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Saturn's Chewy Center and the Milky Way's Broken Arm
Episode 249
Saturn's rings are so amazing that they have helped us learn that Saturn's core is a sludgy-soupy beast that doesn't have a sharp boundary. And the w…
5 years ago
The Missing Astroquark
Episode 248
The Galaxy is in turmoil. At the galactic council MEGACON, the forces of Cosplay, Comics, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming, and more have gathered to restore …
5 years ago
Pairs of Bosons, Photons, and Asteroids
Episode 247
It's a tale of pairs and "self-coupling", which causes Top quark endless mirth, in this episode, with Higgs boson pairs, self-annihilating photon pai…
5 years ago
Exomoons and Inside Mars
Episode 246
They have to be out there, and now we have a first direct glimpse of what is likely to be the birthplace of an exomoon - a moon forming in a disk aro…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Cosmological Lithium Problem
Episode 245
Lithium is not just in demand for all those new electric car batteries, it seems there's a problem with missing lithium in the universe. We explore t…
5 years, 1 month ago
Rogue Planets, Gravitational Waves, and Life in Enceladus
Episode 244
Beware the Squire of Gothos for the Kepler mission has discovered 4 more new free-floating planets. LIGO has observed the first collision between a b…
5 years, 1 month ago
Things that Blow. And Clocks.
Episode 243
In another wide-ranging episode, we discuss how atmospheric and oceanic chemistry changes wiped out most life on Earth 250 million years ago, the bes…
5 years, 1 month ago
Stars That Blink
Episode 242
Just when the mysterious dimming of nearby giant star Betelgeuse is explained, a more distant giant star was almost completely blocked out. We discus…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Cosmological Principle
Episode 241
These days it goes without saying that the universe is the same in every direction, at least on large scales. Or is it? We take a look at a new resul…
5 years, 2 months ago
Back to Venus with Several Rants
Episode 240
We're feeling happy, chatty, and ranty in the first show back in our studio since February, 2020, with a look at two new missions to Venus, a cool ex…
5 years, 2 months ago