DES Image credit: Keith Bechtol & Alex Drlica-Wagner

DES Image credit: Keith Bechtol & Alex Drlica-Wagner

This week on Space Radio I try to shed some light on the Dark Energy Survey and what, if anything, we have learned about the Universe.

And of course I answer questions from the Space Cadets, including:

  • What the purpose of the DES REALLY was;

  • Why space doesn't have air (thanks for the voice mail Cordelia!);

  • How finite mass and density can result in black holes (thanks Christopher S!);

  • Why Mars no longer has a magnetic field (thanks Don!);

  • … and much more!

Special shoutout to stiffcornsocks for the SuperChat during the stream!

Our Dom's cheese of the week was Tres Leches, “a perfectly balanced cheese made from Cow, Sheep and just enough Goat’s milk which has been aged for 6 months and who’s natural rind is washed routinely in olive oil to give this cheese an extraordinary depth of flavor.”

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Produced by Nancy Graziano.

Cheese for today’s tasting proudly provided by Dom’s Cheese Shop.

Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist and the one and only Agent to the Stars.

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