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What's the biggest star in the Universe?
Daniel and Jorge talk about mind-blowingly huge balls of burning gas.
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Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Daniel answers Listener Questions about closed time-like curves, force fields, and the lifetime of the Earth's magnetic field
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Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
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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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
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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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
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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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Daniel answers Listener Questions about how to read science headlines, gravitational slingshots, lorentz symmetry and the speed of light!
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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
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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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Daniel answers Listener Questions about a donut Universe, mirrors and black holes!
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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
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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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
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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Published on 4 years, 11 months ago