Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Jorge talk about the inflaton particle, and whether its responsible for EVERYTHING.

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Daniel and Jorge answer listener questions and give a special birthday shout out.

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Daniel talks to Prof. Valia Allori about the theory of Bohmian Mechanics, a deterministic alternative to traditional Quantum Mechanics.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the amazing physics of space DUST.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about how megaconstellations of satellites might spoil our view of the Universe.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the recent revolution in solid state physics that has led to weird new materials.

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Daniel and Jorge discuss the theory of Cosmological Natural Selection

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Daniel talks to Jill Tarter, longtime head of the SETI program, about how to look for alien intelligence

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the biology, chemistry and physics of glowing.

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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from kids about black holes, diamond planets and faster-than-light travel!

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Daniel talks to Sean Carroll about the quantum multiverse, and whether it is real

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Daniel and Jorge explain the physics of our chaotic Sun and why its so hard to predict whether or not it might kill us!

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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from aspiring supervillains, helping with their schemes.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the history of how we measured this fastest of all velocities!

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Daniel and Jorge explore the "WIMP Miracle", which convinced a lot of physicists that dark matter was a particle.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about why all those weird heavy particles might actually be critical to the Universe

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Daniel talks to Carlo Rovelli about a fascinating alternative way of thinking about the nature of reality. And aliens.

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Daniel and Jorge's new book "Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe" is out today! Order your copy at universefaq.com

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Daniel and Jorge explore why time slows down when space is curved

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Daniel and Jorge ask if it's possible to tell if there's a wormhole nearby

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Daniel and Jorge explore the question of whether black holes are actually "dark stars"

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Daniel and Jorge talk about how dark matter might be hiding under the "neutrino floor"

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Daniel and Jorge answer listener questions about black holes

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Daniel and Jorge step through the details of a mind-boggling version of the double slit experiment. Check out their new book: universefaq.com

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Daniel and Jorge break down the life cycle of stars and estimate how many more stars will be born in our Universe.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about how finely sliced time can get.

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Daniel and Jorge dive deep into quantum theory and explain gauge symmetry, the foundation of all modern physics.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether fission reactors are found in Nature

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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether things have to happen in a definite order, or not!

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Daniel and Jorge break down this question that stumped Daniel at his public office hours!

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Could the 3D entire Universe be a projection from a 2D surface somewhere?

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Daniel and Jorge dip the french fries of knowledge into the mysterious condiments of the Universe and answer questions from listeners like you!

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Everything is moving and spinning -- is it possible to be totally still in the Universe?

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Daniel and Katie talk about how to get a battery-powered plane into the sky.

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Daniel and Kelly talk about the exciting science that will be done by this new super telescope.

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Daniel and Jorge swirl their minds together into a stormy mix of puns and physics and tackle this spacey topic.

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Daniel and Jorge crack open the basic building block of matter and find.. anti-matter!

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Daniel and Jorge consider how the Universe would be different if our particles had different properties

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Daniel and Jorge explain how the speed of light limits how events play out in the Universe.

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Daniel and Jorge reveal that the Large Hadron Collider has found much more than just the Higgs boson!

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Daniel and Jorge talk about why something so simple is one of the oldest and hardest problems in physics.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about binary star systems, trinary star systems and totally bonkers star systems with even more stars!

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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Have questions? Send them to questions@danielandjorge.com

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Daniel explains how pulsars can be used as a galaxy-sized physics experiment.

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Will a plasma-based spaceship engine let humanity zoom between planets?

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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether its possible to outrun the fastest thing in the Universe

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Daniel recounts the story of how pulsars were discovered and what they tell us about the death of stars.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the connections between science and art and discuss the science and politics of Cadwell Turnbull's "The Lesson"

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Daniel and Jorge explain how we might be able to listen to a new kind of gravitational hiss and what secrets it could reveal.

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Daniel talks to Mick West, expert UFO-video analyzer, to understand what we are seeing in the Navy UFO videos.

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