What is “emergence” in physics and why is it a big deal? What would it mean for gravity to be emergent? How would we have to rewrite the laws of physics?
Apr 2nd: Will Emergent Gravity Rewrite Physics?
Podcast Archive
Apr 1st: Orbital Resonances
Several of the planets and moons in the Solar System are in orbital resonance, orbiting in a geometric lockstep. And not just the Solar System, astronomers have found the same resonances in other star systems.
Mar 31st: Dancing With Earth & Colliding Planets
Today’s Traveler in the Night
discuss about the Earth’s dancing partner and the collisions between planets, planetesimals, asteroids, and comets that produced the place where we live.
Mar 30th: Britain’s First Astronaut
Today Awesome Astronomy talked to Dr. Helen Sharman, Britain’s First astronaut and the first woman to visit the Russian Mir Space Station in 1991.
Mar 29th: Grindavik, Iceland, and Volcanoes with Dr. Melissa Scruggs
Today EVSN still focused on Iceland and we have Dr. Melissa Scruggs (aka VolcanoDoc on Twitch) for a chat about Grindavik and all things volcanic in Iceland.
Mar 28th: Women in Science History
Dr. Sethanne Howard talks about Women in Science History, including En’Hedu’anna – the first astronomer whose name and work we know – who lived 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
Mar 27th: From Earth to Mars: The Incredible Story of the Ingenuity Helicopter
With a first flight on April 19, 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter broke ground on new capabilities for remote planetary missions. After three years, the mission ended. More about Ingenuity accomplishments on today’s podcast
Mar 26th: The First Exoplanets: A Discovery that Forever Changed Us
Our galaxy likely holds hundreds of billions of planets around other stars but when and how did we begin finding them? What was the first exoplanet detected? It turns out that the first discovery wasn’t one, but two planets in the same system.
Mar 25th: Solar System Volcanoes
The Solar System is more volcanically active than we thought. Today, we’ll explore volcanism on other worlds.
Mar 24th: Catching Shadows & Tough Guy
Students can join the hunt for TNO occultations and more about 2016 LV47