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Shine Brighter Than The North Star
More polygonal art for the fans of models, polygons, and space!
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What’s Beyond The Edge Of The Visible Universe?
We don’t know and will likely never know what happened before the Big Bang, but Chris is curious about it, so we take a journey in the land before time and space!
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Before The Big Bang
We don’t know and will likely never know what happened before the Big Bang, but Chris is curious about it, so we take a journey in the land before time and space!
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Lunacy! Or Conspiracy Theories About The Moon’s Origin
Conspiracy theories and misconceptions about the Moon extend far beyond the Moon-landing! In this episode, we take a trip 4.5 billion years into the past to witness how Luna came to be.
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Satellite Galaxies, Chance Alignments, And #BlackInAstro Feat. KeShawn Ivory
We sat down with KeShawn Ivory to talk about satellite galaxies, something weird happening around the Milky Way, and how it feels to win a major award from the Royal Astronomical Society!
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What Cocktail Could You Make On Mars? Feat. Dr Laura Fackrell
This episode starts with a whimsical question of what could we grow on Mars that we could use in a cocktail or mocktail, but we quickly expand on some important topics like what future space travelers might need in order to survive and ways to make agriculture on Earth more sustainable.
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Asteroid Collisions Are Not Certain Extinction Feat. Professor Birger Schmitz
When we think of asteroid impacts, we often just picture Chicxulub and the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, 66 million years ago. But asteroid impacts can be less impactful to life, like the Popigai and Chesapeake impactors – not as big as Chicxulub but ...
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To The Multiverse & Beyond!
We talk about everything, everywhere all at once as we enter the multiverse! In this episode, we describe some ideas that scientists have proposed to explain things we see in the universe with no explanation, or simply to indulge in the idea of parallel dimensions.
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Powering Mars With Wind Energy Feat. Dr Victoria Hartwick
In this episode, we focus on alternative energy approaches for future missions to Mars. NASA Ames’ Dr Victoria Hartwick has recently published research about utilizing wind power on Mars, showing that it is not all solar or nuclear when it comes to exploring other worlds in the Solar System.
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Stop Talking About It And JUICE Go To Jupiter
In this episode, we talk all about JUICE, the European Space Agency mission that launches today April 13 to study the Icy moons of Jupiter (Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) and the Jovian system – and also why I am in Germany to make a mocktail! Listen on Apple Podcast or on your favourite podcast...
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Conjunction of Venus & Jupiter
A brief timelapse of the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on March 3, 2023, as they come into view in the London dusk. The two planets are less than one degree part in the sky. 🤩