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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Daniel and Kelly answer a question about how white holes are connected to black holes.
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Daniel and Katie answer a question about why distant objects can look surprisingly large in the sky
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Daniel and Kelly answer a question about whether the Earth might survive the Sun's ejection from the galaxy.
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Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space
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Daniel and Kelly answer a question about whether space can be infinite and finite
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Does the Universe go on forever, or have an end? What shape is it?
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions about moving planets, the Higgs field, and the future of particle physics.
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What could have caused the Big Bang, and what came before it?
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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.
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How long can we enjoy the sunshine before we need a new star?
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions about galaxy collisions, black holes and Nitrogen!
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Why is gravity so much weaker than the other forces?
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Daniel and Jorge try to clarify the distinction between our neighborhood space objects and what it means if we find them out of place.
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If you repeat the same experiment, do you get the same outcome?
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Daniel and Jorge talk about new ways to find dark matter, using space microwave ovens.
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What is light made of? A particle, a wave, both, neither? Little puppies?
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions about banana decays and black hole velocities.
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Daniel and Jorge look right into the beam of incredible astronomical explosions.
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Daniel and Jorge slice time down to its shortest slivers to understand how fast things can happen in the Universe.
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