Countdown to JWST #1: Finally Ready to Launch?
Here's the first installment of Countdown to JWST, a podcast that will track the mission up to launch (hopefully) later this year. Let's light this candle!
15 Helmi 202121min
Was There A First Cause?
Was there a first cause? Can there be a event that started everything? What would such an event look like? In this episode Tony and Charlotte discuss the scientific and philosophical understanding ...
5 Marras 201954min
When An Atheist Met A Catholic Theologian
This episode kicks off what I hope will be a weekly posting for the DA Show. My wife Charlotte is a Catholic theologian and philosopher who has taught me much outside of my scientific realm. I have ...
29 Loka 201938min
A Cautionary Science Tale: BICEP2 and the Perils of the Nobel Prize
Remember all the commotion about the BICEP2 mission back in 2014? Cosmologist had announced the observation of polarized "B-mode" waves that, if connected to the universal cosmic microwave background...
11 Loka 201956min
Using Nuclear Power for Deep Space Exploration
It turns out that NASA and others have been thinking about the inefficiencies of using chemical rockets to go to the Moon, Mars and the Outer Planets. One very attractive solution is Nuclear Thermal ...
3 Loka 20191h 2min
The Apophis Asteroid: Should You Be Worried?
Let's talk about the potentially hazardous asteroid known as Apophis. In April, 2029 this 320 meter rock will get so close that it will pass under the orbit of geosynchronous satellites! Astronomers...
3 Kesä 201942min
Was the Event Horizon Telescope Black Hole Image a Waste of Time?
In this podcast: an essay on whether the effort that went into making the black hole image in the distant galaxy M87 by the Event Horizon Telescope was worth it; an interview with star mapper Wil Tiri...
20 Touko 201936min
The Large Millimeter Telescope
This podcast features science and technology from the Large Millimeter Telescope. Our guests Nat DeNigris and David Sanchez will be on hand to discuss this amazing facility being operated in Mexico. ...
17 Touko 20191h
