Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Fate of Our SunDavid KippingJune 10, 2023 28 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5SunStellar EvolutionRed Giant
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Fermi Paradox Has An Incredibly Simple SolutionDavid KippingApril 29, 2023 27 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Fermi ParadoxSETIAnthropic Principle
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENAn Event So Deadly it Makes Parts of the Galaxy InhospitableDavid Kipping (Cool Worlds)April 9, 2023 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Galactic Habitable ZoneSupernovaeGamma-Ray Bursts
Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Question That Keeps Me Awake At NightDavid KippingMarch 12, 2023 20 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5CosmologyPhilosophyExistence
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Truth About JWST Detecting Alien Life...David KippingFebruary 18, 2023 27 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5JWSTBiosignaturesExoplanets
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENEarth Over The Next Billion YearsDavid KippingJanuary 27, 2023 15 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Earth FutureDeep TimeSolar Evolution
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENHow Does ChatGPT Do on a College Level Astrophysics Exam?David KippingJanuary 7, 2023 28 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5ChatGPTAstrophysicsEducation
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe “Crisis in Cosmology” EXPLAINEDDavid KippingDecember 17, 2022 24 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Hubble TensionCosmologyDistance Ladder
Formal & Physical Sciences Engineering & TechnologyENJWST Reveals Exoplanets As Never Seen BeforeProf. David Kipping (Cool Worlds)November 24, 2022 15 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5JWSTExoplanetsAstronomy
Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Astronomy & CosmologyENIs Messaging Aliens a Bad Idea?Prof. David KippingNovember 5, 2022 26 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5METISETIFermi Paradox
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENCan We Engineer The Sun?David Kipping and Matt Scoggins (Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University)October 8, 2022 21 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5StarliftingStellar EvolutionAstroengineering
Formal & Physical Sciences PhysicsENDoes Quantum Entanglement Allow for Faster-Than-Light Communication?David Kipping (Cool Worlds)September 9, 2022 28 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Quantum EntanglementFaster-Than-LightNo-Communication Theorem
Applied Sciences & Engineering ChemistryENWill We Run Out Of Lithium?Prof. David Kipping (Cool Worlds)August 14, 2022 32 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5LithiumBatteriesElectric Vehicles
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENCan Moons Have Moons?David KippingJuly 14, 2022 15 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5SubmoonsExomoonsHill Sphere
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Wow! Signal After 45 YearsDavid KippingJune 18, 2022 27 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Wow! SignalSETIRadio Astronomy
Applied Sciences & Engineering Engineering & TechnologyENWhy Starship Could Transform AstronomyDavid KippingMay 27, 2022 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5StarshipSpaceXSpace Telescopes
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENHow Game Theory Can Help Us Find AliensDavid KippingApril 28, 2022 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5SETIGame TheorySchelling Points
Formal & Physical Sciences PhysicsENWhy Going Faster-Than-Light Leads to Time ParadoxesDavid Kipping (Cool Worlds)April 3, 2022 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Faster-Than-LightSpecial RelativityCausality
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Problem With "The Rare Earth Hypothesis"David KippingMarch 10, 2022 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Rare Earth HypothesisAstrobiologyExoplanets
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe First Civilization to Emerge in the GalaxyDavid KippingFebruary 11, 2022 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Fermi ParadoxEarly UniverseExoplanets
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWe Discovered a New Exomoon Candidate!!David KippingJanuary 13, 2022 29 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExomoonsExoplanetsKepler
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy We Haven't Found Any Earth-Like PlanetsDavid KippingDecember 11, 2021 38 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5KeplerExoplanetsHabitable Zone
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENIs the Solar System Special?David KippingNovember 12, 2021 22 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExoplanetsSolar SystemMediocrity Principle
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENAre Alien "Lurkers" Watching You?David KippingOctober 8, 2021 27 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5SETILurkersTechnosignatures
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Star That Can't ExistDavid KippingSeptember 15, 2021 20 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Green StarsBlackbody RadiationTechnosignatures
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENHow Astronomers Can Use Origami to Find ExomoonsDavid KippingAugust 19, 2021 18 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExomoonsTransit MethodOrigami
Formal & Physical Sciences Science — General & HistoryENWhat If Intelligence Re-Emerges?David KippingJuly 30, 2021 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5BiosignaturesTechnosignaturesIntelligence
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENIs It Possible to Learn The Language of Planets?Dr Emily Sandford (presenter), David Kipping, Michael Collins (researchers)July 23, 2021 30 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExoplanetsComputational LinguisticsMachine Learning
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Don't We Live Around a Red Dwarf?David KippingJune 24, 2021 17 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Red DwarfHabitable ZoneAstrobiology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENHow Big Is The Universe?David KippingJune 10, 2021 30 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5CosmologyUniverse SizeTopology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENFreakish One-Offs in AstronomyDavid KippingMay 21, 2021 24 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Black SwanWow SignalSETI
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENA MILLION MPHDavid KippingMay 1, 2021 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5AstrophysicsSpeedRelativity
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Drake Equation After Sixty Years | Part 1 of 2David KippingApril 2, 2021 23 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Drake EquationSETIAstrobiology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Birth-Death Drake Equation | Part 2 of 2David KippingApril 2, 2021 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Drake EquationAstrobiologySETI
Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Astronomy & CosmologyENWhy Martian Canals Still MatterDavid KippingMarch 3, 2021 30 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5MarsPercival LowellHistory of Science
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENDiscovery of a Strange New WorldCool Worlds (David Kipping)February 6, 2021 19 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExoplanetRadial VelocityTESS
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENIs 'Oumuamua Alien Technology?David KippingJanuary 17, 2021 25 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5OumuamuaInterstellar ObjectAlien Technology
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENDid We Just Detect a New "Wow" Signal from Proxima Centauri?Cool Worlds (David Kipping)December 21, 2020 10 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5BLC1Proxima CentauriSETI
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENBreakthrough for Exomoon HuntingDavid KippingDecember 12, 2020 34 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5ExomoonsAstrophysicsTransit Timing Variations
Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & CosmologyENThe Great Venus Phosphine Debate - feat. Prof Jane GreavesCool Worlds (David Kipping)November 21, 2020 21 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5VenusPhosphineAstrobiology