{"id":61741,"date":"2026-06-27T15:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=6367b490a1c61795aba1ac8c60655e71"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:10:46","slug":"this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-216-dark-matter-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/06\/27\/this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-216-dark-matter-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Space podcast: Episode 216 \u2014 Dark Matter Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                            \n                            <article>\n                                <div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet ><div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ggxEdf1_18Q\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\/episodes\/216?autostart=false\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Episode 216 of This Week In Space<\/a>, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson about other intelligences is beyond our scope.<br><br>Whiteson, particle physicist at CERN's Large Hadron Collider and  professor at UC Irvine, joins us to explore less conventional thoughts  on first contact. We look at the challenges of communicating with  extraterrestrial intelligences, potential difficulties of communicating  via non-terrestrial mathematics and physics, and the possibility that  extraterrestrials might actually be terrestrial... but existing as  denizens of the dark energy universe. One might be sitting in your lap right now! Join us for the far-ranging discussion.<\/p><p><strong>Download or subscribe<\/strong> to this show at:<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space<\/a>.<br><br>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit<\/a> <\/p><h2 id=\"space-news-of-the-week\">Space news of the week<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/nasa-and-boeing-still-uncertain-about-when-starliner-will-return-to-flight\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\">NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomy\/mars\/did-nasa-just-find-evidence-of-ancient-life-on-mars-perseverance-rover-spots-complex-carbon-in-red-planet-rocks\">Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/nasa-is-paying-usd30-million-for-a-1st-of-its-kind-rescue-mission-to-the-aging-swift-telescope-before-it-falls-from-space-is-it-worth-it#mrfhud=true\">NASA  is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging  Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/space-com-just-launched-an-app-get-your-inside-scoop-on-space-exploration\">Space.com App<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uci.edu\/daniel\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Daniel Whiteson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uci.edu\/danielandkelly\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Daniel & Kelly's Extraordinary Universe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"model-falcon-9\">Model Falcon 9!<\/h2><div  class=\"fancy-box\"><div class=\"fancy_box-title\">TOP TELESCOPE PICK:<\/div><div class=\"fancy_box_body\"><figure class=\"van-image-figure \"  ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img id=\"cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5\" name=\"celestron top telescope.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"A Celestron telescope on a white background\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Celestron)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">Looking for a telescope to see planets and comets? We recommend the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=72128&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2Fdp%2FB01L0EQLTI%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dspace-us-4730590304221485000-20\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Celestron Astro Fi 102<\/a> as the top pick in our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/31229-best-beginner-telescopes.html\">best beginner's telescope guide<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p>Finally, did you know you can launch your own SpaceX rocket? Model rocket maker Estes' <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-estes-model-rocket\">stunning scale model of a Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> that you can pick up now. The launchable model is a detailed recreation of the Falcon 9 and retails for $149.99. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/estesrockets.com\/product\/002161-spacex-falcon-9\/\" >save 10% by using the code IN-COLLECTSPACE at checkout<\/a>, courtesy of our partners collectSPACE.com.<\/p><h2 id=\"about-this-week-in-space\">About This Week In Space<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >This Week in Space<\/a> covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars? <\/p><p>Join Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/\" >Space.com<\/a> as they tackle those questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/article>\n                            \n                        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Episode 216 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson about other intelligences is beyond our scope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2800,2805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-space-movies-amp-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61746,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61741\/revisions\/61746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}