Starts With A Bang podcast podcast

Starts With A Bang podcast

The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. There’s a cosmic story uniting us. We’re determined to bring it to everyone.

The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. There’s a cosmic story uniting us. We’re determined to bring it to everyone.

 

#124

Starts With A Bang #124 - Astrochemistry

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

5 hrs Ago

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:45

5 hrs Ago


#123

Starts With A Bang #123 - Alien physics

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

08 Nov 2025

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:50

08 Nov 2025


#122

Starts With A Bang #122 - Galaxy evolution and JWST

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

11 Oct 2025

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:23

11 Oct 2025


#121

Starts With A Bang #121 - Direct exoplanet imaging

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

06 Sep 2025

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:11

06 Sep 2025


#120

Starts With A Bang #120 - Exoplanet biosignatures

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

09 Aug 2025

1 HR 45 MINS

1:45:22

09 Aug 2025


#119

Starts With a Bang #119 - The CMB

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

05 Jul 2025

1 HR 39 MINS

1:39:28

05 Jul 2025


#118

Starts With A Bang #118 - Snowball Earth

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

07 Jun 2025

1 HR 45 MINS

1:45:17

07 Jun 2025


#117

Starts With A Bang #117 - Gravitational waves and the Universe

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

10 May 2025

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:40

10 May 2025


#116

Starts With A Bang #116 - Disintegrating exoplanets

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

05 Apr 2025

1 HR 44 MINS

1:44:30

05 Apr 2025


#115

Starts With A Bang #115 - Dwarf galaxies in isolation

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

15 Mar 2025

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:27

15 Mar 2025


#114

Starts With A Bang #114 - Pluto and Charon

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

15 Feb 2025

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:05

15 Feb 2025


#113

Starts With A Bang podcast #113 - Weird stars

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

11 Jan 2025

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:20

11 Jan 2025


#112

Starts With A Bang #112 - Galactic Archaeology

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

07 Dec 2024

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:55

07 Dec 2024


#111

Starts With A Bang #111 - Black Hole Jets

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

09 Nov 2024

1 HR 36 MINS

1:36:25

09 Nov 2024


#110

Starts With A Bang #110 - Optical Interferometry

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

06 Oct 2024

1 HR 40 MINS

1:40:48

06 Oct 2024


#109

Starts With A Bang #109 - Launching a galactic cone

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

07 Sep 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:17

07 Sep 2024


#108

Starts With A Bang #108 - A Future Particle Collider

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

03 Aug 2024

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:55

03 Aug 2024


#107

Starts With A Bang #107 - Binary Stars And Modified Gravity

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

06 Jul 2024

1 HR 52 MINS

1:52:47

06 Jul 2024


#106

Starts With A Bang #106 - The Troublesome Hunt for Planet Nine

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

08 Jun 2024

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:51

08 Jun 2024


#105

Starts With A Bang #105 - Dark Matter And Galaxies

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

11 May 2024

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:19

11 May 2024


#104

Starts With A Bang #104 - The Magnetized Galactic Center

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

05 Apr 2024

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:22

05 Apr 2024


#103

Starts With A Bang #103 - Active galaxies and the universe

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

09 Mar 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:52

09 Mar 2024


#102

Starts With a Bang #102 - The missing exoplanets

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

03 Feb 2024

1 HR 46 MINS

1:46:33

03 Feb 2024


#101

Starts With A Bang #101 - Quantum Computing

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

06 Jan 2024

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:50

06 Jan 2024