Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur
Maa Yhdysvallat
Genret Tiede
Kieli EN
Jaksot 1204
Viimeisin 12.09.2026

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity's long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.

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  • Floating Cities Above Gas Giants (Narration Only) 12.09.2026 25min
    Could humanity someday live in cities floating above Jupiter and Saturn? We explore how cloud cities could work, why bigger may actually be easier, and what could make gas giants vital hubs of future civilization.
  • Floating Cities Above Gas Giants 12.09.2026 25min
    Could humanity someday live in cities floating above Jupiter and Saturn? We explore how cloud cities could work, why bigger may actually be easier, and what could make gas giants vital hubs of future civilization.
  • The First Space Elevator: Where Would We Build It? (Narration Oly) 10.09.2026 22min
    A space elevator could transform access to orbit, but where should humanity build the first one? Earth, the Moon, Mars, or somewhere else entirely? We explore the physics, engineering, and best locations.
  • The First Space Elevator: Where Would We Build It? 10.09.2026 22min
    A space elevator could transform access to orbit, but where should humanity build the first one? Earth, the Moon, Mars, or somewhere else entirely? We explore the physics, engineering, and best locations.
  • Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space (Narration Only) 06.09.2026 34min
    How do ion drives work, and why are they so efficient? Explore ion propulsion, Hall thrusters, xenon fuel, nuclear-electric spacecraft, asteroid cargo ships, and the strange future of slow rockets that just keep accelerating.
  • Ion Drives: The Slow Rockets That Win Space 06.09.2026 34min
    How do ion drives work, and why are they so efficient? Explore ion propulsion, Hall thrusters, xenon fuel, nuclear-electric spacecraft, asteroid cargo ships, and the strange future of slow rockets that just keep accelerating.
  • The Wow! Signal: Alien Message, Cosmic Fluke, or SETI’s Best False Alarm? (Narration Only) 03.09.2026 34min
    A mysterious signal. A perfect 72-second rise and fall. No repeat. No confirmed source. The Wow! Signal remains one of SETI’s most tantalizing mysteries... and maybe its best false alarm.
  • The Wow! Signal: Alien Message, Cosmic Fluke, or SETI’s Best False Alarm? 03.09.2026 34min
    A mysterious signal. A perfect 72-second rise and fall. No repeat. No confirmed source. The Wow! Signal remains one of SETI’s most tantalizing mysteries... and maybe its best false alarm.
  • Dark Biospheres - Life on Worlds Without Sunlight (Narration Only) 29.08.2026 27min
    Could life thrive without sunlight? Explore dark biospheres on rogue planets, icy moons, and buried oceans, where chemistry, tidal heating, and geothermal energy may sustain alien ecosystems in eternal night.
  • Dark Biospheres - Life on Worlds Without Sunlight 29.08.2026 27min
    Could life thrive without sunlight? Explore dark biospheres on rogue planets, icy moons, and buried oceans, where chemistry, tidal heating, and geothermal energy may sustain alien ecosystems in eternal night.
  • What Happens Inside a Black Hole? (Narration Only) 27.08.2026 34min
    What really happens when you fall into a black hole? We explore event horizons, spaghettification, what you’d see inside, possible gateways, and why future civilizations might deliberately build around these cosmic engines.
  • What Happens Inside a Black Hole? 27.08.2026 34min
    What really happens when you fall into a black hole? We explore event horizons, spaghettification, what you’d see inside, possible gateways, and why future civilizations might deliberately build around these cosmic engines.
  • Megacorporations in Space (Narration Only) 23.08.2026 38min
    From company towns in orbit to corporate empires among the stars, could megacorporations build the space frontier—or end up owning the air, the docks, and the only ride home?
  • Megacorporations in Space 23.08.2026 38min
    Space settlement may require institutions rich enough to fund habitats, fleets, and infrastructure for decades. But when one company controls the airlock, reactor, bank, and ship home, where does commerce end and sovereignty begin?
  • The First Generation Problem – Who Shapes a New Civilization’s Values? 20.08.2026 31min
    What happens when a colony ship’s children inherit a mission they never chose? We explore the values, conflicts, and founding myths that shape civilizations born between Earth and the stars.
  • The First Generation Problem – Who Shapes a New Civilization’s Values? (Narration Only) 20.08.2026 38min
    What happens when a colony ship’s children inherit a mission they never chose? We explore the values, conflicts, and founding myths that shape civilizations born between Earth and the stars.
  • Space Habitats: The Strangest Worlds We Could Build (Narration Only) 15.08.2026 4t 34min
    What if planets were only the beginning? Journey through cube worlds, Ringworlds, cloud cities, hollow planets, artificial suns, and the strangest habitats known physics might let us build.
  • Space Habitats: The Strangest Worlds We Could Build 15.08.2026 4t 29min
    Build a world small enough to circle in a day—or vast enough to house a galaxy. This grand tour explores the strangest space habitats possible under known physics.
  • Life in a Relativistic Starship 13.08.2026 34min
    Aboard a relativistic starship, time is cargo: gamma-10 cruise, decades slipping by outside, lethal dust grains, beam routes, antimatter, ramjets, and the strange culture of crews who trade history for the stars.
  • Life in a Relativistic Starship (Narration Only) 13.08.2026 34min
    Aboard a relativistic starship, time is cargo: gamma-10 cruise, decades slipping by outside, lethal dust grains, beam routes, antimatter, ramjets, and the strange culture of crews who trade history for the stars.

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