Boiling planets being stretched and squished. Tiny white dwarf stars going supernova. Goldilocks planets potentially with liquid water. Exoplanet hunting is now a lot easier with missions like TESS and veterans like Hubble. We look at some special cases, and how searching for 1 planet can uncover loads more. Sometimes planets are lurking in old observatory data, we just need to know where to look. Too hot, too cold, GJ357 potentially has a planet that's just right with liquid water. What causes a White Dwarf to go supernova? It needs more than itself to kickstart it into a Type 1a nova...so where does the extra boost come from? Devouring another planet? Or another star?
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Episode 259 - Quantum Computing - Australian of the Year - Prof Michelle Simmons
Episode 258 - Australian biomedical science from labs on a chip to stopping biofilms
Episode 257 - Tracking creatures from the deep with social media and NASA
Episode 256 - Learning from primates about human culture
Episode 255 - Taking the pain out of needles
Episode 254 - Heavy metal stars and interstellar forges
Episode 253 - Smarter food packaging to cut down on waste
Episode 252 - Dinosaurs gliding and swimming like birds
Episode 251 - Mysterious underwater worlds and oceans trapped in time
Episode 250 - Mysterious objects from inside and outside the solar system
Episode 249 - Unexpected journeys in science from spider silk to quantum proteins
Episode 248 - Printing with more colours of the rainbow, solar panel printing and hidden messages
Episode 247 - New techniques for non invasive imaging
Episode 246 - Lessons on resilience from our insect friends
Episode 245 - Making diesel less harmful to our lungs, farms and planet
Episode 244 - Can humour help save lives?
Episode 243 - Missed Nobel Prizes 2017
Episode 242 - Detecting epidemics like Zika and Ebola faster
Episode 241 - What does climate change have in store for our oceans?
Episode 240 - Avoiding spilling coffee - Ignobel Prize '12 and 17 (Fluid Dynamics)
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