Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin search for examples of infinity in the Universe. Does it only exist in our minds?

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Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith count the number of moons orbiting the Earth!

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Daniel answers questions from real listeners like you. Submit your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com

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Daniel and Jorge break down the science in the science fiction novel "Nophek Gloss" by debut author Essa Hansen.

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Daniel and Jorge slice the Universe infinitely thin and talk about the theory and practice of 2D materials

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Daniel and Jorge talk about what it takes to make a star and whether dark matter could pull it off

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Daniel and Jorge search for the missing black holes that are not too small or too big, but right in the middle!

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Daniel and Jorge go through the crazy story of missed opportunties, accidental observations that led to one of the greatest science discoveries of all time.

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Daniel and Jorge explain why our Universe might have more than just one Higgs boson, and what they should be called.

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Daniel and Jorge explain where the air you breathe came from, and whether there's hope for deep breaths on exoplanets.

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Daniel and Jorge tell the story of the construction, the scientific insights and the collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico

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Daniel chats with Adam Becker about the "measurement problem" in quantum mechanics: does the wavefunction collapse, and what causes it?

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Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about astro-blackhole-biology and whether it's possible to have life evolve inside a black hole.

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel and Jorge explain how space can get twisted up around spinning objects.

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Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith talk about getting solar power FROM SPACE!

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Daniel and Jorge crack open the red planet and talk about whether it is totally solid, or whether it still has liquid flowing inside!

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Daniel and Jorge talk about string theory, loop quantum gravity, M-theory, p-branes, geometric unity and ice cream!

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Daniel and Jorge break down how volcanos work and blow up your idea of what makes a powerful volcano blow.

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Daniel and Jorge break down the Universe to its most basic level and ask if space is necessary

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Daniel interviews SB Divya about her new novel "Machinehood" which explores whether machines can be self-aware.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the chance that you could be a brain floating in space.

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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel and Jorge explain the exciting new results from the LHCb experiment!

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the result of the g-2 experiment at Fermilab and what it means!

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Daniel and Jorge break down recent advances in quantum gravity!

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Daniel and Jorge talk about 4-dimensional cubes, life in the 4th dimension and the Infinity Stones!

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Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith explore the dramatic story of Jupiter's wandering orbits

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Daniel and Jorge take a trip to the theoretical Island of Stability and talk about super heavy elements

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Daniel and Jorge talk about quasars, large groups of quasars and HUGE LARGE groups of quasars!

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the mysterious, unexplained "space roar" and whether its a clue about something new in the Universe.

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Daniel and Jorge dig into the mystery of why the Pioneer spacecraft's path surprised scientists.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the Universe of Lindsay Ellis' novel "Axiom's End"

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel and Jorge explain why scientists are puzzling over a massive cold spot in the sky.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about whether its possible to have stars made out of bosons!

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin explore the mysteries of these weird, ancient blobs of stars.

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Daniel and Jorge break down the quantum world into tiny dots that have amazing properties.

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel and Jorge explain Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology and what it means about the origins of the Universe.

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Daniel and guest host Kelly Weinersmith break down the science and science-fiction of invisibility.

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel and guest host Katie Goldin talk about the crazy and real science of time crystals

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Daniel and Jorge talk about mind-blowingly huge balls of burning gas.

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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Daniel talks about how astronomers can measure or deduce the mass of a star, and why it controls its fate.

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Daniel and Jorge talk about what kind of elements are inside a black hole, how to respond to aliens and whether physicists are useful or useless in a zombie apocalypse.

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What counts as a planet and is it possible for it to outweigh or outsize its parent star?

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Daniel answers questions from listeners like you! Got questions? Come to Daniel's public office hours: https://sites.uci.edu/daniel/public-office-hours/

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