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Eyes MILES Wide!

Are There Creatures With NEUTRINO VISON?

scifi, astronomy, astrophysics, audience, biology, evolution, physics, quantum mechanics, scientific method, sea life, setiPhilip ShaneMarch 12, 2021feature, show, biology, astrobiology, imagination, animals, physics, astrophysics, neutrinos, funny, audience, super iffers, sun, particle physics, preview

WARP Speed ASTRONOMY?

WARP Speed ASTRONOMY?

What The IF you could travel faster than the SPEED OF LIGHT to observe a dying star up close!

astronomy, astrophysics, black holes, exploration, moon, nasa, relativity, space travel, time travelPhilip ShaneAugust 21, 2020astronomy, space, planet, spacetime, time travel, warp speed, supernova, sun, stars, books, science, astronomers, big bang, feature, preview

The COMET from Beyond!

It's interstellar, baby!

astronomy, astrophysics, exploration, news, physics, seti, space travelPhilip ShaneOctober 11, 2019astronomy, astrophysics, seti, exploration, solar system, interstellar, physics, planet, science fiction, aliens, comet, oumouamoua, pop culture, scifi, sun, imagination, space travel, space, comets, earth

Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!

Inter-Galactic MAILBAG!

Our fans, aka our Super IFFers discuss our most mind-blowing shows and share their own mind-bending IF's!

astronomy, audience, teaching, cosmology, physics, psychologyPhilip ShaneSeptember 10, 2019australia, big bang, cosmology, geek, government, history, higher dimensions, jupiter, arthur c. clarkes, planet, NASA, physics, astronomy, international, fans, audience, super iffers, community, measurement, units, teaching, students, geometry, cartography, star trek, sun, 2001, 2010, science fiction, science education, stem, senses, skepticism, policy, science outreach, scientific research

The HELIOPAUSE That Refreshes - with Kirby "NASA Man" Runyon

WTiF you could travel to the very EDGE of the SOLAR SYSTEM?

astrophysics, nasa, explorationPhilip ShaneAugust 26, 2019solar system, space travel, sun, astrophysics, NASA, guests

PAUL McAULEY shrinks the Sun!

Can we MOVE the Earth to avoid the death of the Sun? Let’s try!

engineering, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, physics, space travelPhilip ShaneJuly 1, 2019sun, science fiction, books, solar, engineering, red giant, death of sun, white dwarf, paul mcauley, planet, earth, future, hard sf, guests

EINSTEIN'S WAR - Part Two

Part Two: WTiF World War I never happened? Would Einstein have solved his Theory of Relativity sooner -- or, perhaps, NEVER AT ALL?

EINSTEIN'S WAR

WTiF World War I never happened? Would Einstein have solved his Theory of Relativity sooner -- or, perhaps, NEVER AT ALL?