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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Listener Questions 64: Phase of the Universe, particle interactions and Universe-sized black holes!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 23, 202452 min

Do black holes have magnetic fields?

Daniel and Jorge try to resist the magnetic attraction of the mysteries of black holes, and fail.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 18, 202450 min

Listener Questions 63: Hawking radiation, mass, and anti-strings

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 16, 202449 min

How long is a photon?

Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the tricky question of the length of a photon, and end up talking about hotdogs and meatballs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 11, 202454 min

Could humans live in the clouds of Venus?

Daniel and Kelly talk to Guillermo Sohnlein about life in the Venutian cloudsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 9, 20241h 1m

Listener Questions 62: Single photons, moon gold and particle interactions.

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 4, 202451 min

Listener Questions 61.0158: Black holes, gold asteroids and gravitational waves in time!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 2, 202454 min

Do neutrinos get redshifted?

Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens to neutrinos as the Universe expands.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 27, 202457 min

Is the length of a day changing?

Daniel and Katie spin a tale of how the velocity of the Earth's surface is changing under our feet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 25, 202452 min

Listener Questions 60,491: Mini solar systems, greek physics and black holes!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 20, 202447 min

Can supernovas cause ice ages?

Daniel and Jorge talk about how the greatest cosmic fireballs might trigger ice ages here on Earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 18, 202448 min

Listener Questions 59: Interstellar probes and fractional electrons

Daniel and Jorge answer questions about travel to and from other stars and whether scientists have split the electron.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 13, 202445 min

Does dark matter have an anti-particle?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the relationship between matter, dark matter and anti-matter!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 11, 202449 min

Why don't we have nuclear powered airplanes?

Daniel and Kelly talk about whether planes could be powered by nuclear reactors and whether that would be a bad idea, or a very bad idea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 6, 202442 min

Listener Questions 58: Donuts, disaster and discoveries!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 4, 202446 min

The science fiction Universe of "Constellation"

Daniel talks to Peter Harness, screenwriter for "Constellation", about the quantum rules of his fictional Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 30, 202449 min

Listener Questions 57: Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics and Beta Decay!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 28, 202443 min

Who was the most influential scientist?

Daniel talks to Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of "The Man From the Future" about the life and impact of John von NeumannSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 23, 202458 min

What's the electric charge of the Universe?

Daniel and Katie reveal the shocking truth about the balance between positive and negative particles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 21, 202450 min

Listener Questions 56: Neutron Stars, Dense matter and shared atmospheres!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 16, 202441 min

What mysteries are hiding in the extra-galactic background light?

Daniel and Jorge explore the challenges of detecting light from outside the Milky Way, and the secrets it might reveal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 14, 202456 min

What’s the largest asteroid impact in Earth’s history?

Daniel and Kelly review the most cataclysmic impacts in our planet's history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 9, 202450 min

Listener Questions 55: Time and waves!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 7, 202451 min

What is quantum biology?

Daniel and Kelly explore how biological systems rely on the quantum nature of matter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 2, 202459 min

What is gravitoelectromagnetism?

Daniel and Katie bushwack their way between theories of gravity and electromagnetism, looking for the elusive connection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 30, 202450 min

Physics of the Internet

Daniel and Jorge talk about how our understanding of physics is central to making the internet work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 25, 202446 min

Listener Questions 54: String cosmology, cosmic strings, and alien numbers

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 23, 202450 min

Can element 115 be used for anti-gravity?

Daniel and Jorge talk about real science of element 115 and whether it aligns with the spectacular story of anti-gravity alien ships at Area 51.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 18, 202444 min

Listener Questions 53: Strong force, primordial atoms and infinities

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you. Get your questions answered: [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 16, 202441 min

How metallic is the Sun?

Daniel and Jorge explore the enduring mystery of how much heavy metal sits in our Sun.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 11, 202444 min

Listener Questions 52

Daniel and Jorge talk about aliens, answer a question from a high school class, and advise a listener about destroying the moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 9, 202451 min

Are physics and religion in harmony or conflict?

Daniel talks to Rabbi Jack Schlacter, a physicist at Los Alamos, about the movie Oppenheimer and the connections and conflicts between physics and judaism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 4, 20241h 0m

The most promising particle physics anomalies

Daniel talks to Harry Cliff, author of the new book "Space Oddities", about the most intriguing unexplained particle physics experiments and what they might mean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 2, 20241h 14m

Listener Questions 51

Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the speed of light, entanglement and time!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 28, 202450 min

What happened to M33's black hole?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the mystery of the missing mysterious black hole at the heart of M33See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 26, 202446 min

Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 21, 202448 min

How does electricity work?

Daniel and Katie explain how electric current, lightning and static electricity emerge from the strange quantum nature of electrical charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 19, 202459 min

Physics of Chocolate

Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep but tenuous connection between physics and chocolate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 14, 20241h 13m

Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and get stuck in philosophical rabbit holes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 202450 min

Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2)

Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 2)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 7, 202453 min

Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1)

Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 1)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 5, 202443 min

Are there charm quarks in the proton?

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the cozy story of the proton might need to be updated to describe all of its true charm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 29, 202449 min

Why is quantum gravity so hard?

Daniel and Jorge explain why the two theories of physics are so at odds with each other.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 27, 202458 min

What is cold welding?

Daniel and Kelly talk about how its possible to merge metals without melting!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 22, 202446 min

How is general relativity wrong?

Daniel and Jorge talk about why we think Einstein was wrong about the nature of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 20, 202457 min

Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and try to avoid giving marriage advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 15, 202456 min

Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?

Daniel and Kelly analyze recent claims of the recovery of iron spheres from interstellar meteors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 13, 202454 min

Can we see inside things using muons?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the weirdness of muons and how they can let us see inside things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 8, 202450 min

Why do some galaxies have bars?

Daniel and Jorge explain what we know about the bars at the center of galaxies, and what mysteries they might hide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 6, 202445 min

What is quantum relativity?

Daniel and Katie grapple with an effort to explain how quantum mechanics could arise from relativity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 1, 202458 min