143 episodes

From the producer of Pulse of the Planet and the world’s most widely read astronomer - a weekly freewheeling exploration of the astonishing world of science. What’s the most inexplicable object in the cosmos? When is Doomsday coming? The heaviest thing in the universe? Nikola Tesla’s dark secret? All this and more, each week on Astounding Universe.
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Astounding Universe Jim Metzner & Bob Berman

    • Science
    • 4.6 • 37 Ratings

From the producer of Pulse of the Planet and the world’s most widely read astronomer - a weekly freewheeling exploration of the astonishing world of science. What’s the most inexplicable object in the cosmos? When is Doomsday coming? The heaviest thing in the universe? Nikola Tesla’s dark secret? All this and more, each week on Astounding Universe.
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    Milkomeda

    Milkomeda

    We're on a collision course with our nearest galaxy!
    12/31/20

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    • 9 min
    A Really Big Show

    A Really Big Show

    How far can we see; how far can we think? 12/24/20
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    • 6 min
    Secrets of Apollo 11

    Secrets of Apollo 11

    Stories NASA didn't tell!  
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    • 10 min
    Frozen Lakes

    Frozen Lakes

    There's a mystery down below.
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    • 5 min
    Hot Stuff

    Hot Stuff

     What could be as cool as you? 12/3/20
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    • 6 min
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    What you get (gravitationally speaking),  is what you don't see!
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    • 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
37 Ratings

37 Ratings

Cmac7203 ,

Really Fun Science Trivia

I really enjoy this podcast! I thought it was just going to be astronomy focused, but the speakers bring out interesting points about all kinds of things in our natural world that are simply astounding.

I am bummed that they have not published another podcast in almost a year!

juya213 ,

Bob and Jim make the complicated accessible.

One part dad humor plus two parts plain spoken explanations of cosmic phenomena? Yes, please! I love how very digestible the episodes are. If you want to spend some time basking in the wonder of our existence, listen to the episode on the Anthropic principle.

J. Sperry ,

Episodes are short and fantastic

Bob Berman has a podcast?! I think I just coined the term “instasubscribe.”

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