Q&A 115: Could We See a Nuclear Explosion on the Moon? And More... Featuring Dr. Amber Straughn
In this week's questions show, I explain if we'd be able to see a nuclear bomb explode on the Moon, have we already passed the Great Filter, and where we could put DNA to keep it safe in the Solar System.
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A quick note:
I tried uploading the 4K video to Vimeo, to give you advanced notice of the video in a way that's ad free. It worked well, but it totally used up my video upload allowance at the 4K level. I'll need to figure out a better compromise so we can give you advanced notice and still do Premieres for everyone. I'll figure it out. :-)
Comments (3)
Good work Mr Cain. My Girls still love you too
Keep up your good work Mf zc
Hi Fraser, Love your work. My understanding is that everything from radio waves to infrared to visible light and all the way up to gamma rays is all radiation with different wavelengths (or photons carrying different energies) in the electromagnetic spectrum. But if it fundamentally is all the same, why is it that we use such different sensor technologies to detect the waves? I mean the detectors we use to detect radio waves (antennas) are vastly different to detectors we use to detect e.g. visible light (CCDs)? Why can’t we build an antenna tuned to receiving visible light and why can’t we use CCDs to detect radio waves? I know… it sound silly but clearly I am missing something here…