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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

Oct 29, 2026

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Episodes

What is a symmetron? 02.01.2024

Daniel and Jorge talk about creative ways to explain the accelerating expansion of the Universe.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does hot or cold water freeze faster? 28.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge get the chills when they discover how little we know about water. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 46: Mountains, ether and time! 26.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge answer questions about reviving old theories, building tall mountains, and passing time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is the electrical charge of the moon? 21.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the moon is positive, negative or neutral! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can planets share an orbit? 19.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether two planets could share an orbit around a star, or whether there would be too much gravitational squabbling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What shapes can galaxies take? 14.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about the weird, wacky shapes of galaxies and the cosmic story they tell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s the difference between inertial and gravitational mass? 12.12.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether there are two or one kind of mass and the massive consequences. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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