140+ explorations of the cosmos, fully indexed.
We stand at the precipice of the most extreme physics in the observable universe. In this episode, Dr. Vance walks through the history of black hole theory — from Schwarzschild's wartime calculations to the EHT's landmark 2019 image of M87* — and asks what information truly is lost when matter crosses the point of no return.
The James Webb Space Telescope has already rewritten our models of galactic formation, detected water vapour in exoplanet atmospheres, and stared back to within 300 million years of the Big Bang. We unpack the first three years of JWST science with one of its instrument architects.
Mars is a cemetery of water. Its ancient river deltas, hydrated minerals, and seasonal methane spikes paint a portrait of a world that may once have harboured life — and may still. We examine the Perseverance rover's findings and the open questions that keep astrobiologists up at night.
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