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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.

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Latest episode

Sep 23, 2025

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Episodes

How can we look for magnetic monopoles? 03.08.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about a particle with a pure magnetic charge and how to look for it using a cubic kilometer of ice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How massive is a neutrino? 01.08.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysterious mass of the neutrino and how we can measure it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can we keep solar panels clean on Mars? 27.07.2023

Daniel and Kelly talk about how to keep solar panels bright and powerful when they far away on a dusty planet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is a non-Newtonian fluid? 25.07.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the gooey physics of honey, gravity, asphalt and ketchup! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 41: Questions about the mass of the Universe, moons made of gas, and backyard blackholes. 20.07.2023

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What everyone misunderstands about the Universe 18.07.2023

Daniel talks to Zach Weinersmith about the most common misconceptions about our Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How stable is the Earth's orbit? 13.07.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether we can expect the Earth to continue in its path forever, or if our days are numbered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do things get more massive the faster they move? 11.07.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about what happens when you start to move fast, and whether it makes sense to think about your mass growing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do planets get their moons? 06.07.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about how a planets gets its natural satellites and the stories that each one reveals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do all galaxies have central black holes? 04.07.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether galaxies have to have black holes at their hearts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How to use the whole galaxy to hear huge gravitational waves 29.06.2023

Daniel and Jorge break down the recent discovery of huge gravitational waves by NANOGrav, and what it means about supermassive black holes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What drives the movement of Earth’s continents? 27.06.2023

Daniel and Jorge explore the deep, violent history of the Earth's surface. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space? 22.06.2023

Daniel and Katie touch on the explosive question of nuclear weapons and explain the impact of space-based explosions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 40: Ways our Universe could end us 20.06.2023

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners about the dangers of our Universe and whether engineers could save us.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could there be more than one theory of everything? 15.06.2023

Daniel talks to philosopher Thomas Barrett about whether there could be multiple effective descriptions of our Universe  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are some things transparent? 13.06.2023

Daniel and Jorge try to see through the mysteries of transparency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is a superluminous supernova? 08.06.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the super names for some of the most incredible events in astronomy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What color is the Sun? 06.06.2023

Daniel and Katie talk about the amazing physics, chemistry and biology that determines how we see the Sun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does the Universe have antiparticles? 01.06.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the Universe would make sense without antimatter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could we reveal quantum gravity in a tabletop experiment? 30.05.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about how clever experiments might provide a breakthrough in the effort to understand the quantum nature of space-time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is tidal locking? 25.05.2023

Daniel and Kelly talk about how the gravitational dance of the Earth and Moon, and other objects in and out of our Solar System. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the best way to measure the expansion of the Universe? 23.05.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about how to use different cosmic rulers to measure the expansion of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 39: gravitons, antimatter and unified forces! 18.05.2023

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Submit your question to questions@danielandjorge.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will our supercluster be torn apart? 16.05.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep future fate of our cosmic neighborhood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do black holes have a maximum electric charge? 11.05.2023

Daniel and Jorge explore whether its possible to crack open a black hole by overcharging it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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