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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

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.

Why do moving objects look shorter? 12.09.2023

Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the weird consequences and hard questions of special relativity! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do we measure the Higgs boson mass? 07.09.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about why the Higgs mass is such an important number and how physicists weigh such a fleeting particle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listener Questions 42: Life, the Universe and Ghosts! 05.09.2023

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

Why do scientists do simulations? 31.08.2023

Daniel and Jorge explain how simulation lets scientists answer new kinds of questions about the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have we seen more or fewer gravitational waves than expected? 29.08.2023

Daniel and Katie talk about what physicists expected when they turned on a new kind of ear for listening to the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is space so flat? 24.08.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about what it means for space to be curved, how we measure it and why the answer is a puzzle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Science Fiction Universe of "Meru" by SB Divya 22.08.2023

Daniel and Kelly talk to the author of "Meru" about a future which blurs the line between humans and machines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is the maximum vacuum? 17.08.2023

Daniel and Jorge talk about what is revealed if you empty space of all possible particles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Science Fiction Universe of "Orbital Cloud" 15.08.2023

Daniel and Kelly talk to Tayio Fujii, author of "Orbital Cloud"  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does the center of the galaxy look like? 10.08.2023

Daniel and Jorge turn their eyes to the center of the galactic action and give us a sense for where we are. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How fast can a black hole spin? 08.08.2023

Daniel and Katie get their heads spinning as they spiral into the center of spinning black holes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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