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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Has our solar system lost any planets? 07.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about how instabilities in the early solar system may have ejected an ancient ice giant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are there galaxies without dark matter? 05.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge discuss how dark matter shapes our Universe and whether it would be possible to have a galaxy without it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does quantum mechanics conserve energy? 30.11.2023

Daniel and Jorge explore whether basic rules of our Universe are broken at the quantum scale. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes 28.11.2023

Daniel and Jorge venture to the edge of human knowledge about black holes, gravity and magnetic fields. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion" 23.11.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about alien arrival, as depicted on the show "Invasion" and Daniel talks to two of the writers, Tatiana Suarez Pico and Aditi Brennan Kapil about writing science fiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who was the first scientist? 21.11.2023

Daniel talkes to Prof. James Poskett about how the history of science has much more nuance and global participation than the standard mythology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman 16.11.2023

Daniel and Kelly chat with Ned Beauman, author of "Venemous Lumpsucker" a cautionary tale about applying free market strategies to preventing extinction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is there quantum uncertainty? 14.11.2023

Daniel and Jorge wrestle with one of the fuzziest concepts in quantum mechanics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What did the early Universe sound like? 09.11.2023

Daniel and Jorge take you back to the early Universe and the sound bubbles that seeded everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can we settle space? Should we? Have we really thought this through? 07.11.2023

Daniel talks to Kelly and Zach Weinersmith about whether humanity is ready to move into the stars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the matter with matter in the Universe? 02.11.2023

Daniel and Jorge dig into the history of matter, dark matter and dark energy, explaining how they used to have very different ratios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you! 31.10.2023

Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the Earth's tilt, steampunk atoms and fundamental pixels of rad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Which force(s) power the human senses? 26.10.2023

Daniel and Katie talk about how we experience the Universe and what physics underlies our senses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could we see moons around exoplanets? 24.10.2023

Daniel and Jorge are over the moon about the possibility of spotting alien moons. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could we seed exoplanets with life? 19.10.2023

Daniel and Kelly wrangle with the tricky science and ethics of sending microbes to distant worlds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do Black Holes Have Hair? 17.10.2023

Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the hairy question of what's happening inside and on the surface of black holes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial? 12.10.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the claims that 'Oumuamua might have been alien space junk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could dark matter be making flashes of light? 10.10.2023

Daniel and Jorge break down a new study that looks for dark matter using both gravity and light. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where is all the missing matter? 05.10.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the effort to track down all the quarks in the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does gravity escape a black hole? 03.10.2023

Daniel and Katie warp their minds around the question of what gravitational information really is and what we know about a black hole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision 28.09.2023

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

Great, Big Questions about the Universe 26.09.2023

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from young people about the Universe, to mark Jorge's new book! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How important is cosmic dust? 21.09.2023

Daniel and Jorge dust off their knowledge of the tiny-but-mighty grains of space dust which help form our world and block our view of the cosmos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Explain the Universe: Behind the Scenes 19.09.2023

To mark the 500th episode, Daniel gives a tour of the podcast's history and production process, including candid interviews with the co-hosts, Sean Carroll and other podcasters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How big is the smallest habitable planet? 14.09.2023

Daniel and Kelly talk about what it would take to live away from Earth, and whether a small planet could host humanity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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