Big Picture Science for Monday March 6, 2017 - Cosmic Conundra

Big Picture Science - Cosmic Conundra

ENCORE:  Admit it – the universe is cool, but weird.  Just when you think you’ve tallied up all the peculiar phenomena that the cosmos has to offer – it throws more at you. We examine some of the recent perplexing finds.

Could massive asteroid impacts be as predictable as phases of the moon?  Speaking of moons – why are some of Pluto’s spinning like turbine-powered pinwheels?  Plus, we examine a scientist’s claim of evidence for parallel universes.

And, could the light patterns from a distant star be caused by alien mega-structures?

Guests:

• Mike Rampino -  Professor of biology and environmental studies at New York University
• Mark Showalter  - Senior research scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California
• Ranga-Ram Chary - Astronomer, U.S. Planck Data Center, California Institute of Technology

This encore podcast was first released on Monday, ‎December ‎07, ‎2015

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