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Are there comets in the asteroid belt?03 Sep 202400:46:41

Daniel and Jorge try to clarify the distinction between our neighborhood space objects and what it means if we find them out of place.

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Classic Episode - Is the Universe Random?29 Aug 202400:37:09

If you repeat the same experiment, do you get the same outcome?

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How to think like a physicist?30 Jul 202401:14:47

Daniel and Jorge discuss whether physicists think about the world differently, and how that makes them more or less useful.

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Explain the Universe: Behind the Scenes19 Sep 202301:29:34

To mark the 500th episode, Daniel gives a tour of the podcast's history and production process, including candid interviews with the co-hosts, Sean Carroll and other podcasters.

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How big is the smallest habitable planet?14 Sep 202300:47:43

Daniel and Kelly talk about what it would take to live away from Earth, and whether a small planet could host humanity.

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Why do moving objects look shorter?12 Sep 202300:50:12

Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the weird consequences and hard questions of special relativity!

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How do we measure the Higgs boson mass?07 Sep 202300:48:59

Daniel and Jorge talk about why the Higgs mass is such an important number and how physicists weigh such a fleeting particle.

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Listener Questions 42: Life, the Universe and Ghosts!05 Sep 202300:48:11

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com

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Why do scientists do simulations?31 Aug 202300:58:32

Daniel and Jorge explain how simulation lets scientists answer new kinds of questions about the Universe.

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Have we seen more or fewer gravitational waves than expected?29 Aug 202301:02:35

Daniel and Katie talk about what physicists expected when they turned on a new kind of ear for listening to the Universe.

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Why is space so flat?24 Aug 202300:50:41

Daniel and Jorge talk about what it means for space to be curved, how we measure it and why the answer is a puzzle.

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The Science Fiction Universe of "Meru" by SB Divya22 Aug 202300:51:46

Daniel and Kelly talk to the author of "Meru" about a future which blurs the line between humans and machines.

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What is the maximum vacuum?17 Aug 202300:51:40

Daniel and Jorge talk about what is revealed if you empty space of all possible particles.

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What is membrane theory?25 Jul 202400:52:30

Daniel and Katie use their p-branes to explore a theory of everything build on vibrating membranes.

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The Science Fiction Universe of "Orbital Cloud"15 Aug 202300:44:15

Daniel and Kelly talk to Tayio Fujii, author of "Orbital Cloud" 

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What does the center of the galaxy look like?10 Aug 202300:49:32

Daniel and Jorge turn their eyes to the center of the galactic action and give us a sense for where we are.

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How fast can a black hole spin?08 Aug 202300:52:29

Daniel and Katie get their heads spinning as they spiral into the center of spinning black holes

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How can we look for magnetic monopoles?03 Aug 202300:49:37

Daniel and Jorge talk about a particle with a pure magnetic charge and how to look for it using a cubic kilometer of ice.

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How massive is a neutrino?01 Aug 202300:55:05

Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysterious mass of the neutrino and how we can measure it.

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How can we keep solar panels clean on Mars?27 Jul 202300:43:02

Daniel and Kelly talk about how to keep solar panels bright and powerful when they far away on a dusty planet.

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What is a non-Newtonian fluid?25 Jul 202300:53:02

Daniel and Jorge talk about the gooey physics of honey, gravity, asphalt and ketchup!

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Listener Questions 41: Questions about the mass of the Universe, moons made of gas, and backyard blackholes.20 Jul 202300:49:05

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you!

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What everyone misunderstands about the Universe18 Jul 202301:01:25

Daniel talks to Zach Weinersmith about the most common misconceptions about our Universe.

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How stable is the Earth's orbit?13 Jul 202300:49:45

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we can expect the Earth to continue in its path forever, or if our days are numbered.

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Listener Questions 64: Phase of the Universe, particle interactions and Universe-sized black holes!23 Jul 202400:52:18

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Do things get more massive the faster they move?11 Jul 202300:49:25

Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when you start to move fast, and whether it makes sense to think about your mass growing.

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How do planets get their moons?06 Jul 202300:49:24

Daniel and Jorge talk about how a planets gets its natural satellites and the stories that each one reveals.

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Do all galaxies have central black holes?04 Jul 202300:48:45

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether galaxies have to have black holes at their hearts.

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How to use the whole galaxy to hear huge gravitational waves29 Jun 202301:00:09

Daniel and Jorge break down the recent discovery of huge gravitational waves by NANOGrav, and what it means about supermassive black holes.

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What drives the movement of Earth’s continents?27 Jun 202300:46:47

Daniel and Jorge explore the deep, violent history of the Earth's surface.

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What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space?22 Jun 202300:52:22

Daniel and Katie touch on the explosive question of nuclear weapons and explain the impact of space-based explosions.

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Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us20 Jun 202300:53:41

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners about the dangers of our Universe and whether engineers could save us. 

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Could there be more than one theory of everything?15 Jun 202300:46:12

Daniel talks to philosopher Thomas Barrett about whether there could be multiple effective descriptions of our Universe 

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Why are some things transparent?13 Jun 202300:54:48

Daniel and Jorge try to see through the mysteries of transparency.

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What is a superluminous supernova?08 Jun 202300:50:34

Daniel and Jorge talk about the super names for some of the most incredible events in astronomy.

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Do black holes have magnetic fields?18 Jul 202400:50:17

Daniel and Jorge try to resist the magnetic attraction of the mysteries of black holes, and fail.

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What color is the Sun?06 Jun 202300:53:22

Daniel and Katie talk about the amazing physics, chemistry and biology that determines how we see the Sun.

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Why does the Universe have antiparticles?01 Jun 202300:49:48

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe would make sense without antimatter.

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Could we reveal quantum gravity in a tabletop experiment?30 May 202300:57:13

Daniel and Jorge talk about how clever experiments might provide a breakthrough in the effort to understand the quantum nature of space-time.

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What is tidal locking?25 May 202300:44:22

Daniel and Kelly talk about how the gravitational dance of the Earth and Moon, and other objects in and out of our Solar System.

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What's the best way to measure the expansion of the Universe?23 May 202300:57:57

Daniel and Jorge talk about how to use different cosmic rulers to measure the expansion of the Universe.

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Listener Questions 39: gravitons, antimatter and unified forces!18 May 202300:50:14

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Submit your question to questions@danielandjorge.com 

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Will our supercluster be torn apart?16 May 202300:54:55

Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep future fate of our cosmic neighborhood.

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Do black holes have a maximum electric charge?11 May 202300:48:46

Daniel and Jorge explore whether its possible to crack open a black hole by overcharging it.

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What did the night sky look like to the dinosaurs?09 May 202300:48:33

Daniel and Kelly talk about what the night sky would look like if you travelled back to the time of the dinosaurs.

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Could spacetime be a fluid?04 May 202300:54:23

Daniel and Jorge explore the question of the nature of space itself, and whether it might flow and bubble. 

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Listener Questions 63: Hawking radiation, mass, and anti-strings16 Jul 202400:49:43

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com

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Could black holes help form stars?02 May 202300:47:58

Daniel and Jorge talk about the delicate process of star formation and how black holes may be able to contribute.

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What weird thing in space is pulsing every 20 minutes?27 Apr 202300:55:38

Daniel and Katie talk about things in the sky that pulse, and a recent discovery of a puzzling set of pulses.

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What is a glueball?25 Apr 202300:53:14

Daniel and Jorge explore the sticky subject of the strong force and one of its still unverified predictions

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