Podcast Episodes
Back to Search[Urdu/Hindi] Chai with Umer Piracha: Music, Wonder, and Astronomy
How does a sense of wonder translate into music? Many of you like the Kainaat Theme music for Kainaati Gup Shup. It is by Umer Piracha, who is also t…
3 years, 6 months ago
[English] Chai with Ann Druyan: Creating TV Series Cosmos
Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" is the most-watched science documentary ever! Ann Druyan co-wrote the original Cosmos with her late husband, Carl Sagan. She wa…
3 years, 6 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] This is the Farthest Star in the Universe
Which is the farthest star in the universe? Sometimes astronomers get lucky. Recently astronomers have detected a star names Earendel, whose light st…
3 years, 7 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Lucy Mission to Trojan Asteroids
Season 1 Episode 47
There is a fantastic new mission to Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. It is called Lucy, named after the famous 3.2 million year old skeleton that has h…
4 years, 6 months ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Chai with Dr. Prajval Shastri about Galaxies and Pakistan-India Collaborations
Season 1 Episode 46
Why are jets coming out close to the central black holes of galaxies? What can be done to improve gender equity in the sciences? How can India and Pa…
4 years, 6 months ago
45. [Urdu] Russia's War and International Space Station
Season 1 Episode 45
What happens on the International Space Station (ISS) when a war breaks out on Earth? This is not just a scenario from science fiction film. Rather, …
4 years, 7 months ago
44. [Urdu] Eta Carinae: A Supernova in the Making
Season 1 Episode 44
This podcast may be better seen as a video: https://youtu.be/TeBsGpw1cJ0
If you want to bet on the next big supernova, then I would suggest that name …
4 years, 7 months ago
43. [Urdu] Vikings and a Medieval Solar Storm
Season 1 Episode 43
There is growing evidence to suggest that Columbus was not the first European to cross the Atlantic ocean to get to North America. It seems that the …
4 years, 8 months ago
42. [Urdu] Ocean on Jupiter's Moon Europa
Season 1 Episode 42
How come there is an ocean on Jupiter's moon, Europa? Jupiter after all is five times further away than the Earth is from the Sun. It is not even clo…
4 years, 8 months ago
41. [Urdu] Chai with Tehseen Baweja - Salam Science Fiction Award
Season 1 Episode 41
How do we promote science fiction from the developing world? Do we expect that science fiction to be different? Five years ago, Tehseen Baweja c-foun…
4 years, 8 months ago