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How Exotic is Oumuamua? with Dr. Sergey Mashchenko
A look at the many possible shapes and explanations for the unusual nature of our first interstellar visitor Oumuamua. Including evidence for torque …
3 months, 1 week ago
Why We Should Search the Entire Sky for Alien Civilizations with Dr. Shelley Wright
Can We Search the Entire Sky for Alien Civilizations? Dr. Shelley Wright of the OIR Lab at UCSD joins John Michael Godier to discuss an entirely new …
3 months, 1 week ago
Can SETI Search Broadband Signals for Intelligent Life? With Dr. Claudio Maccone
Do Alien Civilizations send signals?Dr. Claudio Maccone has worked on a mathematical way to look at signals, perhaps far more efficiently than anythi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why We May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe with David Kipping of Cool Worlds
Are We Alone? Are we the only intelligent life in the universe? Are there alien civilizations?Prof. David Kipping of the Cool Worlds lab at Columbia …
4 months ago
Urban Legends From Space with Author Bob King
Is Jupiter a failed star? Does a hidden star called Nemesis cause mass extinction events?No. How do these and many other urban legends from space get…
4 months ago
Should We Be Scared of Artificial Intelligence? With Jonathan Gorard and Stephen Wolfram
Is AI dangerous?What is Artificial General Intelligence?Stephen Wolfram recently announced the Wolfram Physics project, a possible way to find the fu…
4 months ago
Do We Really Want to Solve Fermi's Paradox? with Stephen Webb
Where are all the aliens?Is there a solution to the fermi paradox?Joining John Michael Godier is Dr. Stephen Webb, astronomer and author of 'If the U…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Growing List of Solutions to the Fermi Paradox with Stephen Webb
Where is everybody?How many solutions to the Fermi Paradox are there?Joining John Michael Godier is Dr. Stephen Webb, astronomer and author of 'If th…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Mystery of Planet Nine with Robert Finch
Where is Planet Nine?What is Planet Nine's orbit?The ongoing search for planet nine continues to heat up as evidence accumulates that a large planet …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Searches for Superluminality, Aliens, and Impossible Knowledge with Dr. Robert Nemiroff
Can anything go faster than the speed of light?Scientific Searches for Aliens, Superluminality, and Impossible Knowledge are all subjects that John M…
4 months, 3 weeks ago