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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe - Podcast

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

Science Astronomy Natural Sciences Physics
Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
47 minutes
Episodes
738
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Daniel answers Listener Questions about the smell of space, the electroweak force and spotting distant aliens.

Daniel answers Listener Questions about the smell of space, the electroweak force and spotting distant aliens.

Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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00:44:48  |   Thu 04 Mar 2021
What are globular clusters?

What are globular clusters?

Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin explore the mysteries of these weird, ancient blobs of stars.

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00:44:58  |   Tue 02 Mar 2021
What is a Quantum Dot?

What is a Quantum Dot?

Daniel and Jorge break down the quantum world into tiny dots that have amazing properties.

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00:41:26  |   Thu 25 Feb 2021
Daniel answers Listener Questions about diamond rain on Jupiter, travel near the speed of light and the tilt of Uranus.

Daniel answers Listener Questions about diamond rain on Jupiter, travel near the speed of light and the tilt of Uranus.

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00:36:40  |   Tue 23 Feb 2021
Can we see evidence of a previous Universe?

Can we see evidence of a previous Universe?

Daniel and Jorge explain Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology and what it means about the origins of the Universe.

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00:40:52  |   Thu 18 Feb 2021
Can we build an invisibility cloak?

Can we build an invisibility cloak?

Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith break down the science and science-fiction of invisibility.

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00:50:09  |   Tue 16 Feb 2021
Daniel answers Listener Questions about hawking radiation, 5G networks and wireless phone chargers!

Daniel answers Listener Questions about hawking radiation, 5G networks and wireless phone chargers!

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00:39:24  |   Thu 11 Feb 2021
What's a Time Crystal?

What's a Time Crystal?

Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about the crazy and real science of time crystals

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00:45:18  |   Tue 09 Feb 2021
What's the biggest star in the Universe?

What's the biggest star in the Universe?

Daniel and Jorge talk about mind-blowingly huge balls of burning gas.

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00:47:26  |   Thu 04 Feb 2021
Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field

Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field

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00:42:43  |   Tue 02 Feb 2021
How do we know the mass of stars?

How do we know the mass of stars?

Daniel talks about how astronomers can measure or deduce the mass of a star, and why it controls its fate.

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00:47:16  |   Thu 28 Jan 2021
Listener Questions 14: Black holes, aliens and zombies!

Listener Questions 14: Black holes, aliens and zombies!

Daniel and Jorge talk about what kind of elements are inside a black hole, how to respond to aliens and whether physicists are useful or useless in a zombie apocalypse.

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00:41:27  |   Tue 26 Jan 2021
Can a planet be bigger than its star?

Can a planet be bigger than its star?

What counts as a planet and is it possible for it to outweigh or outsize its parent star?

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00:38:32  |   Thu 21 Jan 2021
Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light!

Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light!

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00:46:09  |   Tue 19 Jan 2021
Can we see planets in other galaxies?

Can we see planets in other galaxies?

Daniel and Jorge talk about how astronomers are trying to detect planets in far away galaxies!

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00:47:38  |   Thu 14 Jan 2021
Daniel answers Listener Questions about a donut Universe, mirrors and black holes!

Daniel answers Listener Questions about a donut Universe, mirrors and black holes!

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00:48:12  |   Tue 12 Jan 2021
Why can’t we see quantum effects in everyday objects?

Why can’t we see quantum effects in everyday objects?

Daniel and Jorge talk about quantum decoherence and why big things don't act like quantum particles.

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00:44:09  |   Thu 07 Jan 2021
Is space filled with infinite energy?

Is space filled with infinite energy?

Daniel and Jorge tackle the confusing conundrum of the Casimir Effect and quantum zero-point energy

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00:44:21  |   Tue 05 Jan 2021
Daniel answers Listener Questions about energy conservation, inflation and space dust!

Daniel answers Listener Questions about energy conservation, inflation and space dust!

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00:45:11  |   Thu 31 Dec 2020
How was radiation discovered?

How was radiation discovered?

X-rays, U-rays, and cosmic rays! Hear the story for how we came to understand that our world is filled with invisible dangers.

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00:44:47  |   Tue 29 Dec 2020
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