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
Download postcast at -
http://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/cosmic-conundra
You
can listen to this and other episodes at
http://bigpicturescience.org/, and
be sure to check out
Blog Picture Science,
the companion blog to the radio show.