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

Where is Planet 9? with Dr. Konstantin Batygin 14.12.2025

We speak with Dr. Konstantin Batygin on the search for planet 9, and how he and his partner Mike Brown might discover it very soon. Planet Nine Hypothesis: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.10103.pdfDoes Planet Nine Exist? Featuring Dr. Konstantin Batygin https://youtu.be/gG58idb6HuADr. Konstantin Batygin: https://www.konstantinbatygin.com/https://twitter.com/kbatyginWebsite:https://www.eventhorizonshow....

How Near Earth Objects Are Tracked Featuring Karen Meech 13.12.2025

John Michael Godier is joined by Karen Meech in this clip, as they discuss the odds of Asteroids hitting earth and tracking other near earth objects including Oumuamua and it's trajectory. Website:https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/You can now support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShowFollow us on Twitter!https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizon

From Galileo to Isaac Newton Featuring Paul Sutter 13.12.2025

Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th-century scientific revolution. How were Kepler and Galileo connected? How much did they provide one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation? John Michael Godier is joined in this bonus clip by Paul Sutter of the Ask A Spaceman Youtube Channel. Do We Live In An Infi...

Interstellar Comet 3i/ATLAS Update for December 10, 2025 12.12.2025

An update on the ongoing saga of the interstellar object 3i/ATLAS for December 10, 2025My Patreon Page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Link for the X-Ray Observationshttps://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17523Music:Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://cre...

Is Our Understanding Of The Universe Wrong? Featuring Paul Sutter 12.12.2025

The big bang is the term we use for the event that happened that started our universe, but what happened before? How does Einstein's general relativity relate to the structure of space time at the earliest points of our universe. How much do we understand gravity, dark matter and Gravitational waves? John Michael Godier is joined in this bonus clip with Paul Sutter of the Ask A Spaceman Youtub...

10 Reasons Why Humanity Is an Alien Civilization 11.12.2025

An exploration of the concept that human civilization represents an alien civilization to anyone else in the Milky Way and how alien civilizations might look at us when answering their own "are we alone?" question. You can now support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShowWebsite:https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/Follow us on Twitter!https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizonCyl...

Is Intelligent Life the Universe’s Rarest Phenomenon? With Dr. Graham Lau 10.12.2025

Astrobiologist Dr. Graham Lau joins John Michael Godier to explore the biggest questions in science: how life begins, why intelligence might be rare, whether ocean worlds trap alien civilizations, and what the Panzoic Effect reveals about humanity’s future. The conversation spans SETI, METI risks, terraforming, the overview effect, consciousness, meditation, the Drake Equation, and the ethics of c...

Are Fast Radio Bursts Signs Of Intelligent Life? Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb 09.12.2025

Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs are blasts of radio energy that hit Earth from outside the milky way galaxy, lasting only milliseconds before they disappear. Dr. Avi Loeb of Harvard University and Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discusses the possibility that they could be leakage from highly powerful lasers pushing on light sails or other signs of advanced extraterrestrial intelligence. As...

Will We Colonize Our Solar System? With Dr. Robert Zubrin 08.12.2025

How will we live on mars? Can we go back to the moon? With Elon Musk pushing forward new plans for SpaceX including the Starship, the BFR, and reusable rockets in an effort to lower launch costs. As well as Jeff Bezos space company Blue Origin near term plans like New Glenn and the Blue Moon lander, as well as their long term plans for space habitats using O’Neill cylinders. The conversation of ju...

10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for November 2025 05.12.2025

10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for November 2025My Patreon Page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy 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 Five by Chris Zabriski...

The NASA Observations of Interstellar Object 3i/ATLAS 04.12.2025

An exploration of the new developments coming in from NASA on the interstellar comet 3i/ATLASMy Patreon Page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy 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/cyl...

Inside the World of Shipwreck Archaeology | Dr. James Delgado 03.12.2025

Maritime archaeologist James Delgado joins John Michael Godier to explore how shipwrecks on the ocean floor are rewriting our understanding of history. From luxury liners and forgotten trade ships to war graves and deep-sea wrecks only reachable by modern submersibles, Delgado explains how archaeologists find, map, and interpret these sites, what the Titanic and other iconic wrecks really tell us,...

10 Unsettling Ways Humans Could Go Extinct 01.12.2025

An exploration of ten ways humans could go extinct other than the usual concepts of nuclear war, anthropogenic climate change, and asteroid impacts. Event Horizon:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshowMy Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierANNA voiced by the wonderful Eryn Knight:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCkLBGKE6Y6rGILLv4DAVvQPapers:"Discovery of a Meteor of Interstell...

The Mysterious Star HD 139139 with Dr. Andrew Vanderburg 30.11.2025

28 random dips of light were observed by the Kepler space telescope of the star HD 139139. The random transiting nature of the objects and the light curves were studied by a team that was lead by Dr. Saul Rappaport and Dr. Andrew Vanderburg. This bizarre star so far stands out from the Kepler mission. One explanation includes rapid sunspots. Possible SETI implications include an alien civilization...

Do Galaxies with No Dark Matter Prove it Exists? Featuring Shany Danieli 29.11.2025

Shany Danieli, part of a team from Yale using the Dragonfly Array made observations of an ultra-diffuse galaxy, NGC 1052-DF2. Through their observations they were able to determine that it has little to no dark matter. Ultra diffuse Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_diffuse_galaxyTWO UNUSUAL GALAXIES SHAKE UP THE DARK MATTER DEBATE, AGAIN: https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-have-fou...

Life in the 18th Century with Jon Townsend 26.11.2025

In part one of a two part episode we are joined by Jon Townsend who does historical reenactment, is the host of the youtube channel Townsend, and is the proprietor of the online store, https://www.townsends.us/John Michael Godier and Jon Townsend discuss the life of the typical farmer in the 18th century, what type food they would eat, spices they would use, and if they would recognize anything we...

3I/ATLAS Metal Signals: What They Really Mean | Thomas Puzia and Rohan Rahatgaonkar 25.11.2025

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has quickly become one of the most closely watched astronomical events of the decade. As only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected, every new observation of 3I/ATLAS is reshaping how astronomers think about the chemistry, origins, and long-distance evolution of small bodies formed around other stars. In this interview, astrophysicists Dr. Thomas Puzia...

3i/ATLAS Interstellar Comet Update For November 2025 24.11.2025

3i/ATLAS Interstellar Comet Update For November 2025 and how it might connect to the mysteriousTunguska Event of 1908. My Patreon Page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy 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: http...

The Warning Signs of AI are Getting More Frequent 23.11.2025

The Warning Signs of AI are Getting More FrequentPapers:"Darwin Among the Machines", Butler, 1863https://mediarep.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/e0da505d-200c-43ab-be4b-6604a4df816f/contentMusic: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/Intermissi...

Using Black Holes to Traverse the Universe with Dr. David Kipping 21.11.2025

The Halo Drive, using a laser to gain fuel free relativistic propulsion from a black hole. By shooting a laser close to the event horizon of a black hole, Dr. David Kipping's conceptual star drive could lead to traveling across the milky way from one black hole to another as well as techno signatures from advanced civilizations that might already be using this intergalactic relay system. The H...

10 Unsettling Astronomical Incidents and Phenomena 20.11.2025

An exploration of ten of the most unsettling astrophysical events including Dyson Sphere candidates, a star containing plutonium, the Wow! Signal and others. https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierhttps://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshowPapers:"Pulsar Positioning System: A quest for evidence of extraterrestrial engineering", Clement Vidal, 2017https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.03316"Fast...

Surviving the End of the World Featuring Dr. Travis Langley 19.11.2025

The Psychology of The Walking Dead - Zombie ScienceWith Rick Grimes leaving The Walking Dead we wanted to take an in depth look at the science behind zombies, the living dead, and the psychology behind what drives the people like Rick, Negan, and the groups of people who try to survive in end of the world scenarios. How do you live in a world full of the dead? John is joined with Dr. Travis Langle...

10 Unsettling Future Technologies 18.11.2025

And exploration of ten of the more unsetting possible future technologies. https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshowMusic:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Co...

What’s Hiding Under Mars | Dr. Sam Courville 17.11.2025

Mars may look dead, but under its surface lies a record of its ancient water and perhaps even the ingredients for life. Planetary scientist Dr. Samuel Courville discusses the latest research on Martian ice, groundwater, volcanic history, and the potential for subsurface brine. Links:https://swim.psi.edu/https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021GL093880https://iopscience.iop.org...

Fermi Paradox: The Population Problem 16.11.2025

An exploration into the concept of population and how that affects the Fermi Paradox question. Do advanced alien civilizations necessarily have the population numbers to colonize the galaxy entirely? Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http:...

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