Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos? What are the different forms that life can take? When did life first appear in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
What forces people to lose trust in science? How does this affect the process of science itself? What are scientists doing to make this worse? How can we fix it?
What’s floating around in space between all the stuff? Are there any truly empty places in the universe? What is the “fabric” of spacetime?
How were ancient people able to predict eclipses so well? How did they make predictions without modern science? What were they able to discover?
What processes create all the elements? Why are some elements more common than others? How does fusion happen inside and outside of a star?
How long have astronomers been using artificial intelligence? How do computers sift through massive amounts of data? Will AI discover something new about the universe?
What triggers ice ages and other climate events? How are sunspot cycles and orbital motions related to climate patterns? What does Jupiter have to do with all this? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
What’s so cool about Triton? How did it end up in orbit around Neptune, and what can we learn from it? Could we send a mission there one day?
How are white holes different from black holes? What would happen if you were stuck inside of one? Why don’t they appear in the universe?
What is the combined motion of everything in the universe? How does all of that influence us? Are we just going around in circles, or is there something more? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!