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Starts With A Bang podcast #108 — A future particle collider
Starts With A Bang podcast #108 — A future particle collider
Today, the Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle physics experiment in history. What would a new, successor collider teach…
Ethan Siegel
Aug 10
Ask Ethan: Can we detect dark matter if it’s truly collisionless?
Ask Ethan: Can we detect dark matter if it’s truly collisionless?
Dark matter’s hallmark is that it gravitates, but shows no sign of interacting under any other force. Does that mean we’ll never detect it?
Ethan Siegel
Aug 9
Your guide to 2024’s Perseid meteor shower
Your guide to 2024’s Perseid meteor shower
Peaking on the night of August 11/12, up to 100 bright meteors per hour will be visible. Here’s how to make the most of it.
Ethan Siegel
Aug 8
7 changes destroying the Moon would have on planet Earth
7 changes destroying the Moon would have on planet Earth
Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.
Ethan Siegel
Aug 7
Modern astrophysics answers Isaac Newton’s oldest question
Modern astrophysics answers Isaac Newton’s oldest question
Straddling the bounds of science and religion, Newton wondered who set the planets in motion. Astrophysics reveals the answer.
Ethan Siegel
Aug 6
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