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
Why are some things transparent?
Daniel and Jorge try to see through the mysteries of transparency.
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What is a superluminous supernova?
Daniel and Jorge talk about the super names for some of the most incredible events in astronomy.
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What color is the Sun?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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!
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Will our supercluster be torn apart?
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?
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?
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?
Daniel and Jorge explore the question of the nature of space itself, and whether it might flow and bubble.
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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.
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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.
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What is a glueball?
Daniel and Jorge explore the sticky subject of the strong force and one of its still unverified predictions
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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.
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Listener Questions about rogue planets and black holes!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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