Fall equinox listener questions
Daniel and Kelly answer a question about how white holes are connected to black holes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 23, 2025•20 min
Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
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Episodes
Summer solstice listener questions
Daniel and Katie answer a question about why distant objects can look surprisingly large in the sky See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 20, 2025•20 min
Spring equinox listener questions
Daniel and Kelly answer a question about whether the Earth might survive the Sun's ejection from the galaxy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 18, 2025•21 min
Winter soltice listener questions
Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 31, 2024•24 min
Listener Questions 68
Daniel and Kelly answer a question about whether space can be infinite and finite See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 01, 2024•30 min
Classic episode - How big is the Universe?
Does the Universe go on forever, or have an end? What shape is it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 26, 2024•38 min
Listener Questions 67
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about moving planets, the Higgs field, and the future of particle physics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Classic episode - What came before the Big Bang?
What could have caused the Big Bang, and what came before it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 19, 2024•41 min
Could a huge void cause the illusion of dark energy?
Daniel and Jorge talk about whether our galaxy is in the middle of a giant void that could have fooled us into thinking the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Classic episode - When will the sun explode?
How long can we enjoy the sunshine before we need a new star? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 12, 2024•33 min
Listener Questions 66
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about galaxy collisions, black holes and Nitrogen! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Classic episode - Why is gravity so weird?
Why is gravity so much weaker than the other forces? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 05, 2024•45 min
Are there comets in the asteroid belt?
Daniel and Jorge try to clarify the distinction between our neighborhood space objects and what it means if we find them out of place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 03, 2024•58 min
Classic Episode - Is the Universe Random?
If you repeat the same experiment, do you get the same outcome? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 29, 2024•49 min
Could quantum clocks detect dark matter?
Daniel and Jorge talk about new ways to find dark matter, using space microwave ovens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Classic Episode - Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
What is light made of? A particle, a wave, both, neither? Little puppies? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 22, 2024•48 min
Listener Questions goes bananas!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about banana decays and black hole velocities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 20, 2024•58 min
What was the brightest explosion ever seen?
Daniel and Jorge look right into the beam of incredible astronomical explosions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2024•59 min
What's the fastest event ever measured?
Daniel and Jorge slice time down to its shortest slivers to understand how fast things can happen in the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 8 min
The science fiction Universe of "Dark Matter"
Daniel and Jorge talk to a screenwriter and scientific advisor for the multi-verse show, "Dark Matter" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 19 min
What is the Physics of life?
Daniel and Kelly talk to Sara Imari Walker, author of "Life as No One Knows it" about what life is and what aliens might look like. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 16 min
What is an impossible color?
Daniel and Jorge explore the edges of our colorful experience of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
How to think like a physicist?
Daniel and Jorge discuss whether physicists think about the world differently, and how that makes them more or less useful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 25 min
What is membrane theory?
Daniel and Katie use their p-branes to explore a theory of everything build on vibrating membranes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Listener Questions 64: Phase of the Universe, particle interactions and Universe-sized black holes!
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Do black holes have magnetic fields?
Daniel and Jorge try to resist the magnetic attraction of the mysteries of black holes, and fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 18, 2024•59 min
Listener Questions 63: Hawking radiation, mass, and anti-strings
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 16, 2024•59 min
How long is a photon?
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the tricky question of the length of a photon, and end up talking about hotdogs and meatballs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Could humans live in the clouds of Venus?
Daniel and Kelly talk to Guillermo Sohnlein about life in the Venutian clouds See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Listener Questions 62: Single photons, moon gold and particle interactions.
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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