Starts With A Bang podcast

All across the Universe, stars are dying through a variety of means. They can directly col... more

One of the great discoveries to be made out there in the grand scheme of things is alien l... more

It's no secret that the Universe and the objects present within it, as we see them all... more

It's hard to believe, but it was only back in the early 1990s that we discovered the v... more

Out there in the Universe, somewhere, a second example of an inhabit world or planet likel... more

Perhaps the strongest evidence we've ever acquired in support of the Big Bang has been... more

When we search for life in the Universe, it makes sense to look for planets that are simil... more

It might seem hard to fathom, but it hasn't even been ten full years since advanced LI... more

Out there in the Universe, each star represents an opportunity: a chance for a stellar sys... more

Sure, it's easy to look out at the Universe and take stock of what we find. Although s... more

Out there in the Universe, there are tremendous, uncountable numbers of planetary systems ... more

When it comes to stars, most of them, for most of their lives, behave in a very similar fa... more

When we look out at our home galaxy, the Milky Way, we have to recognize that even though ... more

In this Universe, there are a few objects that are just larger, and a few events that are ... more

It's hard to imagine, but it was only five years ago, in 2019, that humanity feasted our c... more

When you think of an active galaxy, what picture comes to mind? Do you think about a monst... more

Right now, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most powerful particle accelerator/colli... more

On the largest of cosmic scales, the best description we have of our Universe is known as ... more

One of the most swiftly forgotten revolutions in all of science is our understanding of th... more

Every January, I head to the American Astronomical Society's big annual meeting with a... more

Have you ever wondered what the full story with the galactic center is? Sure, we have star... more

All throughout the Universe, galaxies exist in a great variety of shapes, ages, and states... more

Up until the early 1990s, we didn't know what sorts of planets lived around stars othe... more

Happy new year, everyone, and with a new year comes a spectacular new podcast! We normally... more