『Boring Science』のカバーアート

Boring Science

Boring Science

著者： Boring Science
無料で聴く

今ならプレミアムプランが3カ月 月額99円

2026年5月12日まで。4か月目以降は月額1,500円で自動更新します。

概要

 Boring Science Sleep is the perfect podcast to relax and drift off while learning. With a calm narration and intentionally “boring” scientific topics, each episode slows your mind and gently guides you into sleep.

Quiet, curious science designed to help you rest better.Copyright Boring Science 科学
エピソード
  • Meet the NEW Most Powerful Thing in the Universe

    Meet the NEW Most Powerful Thing in the Universe
    2026/04/09
    For decades, we thought gamma-ray bursts were the undisputed champions of cosmic energy. We were wrong.

    In this episode, I introduce you to the new most powerful thing in the universe — and it is not a star, a black hole, or a supernova. In 2022, the Swift Observatory detected a gamma-ray burst so bright it temporarily blinded the telescope. But that was just the appetizer. The main course arrived when astronomers measured the afterglow: a magnetic field 40,000 times stronger than anything ever observed, surrounding a collapsing massive star. Then came the neutrino detectors. IceCube captured a single particle with 200 times more energy than any neutrino before it. And finally, the Event Horizon Telescope found magnetic fields at the edge of black holes capable of launching jets that stretch for millions of light-years. Based on multi-messenger astronomy, gravitational wave data, and peer-reviewed papers, this episode reveals the true heavyweight champion of the cosmos. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play — because the universe just found a new king.
    続きを読む 一部表示
    2 時間 42 分
  • How Big Is TON 618 Really

    How Big Is TON 618 Really
    2026/04/09
    It is a star so enormous that it breaks the human imagination. If Betelgeuse replaced our Sun, its surface would stretch past Mars — swallowing Earth, Venus, Mercury, and even the asteroid belt.

    In this episode, I reveal the true size of Betelgeuse, the red supergiant marking Orion's shoulder. For decades, measurements have varied wildly because this star breathes. It pulsates. It changes shape. Current estimates place its radius between 640 and 1,180 times that of our Sun. That means over 1.6 billion Suns could fit inside it. But here is what makes Betelgeuse terrifying: its edge is not solid. It is a diffuse, churning envelope of gas so thin that astronomers struggle to define where the star ends and space begins. Based on interferometry, Hubble imagery, and 2023 updates from the European Southern Observatory, this episode separates fact from fiction about the cosmic giant that could go supernova — tonight, or in 100,000 years. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play — because size is not just a number. It is a warning.
    続きを読む 一部表示
    2 時間 46 分
  • What Is the Coldest Place in the Universe

    What Is the Coldest Place in the Universe
    2026/04/09
    You think the dark side of Pluto is cold. You think the void between galaxies is colder. But none of them compare to a laboratory on Earth.

    In this episode, I reveal the coldest place in the entire universe — and it is not in space. The Boomerang Nebula holds the natural record at minus 458 degrees Fahrenheit, just one degree above absolute zero. But humans have gone further. Much further. The Cold Atom Laboratory on the International Space Station has achieved temperatures of minus 459.6 degrees Fahrenheit — 100 million times colder than deep space. And on Earth, the FermiLab's Cold Box reached minus 460 degrees, just 1/500,000th of a degree above absolute zero. At these temperatures, matter stops behaving like matter. Atoms merge into a single quantum state called a Bose-Einstein Condensate. Based on NASA data, quantum physics research, and peer-reviewed studies, this episode explores the science of extreme cold and why scientists are willing to freeze atoms into submission. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play — because the coldest place in the universe is not out there. It is right here.
    続きを読む 一部表示
    2 時間 28 分
まだレビューはありません