universe evolution

Explore "universe evolution" with insightful episodes like "The James Webb Space Telescope Is Fueling Galactic Controversy", "Webb Space Telescope: Into the Unknown", "185: Off By Roughly Two Trillion... AGAIN!!!", "Cosmic Queries – More Office Hours" and "Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries – A Stellar Sampling" from podcasts like ""Short Wave", "NASA's Curious Universe", "The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe", "StarTalk Radio" and "StarTalk Radio"" and more!

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The James Webb Space Telescope Is Fueling Galactic Controversy

We're entering a new era of astrophysics. The James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists test existing ideas and models of how the universe was created—on a whole new level. This telescope is sending back images of galaxies forming under a billion years after the Big Bang—way earlier than astronomers had previously expected. Not only that, scientists had anticipated that later—but still very early—galaxies would be small, barely formed blobs; instead, the galaxies in these images have spiral arms. So, today's show is all about GALACTIC CONTROVERSY! Computational astrophysicist Jorge Moreno talks with fellow astronomer and Short Wave's Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber about how these new findings are stirring up controversy in the scientific community and the lessons we can learn from galaxies.

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Short Wave

en-usSeptember 18, 2023

astrophysics

big bang

james webb space telescope

galaxy formation

universe evolution

Webb Space Telescope: Into the Unknown

The James Webb Space Telescope is going to open a new window into the universe. It will show us stars, galaxies, planets, and other objects as we’ve never seen them before. In the first of four episodes of our mini-series, we focus on the great science that Webb will do.

NASA's Curious Universe

enNovember 23, 2021

exoplanets

james webb space telescope

star formation

universe evolution

cosmic origins

185: Off By Roughly Two Trillion... AGAIN!!!

In episode #185, which Mike incorrectly identifies as episode #184, Mike welcomes noted astronomer Dr. Michelle Thaller, to discuss the obvious differences between sounding certain and being correct. Dr. Thaller, a noted astronomer with an enormous brain, tries to help Mike understand the enormity of the cosmos, and explain why the universe contained 200 billion galaxies just four years ago, and then 2 trillion galaxies just a few weeks later, and then back down to a few hundred billion as of last week. It’s enough to make your head spin, but between Mike’s gigantic cranium and Dr. Thaller’s enormous brain, we finally unlock the secrets of How the Universe Works…

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

enFebruary 02, 2021

open-mindedness

galaxies

scientific discoveries

universe evolution

careers in science

Cosmic Queries – More Office Hours

Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about the “God of the gaps” theory, the Big Bang and “vacuum energy,” Pascal’s Wager, gravitational wells; haunted apartments, making math sexy, “the Matrix,” star-gazing, wine, and the meaning of life.
NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/cosmic-queries-more-office-hours/
Photo Credit: Ben Ratner.

StarTalk Radio

en-usMarch 16, 2018

religious life

scientific discoveries

universe evolution

vacuum energy

math and science