Ep. 249: Schrödinger’s Cat

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) You’ve probably all heard of Schrödinger’s Cat, that strange thought experiment designed by Erwin Schrödinger to show how the strange predictions of quantum theory could impact the real world. No cats will be harmed in the making of this...

Ep. 206: Fission

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Last week we talked about fusion, where atoms come together to form heavier elements. This week, everything comes apart as we talk about nuclear fission. How it occurs naturally in the Universe, and how it has been harnessed by science to produce power, and...

Ep. 205: Fusion

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) When the Universe formed after the Big Bang, all we had was hydrogen. But through the process of fusion, these hydrogen atoms were crushed into heavier and heavier elements. Fusion gives us warmth and light from the Sun, destruction with fusion bombs, and...

Ep. 204: Temperature

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Now we’re going to answer a question that a 4-year old might ask – what is temperature? Why are things hot and why are they cold? How hot or cold can they get? And how is this all important for astronomy? Download Ep. 204: Temperature Jump...

Ep. 181: Rotation

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Everything in the Universe is spinning. In fact, without this rotation, life on Earth wouldn’t exist. We need the conservation of angular momentum to flatten out galaxies and solar systems, to make planets possible. Let’s find out about the...

Ep. 165: Doppler Effect

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) You know how a police siren changes sound when it passes by you? That’s the doppler effect. It works for sound waves and it works for light waves. Astronomers use the doppler effect to study the motion of objects across the Universe, from nearby...