What If We Lived in a Galactic Zoo? – Guest: Douglas Vakoch of METI| Listen on Anghami

Jan 2021

What If You Explored the Deepest Points of Earth? - with George Kourounis

Let NetSuite show you how they’ll benefit your business with a FREE Product Tour at www.netsuite.com/WHATIF We've explored a lot on this planet, but how deeply have we truly gone? The Earth's core is over 6000km deep...and the deepest we've drilled is roughly 12km! Not even 1%, a ... Show More

32m 35s

Jan 2021

What If You Only Ate Sugar for a Month? - with Gary Taubes

Go to the Great Courses Plus and receive the first month for FREE: thegreatcoursesplus.com/whatif Normally the idea of gorging yourself exclusively with sugar for 30 days would be a hypothetical, but over the holidays, it might not be. Peter and Richard and joined by the author o ... Show More

28m 35s

Dec 2020

What If We Settled on an Exoplanet? - with Didier Queloz

Go to www.greenchef.com/WHATIF90 and use code WHATIF90 to get $90 off, including free shipping. It's been a long strange journey for Nobel Prize winning astronomer Didier Queloz. In 1995, he and his team discovered the first "Exosolar Planet" i.e. an Earth-like planet orbiting a ... Show More

34m 49s

Mar 2023

S26E36: ExoMars - Back on Track | SpaceTime | Astronomy News

The European Space Agency says its ExoMars mission to the red planet is back on with a launch window opening in October 2028. *Extremely rare Coronal Mass Ejection event A blast which scientists are calling an extremely rare bright Coronal Mass Extinction event has just rocked th ... Show More

30m 19s

Jan 2022

Cosmic Queries – A Stellar New Year

What will first contact with aliens be like? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice say “Happy New Year!” by answering a grab bag of fan questions about aliens, string theory, moon landing skeptics, and more!NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can watch or listen t ... Show More

38m 49s

Feb 2021

Mars - The UAE Mission

Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff. Space Nuts Episode 239 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley Mars – The UAE Mission ●The UAE Mars Mission…even though Andrew keeps calling it the Moon mission…heaven knows where his mind was at… ●Matter that appears to be missing in the ... Show More

52m 13s

Dec 2021

The Moon: Why Are We Really Going Back?

The moon race is back! Countries — and billionaires — are lining up to take a crack at returning to the moon. But why are we really going? Some say this is a lunar gold rush, that countries want to mine the moon for resources. Others are saying the real reason to go to the moon t ... Show More

37m 7s

Dec 2022

S25E130: Are the Sun’s Solar Cycles Getting Weaker?

SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 130 *Are the Sun’s solar cycles getting weaker New computer modelling suggests the Sun’s 11 year solar cycle is getting weaker, and scientists aren’t sure how that will affect the Earth. *New NASA climate change mission ready to launch NASA has greenli ... Show More

25m 53s

Feb 2017

Does the full Moon make us act oddly?

Listener Paul Don asks: "I'm wondering what's the feasibility of terraforming another planet ie Mars and if it is possible to do the same thing with something like the moon? Or, why isn't there already a moon-base? Surely that is easier."Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry consi ... Show More

26m 59s

Mar 2023

S26E27: The Asteroid that Almost Swallowed a Spacecraft // 59 New Exoplanets // Starship Launch Plans

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 27 *The asteroid that almost swallowed a spacecraft It sounds like something out of a 1950s sci-fi movie, but it seems that the asteroid Bennu almost swallowed NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft during its sample collection maneuver. *59 new exoplanets disco ... Show More

37m 18s

What If We Lived in a Galactic Zoo? – Gu...