John Michael Godier

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

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Author and futurist John Michael Godier explores the universe with video essays and as host of John Michael Godier's Event Horizon. Event Horizon is a Science and space focused narrative driven show featuring special guests covering science, astronomy, space science, futurism, technology, astrophysics, history, news and more. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/john-michael-godier/subscribe

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John Michael Godier

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Science

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Latest episode

Jun 26, 2026

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Episodes

The Highly Strange Nature of Black Holes and other Scientific Mysteries with Avi Loeb 18.05.2022

A new episode with Dr. Avi Loeb of Harvard, with his reaction to the image of Sagittarius A* and the M87 black hole taken by the Event Horizon Telescope Team, as well as news on the Galileo Project, the UFO panel by Congress and more.

U.S. Congress investigates UFOs | Here's Why with Rep. Tim Burchett 16.05.2022

The recent Congress UAP report has lead to them calling witnesses from the Pentagon for the first Congress UFO panel in 50 years. Congress is having a hearing on UAP, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (Open and Closed) hearings on Tuesday, May 17th.  For the first time since 1970 and the closure of Project Bluebook, the US air force’s probe into the UFO/UAP phenomenon, the US congress has taken o...

Are These Lurkers? w/ Beatriz Villaroel 11.05.2022

Researcher Beatriz Villaroel found bright, shiny, possibly flat or complex shaped objects that were in synchronous orbit with Earth in the early 50's. Well before Sputnik or any other attempted satellites. Also, three of the objects travel in a straight line.

What is the Universe Made of? w/ Daniel Whiteson 13.04.2022

We Have No Idea What Most of the Universe is Made of..... Dr. Daniel Whiteson joins John Michael Godier to discuss the mysteries of the universe that are still unknown.

What if We’re Not Alone on Earth? W/ Janusz Petkowski 23.03.2022

The Shadow Biosphere.

Can We Send a Probe to Oumuamua? w/ Marshall Eubanks 09.03.2022

Can we send a probe to oumuamua? What was the mysterious interstellar object? Was it a new kind of asteroid or comet? Or was it alien technology? Oumuamua is the mysterious interstellar object that came through the solar system and accelerated out in 2018. Avi Loeb has proposed that Oumuamua may have been alien technology, and has used this theory to help explain its unusual properties.

Artificial Green Stars? With David Kipping of Cool Worlds 09.02.2022

The star that can't exist. An impossible star. David Kipping of the Cool World's lab join John Michael Godier to discuss the impossible star and why it can't exist naturally in our universe. Subscribe to Cool World's labs channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLabThe Star That Can't Exist - https://youtu.be/vXOYbzQ4jDA00:00:00 Intro00:00:19 Bio00:00:59 Fabulous00:02:54 A...

Are We Wrong About the Fermi Paradox? w/ Avi Loeb 31.01.2022

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Here is Why Venus May Have Life with Dr. Janusz Petkowski 20.12.2021

Our view of the clouds of Venus may be severely incomplete. The multitude of atmospheric anomalies suggest unknown chemistry or maybe even life in the clouds of Venus….. Podcast Apps and Spotify: https://anchor.fm/john-michael-godier/subscribe Production of ammonia makes Venusian clouds habitable and explains observed cloud-level chemical anomalies https://www.pnas.org/content/118/5...

Planet 9 Possibly Found With Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson 08.12.2021

Planet nine found? Emeritus Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson of Imperial College London new paper, A search for Planet 9 in the IRAS data, is the result of having narrowed down a search in the IRAS data to one possible candidate for a ninth planet. Prof. Rowan-Robinson was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College in London from 1993 to 2007. His work focuses on infrared astronomy and cos...

Have We Found Planet 9? 11.11.2021

An exploration of the first candidate for the hypothesized ninth planet of the solar system. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier My Event Horizon Channel: https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Papers: "A Search for Planet 9 in the IRAS Data", Rowan-Robinson, 2021 https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03831 Music: Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons...

What If They Are Already Here? With Dr. Avi Loeb NM 11.11.2021

NO MUSIC. Dr. Avi Loeb started the Galileo Project, the goal of the Galileo Project is to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures of Extraterrestrial Technological Civilizations (ETCs) from accidental or anecdotal observations and legends into the mainstream of transparent, validated and systematic scientific research. This ground-based project searches for physical objects,...

Can the Universe Self-Destruct? 29.10.2021

An exploration of the hypothetical ways the universe could cease to exist. My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier My Event Horizon channel: https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music: Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: https://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Cylinder F...

10 Unsettling Possibilities Regarding Alien Life 29.10.2021

An exploration of ten unsettling possibilities regarding alien life. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier My Event Horizon Channel: https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music: Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: https://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Cylinder Fi...

The Unnerving Origin of Technosignatures with Caleb Scharf 29.10.2021

Would data from an Alien intelligence be lethal for us? Caleb Scharf joins John Michael Godier to discuss how our data, and data from other intelligent civilizations is alive, known as the dataome. Dr. Scharf's new book, The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm is out now. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621175/the-ascent-of-information-by-cal...

The Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever with Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan 29.10.2021

The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever. When is the JWST launching? And what will the JWST capabilities be? John Michael Godier spoke to Klaus Pontoppidan about the James Webb Space Telescope and just how it will change everything once it is observing our galaxy and the universe. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:40 Earth 2050 00:02:35 Bio 0:08:40 Is Solar Pressure an issue? 0...

How Rockets are Launched with Tory Bruno CEO of United Launch Alliance 29.10.2021

How Rockets are launched into space. How rockets are made. The ULA next generation rocket Vulcan Centaur is currently being made and will be used to first send the first commercial lander onto the moon. United Launch Alliance has successfully completed over 140 rocket launches. The parker solar probe and the mars 2020 mission was sent to Mars using ULA rockets Delta IV. Tory Bruno the CEO of Unite...

How to Understand an Alien with Andy Weir 29.10.2021

What is Project Hail Mary? How does it relate to the Fermi Paradox and Drakes equation. Andy Weir built a two-decade career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing full-time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manne...

Is It Possible to Build a Time Machine? With Paul Davies 29.10.2021

Time travel is one of sci-fi’s favorite tools. But is it possible to build a real time machine? Could you travel into the future or the past? Paul Davies joins John Michael Godlier to discuss the possibilities of time travel and how it would work within Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist and regents professor at the department of physics at Arizona Stat...

Why Oumuamua May Have Been The First Sign of Intelligent Life with Dr. Avi Loeb 28.10.2021

In this interview with Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science and astrophysicist at Harvard University, he explains why in his new book, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, he has put forth the theory that our first interstellar visitor to be spotted in our solar system, Oumuamua, might just be the first sign of intelligent life beyond earth. Extrate...

What Would an Alien Megastructure Look Like? Ringworlds with Larry Niven and Gregory Benford 28.10.2021

From both Gregory Benford and Larry Niven comes a thrilling, hard science fiction series, Bowl of Heaven, that follows a human expedition to another star system that’s suddenly interrupted by a gigantic artifact floating in interstellar space. The bowl-shaped structure engulfs an entire star, and has a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. Gregory Benford is a physicist, educator,...

10 Spooky Possibilities of the Multiverse 28.10.2021

An exploration of ten spooky aspects of the multiverse and our universe within it. https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier Music: Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a C...

Why the Solar System May Be Full of Life with NASA Chief Scientist Dr. James Green 28.10.2021

Is life on Europa? Did Mars have life? Does Mars currently have life on it? NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Jim Green joins John Michael Godier to discuss NASA's plans for Mars 2020, the possibility of past and current life on Mars. As well as the fact that the solar system may be full of life as much of the moon's and Kuiper belt objects have large amounts of water on them. Does Europa have complex life...

Are There Alien Artifacts in Our Solar System? with Dr. James Benford 27.10.2021

Von Neumann probes, self-replicating spacecraft, or Alien lurkers and alien artifacts all represent the idea that somewhere in our solar system there could be evidence of an alien civilization and that they may have been silently watching us from space for millions of years or longer. Jonh Michael Godier spoke to Dr. James Benford about his paper 'Looking for Lurkers: Co-orbiters as SETI Observabl...

10 Obscure but Amazing Space Missions 26.10.2021

An exploration of ten amazing but increasingly obscure space missions from the past. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier My Talk Show Channel: https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Arti...

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