Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 639
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Can You See A Black Hole?
What would a picture of a black hole look like?
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What Are The Weirdest Stars?
What are neutron stars, pulsars and magnetars?
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What's Under The Ice On Europa?
This moon of Jupiter has an ENORMOUS ocean. Does anything live in it?
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What's The Biggest "Thing" in The Universe?
Planets, stars, galaxies, clusters, then what? What defines a "thing" and how big can they get?
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Listener Questions 2.0
Join Daniel and Jorge as they respond to 4 questions from listeners, just like you!
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What Is A Superconductor?
How does a super conductor work?
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What Was Oumuamua?
What was that strange rock that passed through our solar system in 2017?
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What Are Quantum Fields?
Quantum Field Theory, explained!
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What Is Time Dilation?
Why does time slow down when you go fast?
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Why Do We Have Stars?
Why are there stars and planets and not just smooth matter everywhere?
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How Does A Laser Work?
What makes a laser a laser? Pew Pew Pew!? Zap Zap Zap!?
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How Old Is The Universe?
How long has the Universe been cooking, and how do we know?
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What's At The Center Of The Galaxy?
What's at the center of the Milky Way? How do we know? Can we explain it?
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Is Anti-Gravity Technology Possible?
Is it possible to negate gravity without using energy?
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Where Does The Earth's Magnetic Field Come From?
What causes our planet to generate a magnetic field? What is a magnetic field?!?
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Are Wormholes Real?
Are wormholes a real thing out in space somewhere?
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What Is Terraforming?
Can we make another planet habitable?
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What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean?
How do we define Artificial Intelligence? Should we be worried that AI may one day take over Humanity?
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What Nobel Prizes Have Been Proven Wrong?
Can the top prize in science get it wrong?
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Is A New Particle Collider Worth $20B?
CERN just released a new report describing the next planned collider and its price! Is it worth it?
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