Podcast

Ask a Spaceman!

Astronomy, Natural Sciences, Science

You've got questions and astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter has answers - every episode you will come closer to complete knowledge of time and space!

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#24
Episodes
289
Releases
Every two weeks
Typical length
29 min
On air since
2015
Latest episode
16 hours ago

Episodes

289 episodes, newest first

  1. AaS! 283: What's Really Going on with UAPs?

    Episode 283

    Show notes

    What are UFOs? What are the chances that aliens have visited the Earth? Why should we bother talking about it? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    Hosted by Paul M. Sutter.

    29 min
  2. AaS! 282: What Happens When You Shine a Light on Nothing?

    Episode 282

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    How does the vacuum interact with light? Is it possible to use light to create something from nothing? And is "birefringence" a real word? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    21 min
  3. AaS! 281: What Makes the Scattered Disk So Wild?

    Episode 281

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    How did the scattered disk of the solar system form? What kins of strange objects roam those badlands? And what does it do to the rest of the solar system? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    27 min
  4. AaS! 280: Wait So We Can Steal Energy from Black Holes?

    Episode 280

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    What is frame dragging? How do we measure it? And how can we turn this into a method for extracting energy from rotating black holes? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    Hosted by Paul M. Sutter.

    27 min
  5. AaS! 279: What Can We Actually Find on an Exoplanet?

    Episode 223

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    Just how hard are exoplanets observations? What kind of telescope will it take to find life? And how much information can we get out of a single pixel of light? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    29 min
  6. AaS! 278: What's A Good Story About Chandrasekhar?

    Episode 278

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    What was the big deal about Chandrasekhar's discovery? Why did he meet so much resistance? How is his work tied to everything from supernovae to black holes? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    36 min
  7. AaS! 277: What's It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light?

    Episode 277

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    What does high-speed motion through the universe do to your perspective? What is the Rindler horizon, and how does it appear? Would you get vaporized by a high-energy bath of radiation? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    23 min
  8. AaS! 276: What Would Happen if the Sun…Stopped?

    Episode 276

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    What really keeps the Sun shining? How long would it stay warm if fusion stopped? How long would it take before we noticed? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    27 min
  9. AaS! 275: Why Can't the Universe Be Cyclic?

    Episode 275

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    What are the weaknesses of inflation theory? How did the ekpyrotic theory attempt to improve it? How did it open up its own can of worms? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    32 min
  10. AaS! 274: Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe?

    Episode 274

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    Why is dust so annoying? But where does it come from, and what can it do? And is dust responsible for the creation of life? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    27 min
  11. AaS! 273: What if the Universe Had No Beginning?

    Episode 273

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    What does is mean for the universe to have a wave function? How does Hawking's "no boundary" proposal mean that the universe comes from itself? And is it really the final answer? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    30 min
  12. AaS! 272: Are Neutrinos Their Own Evil Twins?

    Episode 272

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    What does "antimatter" actually mean? Can a particle be its own opposite? What would happen to it, and what does this have to do with a missing scientist? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    35 min
  13. AaS! 271: What Happens When Light Goes Boom?

    Episode 271

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    How can matter ever go faster than light? What happens when it does? Who discovered this, and what is it good for? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    22 min
  14. AaS! 270: Is the Universe…Defective?

    Episode 270

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    What did the universe do to make so many defects? What happens when they get trapped? And could they be hiding right in front of our noses? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    29 min
  15. AaS! 269: Why Are Interstellar Objects So Weird?

    Episode 269

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    What makes the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas so weird? Why are we finding so many interstellar visitors recently? How are they made, and where do they come from? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    27 min
  16. AaS! 268: What are Little Red Dots?

    Episode 268

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    What do we find when we push the James Webb Space Telescope to its limits? Are Little Red Dots newborn galaxies or old black holes? What are they teaching us about the early universe? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    32 min
  17. AaS! 267: Is the Universe Older than We Think?

    Episode 267

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    How can anyone agree on the age of the universe? And how can we be so confident if it's all just a bunch of models? What if the universe is extra lumpy, does that change anything? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    28 min
  18. AaS! 266: Is the Universe Made of Math?

    Episode 266

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    Why is math so effective at describing the universe? What is reality is made of math? What does it mean for us to be conscious beings in a mathematical structure? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    31 min
  19. AaS! 265: Does Antimatter Fall Up?

    Episode 265

    Show notes

    What is the weak equivalency principle? How was antimatter discovered and why is it the perfect thing to put gravity to the test? What did the CERN experiment discover? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE!

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    Hosted by Paul M. Sutter.

    28 min
  20. AaS! 264: Just How Weird is the Quantum Eraser?

    Episode 264

    Show notes

    How does the double-slit experiment work? What does it teach us about reality and measurement if we try to mess with the experiment after it's already started? How does quantum complementarity guide us with how to think about it? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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    Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE!

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    30 min

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