AaS! 111: What's It Like to Fall Into a Black Hole? (Redux)
What's it like to fall into a black hole (again)? What does the outside universe look like? Is there any way to avoid your grisly fate at the singularity? I discuss these questions and more in today's...
3 Sep 201941min
AaS! 110: Is the Universe Really Predictable?
What is chaos theory? How can something be both deterministic and unpredictable? Is there are hope at all for physics? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: h...
20 Aug 201925min
AaS! 109: What Are the Mysterious Cosmic Strings?
How do cracks appear in spacetime? What does it have to do with symmetry? Could we ever hope to find a cosmic string? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: ht...
6 Aug 201928min
AaS! 108: What Do We Learn From Eclipses?
Why is it so hard to predict solar eclipses? How did Newton and Halley team up to solve it? What have we learned from solar eclipses since then? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spa...
16 Juli 201932min
AaS! 107: Is Interstellar Travel Possible?
How hard is interstellar travel? What are the possible ways to achieve the required energy? Is there anything at all feasible in the works? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman...
2 Juli 201937min
AaS! 106: How Do We Measure the Expansion of the Universe?
What's the deal with redshift? How can we actually interpret velocities when it comes to cosmic expansion? And what's with the recent tension over measuring the expansion rate? I discuss these questio...
18 Juni 201936min
AaS! 105: Is Everything a Wave or a Particle, and Why Does My Head Hurt?
Is light made of waves or particles? Is matter made of waves or particles? What does it mean for matter to "wave", anyway? Why is this so hard to understand? I discuss these questions and more in toda...
4 Juni 201927min
AaS! 104: What Turned Venus Into Hell?
What's so bad about Venus, besides everything? How did it get so bad? And are we next? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/pmsutter ...
21 Maj 201924min
