AaS! 131: What's So Cool About the TRAPPIST-1 System?
Why is the TRAPPIST-1 system so fascinating? Is it really habitable? How are we figuring all this out? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: http://www.patreo...
7 Jul 202033min
AaS! 130: What's the Most Amazing Thing About the Universe?
What blows me away about the universe? How is it all connected? How does universality give physics the power to explain everything? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Suppor...
16 Jun 202025min
AaS! 129: Did the Big Bang Make Black Holes?
What kind of crazy physics made primordial black holes? What does that have to do with the LIGO observations of merging black holes? How can we possibly detect them? I discuss these questions and more...
2 Jun 202032min
AaS! 128: Why Are We Missing All the Baryons?
What is the "missing baryon problem"? How do we know how many baryons there ought to be? What does the cosmic web have to do with it? What the heck is a baryon, anyway? I discuss these questions and m...
19 Mai 202027min
AaS! 127: What Was Newton's Big Deal?
What was Newton's genius? Why was his work so controversial? Why are his laws of motion so radical? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: http://www.patreon.c...
5 Mai 202042min
AaS! 126: What's the Wildest Weather in the Solar System?
What makes the Earth's atmosphere so special? What makes the atmospheres of other planets so special? Why are atmospheres so special anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spacema...
21 Apr 202032min
AaS! 125: Does Planet Nine Exist?
Why do we think the solar system might have another planet? Why do we think it doesn't? How do test for something that's too far away to see? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spacem...
7 Apr 202033min
AaS! 124: Why Is the Speed of Light the Way It Is?
Why is the speed of light so important in physics? Why does the value not matter at all? And why does it have the speed that it does? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Supp...
17 Mar 202035min
