Podcast Episodes

[Interview] Modern Day Space Enigmas. Fast Radio Bursts

FRBs are a great example of a modern day space mystery. We've seen a lot of them. We know a fair amount about them. But we still don't really know fo…

1 year ago

[Space Bites] Betelgeuse Has a Companion // Blow Against Planet X // Huge SMBH Discovery

Betelgeuse has a companion star, Vera Rubin discovered the third interstellar object accidentally, the first evidence of direct collapse supermassive…

1 year ago

[Q&A] Concerns About China, Book to a Movie, Space Set SciFi

Should we be concerned about China's progress in space? Is their progress held back by a lack of cultural freedom? Which space-set book story despera…

1 year ago

[Q&A] Destination Venus, Drilling Europa's Ice, Shape of The Universe

How can we realistically get under the ice of Europa? Why Venus is such an under appreciated destination for spacecraft? What is the shape of the Uni…

1 year ago

[BONUS] The Sky Isn’t the Limit. Interview with me on The Last Easy Mile Podcast

This is an interview with me on The Last Easy Mile podcast with Josh Farahi.

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_FR_ZvPc3U&ab_channel=The…

1 year ago

[Space Bites] Earth in a Void // Ancient Stellar Flyby // Resonance with Uranus

Is the Earth at the center of a giant void? Did a star fly through the Solar System billions of years ago messing up the orbits of some objects? Com…

1 year ago

[Q&A] Best Possible Space Mission, Sea Launches, Sun's Siblings

What would be the best possible space mission if budget restrictions didn't exist? Why don't we launch all rockets from ships in the sea? Where are t…

1 year ago

[Interview] How to Find Your Way Home in Space

If you were dropped in a random place in space, how would you find your way home? New Horizons tackled this problem with a first interstellar navigat…

1 year ago

[Q&A] Enforcement of Space Treaties, Mars vs O'Neil Cylinders, India's Space Ambitions

Can somebody really enforce any space treaties and do they make any sense? What's a better future, colonies on Mars or on giant rotating spaceships? …

1 year ago

[Space Bites] Double Supernova // Impossible Rings // Dark Brown Dwarfs

A star detonated as a supernova, twice. Trump chooses his new NASA Administrator. Why deflecting asteroids is much more complex than we thought.And o…

1 year ago