
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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What drives the movement of Earth’s continents?
Daniel and Jorge explore the deep, violent history of the Earth's surface.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space?
Daniel and Katie touch on the explosive question of nuclear weapons and explain the impact of space-based explosions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners about the dangers of our Universe and whether engineers could save us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could there be more than one theory of everything?
Daniel talks to philosopher Thomas Barrett about whether there could be multiple effective descriptions of our Universe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are some things transparent?
Daniel and Jorge try to see through the mysteries of transparency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is a superluminous supernova?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the super names for some of the most incredible events in astronomy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What color is the Sun?
Daniel and Katie talk about the amazing physics, chemistry and biology that determines how we see the Sun.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does the Universe have antiparticles?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe would make sense without antimatter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could we reveal quantum gravity in a tabletop experiment?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how clever experiments might provide a breakthrough in the effort to understand the quantum nature of space-time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is tidal locking?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how the gravitational dance of the Earth and Moon, and other objects in and out of our Solar System.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the best way to measure the expansion of the Universe?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how to use different cosmic rulers to measure the expansion of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 39: gravitons, antimatter and unified forces!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Submit your question to [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will our supercluster be torn apart?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep future fate of our cosmic neighborhood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do black holes have a maximum electric charge?
Daniel and Jorge explore whether its possible to crack open a black hole by overcharging it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs?
Daniel and Kelly talk about what the night sky would look like if you travelled back to the time of the dinosaurs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could spacetime be a fluid?
Daniel and Jorge explore the question of the nature of space itself, and whether it might flow and bubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could black holes help form stars?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the delicate process of star formation and how black holes may be able to contribute.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What weird thing in space is pulsing every 20 minutes?
Daniel and Katie talk about things in the sky that pulse, and a recent discovery of a puzzling set of pulses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is a glueball?
Daniel and Jorge explore the sticky subject of the strong force and one of its still unverified predictionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do we measure the gravitational constant?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the number that controls the strength of gravity and why it's so hard to measure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions about rogue planets and black holes!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why can't two electrons be in the same place?
Daniel and Jorge explore the Pauli exclusion principle: why some particles avoid each other and how it affects the nature of our Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can we learn from dwarf galaxies?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how the smaller galaxies might hold the secrets to understanding the structure of the Universe and the truth about dark matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why didn't we evolve around a red dwarf star?
Daniel and Jorge discuss the 'Red Dwarf Paradox' and what it would be like to live under a cooler, redder star.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does carbon dating work?
Daniel and Kelly talk about how cosmic rays and carbon decay let us put dates on ancient deaths!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is there a better way to accelerate particles?
Daniel and Jorge talk about why its so expensive to build a super collider and how plasma technology might make it all better, faster, cheaper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does the Antikythera Mechanism do?
Daniel and Katie explore the puzzle of the "world's first computer", and what it might have calculated.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 37: quantum cats, heat death and dark multiverses!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about quantum mechanics, the end of the Universe, and the multiverse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Would the Universe be different with a zero Higgs field?
Daniel and Jorge explore how the Higgs field shapes our Universe and what it would be like to live without it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could we spot an alien nuclear blast?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we have the technology to spot a nuclear war on other planets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could some particles have tiny electric charges?
Daniel and Jorge wonder about why particles have charge, and whether particles could exist with tiny electrical charge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can we measure the curvature of space?
Daniel and Jorge bend their minds (and yours) around the curvy topic of bent space.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do space telescopes point themselves?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how our great space eyeballs know where they are looking and how they turn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 36
Daniel and Jorge talk about 3-armed galaxies, the color of the Universe and its phases. https://tinyurl.com/3cf7hvu3See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could black holes be making the Universe expand faster?
Daniel and Jorge discuss a brand new result that suggests that black holes might be driving the unexplained expansion of the UniverseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do gravitational waves leave a mark on the Universe?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether gravitational waves cause permanent distortions of space.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the daring and dangerous mission of the Parker Solar Probe and what it might reveal about the Sun.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the problem with the Standard Model?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the holes in the current theory of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Science Fiction Universe of "A Half Built Garden" by Ruthanna Emrys
Daniel and Kelly talk about a novel where aliens give humans advice about climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3 Ep 9355 Days in Space: Finding Meaning with Astronaut Mark Vande Hei
After a historic 355 days in orbit, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth on March 30, 2022, breaking the record for the longest single spaceflight by an American. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell and Mark Vande Hei discuss conducting experiments in space, the impact of extended spaceflight on humans, and the spiciness of space chili peppers. This is a paid advertisement from IBM.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the real speed limit of the Universe?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how close photons and protons can get to the speed of light, and what's stopping them!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 35: Exomoons, black holes and math!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Write to us at [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does gravity make rainbows?
Daniel and Jorge talk about a speculative theory called "rainbow gravity" which might help us understand the origins of the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why can't stars fuse Iron?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how stars fuse lighter elements and what changes when they reach Iron.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does particle spin affect life on Earth?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how the Universe's preference for left-handed particles may have shaped our chemistry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's going on with Przybylski's Star?
Daniel and Jorge talk about how to explain one of the weirdest stars in the Universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Science of "For All Mankind"
Daniel and Jorge talk about the science of the alt-history science fiction show "For All Mankind".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does anti-matter feel anti-gravity?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether anti-matter falls down, or up!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did NASA accidentally invent a warp drive?
Daniel and Jorge dissect research articles claiming sudden progress in warp technologySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could a grand unified theory of physics be impossible?
Daniel talks with Dr. Katie Robertson about whether there even is a single unified theory of physics for us to discover.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.