podcasts

The Quanta Podcast

Every Tuesday, editor in chief Samir Patel sits down with writers and editors to discuss our most thought-provoking stories in science and math. Audio editions of Quanta’s stories with Susan Valot will appear biweekly on Thursdays.

All Episodes about physics

Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit

Read article

JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

Read article

Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism

Read article
A shining lightbulb with a cord that’s not plugged in.

Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing

Read article
A graphical illustration showing a number of well-known stars in the present-day universe, along with the edge of a far bigger star.

Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars

Read article
A bright purple splotch surrounded by concentric purple rings.

Brightest-Ever Space Explosion Reveals Possible Hints of Dark Matter

Read article

Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine’

Read article
A video in which a metallic cube floats above a dark disk as liquid nitrogen evaporates around them

High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last

Read article
Video in which a white circle appears in the center of a blue starry field and grows until whiteness engulfs the whole image.

How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything

Read article
A curly arrow being straightened out.

Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder

Read article

Secrets of the Moon’s Permanent Shadows Are Coming to Light

Read article
A grid of 66 galaxies.

Tiny Galaxies Reveal Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

Read article

A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws

Read article
Photo of an array of metal tubes and glass pieces, with an orange laser cutting horizontally across

Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup

Read article

A Solution to the Faint-Sun Paradox Reveals a Narrow Window for Life

Read article
A 3D model showing red plumes in the mantle.

A Massive Subterranean ‘Tree’ Is Moving Magma to Earth’s Surface

Read article

Get highlights of the most important news delivered to your email inbox