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Why This Universe?
Dan Hooper & Shalma Wegsman · Astrophysics
Dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and the strange rules that run the cosmos — the biggest ideas in physics, broken down and explained for the rest of us.
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Episodes (2)
What Is Dark Matter, Really?
Most of the universe is made of something we can't see and can't explain. Dan and Shalma break down what we actually know about dark matter — and what we're still guessing at.
Jun 16, 2025
42 min
Black Holes and the Edge of Physics
What happens at the edge of a black hole — and why it breaks our best theories. A conversation on event horizons, information, and the limits of what we can know.
May 19, 2025
46 min

