Category: Episodes

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April 5, 2017 / Astrophysics

The Large Hadron Collider announced five new subatomic particles recently. Top astroquark Jim Cooney is our go-to quark for all things quarky, so he explains what’s going on with these new particles. Charm astroquark Addie…

March 27, 2017 / Black Holes

What are gravitational waves good for? Getting rid of that pesky supermassive black hole that’s outstayed its welcome, for one thing. Join the astroquarks, Josh Colwell, Addie Dove and Jim Cooney, for a journey from…

March 19, 2017 / Episodes

On this Pi-Day recording of WtG, the astroquarks have a special trivia question and science topics ranging from interplanetary dust to Saturn’s intriguing ravioli-shaped moon Pan, and antimatter. Find out how much more energetic you’d…

March 12, 2017 / Black Holes

There are black holes and interferometry in this episode, but the nerd news segment on Patrick Stewart either sets a new standard or a new low. You be the judge as the astroquarks, Josh Colwell,…

February 28, 2017 / Episodes

A system of seven Earth-sized planets has been observed orbiting a (relatively) nearby star. At least three of these planets are in the habitable zone, or as Top Astroquark Jim Cooney would say, the haBITable…

February 17, 2017 / Astrophysics

It’s the plural episode of Walkabout as the Astroquarkae discuss the formation of White Dwarfs and Planetary Nebulae, what they have to do with each other, planets, and the price of tea in China (answers:…