Historic Big Bang Debate, Black Hole Sounds, ...

When Blue Origin’s New Glenn spacecraft exploded in an enormous fireball during a ground test a couple weeks ago, it sent shockwaves not only through the air, but through NASA’s timeline for the upcoming Artemis missions. It also came at an especially bad time for Jeff Bezos’ roc ...  Show more

‘Tis the season for porch beers and happy hours, and we’re taking on listener questions about how alcohol affects us. Like, is a glass of wine at dinner really good for you? And why do sugary drinks give us hangovers? Joining Guest Host Jane Lindholm to answer these questions and ...  Show more

In mid-20th-century cosmology, there was a debate over the origin of the chemical elements. Some thought that they could be produced in the Big Bang, while others argued that they were made inside stars. The truth turns out to be a combination of both, with additional complicatio ...  Show more

Dark energy, the mysterious force powering the expansion of the universe, appears to be weakening over time, according to a major cosmological survey that has thrown the laws of modern physics into doubt. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay how this new finding could shed light on ...  Show more

In this episode:00:45 The biggest black hole jets ever seenAstronomers have spotted a pair of enormous jets emanating from a supermassive black hole with a combined length of 23 million light years — the biggest ever discovered. Jets are formed when matter is ionized and flung ou ...  Show more

L’Univers est rempli d’énigmes, et l’une des plus fascinantes concerne la rotation étrange des galaxies lointaines, récemment observée par le télescope James Webb. Ces observations révèlent que la majorité des galaxies situées à des milliards d’années-lumière tournent dans le mêm ...  Show more