The End of the World

Fire up your flux capacitor and dematerialise your Tardis because The Supermassive Podcast is traveling in time. Is it possible? How does it work? And, crucially, which films got the physics right (or wrong!)? Thank you to Dr Emma Osborne from the University of York, and Dr Alfre ...  Afficher plus

What would it be like to feel gravitational waves? How are satellites protected from extreme solar storms? How do gravity slingshots work? Are aliens potentially communicating outside of the electromagnetic spectrum? Plus Izzie, Dr Becky and Robert share their annual Christmas pr ...  Afficher plus

What should we be looking for when searching for life on other planets beyond our solar system? Scientists urgently need to come to a consensus on this as a new suite of telescopes soon begins detecting. The space agency NASA has put together a virtual institute called The Nexus ...  Afficher plus

Go to www.greenchef.com/WHATIF90 and use code WHATIF90 to get $90 off, including free shipping. It's been a long strange journey for Nobel Prize winning astronomer Didier Queloz. In 1995, he and his team discovered the first "Exosolar Planet" i.e. an Earth-like planet orbiting a ...  Afficher plus

The Space News Podcast. SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 128 *The dramatic history of the Andromeda galaxy A new study has unveiled the violent history of our nearest neighbouring big galaxy M-31 Andromeda. *Quartz crystals discovered in clouds of hot gas giant ...  Afficher plus

Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 18, 2024. Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we've seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcements and discoveries from various mi ...  Afficher plus