Sailing on light for fun and profit. What if we shoot lasers at lightsails? Does life increase the entropy of the universe?
Aug 8th: Throwing Shade on the Lightsail
Paul M. Sutter Archive
Aug 6th: What are the mysterious cosmic strings?
How do cracks appear in spacetime? What does it have to do with symmetry?
Jul 18th: Goodbye Voyager 2
Goodbye trusty Voyager! and will Jupiter ever become a star?
Jul 16th: 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?
Jul 11th: Turtles Breathe from their Butts
Live from the AstroTours All-Stars Party, Exploring Titan, Life in the solar system.
Jul 2nd: Is Interstellar Travel Possible?
How hard is interstellar travel? What are the possible ways to achieve the required energy?
Jun 27th: Will James Ever Make It to Space?
Will James Ever Make it to Space? How does redshift work?
Jun 18th: 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?
Jun 6th: Delicious White Salmon
Special edition recorded at the Intermediate School in White Salmon, Washington!
Jun 4th: 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?