it? D&J break it down for you. Lees meer
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What is Mirror Matter?
1 september 2020 · 56 min
It's not anti-matter, or supersymmetric matter, but yet another way our familiar particles might be reflected, and could explain a deep mystery of the Universe. Lees meer
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The SF Universe of Dr. Karen Lords
27 augustus 2020 · 59 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about the science of the novel "The Best of All Possible Worlds" by Dr. Karen Lords. Lees meer
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Listener Questions 12: Higgs Bosons, Black holes and earthquakes!
25 augustus 2020 · 51 min
Does dark matter feel the Higgs? Can particles be black holes? What would happen if the Earth froze? Lees meer
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How did we discover black holes?
20 augustus 2020 · 55 min
What convinced people that black holes are real? Lees meer
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What happened to the Superconducting Supercollider?
18 augustus 2020 · 52 min
Americans had the biggest colliders in the world, until they tried to build one that was too big. Hear the super story of the superlative supercollider. Lees meer
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Do protons live forever?
13 augustus 2020 · 53 min
Electrons can hang out until the end of time. Physicists think that protons should eventually fall apart. But will they? Lees meer
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Special 200th episode!
11 augustus 2020 · 55 min
What happened in the first 200 microseconds of the Universe? What can you see within 200 light years from Earth? Lees meer
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Did the XENON experiment just discover a weird axion?
6 augustus 2020 · 52 min
Recent results from the XENON experiment could be the first hint of something groundbreaking... or it could be nothing. Lees meer
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How did supermassive black holes get so big?
4 augustus 2020 · 55 min
The gargantuan black holes at the centers of galaxies seem impossibly large. How did they grow so large in the short history of our Universe? Lees meer
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The Marvelous Mystery of the Muon Magnetic Moment
30 juli 2020 · 51 min
Can physicists discover new particles by watching how muons wiggle in magnetic fields? Lees meer
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Is dark matter hot?
28 juli 2020 · 50 min
Scientists don't know what dark matter is, but they know if it's hot (or not!) Lees meer
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How was the Higgs boson discovered?
23 juli 2020 · 58 min
Hear the story of the multi-decade trans-Atlantic rivalry that led to the Higgs boson discovery. Lees meer
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What are quasi-particles
21 juli 2020 · 50 min
Daniel and Jorge talk about phonons, magnons, excitons, anyons and explainons. Lees meer
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Can neutrinos explain why we have matter?
16 juli 2020 · 55 min
Daniel and Jorge explore how the new DUNE experiment could unravel secrets of neutrins... and the Universe! Lees meer
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Listener Questions 11: Deep questions about gravity and particles.
14 juli 2020 · 51 min
Can gravity waves kill you? Why do we have particles? Can fission power a star? Lees meer
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Does the Universe need dark matter?
9 juli 2020 · 57 min
Is it possible that dark matter doesn't exist? Could it just be a misunderstanding of gravity? Lees meer
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