The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu

Bonus Episode: The Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah, Part 2 (Actual Play)

What happens next when an astronomer, a mathematician, an educator, a physics student and a biomedical engineer stand upon the threshold of the Great Room of the perilous

Bonus Episode: The Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah, Part 1 (Actual Play)

What happens when an astronomer, a mathematician, an educator, a physics student and a biomedical engineer set off to explore the Secret Fortress of Ag-Karrah? You get Pa

ChuckGPT - Patreon Question Edition

It’s time for the Season 5 finale of The LIUniverse, which means another episode of ChuckGPT where we answer our audience’s most vexing questions – this time via video fr

Our Weird, Wondrous Universe with Erika Hamden

How do distant galaxies form? If you have two distant clouds of hydrogen, why does one turn into a star and another doesn’t? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Alle

Ruby Raindrops and Painted Peacocks with Munazza Alam

Are there really exoplanets with where it rains ruby and emerald raindrops? How do we measure the atmospheres of exoplanets light years away? To find out, Dr. Charles Li

Astrophotography with Astronaut Don Pettit

Can the physics you learned in High School take you to the stars? Who is behind many of your favorite pictures of space? What is it actually like to live and work in spac

Finding the “Bubbles” Exoplanet and Crocheting Dinosaurs with Victoria DiTomasso

How do we find exoplanets? What is the Milky Way’s “Thick Disk” and what makes it so special? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Harvard astronome

Supernovas and Space Gold with Dr. Ashley Villar

How do stars die? And what happens when they do? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Dr. Ashley Villar, who teaches astronomy at Harvard and whose

Building Worlds with Luke Skywatcher

How do planetary systems form? If you wanted to observe them, where would you look and what would you look for? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcom

Chuck GPT: Astrotech

How can a helicopter fly in space? How does LIGO detect gravitational waves? How do quantum electronic devices like Josephson junctions work? Could AI turn evil and destr

Chuck GPT: Answering Eerie Questions

Is universal expansion slowing? What is the Bubble Universe Theory? Will we control AI, or will AI control us? In this special Chuck GPT episode of The LIUniverse, we ans

Serving Cosmic Brunch with Thresa Kelly

How do supermassive black holes actually form in the early universe? Is the Cosmological Constant not so constant after all? And what would be on the astrophysical menu a

2025 Year-End Special

What were our joyfully cool cosmic things of 2025? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome three members of The LIUniverse production team: Jon Barnes,

Venus, Interstellar Visitors, and Auroras with Dr. David Grinspoon

Are Coronal Mass Ejections dangerous to life on Earth? When are we finally going to plunge through the sulfuric acid clouds to measure the atmosphere of Venus. And what’s

Rings, Orbits and Space Storms with Dr. Phil Nicholson

How do planetary ring systems rings form, and what keeps them in line? What exactly is the Dragon Cloud of Saturn? And what’s up with quasi moon 2025 PN7? To find out, Dr

Tiny Galaxies and Massive Black Holes with Dr. Matt Taylor

Can an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy have a supermassive black hole at its center? Are there galaxies with supermassive black holes that are offset from their galactic cente

Black Holes Colliding with Dr. Charlotte Olsen

How do very small galaxies form? What’s going on inside them? And what happens when black holes collide? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome astrop

Measuring the Stars with Astrostatistician Sabrina Berger

How does a star form? How does the universe form? And how can we use every bit of astronomical data to answer those questions? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Al

Cosmic Raspberries and Life on Mars with Dr. Kelly Blumenthal

Have we discovered life on Mars? What does the center of our galaxy taste like? To find out, and to kick off Season 5 of The LIUniverse, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen

Chuck GPT Apocalypse, Part 2

It’s the end of everything! Welcome back to Part 2 of our season finale featuring Dr. Charles Liu, co-host Allen Liu, and our guest archaeology expert and author, Hannah