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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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.

Jun 27, 202346 min

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.

Jun 22, 202352 min

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.

Jun 20, 202353 min

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.

Jun 15, 202346 min

Why are some things transparent?

Daniel and Jorge try to see through the mysteries of transparency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 13, 202354 min

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.

Jun 8, 202350 min

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.

Jun 6, 202353 min

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.

Jun 1, 202349 min

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.

May 30, 202357 min

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.

May 25, 202344 min

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.

May 23, 202357 min

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.

May 18, 202350 min

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.

May 16, 202354 min

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.

May 11, 202348 min

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.

May 9, 202348 min

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.

May 4, 202354 min

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.

May 2, 202347 min

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.

Apr 27, 202355 min

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.

Apr 25, 202353 min

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.

Apr 20, 202348 min

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.

Apr 18, 202350 min

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.

Apr 13, 202354 min

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.

Apr 11, 202348 min

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.

Apr 6, 202352 min

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.

Apr 4, 202349 min

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.

Mar 30, 202351 min

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.

Mar 28, 202347 min

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.

Mar 23, 202349 min

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.

Mar 21, 202353 min

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.

Mar 16, 202356 min

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.

Mar 14, 202356 min

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.

Mar 9, 202352 min

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.

Mar 7, 202353 min

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.

Mar 2, 202349 min

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.

Feb 28, 202355 min

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.

Feb 23, 202350 min

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.

Feb 21, 202350 min

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.

Feb 16, 202353 min

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.

Feb 14, 202353 min

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.

Feb 14, 202331 min

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.

Feb 9, 202348 min

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.

Feb 7, 202349 min

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.

Feb 2, 202351 min

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.

Jan 31, 202347 min

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.

Jan 26, 202347 min

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.

Jan 24, 202351 min

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.

Jan 19, 202356 min

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.

Jan 17, 202354 min

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.

Jan 12, 202349 min

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.

Jan 10, 202347 min