AaS! 249: Where Do the Constants of Nature Come From? Part 1

What is an Alcubierre warp drive? What would it take to make it work? Could it propel spacecraft even below the speed of light? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support th...

4 Maalis 202531min

What is an axion? How could axions make a star, and what does that have to do with dark matter? What would these stars look like? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support ...

18 Helmi 202535min

Where do parallel universes exist? Could we use wormholes to travel to them? What does time travel have to do with all this? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the s...

4 Helmi 202532min

What is the Fermi Paradox? How rare is non-intelligent vs intelligent life? What are the challenges a species must overcome to colonize the galaxy? Where is everybody? I discuss these questions and mo...

21 Tammi 202526min

Are dark photons as sinister as they sound? What did the curvaton do in the early universe? And is everything really made of preons? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Suppo...

7 Tammi 202538min

How can the solar corona be hotter than the surface? What has the Parker Solar probe learned so far? What do magnetic fields have to do with all this? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask...

17 Joulu 202433min

Are we "in range" of any potential supernovae? Has the Earth ever been hit in the past? And what about gamma-ray bursts from across the galaxy, are we safe from those? I discuss these questions and mo...

3 Joulu 202430min

How do black holes get close enough to merge? What causes them to emit gravitational waves, and where do the waves come from? What does the merger process look like? I discuss these questions and more...

19 Marras 202433min