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PBS Space Time

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Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth with our astrophysicist host: Matthew O’Dowd. For all business inquiries and sponsorship opportunities please reach out to: pbsspacetime@lighthouseagents.com Matt O'Dowd spends his time studying the universe, especially really far-away things like quasars, super-massive black holes, and evolving galaxies. He uses telescopes in space to do it. Matt completed his Ph.D. at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute, followed by work at the University of Melbourne and Columbia University. He's now a professor at the City University of New York's Lehman College and an Associate at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium. Previous host Gabe Perez-Giz is an astrophysicist who studies black hole physics. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and also hosted PBS Infinite Series. patreon.com/pbsspacetime

Latest episodes

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Is There Life on Mars?

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Oct 26
16 min

The Trebuchet Challenge | Space Time

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Oct 26
11 min

We Had It WRONG About the Quantum Eraser! ft. @LookingGlassUniverse

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Oct 26
30 min

The Arrow of Time and How to Reverse It

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Oct 26
17 min

The NEW Ultimate Energy Cap of the Universe

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Oct 26
21 min

Can Future Colliders Break the Standard Model?

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Oct 26
21 min

The FRESH SCIENCE of Moon Formation

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Oct 26
26 min

Space Time VR

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Oct 26
3 min

How To Become an Astrophysicist + Challenge Question!

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Oct 26
15 min

The Impossibility of Perpetual Motion Machines

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Oct 26
20 min

How Electron Spin Makes Matter Possible

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Oct 26
23 min

How Asteroid Mining Will Save Earth

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Oct 26
14 min

Will A New Neutrino Change The Standard Model?

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Oct 26
16 min

How To Capture Black Holes

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Oct 26
17 min

How Many Forms Of Matter Exist?

#43 trending · Astronomy

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Oct 26
16 min

Could LIGO Find GIANT Alien Spacecraft?

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Oct 26
20 min

The Real Star Wars

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Oct 26
21 min

Why Is All DNA Oriented Rightward?

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Oct 26
24 min

What are the Strings in String Theory?

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Oct 26
20 min

Are The Fundamental Constants Delicately Tuned? | The Naturalness Problem

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Oct 26
23 min

Chart trend

Position in the Astronomy chart (US), last 90 days.

#6
all-time peak
76
days in the top 10 since Mar 2026

Chart positions

Where PBS Space Time ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 26, 2026).

#12 — Astronomy US
#166 ▼ 1 Science US

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I absolutely love this show and it’s perfect for a podcast but the frequent, loud, sudden ads make it almost unusable for now

Icosahedron812 · Aug 2026

I’m grateful for podcasts that share material like that shared through this channel, but the frequent commercial breaks that interrupt dense content mid sentence ruin this show for me. It’s as if PBS has no editorial influence on where these breaks occur or how long they are, and whomever the choice is left up to is intentionally attempting to ruin the episodes. Please improve this. It wouldn’t be too hard. Sentences end. Content areas have subdivisions. Put the commercials in places that don’t chop a sentence in half at every too frequent break. I haven’t heard another podcast so thoughtlessly chopped up for advertising. The one star is for the editing. The content gets five stars.

trn2climb · Jul 2026

I love PBS Space Time, but the ads make this podcast borderline unlistenable for me. I have jumped out of my seat from how loud and sudden they are.

magicweakness2 · Jul 2026

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