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2006 to present
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Podcaster's summary: Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Planetary Science Institute), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported thru patreon.com/AstronomyCast.
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| 2024-Apr-08 • 32 minutes Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse Astronomy Cast Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live April 1, 2024. NO JOKES! How to watch a solar eclipse and do some science! The next great eclipse is upon us,... |
| 2024-Apr-01 • 28 minutes Ep. 714: Orbital Resonances Astronomy Cast Ep. 714: Orbital Resonances by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 25, 2024. Several of the planets and moons in the Solar System are in orbital resonance, orbiting in a geometric lockstep. And not just the Solar... |
| 2024-Mar-25 • 34 minutes Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 18, 2024. Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of... |
| 2024-Mar-18 • 39 minutes Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails Astronomy Cast Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 11, 2024. You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review... |
| 2024-Mar-11 • 32 minutes Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Astronomy Cast Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live March 4, 2024. NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the... |
| 2024-Mar-04 • 36 minutes Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program Astronomy Cast Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 26, 2024. In the olden days, NASA developed its missions using a variety of in-house engineers and external... |
| 2024-Feb-26 • 32 minutes Ep. 709: Space Weapons Astronomy Cast Ep. 709: Space Weapons by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 19, 2024. [My apologies for Fraser’s audio dropouts. We’re not sure how it happened as it wasn’t happening at his studio. Audio is a black art, IMHO.... |
| 2024-Feb-19 • 36 minutes Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets? Astronomy Cast Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live Feb 12, 2024. Last week we talked about sample return missions from the Moon and Mars, but scientists have... |
| 2024-Feb-12 • 33 minutes Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars Astronomy Cast Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 5, 2024. We’ve sent robots to other worlds, but the amount of science we can deploy to another planet can’t... |
| 2024-Feb-05 • 38 minutes Ep. 706: China’s Space Program Astronomy Cast Ep. 706: China’s Space Program by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jan 30, 2024. We’re so familiar with NASA’s exploration efforts in space, but you might be surprised to learn that China launches almost as many... |
| 2024-Jan-22 • 32 minutes Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth Astronomy Cast Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live January 17, 2024. Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe,... |
| 2024-Jan-15 • 30 minutes Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images Astronomy Cast Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live January 8, 2024. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed dozens of flybys of Jupiter, seeing the planet from many angles and delivering some of... |
| 2024-Jan-08 • 33 minutes Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe Astronomy Cast Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 20, 2023. Solar cycle 25 is shaping up to be a doozy, with plenty of flares and coronal mass ejections blasting off the Sun. As the solar... |
| 2023-Dec-18 • 32 minutes Ep. 702: Moonshot 2024 - Go or No Go? Astronomy Cast Ep. 702: Moonshot 2024 - Go or No Go? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 11, 2023. With Artemis 1 completing its robotic flight around the Moon, we know that the SLS works. Next comes Artemis 2, with a crew of... |
| 2023-Dec-11 • 33 minutes Ep. 701: Space Science We Look Forward to in the Next 700 Episodes Astronomy Cast Ep. 701: Space Science We Look Forward to in the Next 700 Episodes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 4, 2023. Last week we looked back at some of the ideas that science has changed its mind about. This week we... |
| 2023-Dec-04 • 29 minutes Ep. 700: The Things We Got Wrong Astronomy Cast Ep. 700: The Things We Got Wrong by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 27, 2023. Astronomers talk about all the amazing discoveries they’re making but sometimes, it turns out, they were wrong. After decades and... |
| 2023-Nov-27 • 32 minutes Ep. 699: Holiday Gift Giving Ideas for Astronomy and Space Fans Astronomy Cast Ep. 699: Holiday Gift Giving Ideas for Astronomy and Space Fans by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 20, 2023. Just a warning, the holidays are rapidly approaching. It’s time, once again, to think about what to buy... |
| 2023-Nov-20 • 32 minutes Ep. 698: Insights Into the Universe Astronomy Cast Ep. 698: Insights Into the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay From Nov 5, 2023. How the time flies. It’s been over a year since JWST went operational, with other missions joining the fun. What new insights have we gained... |
| 2023-Nov-13 • 31 minutes Ep. 697: Mission Roll Call Part 6: The Outer Solar System and Beyond Astronomy Cast Ep. 697: Mission Roll Call Part 6: The Outer Solar System and Beyond by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live November 4th, 2023.. Finally, we reach the end of our tour through the missions in the Solar System. Out beyond Mars,... |
| 2023-Nov-06 • 40 minutes Ep. 696: Mission Roll Call Part 5: The Science at Mars Astronomy Cast Ep. 696: Mission Roll Call Part 5: The Science at Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 30, 2023. Another week, another review of space missions in the Solar System. Today we set our sights on the red planet.... |
| 2023-Oct-30 • 36 minutes Ep. 695: Mission Roll Call Part 4: Lunar Exploration Astronomy Cast Ep. 695: Mission Roll Call Part 4: Lunar Exploration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 23, 2023. Our journey through missions continues, this time we focus on the Moon. There are many nations on the Moon, near the... |
| 2023-Oct-23 • 34 minutes Ep. 694: Mission Roll Call Part 3: Sun, Mercury, and Venus Astronomy Cast Ep. 694: Mission Roll Call Part 3: Sun, Mercury, and Venus by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 16, 2023. Our journey through space missions continues. Now we move away from the Earth to the rest of the solar system.... |
| 2023-Oct-16 • 30 minutes Ep. 693: Mission Roll Call Part 2: Looking Outward from Earth Astronomy Cast Episode 693: Mission Roll Call, Part 2: Looking Outward from Earth by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 9, 2023. Last week, we brought you up to speed on the spacecraft which are helping to study Earth from above.... |
| 2023-Oct-09 • 30 minutes Ep. 692: Mission Roll Call Part 1: Earth Orbit Astronomy Cast Ep. 692: Mission Roll Call Part 1: Earth Orbit by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It’s time for another series! This time we’re gonna look at the missions that’re currently in place across the solar system. Today we’ll start... |
| 2023-Oct-02 • 29 minutes Ep. 691: Jupiter’s Changing Red Spot Astronomy Cast Ep. 691: Jupiter’s Changing Red Spot by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 25, 2023. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of its most iconic features. First seen hundreds of years ago. Although it’s certainly long... |
| 2023-Sep-25 • 30 minutes Ep. 690: Climate on Mars - From Ice Caps to Dust Storms Astronomy Cast Ep. 690: Climate on Mars - From Ice Caps to Dust Storms by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 18, 2023. We’ve looked at Earth’s changing climate, now let’s see what it’s like for another world: Mars. Much... |
| 2023-Sep-18 • 38 minutes Ep. 689 - Our Warming World: 20 Years of Climate Science Astronomy Cast Ep. 689 - Our Warming World: 20 Years of Climate Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 11, 2023. It’s official! June and July were the warmest we’ve seen since records began over a century ago. Fires are... |
| 2023-Jul-10 • 4 minutes Hiatus Message Astronomy Cast - Hiatus Message by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Once again, we’ve reached the end of a season here on Astronomy Cast, and it’s time for the summer hiatus. See you in September! |
| 2023-Jul-03 • 33 minutes Ep. 688: What’s Next? Looking Ahead to Season 17 Astronomy Cast Ep. 688: What’s Next? Looking Ahead to Season 17 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jun 26, 2023. Once again, we’ve reached the end of a season here on Astronomy Cast, and it’s time for the summer hiatus. But the... |
| 2023-Jun-27 • 34 minutes Ep. 687: Prepping for the Moon Astronomy Cast Ep. 687: Prepping for the Moon by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We’re going back to the Moon. In the next few years humans will set foot on the Moon again, ideally this time to stay. But this will be different than the Apollo era,... |
| 2023-Jun-19 • 27 minutes Ep. 686: Ice In The Shadows Astronomy Cast Ep. 686: Ice In The Shadows by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Ga Streamed live on Jun 12, 2023. The permanently shadowed craters on the Moon are the focus of so much research. That’s because they seem to contain vast reserves of water... |
| 2023-Jun-12 • 30 minutes Ep. 685: Manufacturing In Space Astronomy Cast Ep. 685: Manufacturing In Space by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jun 5, 2023. Launching satellites from Earth is counter-productive. You’ve got to make a satellite that can handle Earth gravity, then the brutal... |
| 2023-Jun-05 • 29 minutes Ep. 684: Too Big, Too Soon: Massive Early Galaxies Defy Expectations Astronomy Cast Ep. 684: Too Big, Too Soon: Massive Early Galaxies Defy Expectations by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 29, 2023. One of JWST’s top jobs is to peer deeper into the Universe than ever before, watching as the first... |
| 2023-May-29 • 27 minutes Ep. 683: Cosmic Dawn Astronomy Cast Ep. 683: Cosmic Dawn by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 22, 2023. After the cosmic microwave background radiation was released, the Universe returned to darkness, cloaked in this clouds of primordial hydrogen and... |
| 2023-May-22 • 29 minutes Ep. 682: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies & Dark Matter Astronomy Cast Ep. 682: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies & Dark Matter by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Ga Streamed live on May 15, 2023. Astronomers first noticed the strange behaviors of rotating galaxies almost 100 years ago, suggesting there’s an... |
| 2023-May-15 • 30 minutes Ep. 681: Kilonovae Astronomy Cast Ep. 681: Kilonovae by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 7, 2023. In 2017, astronomers detected the gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation from colliding neutron stars. This had been long theorized as one... |
| 2023-May-08 • 28 minutes Ep. 680: Rogue Black Holes Astronomy Cast Ep. 680: Rogue Black Holes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 1, 2023. Last week we talked about rogue stars. This week we’re going to take things up a notch and talk about an even more extreme event. Rogue black... |
| 2023-May-01 • 28 minutes Ep. 679: High(per) Velocity Stars Astronomy Cast Ep. 679: High(per) Velocity Stars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Apr 24, 2023. Most stars in the Milky Way are trapped in here with us, doomed to orbit around and around and around. But a few have found a way out,... |
| 2023-Apr-24 • 30 minutes Ep. 678: World Building: Planet Formation, Growth & Ejection Astronomy Cast Ep. 678: World Building: Planet Formation, Growth & Ejection by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Apr 17, 2023. Okay sci-fi writers, today we’re going to give you a guided tour of building planets. How they form,... |
| 2023-Apr-17 • 32 minutes Ep. 677: The Answer is Always Dust Astronomy Cast Ep. 677: The Answer is Always Dust by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Apr 10, 2023. Whenever astronomers discover something surprising, the answer often turns out to be dust. Dust obscuring our view, dust changing the... |
| 2023-Apr-10 • 31 minutes Ep. 676: Other Things With Rings Astronomy Cast Ep. 676: Other Things With Rings by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Apr 3, 2023. We’ve spent a lot of time gushing about Saturn’s rings, but there are other places with ring systems. And not just Jupiter and the... |
| 2023-Apr-03 • 30 minutes Ep. 675: Exotic Forms of Ice Astronomy Cast Ep. 675: Exotic Forms of Ice by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Ice is ice, right? You know, what you get when water freezes. Well, maybe here on Earth. But across the Universe, water can be squeezed together at different temperatures... |
| 2023-Mar-27 • 31 minutes Ep. 674: Asteroid Early Warning Systems Astronomy Cast Ep. 674: Asteroid Early Warning Systems by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The asteroid apocalypse is one of those existential crises that keep astronomers up at night. But the DART mission showed us that we can push an asteroid off... |
| 2023-Mar-20 • 35 minutes Ep. 673: How to See Satellites (or Avoid Seeing Them) Astronomy Cast Ep. 673: How to See Satellites (or Avoid Seeing Them) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 13, 2023. If you’re in dark skies and look up, you’re certain to see a satellite. Lots of them. But how can you know... |
| 2023-Mar-13 • 33 minutes Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal Astronomy Cast Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 8, 2023. We’ve talked about the rising problem of space junk. Okay, we know it’s an issue. So what can be done about it? Today we’ll talk about... |
| 2023-Mar-06 • 34 minutes Ep. 671: The Consequences to Breaking Space Laws Astronomy Cast Ep. 671: The Consequences to Breaking Space Laws by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 1, 2023. Last week we talked about the laws that govern space exploration. This week the rubber hits the road. What are the... |
| 2023-Feb-20 • 31 minutes Ep. 670 - Governing Space: The 1967 Outer Space Treaty & More! Astronomy Cast Ep. 670 - Governing Space: The 1967 Outer Space Treaty & More! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Ga Streamed live on Feb 13, 2023. The Universe was inaccessible for most of human history, but the first tentative steps to space in the... |
| 2023-Feb-13 • 29 minutes Ep. 669: Challenges to Dark Energy Astronomy Cast Ep. 669: Challenges to Dark Energy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 6, 2023. It’s been over 20 years since astronomers first discovered that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating thanks to dark energy.... |
| 2023-Feb-06 • 31 minutes Ep. 668: The Crisis In Cosmology Astronomy Cast Ep. 668: The Crisis In Cosmology by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jan 30, 2023. Astronomers have made extremely accurate measurements of the expansion rate of the Universe and come up with different results. And the... |
| 2023-Jan-30 • 29 minutes Ep. 667: JWST First Science Astronomy Cast Ep. 667: JWST First Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jan 23, 2023. Astronomers came together in January to present their newest research. And not surprisingly, the winter AAS meeting was heavy on news from... |
| 2023-Jan-23 • 27 minutes Ep. 666: Solar System References to the Underworld Sign up through to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! Streamed live on Jan 17, 2023. Well, we did it. We made it to episode 666, an auspicious number to be sure. What can we do to... |
| 2023-Jan-16 • 29 minutes Ep. 665: The Age of Reionization Astronomy Cast Ep. 665: The Age of Reionization by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation tells us so much about the Universe. After that era, the Universe went dark. Then, as gas pulled together into the first... |
| 2023-Jan-09 • 30 minutes Ep. 664: The First Stars Astronomy Cast Ep. 664: The First Stars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit today to get 10% off your first month. The Sun is a third-generation star, polluted with metals from long-dead suns.... |
| 2022-Dec-19 • 28 minutes Ep. 663: End of Year Observing Events Astronomy Cast Ep. 663: End of Year Observing Events by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We generally save our stargazing suggestions for the summer, when it’s warmer in the northern hemisphere. But you’re tough, you can handle a little cold. And... |
| 2022-Dec-12 • 30 minutes Ep. 662 - Looking Ahead at New and Recycled Missions Astronomy Cast Ep. 662 - Looking Ahead at New and Recycled Missions by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about the missions we’re saying goodbye to. This week, we’re going to talk about some upcoming missions to say hello to.... |
| 2022-Nov-28 • 28 minutes Ep. 660: Runaway! Runaway! Escaping Stars, Planets & Small Bodies Astronomy Cast Ep. 660: Runaway! Runaway! Escaping Stars, Planets & Small Bodies by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Moons orbit planets, planets orbit stars, stars orbit within galaxies. It’s orbits all the way down. But occasionally objects... |
| 2022-Nov-14 • 34 minutes Ep. 659: Clear Skies, Bright Satellites Astronomy Cast Ep. 659: Clear Skies, Bright Satellites by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 8, 2022. Light pollution is big problem and it’s only getting worse. Not just near cities, but everywhere thanks to increased satellite... |
| 2022-Nov-07 • 31 minutes Ep. 658: Space Exploration Horror Stories Astronomy Cast Ep. 658: Space Exploration Horror Stories by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 31, 2022. We’re recording this episode on Halloween, so how could we resist but take advantage of this opportunity. Space is already... |
| 2022-Oct-17 • 35 minutes Ep. 657: Astronomical Naming Schemes Astronomy Cast Ep. 657: Astronomical Naming Schemes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Space is a big place, with lots of galaxies, stars, planets, moons, and that means a lot of names. So how do astronomers name stuff, like comets, asteroids,... |
| 2022-Oct-10 • 27 minutes Ep. 656: Smashing Asteroids for Science! Astronomy Cast Ep. 656: Smashing Asteroids for Science! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live Oct 3rd. This week we saw the incredible image of DART smashing into asteroid Dimorphous. Beyond avenging the dinosaurs, what can we learn... |
| 2022-Oct-03 • 29 minutes Ep. 655: 65 Years of Space: Sputnik 1 Anniversary Astronomy Cast Ep. 655: 65 Years of Space: Sputnik 1 Anniversary by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 26, 2022. It’s been about 65 years since the Soviets launched the first orbital satellite into low Earth orbit: Sputnik 1. Now... |
| 2022-Sep-26 • 31 minutes Ep. 654: The Side Effects Of Clean Energy Astronomy Cast Ep. 654: The Side Effects Of Clean Energy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay To battle climate change, we’ll need to rapidly move to carbon-free sources of energy. But this technology isn’t a free lunch. They require metals,... |
| 2022-Sep-19 • 31 minutes Ep. 653: Climate Change: Looking at the Variables Astronomy Cast Ep. 653: Climate Change: Looking at the Variables by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Climate change is on our mind these days with increasing wildfires, droughts and floods. What are the variables that play into a planet’s changing... |
| 2022-Sep-12 • 30 minutes Ep. 652: The Rocket Race Towards Reusability Astronomy Cast Ep. 652: The Rocket Race Towards Reusability by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about how single-use rocketry has changed over time, and the role it still plays in launching payloads into orbit and beyond. Today... |
| 2022-Sep-07 • 32 minutes Ep. 651: Artemis & The Decline of Single Use Rockets Astronomy Cast Ep. 651: Artemis & The Decline of Single Use Rockets by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Season 16 opener. On the day that we’re recording this, NASA’s Space Launch System is about to blast off. But everyone is expecting it’ll... |
| 2022-Jul-20 • 31 minutes Ep. 650: Did JWST Work? Astronomy Cast Ep. 650: Did JWST Work? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Sign up through to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! Well, this is it. We’re FINALLY going to talk about the James... |
| 2022-Jul-11 • 28 minutes Ep. 649: Highlights From NASA’s Holiday Ruining History Astronomy Cast Ep. 649: Highlights From NASA’s Holiday Ruining History by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Have you ever noticed that significant space and astronomy events seem to happen during the holidays? It’s not a coincidence. There’s... |
| 2022-Jul-04 • 29 minutes Ep. 648: Summer Observing Astronomy Cast Ep. 648: Summer Observing by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Summer is officially, astronomically here, and for the folks in the northern hemisphere that means it’s a perfect time to head outside and see what’s happening in the... |
| 2022-Jun-27 • 28 minutes Ep. 647: Best Sci Fi Beach Reading Astronomy Cast Ep. 647: Best Sci Fi Beach Reading by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Summer’s here! And that means finally tackling that huge list of books piled up on your bedside table and filling up your Kindle. What books do we recommend for some... |
| 2022-Jun-20 • 33 minutes Ep. 646: Our Long Term Future in Space Astronomy Cast Ep. 646: Our Long Term Future in Space by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We always say that we're living in golden age of space and astronomy, but it feels like things are just accelerating. Space travel is happening! What does the... |
| 2022-Jun-13 • 29 minutes Ep. 645: The Future of the ISS Astronomy Cast Ep. 645: The Future of the ISS by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited for over 20 years now, serving as a peaceful collaboration between space-faring nations. But it's a machine,... |
| 2022-May-30 • 32 minutes Ep. 644: Is Earth… Normal? Astronomy Cast Ep. 644: Is Earth… Normal? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've now discovered thousands of exoplanets, we're learning more and more about the kinds of planetary systems there are out there across the Universe. But are planets like... |
| 2022-May-17 • 29 minutes Ep. 643: Sagittarius A* Astronomy Cast Ep. 643: Sagittarius A* by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay All the waiting is over, we've finally seen the image of the event horizon from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. Different shaped blobs! And a black... |
| 2022-May-16 • 28 minutes Ep. 642: Is the Sun... Normal? Astronomy Cast Ep. 642: Is the Sun... Normal? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've always assumed that we lived in a perfectly normal star system with a normal star and normal planets. It's all... normal. But with our modern understanding of billions... |
| 2022-May-09 • 26 minutes Ep. 641: Can Planets Be Alive? Astronomy Cast Ep. 641: Can Planets Be Alive? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Earth is teeming with life, but the upper atmosphere to kilometers underground. There's no question that our planet has life. But is our planet itself alive? This is... |
| 2022-May-02 • 29 minutes Ep. 640: Survey Science: Newest Projects & Results Astronomy Cast Ep. 640: Survey Science: Newest Projects & Results by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay There are general-purpose telescopes and missions that astronomers can use to study specific objects. And there are the survey missions that look... |
| 2022-Apr-18 • 28 minutes Ep. 639: Big Qs Update: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Etc. Astronomy Cast Ep. 639: Big Qs Update: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Etc. by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Knowledge moves forward, and so, we must move with it. Today we'll give you an update on some of the most fascinating, fast-changing topics in... |
| 2022-Apr-11 • 30 minutes Ep. 638: Simulating Space Missions Astronomy Cast Ep. 638: Simulating Space Missions by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Although humans have never actually been to Mars, explorers have simulated many aspects of Mars missions here on Earth. There are missions under the ocean, on the... |
| 2022-Apr-04 • 30 minutes Ep. 637: Machine Learning in Astronomy Astronomy Cast Ep. 637: Machine Learning in Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Computers are a big part of astronomy, but mostly they've been relegated to doing calculations. But recent developments in machine learning have changed... |
| 2022-Mar-28 • 29 minutes Ep. 636: Blowing Bubbles Astronomy Cast Ep. 636: Blowing Bubbles by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We think of space as a vacuum, but there are regions of different density. There are winds blowing from stars and other objects that clear out vast bubbles in space, and look... |
| 2022-Mar-21 • 26 minutes Ep. 635: Jets: When Magnetic Fields Fling Things Astronomy Cast Ep. 635: Jets: When Magnetic Fields Fling Things by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay As astronomers look out across the Universe. They see various objects spewing jets of material light years into space. What causes these jets? And what... |
| 2022-Mar-14 • 28 minutes Ep. 634: Milky Way’s Mergers & Acquisitions Astronomy Cast Ep. 634: Milky Way’s Mergers & Acquisitions by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Milky Way is a vast grand spiral today, but how did it get this way? Astronomers are starting to unravel the history of our galaxy, revealing the... |
| 2022-Mar-07 • 29 minutes Ep. 633: Weirdly Habitable Places Astronomy Cast Ep. 633: Weirdly Habitable Places by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've always assumed that habitable planets would need to be like Earth; a terrestrial planet orbiting a sunlike star. But now astronomers have been discovering... |
| 2022-Feb-28 • 30 minutes Ep. 632: Building Images: Optical vs Radio Astronomy Cast Ep. 632: Building Images: Optical vs Radio by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay A recent image from the South African MeerKAT Telescope blew our minds. It was a high resolution image of the center of the Milky Way showing delicate... |
| 2022-Feb-21 • 30 minutes Ep. 631: All The Uses Of Pulsars (Including Murder) Astronomy Cast Ep. 631: All The Uses Of Pulsars (Including Murder) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Pulsars are the rapidly spinning degenerate husks of dead stars, turning hundreds of times a second. But they're also handy clocks, spinning with... |
| 2022-Feb-14 • 28 minutes Ep. 630: Things We Can Look Forward To Astronomy Cast Ep. 630: Things We Can Look Forward To by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay In a rare moment of weakness, Pamela has decided she's open to the possibility that a future exists. That missions, telescopes and spacecraft are going to be... |
| 2022-Feb-07 • 32 minutes Ep. 629: The Cost of Delays Astronomy Cast Ep. 629: The Cost of Delays by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay With all the success of James Webb so far, it's looking like science's huge gamble is going to pay off, but there were years of delays and budget overruns. What impacts did... |
| 2022-Jan-31 • 30 minutes Ep. 628: The Sun Revisited Astronomy Cast Ep. 628: The Sun Revisited by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Once again, it's time to take a look at the Sun. You know, the ongoing thermonuclear explosion of fusing hydrogen that's right over there. Fortunately, there's a fleet of... |
| 2022-Jan-17 • 27 minutes Ep. 627: Mercury Revisited Astronomy Cast Ep. 627: Mercury Revisited by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It’s been about a thousand years since since we last looked at Mercury. So we figured it’s time for an update. What new things have we learned about Mercury? Or even new... |
| 2022-Jan-10 • 30 minutes Ep. 626: Terrestrial Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars Astronomy Cast Ep. 626: Terrestrial Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We continue our refreshed tour of the solar system, checking in on the inner terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. What... |
| 2021-Dec-20 • 33 minutes Ep. 625: End of the Year Review Astronomy Cast Ep. 625: End of the Year Review by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've reached the end of 2021 and this is the last episode of the year. Let's look back at the big space events of the last year and talk about what we're looking... |
| 2021-Dec-13 • 26 minutes Ep. 624: Small Rocky Bodies (Including Phobos & Deimos) Astronomy Cast Ep. 624: Small Rocky Bodies (Including Phobos & Deimos) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've talked about the icy objects of the Solar System, today let's talk about space rocks. There's a surprising variety of rocky material... |
| 2021-Dec-06 • 34 minutes Ep. 623: NEOs: Concern or Nah Astronomy Cast Ep. 623: NEOs: Concern or Nah by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Are asteroids dangerous? Well, just ask the dinosaurs and they’ll tell you a sad story of fiery death. It turns out we’re in a shooting gallery of space rock and... |
| 2021-Nov-29 • 30 minutes Ep. 622: Rockier Moons & Giant Asteroids Astronomy Cast Ep. 622: Rockier Moons & Giant Asteroids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So a rock is a rock is a rock. Right? Across the solar system there are giant rocky asteroids and even “gianter” rocky moons. What is the difference... |
| 2021-Nov-22 • 29 minutes Ep. 621: Gas Giants Astronomy Cast Ep. 621: Gas Giants by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay For the longest time the only gas giant planets that we knew about were Jupiter and Saturn. But now, in the age of extrasolar planets, astronomers have discovered thousands of gas... |
| 2021-Nov-15 • 27 minutes Ep. 620: Why Getting to the Outer Worlds is So Difficult Astronomy Cast Ep. 620: Why Getting to the Outer Worlds is So Difficult by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Good News! Over the next few years we’re gonna see a flotilla of new missions headed to Jupiter and Saturn. Why aren’t we seeing more... |
| 2021-Nov-08 • 37 minutes Ep. 619: Icy Moons & Dwarf Planets Astronomy Cast Ep. 619: Icy Moons & Dwarf Planets by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The outer Solar System is far enough from the Sun that water doesn't get blasted away into deep space. In this icy realm, there are many worlds with vast... |
| 2021-Nov-01 • 28 minutes Ep. 618: Ice Giants Astronomy Cast Ep. 618: Ice Giants by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So we’re learning more & more about the outer planets of the solar system. Uranus & Neptune are Ice Giants, filled with water and other volatiles that we'd consider ice... |
| 2021-Oct-30 • 36 minutes Ep. 617: Hangout-A-Thon Episode 2 - Crowdfunding Science Astronomy Cast Ep. 617: Hangout-A-Thon Episode 2 - Crowdfunding Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Funding for basic science has always been tricky business, coming mainly from universities, government, companies or wealthy individuals. But... |
| 2021-Oct-29 • 33 minutes Ep. 616: Hangout-A-Thon Episode 1 - The Great Observatories Astronomy Cast Ep. 616: Hangout-A-Thon Episode 1 - The Great Observatories by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Well, you’re familiar with the Hubble Space Telescope of course, but it’s just one of NASA’s Great Observatories. After Hubble came 3... |
| 2021-Oct-18 • 32 minutes Ep. 615: Planet 9 Astronomy Cast Ep. 615: Planet 9 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay After Pluto lost its planethood we were down to 8 planets. But there’s growing evidence of another world or worlds out beyond the orbit of Pluto. Is Planet 9 out there and how will... |
| 2021-Oct-11 • 27 minutes Ep. 614: Centaurs, Comets & Asteroids Astronomy Cast Ep. 614: Centaurs, Comets & Asteroids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So there are asteroids, and there are comets. But there’s an entirely separate class of objects called centaurs. But instead of half human, half horse,... |
| 2021-Oct-04 • 27 minutes Ep. 613: Pluto’s Demotion: 15 Years Later Astronomy Cast - Ep. 613: Pluto’s Demotion: 15 Years Later by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It's been 15 years since Pluto was kicked out of the planet club. It also happens to be the topic of our very first episode of Astronomy Cast more than... |
| 2021-Jul-12 • 3 minutes Ep. 612: Hiatus Message Astronomy Cast Ep. 612: Hiatus Message by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Fraser & Pamela will return in early September with more episodes of Astronomy Cast. We hope you all have a safe, relaxing and prosperous summer! |
| 2021-Jul-05 • 29 minutes Ep. 612: The SETI Renaissance Astronomy Cast Ep. 612: The SETI Renaissance by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about the various ways that astronomers could detect the presence of intelligent civilizations by observing technosignatures. This week we'll give you... |
| 2021-Jun-28 • 31 minutes Ep. 611: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Intelligence Edition Astronomy Cast Ep. 611: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Intelligence Edition by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about what it's going to take to confirm basic biological life across the Solar System and the Milky Way. This... |
| 2021-Jun-21 • 28 minutes Ep. 610: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Non-Sentient Edition Astronomy Cast Ep. 610: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Non-Sentient Edition by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Are we alone in the Universe? It's one of the biggest scientific questions we can possibly ask. And yet, with rovers on Mars,... |
| 2021-Jun-14 • 29 minutes Ep. 609: Volcanos With Benefits: Lava Tubes, Hydro Thermal Vents & More Astronomy Cast Ep. 609: Volcanos With Benefits: Lava Tubes, Hydro Thermal Vents & More by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Volcanos can be some of the worst natural disasters that we can experience here on Earth. But life wouldn't even exist... |
| 2021-Jun-07 • 28 minutes Ep. 608: NASA Perseverance, The First 100 Days Astronomy Cast Ep. 608: NASA Perseverance, The First 100 Days by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay As you all know, Pamela refuses to talk about any missions which aren't actually doing science. Well, Perseverance has crossed the line, from fantasy to... |
| 2021-May-31 • 28 minutes Ep. 607: InSight and Earthquakes Astronomy Cast Ep. 607: InSight and Earthquakes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Mars is cold and dead today, but the massive volcanoes tell us what the planet used to be like, millions and even billions of years ago. But how volcanically active is... |
| 2021-May-24 • 25 minutes Ep. 606 - Time Dilation: Skipping Thru Time Astronomy Cast Ep. 606 - Time Dilation: Skipping Thru Time by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Have you ever wanted to be a time traveler? Well, good news! You're time traveling right now. Into the future at one second per second. Taking too long?... |
| 2021-May-17 • 26 minutes Ep. 605: Sounding Rockets Astronomy Cast Ep. 605: Sounding Rockets by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about balloon-based astronomy. This week we're gonna talk about putting telescopes on rockets and making observations mid flight. Welcome to the wild... |
| 2021-May-10 • 27 minutes Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy Astronomy Cast Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So when you think about the world's observatories, I'm sure you're imagining huge telescopes perched atop mountain peaks or space telescopes like Hubble. But you might be... |
| 2021-May-03 • 25 minutes Ep. 603: New Colors of the Radio Spectrum Astronomy Cast Ep. 603: New Colors of the Radio Spectrum by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about how new telescopes and techniques are allowing astronomers to explore the shortest wavelengths of light. This week we go to the... |
| 2021-Apr-26 • 25 minutes Ep. 602: The New Colors of Gamma Rays - Getting Shorter Astronomy Cast Ep. 602: The New Colors of Gamma Rays - Getting Shorter by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Earth's atmosphere protects us from a Universe that is definitely trying to kill us. But it also blocks our view of the entire cosmos, like... |
| 2021-Apr-19 • 26 minutes Ep. 601: Unexpected Light Pollution Astronomy Cast Ep. 601: Unexpected Light Pollution by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Day-by-day we're loosing our connection with the night sky. Already one third of humanity lives in so much light pollution that they can't see the Milky Way without... |
| 2021-Mar-29 • 27 minutes Ep. 600: Looking Ahead Astronomy Cast Ep. 600: Looking Ahead by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Today we are gonna gaze into the future of space and astronomy. What upcoming missions & events are we excited about? |
| 2021-Mar-22 • 25 minutes Ep. 599: Zodiacal Light Astronomy Cast Ep. 599: Zodiacal Light by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Pamela has told us in the most flowery terms about the diffuse dust across the inner solar system left over from the formation of the inner planets. well, it turns out she was... |
| 2021-Mar-15 • 29 minutes Ep. 598: How You Could Overturn Cosmology Astronomy Cast Ep. 598: How You Could Overturn Cosmology by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay You've probably heard of dark matter and dark energy, but maybe you don't fully understand what they are. Or maybe the idea itself just rubs you the wrong way... |
| 2021-Mar-08 • 26 minutes Ep. 597: The Expansion of the Universe Astronomy Cast Ep. 597: The Expansion of the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It's been a while since we checked to make sure the Universe was still expanding. Yeah, apparently, that's still a thing. But in the last few years powerful new... |
| 2021-Mar-01 • 27 minutes Ep. 596: The Universe’s Background Noise Astronomy Cast Ep. 596: The Universe’s Background Noise by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay You might be familiar with the cosmic microwave background, but that's just one of the background radiations that astronomers look at. Some are well known... |
| 2021-Feb-15 • 28 minutes Ep. 595: Planet Hunting - Revisited Astronomy Cast Ep. 595: Planet Hunting - Revisited by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay This is gonna be another one of those evergreen topics where we come back again and again. Finding planets. Every time we talk about this now it seems like we've... |
| 2021-Feb-08 • 28 minutes Ep. 594: Juno - Primary Mission Highlights Astronomy Cast Ep. 594: Juno - Primary Mission Highlights by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Pamela is always loath to talk about spacecraft until the mission's in space and the science is rolling. NASA's Juno Mission just received a mission... |
| 2021-Feb-01 • 32 minutes Ep. 593: Stellar Parasites Astronomy Cast Ep. 593: Stellar Parasites by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Stars often come in groups of 2 or more. And if they're orbiting close enough to each other one star can feast on the other and when that happens, well, mayhem ensues! |
| 2021-Jan-25 • 29 minutes Ep. 592: Gamma-Ray Bursts - Updated Astronomy Cast Ep. 592: Gamma-Ray Bursts - Updated by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Some of the most powerful explosions in the Universe are gamma-ray bursts, capable of blasting a beam of death half way across the galaxy. In just the last few... |
| 2021-Jan-18 • 33 minutes Ep. 591: What Are We Gonna Do With All That Space Junk? Astronomy Cast Ep. 591: What Are We Gonna Do With All That Space Junk? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Remember the good old days when there were only a few thousand living and dead satellites? Well, those days are long over. We're now entering an... |
| 2021-Jan-11 • 31 minutes Ep. 590: Lunar Hazards: Dust, Radiation and More Astronomy Cast Ep. 590: Lunar Hazards: Dust, Radiation and More by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay 2024 can't come soon enough. You know, that's the year when humans will set foot on the Moon again. Now don't you roll your eyes! That's the plan.... |
| 2020-Dec-21 • 30 minutes Ep. 589 - Lunar Resources: Water (Update) & Other Volatiles Astronomy Cast Ep. 589 - Lunar Resources: Water (Update) & Other Volatiles by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've talked about the Moon and its water many times here on Astronomy Cast, but there've been a bunch of big updates thanks to new... |
| 2020-Dec-14 • 33 minutes Ep. 588 - Lunar Resources: Lava Tubes Astronomy Cast Ep. 588 - Lunar Resources: Lava Tubes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay All eyes are on the Moon. We're going back, this time to stay, right? One of the best resources on the Moon will be the lava tubes that criss-cross the subsurface... |
| 2020-Dec-07 • 34 minutes Ep. 587: The Artemis Accords Astronomy Cast Ep. 587: The Artemis Accords by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So the Moon is about to become a very busy place with multiple countries and private companies planning missions in the next few years. It's been decades since the Outer... |
| 2020-Nov-30 • 33 minutes Ep. 586: Life As We Know It: Habitable Exoplanets & Extremophiles Astronomy Cast Ep. 586: Life As We Know It: Habitable Exoplanets & Extremophiles by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay As scientists continue to explore the Earth, they're discovering life, surviving and even thriving in extreme environments. What... |
| 2020-Nov-23 • 32 minutes Ep. 585: Super Earths, Mini-Neptunes & Gas Dwarfs Astronomy Cast 585: Super Earths, Mini-Neptunes & Gas Dwarfs by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Astronomers are finding even more new extrasolar planets and they're starting to discover entirely new categories. There are classes of planets... |
| 2020-Nov-02 • 30 minutes Ep. 584: Sample Return Missions From Asteroids Astronomy Cast Ep. 584: Sample Return Missions From Asteroids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So with a sample of asteroid Bennu firmly inside OSIRIS-REx's return capsule, it's time to bring this treasure home. So scientists can study the... |
| 2020-Oct-26 • 30 minutes Ep. 583: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Astronomy Cast Ep. 583: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three brilliant researchers who worked out some of the secrets of black holes. Today we're going to talk... |
| 2020-Oct-19 • 32 minutes Ep. 582: Building Bigger Black Holes Astronomy Cast Ep. 582: Building Bigger Black Holes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Did you hear the news? Nobel prizes for Black Holes! Now, we know there are stellar mass black holes and supermassive black holes, but how do you get from one to... |
| 2020-Oct-12 • 32 minutes Ep. 581: Other Kinds Of Novae Astronomy Cast Ep. 581: Other Kinds Of Novae by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Don't ever accuse us of not comprehensively covering every kind of exploding star. This week we gather up all the left over ways that stars partially or fully explode or... |
| 2020-Oct-05 • 33 minutes Ep. 580: Exploding Dwarfs Astronomy Cast Ep. 580: Exploding Dwarfs By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So you think that a white dwarf star is the end of a stellar life, and it's all downhill from there, a long, slow cool down towards the end of everything. But in some... |
| 2020-Sep-28 • 34 minutes Ep. 579: White and Black Dwarf Stars Astronomy Cast 579: White and Black Dwarf Stars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay I've got some bad news for you. Stars die. At some point in the next few billion years or so our Sun is going to start heating up, using up all the fuel in its core,... |
| 2020-Sep-21 • 31 minutes Ep. 578: Venus Updates - or - Life on Venus?!? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So have you heard the news? Of course you have. Evidence of phosphene on Venus. Which could be a biosignature of life on our evil twin planet. There have been a lot of surprising stories about Venus, so let's get... |
| 2020-Sep-14 • 32 minutes Ep. 577: Mars in Opposition Astronomy Cast 577: Mars in Opposition by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Every 2 years or so Mars lines up nicely with the Earth. It takes only 2 minutes to communicate with the rovers. You can see the polar ice caps in a small telescope. And it's... |
| 2020-Jun-29 • 31 minutes Ep. 576: Summer Stargazing Special Astronomy Cast Ep. 576: Summer Stargazing Special by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It's time once again for Astronomy Cast to go on hiatus. You've got a couple months on your own to explore the night sky. But before we say goodbye, we'd like to... |
| 2020-Jun-22 • 32 minutes Ep. 575: Observing The Moon Astronomy Cast Ep. 575: Observing The Moon by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay As amateur astronomers, we curse the Moon every month. Seriously! Why doesn't someone get rid of that thing! This week, something occurred to us. What if we actually... |
| 2020-Jun-15 • 30 minutes Ep. 574: Trojan Asteroids Astronomy Cast Ep. 574: Trojan Asteroids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We imagine the asteroid belt as a place where all the rocks hang out in the solar system. But there are 2 huge bands of asteroids that orbit the Sun with Jupiter called the... |
| 2020-Jun-08 • 31 minutes Ep. 573: Exoplanet Atmospheres Astronomy Cast Ep. 573: Exoplanet Atmospheres Not only have astronomers discovered thousands of exoplanets, but they're even starting to study the atmospheres of worlds thousands of light years away. What can we learn about these other worlds and... |
| 2020-Jun-01 • 30 minutes Ep. 572: Twists in Planet Formation Astronomy Cast Ep. 572: Twists in Planet Formation by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We're all looking to the next generation of exoplanetary research where we get planets directly. But astronomers are already making great strides in directly... |
| 2020-May-25 • 31 minutes Ep. 571: Extreme Binaries Streamed live on May 22, 2020. So we're familiar with regular binary stars. Two stars orbiting each other. Simple. Of course the Universe has come up with every combination of things orbiting other things, and this week we look at some extreme examples. |
| 2020-May-18 • 31 minutes Ep. 570: Discovering Comets Astronomy Cast Ep. 570: Discovering Comets Discovering comets is one of the fields that amateurs can still make a regular contribution to astronomy. But more and more comets are getting found by spacecraft, automated systems and machine learning. This... |
| 2020-May-11 • 27 minutes Ep. 569: Ethics of Commercial and Military Space, Part 1: Private Space Flight Every year, more and more people are making their way to space. Some private citizens have already gotten their astronaut wings, paying for a trip to space out of their own pocket. What are the ethical implications of this as the costs of spaceflight... |
| 2020-May-06 • 31 minutes Ep. 568: In Situ Resource Utilization The key to surviving in space will be learning how to live off the land. Instead of carrying all your fuel, water and other resources from Earth, extract them locally from your destination. It's called In Situ Resource Utilization, and if we can... |
| 2020-Apr-27 • 32 minutes Ep. 567: When Satellites Need a House Call 567: When Satellites Need a House Call Astronomy Cast 567: When Satellites Need a House Call by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Space is really far away, so when you send a satellite out into the void, that's pretty much the last you're going to be... |
| 2020-Apr-20 • 30 minutes Ep. 566: When Comets Fall Apart 566: When Comets Fall Apart Astronomy Cast 566: When Comets Fall Apart by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay As everyone knows, the Universe owes us a bright comet. There have been a lot of promising candidates, but in the end, they always fail to live... |
| 2020-Apr-13 • 31 minutes Ep. 565: When Worlds Collide 565: When Worlds Collide Astronomy Cast 565: When Worlds Collide by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So much of our Solar System has been shaped by enormous collisions early on in our history. Seriously, the nature of every planet in the Solar System... |
| 2020-Apr-06 • 29 minutes Ep. 564: Mini Moons 564: Mini Moons Astronomy Cast 564: Mini Moons by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last month astronomers announced that they had detected a tiny asteroid that had been captured by the Earth's gravity well and had been sharing our orbit for a few... |
| 2020-Mar-30 • 33 minutes Ep. 563: White Dwarf Mergers 563: White Dwarf Mergers Astronomy Cast 563: White Dwarf Mergers by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay White dwarfs are usually about 60% the mass of the Sun, so it was a bit of a surprise when astronomers found one that was almost exactly twice that.... |
| 2020-Mar-23 • 61 minutes Ep. 562: Dealing with COVID-19 and the Changes it will Bring 562: Dealing with COVID-19 and the Changes it will Bring Astronomy Cast 562: Dealing with COVID-19 and the Changes it will Bring by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Pamela and Fraser discuss the implications of COVID-19 and it's changes on the world,... |
| 2020-Mar-06 • 33 minutes Ep. 561: Remembering Katherine Johnson 561: Remembering Katherine Johnson Astronomy Cast 561: Remembering Katherine Johnson by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We lost a bright star here on planet Earth last week. NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson passed away at the age of 101, after an... |
| 2020-Feb-24 • 36 minutes Ep. 560: Betelgeuse 560: Betelgeuse Astronomy Cast 560: Betelgeuse by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay You might be surprised to hear that we've never done an episode of Astronomy Cast featuring Betelgeuse. Well, good news, this is that episode. Let's talk about the... |
| 2020-Feb-17 • 30 minutes Ep. 559: The Surface of the Sun 559: The Surface of the Sun Astronomy Cast 559: The Surface of the Sun by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay A brand new telescope has completed on Maui's Haleakala, and it has just one job: to watch the Sun in unprecedented detail. It's called the... |
| 2020-Feb-10 • 31 minutes Ep. 558: Supernova SN 2006gy 558: Supernova SN 2006gy Astronomy Cast 558: Supernova SN 2006gy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've been following this story for more than a decade, so it's great to finally have an answer to the question, why was supernova 2006gy so insanely... |
| 2020-Feb-03 • 30 minutes Ep. 557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe 557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe Astronomy Cast 557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay On the one hand, red dwarfs are the longest lived stars in the Universe, the perfect place for life to hang out for trillions of years. On... |
| 2020-Jan-27 • 31 minutes Ep. 556: Multi Messenger Astronomy 556: Multi Messenger Astronomy Astronomy Cast 556: Multi Messenger Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay For the longest time astronomers could only study the skies with telescopes. But then new techniques and technologies were developed to... |
| 2020-Jan-19 • 29 minutes Ep. 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy Astronomy Cast 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The other big issue at the AAS was the challenge that astronomy is going to face... |
| 2020-Jan-13 • 30 minutes Ep. 554: Big Telescope Controversy in Hawai'i 554: Big Telescope Controversy in Hawai'i Astronomy Cast 554: Big Telescope Controversy in Hawai'i by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay This week we're live at the American Astronomical Society's 235th meeting in Honolulu, Hawai'i. We learned about new... |
| 2019-Dec-30 • 42 minutes Ep. 553: What To Look Forward To In 2020 553: What To Look Forward To In 2020 Astronomy Cast 553: What To Look Forward To In 2020 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It's hard to believe it, but we survived another trip around the Sun. Now it's time to take the whole journey all over again,... |
| 2019-Dec-23 • 45 minutes Ep. 552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars) 552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars) Astronomy Cast 552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Huge surveys of the sky are finding more and more planets, stars and galaxies. But they're also turning up... |
| 2019-Dec-20 • 2 minutes CosmoQuest Hangoutathon Promo Hi everyone, Producer Susie here. This weekend, December 21-23, 2019, we will be having our CosmoQuest Hangoutathon. For 40 straight hours, our team will be bringing you guests, science and fun live on our channel. We are raising money to pay... |
| 2019-Dec-16 • 28 minutes Ep. 551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR 551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR Astronomy Cast 551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is the earliest moment in the Universe that we can see with... |
| 2019-Dec-07 • 29 minutes Ep. 550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages 550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages Astronomy Cast 550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Powerful observatories like Hubble and the Very Large Telescope have pushed our vision... |
| 2019-Dec-02 • 29 minutes Ep. 549: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In and on and around dead stars 549: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In and on and around dead stars Astronomy Cast 549: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In and on and around dead stars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we gave you an update on the formation of... |
| 2019-Nov-25 • 32 minutes Ep. 548: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In stellar cores & atmospheres 548: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In stellar cores & atmospheres Astronomy Cast 548: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In stellar cores & atmospheres by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Universe started out with hydrogen and helium... |
| 2019-Nov-18 • 29 minutes Ep. 547: Why Astronomy Still Needs Humans 547: Why Astronomy Still Needs Humans Astronomy Cast 547: Why Astronomy Still Needs Humans by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Few sciences have been able to take advantage of the power of computers like astronomy. But with all this computing power,... |
| 2019-Nov-11 • 29 minutes Ep. 546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration 546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration Astronomy Cast 546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Before we discovered other planets, our Solar System seemed like a perfectly reasonable template for everywhere. But now... |
| 2019-Nov-05 • 30 minutes Ep. 545: Weird Issues: Are comets asteroids or are asteroids comets? 545: Weird Issues: Are comets asteroids or are asteroids comets? Astronomy Cast 545: Weird Issues: Are comets asteroids or are asteroids comets? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Things used to be so simple. Comets were snowballs from the outer... |
| 2019-Oct-28 • 30 minutes Ep. 544: Weird Issues: Biosignatures 544: Weird Issues: Biosignatures Astronomy Cast 544: Weird Issues: Biosignatures by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Once again, another place where the Universe is going to make this difficult for us. Proving, once and for all that there's alien... |
| 2019-Oct-21 • 7 minutes Halley's Meteor Shower and Two spacecraft updates Got clear skies? Go out tonight and catch the Orionids Meteor shower, a storm of falling stars generated by Halley's comet. Later this week, we'll see aurora like those that will one day be predicted by the ESA Solar Probe. We also have an update on... |
| 2019-Oct-20 • 28 minutes Ep. 543: Weird Issues: The Habitable Zone 543: Weird Issues: The Habitable Zone Astronomy Cast 543: Weird Issues: The Habitable Zone by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Our series on Universe weirdness marches on. This week we take a look at the habitable zone, and how things aren’t as... |
| 2019-Oct-14 • 30 minutes Ep. 542: Weird Issues: The Age of the Universe 542: Weird Issues: The Age of the Universe Astronomy Cast 542: Weird Issues: The Age of the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Our series on Universe weirdness continues, this time we learn how astronomers are struggling to make sense of the... |
| 2019-Oct-07 • 29 minutes Ep. 541: Weird Issues: Expansion Rate of the Universe 541: Weird Issues: Expansion Rate of the Universe Astronomy Cast 541: Weird Issues: Expansion Rate of the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Just when the Universe was starting to make sense, the cosmos throws a curveball at us. Astronomers... |
| 2019-Sep-30 • 31 minutes Ep. 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form? 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form? Astronomy Cast 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay As astronomers started to discover planets orbiting other stars, they immediately realized... |
| 2019-Sep-23 • 30 minutes Ep. 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings Astronomy Cast 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay How old are Saturn's rings? They could be brand new, or they could be as... |
| 2019-Sep-16 • 31 minutes Ep. 538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System 538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System Astronomy Cast 538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Thanks to all the work from Hayabusa 2 and OSIRIS-REx, astronomers are getting a much better look at... |
| 2019-Sep-09 • 38 minutes Ep. 537: Reusable Rocket Revolution 537: Reusable Rocket Revolution Astronomy Cast 537: Reusable Rocket Revolution by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We took a hiatus this summer, but SpaceX sure didn’t, with the tests of the Starhopper prototype. Today we’re going to talk about... |
| 2019-Aug-10 • 1 minutes Libsyn Survey Request Please help us keep bringing you content by going to and filling out the survey, so Libsyn can find us sponsors for Astronomy Cast! |
| 2019-Jul-01 • 2 minutes Astronomy Cast on Hiatus until Sept 2019 Astronomy Cast will be on hiatus for July and August. Don't worry, we'll be back in September, and we might just have surprises for you all along this summer! Don't forget you can still catch Pamela with Daily Space, rocket launches and specials on ,... |
| 2019-Jul-01 • 35 minutes Ep. 536: Everyday Relativity 536: Everyday Relativity Astronomy Cast 536: Everyday Relativity by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Relativity is used in more day to day situations than you may realize. In this episode, we will count (some of) the ways. This episode is brought to... |
| 2019-Jun-24 • 34 minutes Ep. 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer Astronomy Cast 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It's summertime, and time for our annual Astronomy Cast hiatus. But that doesn't mean that the... |
| 2019-Jun-17 • 34 minutes Ep. 534: Modern South African Astronomy 534: Modern South African Astronomy Astronomy Cast 534: Modern South African Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay You know the drill now. Last week we talked about ancient south African astronomy, and so this week we'll talk about the modern... |
| 2019-Jun-10 • 34 minutes Ep. 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy Astronomy Cast 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Let's move to another continent this week, and look at the astronomy that was going on in southern Africa in ancient times. |
| 2019-Jun-03 • 35 minutes Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia Astronomy Cast 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about how well the indigenous Australians followed the night sky. Well, it turns out, Australia is still an... |
| 2019-May-27 • 31 minutes Ep. 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy Astronomy Cast 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay South America, especially the Atacama Desert in Chile has become one of the best places in the world to put a telescope. It's... |
| 2019-May-12 • 31 minutes Ep. 530: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 2 530: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 2 Astronomy Cast 530: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 2 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay South America, especially the Atacama Desert in Chile has become one of the best places in the world... |
| 2019-May-06 • 29 minutes Ep. 529: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 1 529: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 1 Astronomy Cast 529: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 1 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The Andes mountains in South America are a hotspot of astronomy today, but ancient peoples knew it was... |
| 2019-Apr-29 • 35 minutes Ep. 528: Modern Astronomy of the American Southwest 528: Modern Astronomy of the American Southwest Astronomy Cast 528: Modern Astronomy of the American Southwest by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about the ancient astronomy of the American Southwest. But this is actually Pamela's... |
| 2019-Apr-22 • 34 minutes Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest Astronomy Cast 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Ancient peoples had no light pollution, and they knew the night skies very well. In fact, they depends... |
| 2019-Apr-15 • 35 minutes Ep. 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87 Astronomy Cast 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Today, of course, we're going to talk about the announcement from the Event Horizon... |
| 2019-Apr-08 • 36 minutes Ep. 525: 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union 525: 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union Astronomy Cast 525: 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Even though they might be scattered around our planet, astronomers have way to come... |
| 2019-Apr-01 • 34 minutes Ep. 524: Judging Age & Origins, part 3 - Beyond Our System 524: Judging Age & Origins, part 3 - Beyond Our System Astronomy Cast 524: Judging Age & Origins, part 3 - Beyond Our System by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We learned how to figure out the ages of objects in the Solar System, now we push... |
| 2019-Mar-25 • 33 minutes Ep. 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System Astronomy Cast 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Today we push our aging curiosity out into the Solar System to ask that... |
| 2019-Mar-18 • 32 minutes Ep. 522: Judging Age & Origins, part 1 - Earth Rocks 522: Judging Age & Origins, part 1 - Earth Rocks Astronomy Cast 522: Judging Age & Origins, part 1 - Earth Rocks by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay People always want to know how old everything is. And more specifically, they want to know how... |
| 2019-Mar-17 • 21 minutes Bonus Episode: Dust with Dr. Paul Sutter Bonus: Dust with Dr. Paul Sutter Astronomy Cast Bonus: Dust with Dr. Paul Sutter by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Recorded during the Astrotour to Costa Rica, Fraser talks to Dr. Paul Matt Sutter about the nature of dust and BICEP 2's claim of... |
| 2019-Mar-11 • 34 minutes Ep. 521: The Deep Space Network 521: The Deep Space Network Astronomy Cast 521: The Deep Space Network by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We always focus on the missions, but there's an important glue that holds the whole system together. The Deep Space Network. Today we're going... |
| 2019-Mar-01 • 32 minutes Ep. 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter, Part 2 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter, Part 2 Astronomy Cast 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter, Part 2 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Feb-25 • 30 minutes Ep. 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter Astronomy Cast 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Feb-18 • 30 minutes Ep. 518: When the Universe tried to Declare War 518: When the Universe tried to Declare War Astronomy Cast 518: When the Universe tried to Declare War by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Feb-11 • 30 minutes Ep. 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility Astronomy Cast 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Feb-04 • 29 minutes Ep. 516: Polar Vortices 516: Polar Vortices Astronomy Cast 516: Polar Vortices by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Jan-28 • 30 minutes Ep. 515: Space Radiation 515: Space Radiation Astronomy Cast 515: Space Radiation by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Jan-21 • 31 minutes Ep. 514: Planetary Protection Protocols 514: Planetary Protection Protocols Astronomy Cast 514: Planetary Protection Protocols by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Jan-14 • 32 minutes Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion 513: Stellar Fusion Astronomy Cast 513: Stellar Fusion by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2019-Jan-07 • 29 minutes Ep. 512: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets 512: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Astronomy Cast 512: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Dec-31 • 34 minutes Ep. 511: Predictions for 2019 511: Predictions for 2019 Astronomy Cast 511: Predictions for 2019 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Dec-24 • 42 minutes Ep. 510: 2018 - Year in Review 510: 2018 - Year in Review Astronomy Cast 510: 2018 - Year in Review by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Dec-10 • 29 minutes Ep. 509: Fiction to Fact: 3D Printers 509: Fiction to Fact: 3D Printers Astronomy Cast 509: Fiction to Fact: 3D Printers by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Dec-03 • 31 minutes Ep. 508: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide 508: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide Astronomy Cast 508: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Nov-27 • 32 minutes 507: From Fiction to Fact: Ion Drive 507: From Fiction to Fact: Ion Drive Astronomy Cast 507: > From Fiction to Fact: Ion Drive by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Nov-17 • 30 minutes 506: It’s not Aliens, Unless it’s Aliens 506: It’s not Aliens, Unless it’s Aliens Astronomy Cast 506: It’s not Aliens, Unless it’s Aliens by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Nov-11 • 28 minutes 505: Seismology 505: Seismology Astronomy Cast 505: Seismology by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Nov-04 • 27 minutes 504: Radar, Lidar & Sonar 504: Radar, Lidar & Sonar Astronomy Cast 504: Radar, Lidar & Sonar by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Oct-29 • 25 minutes 503: Gravity Mapping 503: Gravity Mapping Astronomy Cast 503: Gravity Mapping by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Oct-22 • 27 minutes 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely Astronomy Cast 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Oct-10 • 31 minutes 501: Water Worlds Revisited 501: Water Worlds Revisited Astronomy Cast 501: Water Worlds Revisited by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Sep-18 • 66 minutes 500: Live Celebration! 500: Live Celebration! Astronomy Cast 500: Live Celebration! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Sep-10 • 32 minutes 499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law? 499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law? Astronomy Cast 499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jul-01 • 2 minutes Astronomy Cast: On Hiatus until September 2018 Astronomy Cast will be on hiatus until September, 2018. When we return, we'll be gearing up for the 500th Episode! |
| 2018-Jul-01 • 29 minutes 498: Dwarf Galaxy Update 498: Dwarf Galaxy Update Astronomy Cast 498: Dwarf Galaxy Update by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jun-25 • 31 minutes 497: Update on Globular Clusters 497: Update on Globular Clusters Astronomy Cast 497: Update on Globular Clusters by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jun-18 • 31 minutes 496: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III) 496: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III) Astronomy Cast 496: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jun-11 • 31 minutes 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining Astronomy Cast 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jun-04 • 27 minutes 494: Icy Moons Update 2018 494: Icy Moons Update 2018 Astronomy Cast 494: Icy Moons Update 2018 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-May-27 • 29 minutes 493: Mars Update 2018 493: Mars Update 2018 Astronomy Cast 493: Mars Update 2018 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-May-21 • 30 minutes 492: Comets, Asteroids and KBO’s 492: Comets, Asteroids and KBO’s Astronomy Cast 492: Comets, Asteroids and KBO’s by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-May-14 • 31 minutes 491: Exoplanet Update 2018 491: Exoplanet Update 2018 Astronomy Cast 491: Exoplanet Update 2018 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-May-07 • 26 minutes 490: What’s New with Supernovae 490: What’s New with Supernovae Astronomy Cast 490: What’s New with Supernovae by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Apr-30 • 31 minutes 489: Black Hole Update 489: Black Hole Update Astronomy Cast 489: Black Hole Update by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Apr-24 • 27 minutes 488: Dark Energy: 2018 Edition 488: Dark Energy: 2018 Edition Astronomy Cast 488: Dark Energy: 2018 Edition by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Apr-16 • 31 minutes 487: Dark Matter: 2018 Edition 487: Dark Matter: 2018 Edition Astronomy Cast 487: Dark Matter: 2018 Edition by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Apr-09 • 27 minutes 486: Particle Physics Update 486: Particle Physics Update Astronomy Cast 486: Particle Physics Update by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Mar-30 • 28 minutes 485: Docking, Refueling, and Transferring 485: Docking, Refueling, and Transferring Astronomy Cast 485: Docking, Refueling, and Transferring by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Mar-26 • 28 minutes 484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists 484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists Astronomy Cast 484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Mar-19 • 28 minutes 483: Stopping in Space 483: Stopping in Space Astronomy Cast 483: Stopping in Space by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Mar-12 • 28 minutes 482: Alternative Ways to Space 482: Alternative Ways to Space Astronomy Cast 482: Alternative Ways to Space by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Mar-05 • 29 minutes 481: Rockets pt. 3 – Going Faster, Higher, Farther after Fairing Separation 481: Rockets pt. 3 – Going Faster, Higher, Farther after Fairing Separation Astronomy Cast 481: Rockets pt. 3 – Going Faster, Higher, Farther after Fairing Separation by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Feb-27 • 50 minutes February Q&A This was a special Q&A episode Pamela recorded while Fraser was in Iceland. |
| 2018-Feb-26 • 31 minutes 480: Rockets pt. 2- Multi-stage Boosters 480: Rockets pt. 2- Multi-stage Boosters Astronomy Cast 480: Rockets pt. 2- Multi-stage Boosters by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Feb-19 • 27 minutes 479: Rockets pt. 1- What Does “Single Stage To Orbit” Really Mean? 479: Rockets pt. 1- What Does “Single Stage To Orbit” Really Mean? Astronomy Cast 479: Rockets pt. 1- What Does “Single Stage To Orbit” Really Mean? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Feb-13 • 34 minutes 478: Apollo 8 with Paul Hildebrandt 478: Apollo 8 with Paul Hildebrandt Astronomy Cast 478: Apollo 8 with Paul Hildebrandt by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Feb-05 • 31 minutes 477: State of Exploration: Once and Future Moon 477: State of Exploration: Once and Future Moon Astronomy Cast 477: State of Exploration: Once and Future Moon by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jan-29 • 30 minutes 476: The Overview Effect 476: The Overview Effect Astronomy Cast 476: The Overview Effect by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jan-23 • 30 minutes 475: Fast Radio Bursts 475: Fast Radio Bursts Astronomy Cast 475: Fast Radio Bursts by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jan-15 • 33 minutes 474: Predictions for 2018 474: Predictions for 2018 Astronomy Cast 474: Predictions for 2018 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2018-Jan-08 • 30 minutes 473: Remembering the Best Space Science of 2017 473: Remembering the Best Space Science of 2017 Astronomy Cast 473: Remembering the Best Space Science of 2017 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Dec-31 • 28 minutes 472: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 4: Bioscience 472: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 4: Bioscience Astronomy Cast 472: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 4: Bioscience by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Dec-27 • 27 minutes 471: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 3: Human Computer Relations 471: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 3: Human Computer Relations Astronomy Cast 471: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 3: Human Computer Relations by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Dec-19 • 28 minutes 470: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 2: 3D Printing 470: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 2: 3D Printing Astronomy Cast 470: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 2: 3D Printing by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Dec-11 • 31 minutes 469: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 1 Space Exploration 469: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 1 Space Exploration Astronomy Cast 469: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 1 Space Exploration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Dec-04 • 30 minutes 468: Simulations for Science and Fun 468: Simulations for Science and Fun Astronomy Cast 468: Simulations for Science and Fun by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Nov-27 • 30 minutes 467: Resonance 467: Resonance Astronomy Cast 467: Resonance by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Nov-20 • 29 minutes 466: Origins of Zero (0) 466: Origins of Zero (0) Astronomy Cast 466: Origins of Zero (0) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Nov-10 • 29 minutes 465: Exploiting Interfering Light 465: Exploiting Interfering Light Astronomy Cast 465: Exploiting Interfering Light by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Nov-06 • 28 minutes 464: Why the Hype over an Exorock? 464: Why the Hype over an Exorock? Astronomy Cast 464: Why the Hype over an Exorock? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Oct-30 • 25 minutes 463: Pareidolia and the Moon 463: Pareidolia and the Moon Astronomy Cast 463: Pareidolia and the Moon by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Oct-23 • 29 minutes 462: Modeling the Weather 462: Modeling the Weather Astronomy Cast 462: Modeling the Weather by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Oct-16 • 30 minutes 461: Measuring the Weather with Satellites 461: Measuring the Weather with Satellites Astronomy Cast 461: Measuring the Weather with Satellites by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Oct-09 • 31 minutes 460: Earth from Afar: Remote Sensing 460: Earth from Afar: Remote Sensing Astronomy Cast 460: Earth from Afar: Remote Sensing by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Oct-02 • 30 minutes 459: Arecibo Observatory 459: Arecibo Observatory Astronomy Cast 459: Arecibo Observatory by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Sep-25 • 33 minutes 458: The Science of Cassini 458: The Science of Cassini Astronomy Cast 458: The Science of Cassini by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Sep-18 • 29 minutes 457: Why Did Cassini Have To Die? In Memoriam 457: Why Did Cassini Have To Die? In Memoriam Astronomy Cast 457: Why Did Cassini Have To Die? In Memoriam by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Sep-11 • 34 minutes 456: Pluto Revisited 456: Pluto Revisited Astronomy Cast 456: Pluto Revisited by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Aug-28 • 32 minutes 455: Your Practical Guide to Colonizing the Milky Way! 455: Your Practical Guide to Colonizing the Milky Way! Astronomy Cast 455: Your Practical Guide to Colonizing the Milky Way! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Aug-19 • 31 minutes Astronomy Cast Extra! Solar Eclipse 101 Pamela and Fraser talk about solar eclipse basics at their Solar Eclipse Escape event in Saint Louis on August 19th. What to do, and (perhaps more importantly) what NOT to do is covered! |
| 2017-Jun-19 • 35 minutes 454: Things We’re Looking Forward To 454: Things We’re Looking Forward To Astronomy Cast 454: Things We’re Looking Forward To by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jun-11 • 34 minutes 453: Favorite Things We’ve Done These 10 Years 453: Favorite Things We’ve Done These 10 Years Astronomy Cast 453: Favorite Things We’ve Done These 10 Years by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jun-05 • 30 minutes 452: Summer Observing Challenges 452: Summer Observing Challenges Astronomy Cast 452: Summer Observing Challenges by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-May-28 • 27 minutes 451: When Can I Buy My Ticket To Space? 451: When Can I Buy My Ticket To Space? Astronomy Cast 451: When Can I Buy My Ticket To Space? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-May-23 • 28 minutes 450: Inflatable Habitats 450: Inflatable Habitats Astronomy Cast 450: Inflatable Habitats by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-May-08 • 27 minutes 449: Robots in Space! 449: Robots in Space! Astronomy Cast 449: Robots in Space! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-May-01 • 29 minutes 448: Prepping for the Eclipse 448: Prepping for the Eclipse Astronomy Cast 448: Prepping for the Eclipse by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Apr-25 • 29 minutes 447: Animals in Space Pt. 3: Dogs, Monkeys and More 447: Animals in Space Pt. 3: Dogs, Monkeys and More Astronomy Cast 447: Animals in Space Pt. 3: Dogs, Monkeys and More by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Apr-17 • 31 minutes 446: Animals in Space Pt. 2: Mice and Other Small Animals 446: Animals in Space Pt. 2: Mice and Other Small Animals Astronomy Cast 446: Animals in Space Pt. 2: Mice and Other Small Animals by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Apr-10 • 28 minutes 445: Animals in Space Pt. 1: Insects and Arachnids 445: Animals in Space Pt. 1: Insects and Arachnids Astronomy Cast 445: Animals in Space Pt. 1: Insects and Arachnids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Apr-03 • 28 minutes 444: Fractals 444: Fractals Astronomy Cast 444: Fractals by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Mar-13 • 30 minutes 443: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 7: Tsunamis 443: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 7: Tsunamis Astronomy Cast 443: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 7: Tsunamis by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Mar-03 • 29 minutes 442: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 6: Magnetic Pole Reversal 442: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 6: Magnetic Pole Reversal Astronomy Cast 442: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 6: Magnetic Pole Reversal by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Mar-03 • 26 minutes 441: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 5: Continental Drift 441: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 5: Continental Drift Astronomy Cast 441: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 5: Continental Drift by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Feb-18 • 32 minutes 440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes! 440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes! Astronomy Cast 440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Feb-14 • 31 minutes 439: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 3: How Do We Terraform Earth? 439: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 3: How Do We Terraform Earth? Astronomy Cast 439: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 3: How Do We Terraform Earth? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Feb-05 • 32 minutes 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering Astronomy Cast 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jan-30 • 30 minutes 437: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale 437: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale Astronomy Cast 437: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jan-24 • 13 minutes 436 Bonus: Moon Cheeziness 436 Bonus: Moon Cheeziness Astronomy Cast 436 Bonus: Moon Cheeziness by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jan-23 • 32 minutes 436: Common Misconceptions in Probability 436: Common Misconceptions in Probability Astronomy Cast 436: Common Misconceptions in Probability by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jan-15 • 28 minutes 435: The Butterfly Effect 435: The Butterfly Effect Astronomy Cast 435: The Butterfly Effect by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jan-08 • 28 minutes 434: Am I On An Alien World? 434: Am I On An Alien World? Astronomy Cast 434: Am I On An Alien World? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2017-Jan-03 • 28 minutes 433: Volcanoes on Mars 433: Volcanoes on Mars Astronomy Cast 433: Volcanoes on Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Dec-26 • 31 minutes 432: Geologic Ages of Mars – From Wet and Wild to Desolate Desert 432: Geologic Ages of Mars – From Wet and Wild to Desolate Desert Astronomy Cast 432: Geologic Ages of Mars – From Wet and Wild to Desolate Desert by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Dec-08 • 31 minutes 431: The Search for Life on Mars 431: The Search for Life on Mars Astronomy Cast 431: The Search for Life on Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Dec-08 • 31 minutes 430: Coming Home from Mars 430: Coming Home from Mars Astronomy Cast 430: Coming Home from Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Nov-26 • 28 minutes 429: Living on Mars 429: Living on Mars Astronomy Cast 429: Living on Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Nov-24 • 31 minutes 428: The Moons of Mars 428: The Moons of Mars Astronomy Cast 428: The Moons of Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Nov-07 • 31 minutes 427: Click Bait vs Clear Science 427: Click Bait vs Clear Science Astronomy Cast 427: Click Bait vs Clear Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Oct-29 • 35 minutes 426: Confirmation Bias 426: Confirmation Bias Astronomy Cast 426: Confirmation Bias by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Oct-20 • 28 minutes 425: Naming Spacecraft 425: Naming Spacecraft Astronomy Cast 425: Naming Spacecraft by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Oct-17 • 30 minutes 424: Lightning 424: Lightning Astronomy Cast 424: Lightning by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Oct-10 • 30 minutes 423: Cyclones 423: Cyclones Astronomy Cast 423: Cyclones by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Oct-01 • 33 minutes 422: Geysers Astronomy Cast 422: Geysers by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Sep-28 • 31 minutes 421: Space Games! Astronomy Cast 421: Space Games! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Sep-19 • 32 minutes 420: FIRE! Astronomy Cast 420: FIRE! by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Sep-15 • 67 minutes 419: DragonCon 2016 Live: Rocket Girls AstronomyCast 419: DragonCon 2016 Live: Rocket Girls by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Jun-27 • 32 minutes 418: I'm a Teapot AstronomyCast 418: I'm a Teapot by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Jun-26 • 32 minutes 417: Expectation: Failed AstronomyCast 417: Expectation: Failed by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Jun-13 • 31 minutes 416: Fireballs from Space AstronomyCast 416: Fireballs from Space by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Jun-01 • 34 minutes 415: The Temperature of the Universe AstronomyCast 415: The Temperature of the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-May-26 • 29 minutes 414: Navigating Far AstronomyCast 414: Navigating Far by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-May-17 • 30 minutes 413: Navigating Near AstronomyCast 413: Navigating Near by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-May-01 • 25 minutes 412: The Color of the Universe AstronomyCast 412: The Color of the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Apr-25 • 31 minutes 411: The Science of Sunset Colors AstronomyCast 411: The Science of Sunset Colors by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Apr-18 • 34 minutes 410: Planet Nine - Facts & Fiction AstronomyCast 410: Planet Nine - Facts & Fiction by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Apr-11 • 33 minutes 409: Spin in the Solar System AstronomyCast 409: Spin in the Solar System by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Apr-04 • 30 minutes 408: Universal Cannibalism AstronomyCast 408: Universal Cannibalism by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Mar-30 • 28 minutes 407: Galactic Cannibalism AstronomyCast 407: Galactic Cannibalism by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Mar-14 • 30 minutes 406: Stellar Cannibalism AstronomyCast 406: Stellar Cannibalism by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Mar-07 • 30 minutes 405: Method Not Found AstronomyCast 405: Method Not Found by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Mar-01 • 32 minutes 404: What We Know, What We Don't Know, & What We Can't Know AstronomyCast 404: What We Know, What We Don't Know, & What We Can't Know by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Feb-22 • 36 minutes 403: Funding Big Science AstronomyCast 403: Funding Big Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Feb-15 • 32 minutes 402: Gravity Eyes - See the Invisible with the Force AstronomyCast 402: Gravity Eyes - See the Invisible with the Force by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Feb-08 • 40 minutes 401: Future Predictions AstronomyCast 401: Future Predictions by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Feb-01 • 39 minutes 400: The State of the Universe AstronomyCast 400: The State of the Universe, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Jan-18 399: Women in Science AstronomyCast 399: Women in Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2016-Jan-11 • 29 minutes 398: Seeing Things AstronomyCast 398: Seeing Things by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Dec-22 • 31 minutes 397: Why is There Something and Not Nothing? AstronomyCast 397: Why is There Something and Not Nothing? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Dec-15 • 32 minutes 396: Family Astronomy for the Holidays AstronomyCast 396: Family Astronomy for the Holidays by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Dec-07 • 35 minutes 395: Baryons & Beyond the Standard Model AstronomyCast 395: Baryons & Beyond the Standard Model by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Nov-30 • 33 minutes 394: Bosons AstronomyCast 394: Bosons by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Nov-23 • 31 minutes 393: The Standard Model - Leptons & Quarks AstronomyCast 393: The Standard Model - Leptons & Quarks by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Nov-16 • 32 minutes 392: The Standard Model AstronomyCast 392: The Standard Model by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Nov-09 • 29 minutes 391: Entropy AstronomyCast 391: Entropy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Nov-09 • 26 minutes 390: Occam's Razor & the Problem with Probabilities AstronomyCast 390: Occam's Razor & the Problem with Probabilities by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Oct-29 • 32 minutes 388: Megastructures AstronomyCast 388: Megastructures by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Oct-28 • 36 minutes 389: Roundtable with Paul M. Sutter AstronomyCast 389: Roundtable with Paul M. Sutter by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Oct-20 • 29 minutes 387: Water on Mars (Again) AstronomyCast 387: Water on Mars (Again) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Oct-13 • 32 minutes 386: Orbiting Observers AstronomyCast 386: Orbiting Observers by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Sep-30 • 38 minutes 385: Rovers on the Run AstronomyCast 385: Rovers on the Run by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Sep-27 • 32 minutes 384: Escaping Probes AstronomyCast 384: Escaping Probes, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jul-07 • 33 minutes 383: Approaches to Absolute Zero AstronomyCast 383: Approaches to Absolute Zero by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jul-06 • 28 minutes 382: Degenerate Matter AstronomyCast 382: Degenerate Matter by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jun-19 • 30 minutes 381: Hollowing Asteroids AstronomyCast 381: Hollowing Asteroids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jun-15 • 31 minutes 380: The Limits of Optics AstronomyCast 380: The Limits of Optics by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jun-13 • 29 minutes 379: Fermi's Atom Splitting AstronomyCast 379: Fermi's Atom Splitting by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jun-08 • 31 minutes 378: Rutherford Atoms AstronomyCast 378: Rutherford Atoms, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jun-04 • 27 minutes 377: Thomson Finds the Electron AstronomyCast 377: Thomson Finds the Electron by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-May-25 • 30 minutes 376: The Miller-Urey Experiment AstronomyCast 376: The Miller-Urey Experiment by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-May-13 • 39 minutes 375: The Search for Life in the Solar System, with Morgan Rehnberg 375: The Search for Life in the Solar System, with Morgan Rehnberg |
| 2015-Apr-27 • 30 minutes 374: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment AstronomyCast 374: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Apr-15 • 28 minutes 373: The Becquerel Experiment AstronomyCast 373: The Becquerel Experiment by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Apr-06 • 28 minutes 372: The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment AstronomyCast 372: The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Apr-05 • 29 minutes 371: The Eddington Eclipse Experiment AstronomyCast 371: The Eddington Eclipse Experiment by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Mar-25 • 31 minutes 370: Kaufmann Bucherer Neumann Experiments AstronomyCast 370: Kaufmann Bucherer Neumann Experiments by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Mar-19 • 32 minutes 369: The Fizeau Experiment AstronomyCast 369: The Fizeau Experiment by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Feb-23 • 30 minutes 368: Searching for the Ether Wind (The Michelson–Morley Experiment) AstronomyCast 368: Searching for the Ether Wind (The Michelson–Morley Experiment) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Feb-19 • 33 minutes 367: Spitzer Does Exoplanets AstronomyCast 367: Spitzer Does Exoplanets by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Feb-06 • 30 minutes 366: HARPS AstronomyCast 366: HARPS by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jan-27 • 31 minutes 365: Gaia AstronomyCast 365: Gaia by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jan-19 • 29 minutes 364: COROT AstronomyCast 364: COROT by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jan-19 • 30 minutes 363: Where Did Earth's Water Come From? AstronomyCast 363: Where Did Earth's Water Come From? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2015-Jan-05 • 31 minutes 362: Carolyn Porco AstronomyCast 362: Carolyn Porco by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Dec-29 • 29 minutes 361: Maria Zuber AstronomyCast 361: Maria Zuber by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Dec-17 • 27 minutes 360: Jocelyn Bell Burnell AstronomyCast 360: Jocelyn Bell Burnell by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Dec-08 • 30 minutes 359: Margaret Geller AstronomyCast 359: Margaret Geller by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Dec-08 • 28 minutes 358: Sandra Faber AstronomyCast 358: Sandra Faber by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Nov-24 • 32 minutes 357: Vera Rubin AstronomyCast 357: Vera Rubin by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Nov-21 • 32 minutes 356: Inertia AstronomyCast 356: Inertia by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Nov-14 • 25 minutes 355: 3D Printing Exploration AstronomyCast 355: 3D Printing Exploration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Nov-10 • 31 minutes 354: Comet Siding Spring vs. Mars AstronomyCast: 354: Comet Siding Spring vs. Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Oct-06 • 26 minutes 353: Seasons and Saturn AstronomyCast 353: Seasons and Saturn by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Sep-30 • 28 minutes 352: Water, Water Everywhere AstronomyCast 352: Water, Water Everywhere by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Sep-28 • 66 minutes Live from DragonCon 2014 AstronomyCast Live from DragonCon 2014 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Sep-22 • 32 minutes 351: Asteroid Adventures AstronomyCast 351: Asteroid Adventures by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jul-13 • 30 minutes 350: Spaceship One AstronomyCast 350: SpaceShip One by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jul-10 • 33 minutes 349: Mercury 7 Astronauts AstronomyCast 349: Mercury 7 Astronauts by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jun-17 • 31 minutes 348: 2 Independence Square, the NASA Headquarters AstronomyCast 348: 2 Independence Square, the NASA Headquarters by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jun-09 • 39 minutes Live from Balticon AstronomyCast: Live from Balticon, with P.G. Holyfield by Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-May-22 • 29 minutes 346: Area 51 AstronomyCast 346: Area 51 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-May-13 • 28 minutes 345: Launch Complex 39 AstronomyCast 345: Launch Complex 39 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-May-05 • 35 minutes 344: Saturn's Rings AstronomyCast 344: Saturn's Rings by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-May-03 • 70 minutes 343: The Universe is Trying to Kill You AstronomyCast 343: The Universe is Trying to Kill You by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Apr-15 • 33 minutes 342: Sunsetting Spacecraft AstronomyCast 342: Sunsetting Spacecraft by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Apr-09 • 30 minutes 341: The 45th Lunar and Planetary Society Conference, with Alessondra Springmann AstronomyCast 341: The 45th Lunar and Planetary Society Conference, with Alessondra Springmann by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Apr-01 • 30 minutes 340: Warner von Braum AstronomyCast 340: Warner von Braum by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Mar-26 • 34 minutes 339: Space Conspiracy Theories AstronomyCast 339: Space Conspiracy Theories by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Mar-20 • 28 minutes 338: Copernicus AstronomyCast 338: Copernicus by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Mar-11 • 31 minutes 337: Photometry AstronomyCast 337: Photometry by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Mar-04 • 28 minutes 336: Units of Measure AstronomyCast 336: Units of Measure by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Feb-24 • 30 minutes 335: The Photoelectric Effect AstronomyCast 335: The Photoelectric Effect by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Feb-17 • 32 minutes 334: Chelyabinsk, One Year Later AstronomyCast 334: Chelyabinsk, One Year Later by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Feb-09 • 31 minutes 333: When Worlds Collide AstronomyCast 333: When Worlds Collide by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Feb-06 • 30 minutes 332: Stellar Collisions AstronomyCast 332: Stellar Collisions by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jan-27 • 33 minutes 331: Arthur C. Clarke's Ideas and Technology AstronomyCast 331: Arthur C. Clarke's Ideas and Technology by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jan-20 • 29 minutes 330: Arthur C. Clarke AstronomyCast 330: Arthur C. Clarke by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jan-13 • 29 minutes 329: Telescope Making, Pt. 3 329: Telescope Making, Pt. 3 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2014-Jan-06 • 31 minutes 328: Telescope Making, Pt. 2 AstronomyCast 328: Telescope Making, Pt. 2 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Dec-30 • 32 minutes 327: Telescope Making, Pt. 1 AstronomyCast 327: Telescope Making, Pt. 1 by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Dec-23 • 28 minutes 326: Atmospheric Dust AstronomyCast 326: Atmospheric Dust by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Dec-17 • 31 minutes 325: Cold Fusion AstronomyCast 325: Cold Fusion by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Dec-08 • 28 minutes 324: Sun Grazers AstronomyCast 324: Sun Grazers by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Dec-03 • 31 minutes 323: Isotopes AstronomyCast 323: Isotopes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Nov-20 • 26 minutes 322: SOHO AstronomyCast 322: SOHO by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Nov-19 • 29 minutes 321: Solar Flares AstronomyCast 321: Solar Flares by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Nov-11 • 30 minutes 320: Layers of the Sun AstronomyCast 320: Layers of the Sun by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Nov-04 • 27 minutes 319: The Zodiac AstronomyCast 319: The Zodiac by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Oct-28 • 28 minutes 318: Escape Velocity AstronomyCast 318: Escape Velocity by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Oct-23 • 30 minutes 317: Observatories AstronomyCast 317: Observatories by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Oct-14 • 31 minutes 316: Observational vs. Experimental Science AstronomyCast 316: Observational Vs. Experimental Science by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Oct-07 • 33 minutes 315: Particle Accelerators Who knew that destruction could be so informative? Only by smashing particles together with more and more energy, can we truly tease out the fundamental forces of nature. Join us to discover the different kinds of accelerators (both natural and... |
| 2013-Sep-09 • 27 minutes 314: Acceleration AstronomyCast 314: Acceleration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Sep-08 • 26 minutes 313: Precession AstronomyCast 313: Precession by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Aug-06 • 27 minutes 312: The Inverse Square Law & Other Strangeness AstronomyCast 312: The Inverse Square Law & Other Strangeness by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jul-29 • 24 minutes 311: Sound AstronomyCast 311: Sound by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jul-23 • 34 minutes AstronomyCast 309: Creating a Science-y Society AstronomyCast 309: Creating a Science-y Society by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jul-18 • 34 minutes 308: Climate Change AstronomyCast 308: Climate Change by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jul-14 • 31 minutes 307: The Pacific Ring of Fire AstronomyCast 307: The Pacific Ring of Fire by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jul-10 • 28 minutes 306: Accretion Discs AstronomyCast 306: Accretion Discs by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jul-01 • 34 minutes 305: The Spacecraft That Wouldn't Die AstronomyCast 305: The Spacecraft That Wouldn't Die by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jun-25 • 31 minutes 304: Death of a Spacecraft AstronomyCast 304: Death of a Spacecraft by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jun-22 • 29 minutes 303: Equilibrium AstronomyCast 303: Equilibrium by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jun-22 • 30 minutes 302: Planetary Motion in the Sky AstronomyCast 302: Planetary Motion in the Sky by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-19 • 28 minutes Ep. 301: Planetary Migration AstronomyCast 301: Planetary Migration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-19 • 31 minutes Ep. 295: The Observable Universe AstronomyCast 295: The Observable Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-19 • 34 minutes Ep. 300: What We've Learned in Almost 7 Years AstronomyCast 300: What We've Learned in Almost 7 Years by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-18 • 34 minutes Ep. 299: Space Stations, Pt. 4: Future Space Stations AstronomyCast 299: Space Stations, Pt. 4: Future Space Stations by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-18 • 35 minutes Ep. 298: Space Stations, Pt. 3: The International Space Station AstronomyCast 298: Space Stations, Pt. 3: The International Space Station by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-15 • 33 minutes Ep. 297: Space Stations, Pt. 2: Mir AstronomyCast297: Space Stations, Pt. 2: Mir, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-14 • 29 minutes Ep. 296: Spacestations, pt. 1 AstronomyCast 296: Spacestations, pt. 1, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-May-04 • 65 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - May 3rd, 2013 |
| 2013-Apr-18 • 31 minutes Ep. 294: Arecibo Observatory AstronomyCast 294: Arecibo Observatory, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Apr-03 • 32 minutes Ep. 293: Earthquakes AstronomyCast 293: Earthquakes, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Mar-25 • 27 minutes Ep. 292: The Oort Cloud AstronomyCast 292: The Oort Cloud, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Mar-19 • 28 minutes Ep. 291: Shockwaves AstronomyCast 291: Shockwaves, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Mar-18 • 29 minutes Ep. 290: Failed Stars AstronomyCast 290: Failed Stars, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Mar-12 • 28 minutes Ep. 289: Cherenkov Radiation AstronomyCast 289: Cherenkov Radiation, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Feb-26 • 31 minutes Ep. 288: Phases of Matter AstronomyCast 288: Phases of Matter, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Feb-18 • 31 minutes Ep. 287: E = mc2 AstronomyCast 287: E = mc2, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Feb-16 • 51 minutes Weekly Space Hangout Feb 15, 2013 |
| 2013-Feb-13 • 27 minutes Ep. 283: Stellar Motion AstronomyCast 283: Stellar Motion, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Feb-13 • 42 minutes Ep. 286: How to Debunk and End-of-the-World Myth AstronomyCast 286: How to Debunk and End-of-the-World Myth, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Feb-11 • 29 minutes Ep. 285: How the World Will Really End AstronomyCast 285: How the World Will Really End, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Feb-08 • 45 minutes Weekly Space Hangout Feb 8, 2013 |
| 2013-Feb-04 • 33 minutes Weekly Space Hangout Feb 1, 2013 |
| 2013-Jan-25 • 46 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 25 2013 |
| 2013-Jan-25 • 49 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 18, 2013 |
| 2013-Jan-19 • 27 minutes Ep. 284: Optics AstronomyCast 284: Optics, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2013-Jan-08 • 31 minutes Ep. 282: Seasons AstronomyCast 282: Seasons, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Dec-13 • 32 minutes Ep. 281: Explosions in Space AstroCast 281: Explosions in Space, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Dec-11 • 31 minutes Ep. 280: The Cosmological Constant AstronomyCast 280: The Cosmological Constant, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Dec-04 • 28 minutes Ep. 279: The Hubble Constant AstronomyCast 279: The Hubble Constant, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Nov-13 • 30 minutes Ep. 278: Animals in Space AstronomyCast 278: Animals in Space, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Nov-06 • 33 minutes Ep. 277: Orbit AstronomyCast 277: Orbit, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Oct-30 • 27 minutes Ep. 276: XMM Newton AstronomyCast 276: XMM Newton, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Oct-27 • 38 minutes Weekly Space Hangout-Oct 25, 2012 |
| 2012-Oct-25 • 1 minutes Mobile App: Phases of the Moon Universe Today needs your help. Support the site and enrich your life at the same time by buying our mobile app: Phases of the Moon, for both Android and iPhone. The app is only $.99 in the store or . |
| 2012-Oct-16 • 32 minutes Ep. 275: Isaac Newton, Pt. 1 AstronomyCast 275: Isaac Newton, Pt. 1, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Oct-15 • 28 minutes Ep. 274: The Asteroid Vesta AstronomyCast 274: The Asteroid Vesta, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Oct-08 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 273: Solutions to the Fermi Paradox AstronomyCast 273: Solutions to the Fermi Paradox, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Oct-04 • 35 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Oct 4, 2012 |
| 2012-Oct-01 • 48 minutes Weekly Space Hangout Sep 27, 2012 |
| 2012-Oct-01 • 50 minutes Weekly Space Hangout Sep 20, 2012 |
| 2012-Oct-01 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 272: Abiogenesis AstronomyCast 272: Abiogenesis, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Sep-18 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 271: Who Does What in Space & Astronomy? AstronomyCast 271: Who Does What in Space & Astronomy? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Sep-17 • 52 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Sep. 13, 2012 |
| 2012-Sep-11 • 52 minutes AstronomyCast: Live from DragonCon 2012 AstronomyCast: Live from DragonCon 2012, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Sep-09 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 270: Inertia AstronomyCast 270: Inertia, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jul-31 • 2 minutes Live coverage of the Curiosity Landing on August 5th, 2012 |
| 2012-Jul-31 • 1 minutes Astronomy Cast on Hiatus for the Summer We'll be back for with a live show at Dragon*Con 2012 at the Labor Day Weekend. |
| 2012-Jul-16 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 269: Mass AstronomyCast 269: Mass, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jul-12 • 42 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - July 12, 2012 This week we talk about the new moon discovered orbiting Pluto (P5), New Horizons doing science in it's sleep, a southern polar vortex on Titan, and Pluto moon orbits, et cetera. We are joined by Robert Nemiroff, Jason Major, Alan Boyle, Michael Wall,... |
| 2012-Jul-10 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 268: Energy AstronomyCast 268: Energy, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jul-08 • 36 minutes AstronomyCast 267: Infinities AstronomyCast 267: Infinities, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jul-05 • 41 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - July 5, 2012 |
| 2012-Jun-28 • 46 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - June 28, 2012 |
| 2012-Jun-26 • 33 minutes Ep. 266: Archimedes It's time to look deep into history to the birthplace of modern mathematics - Ancient Greece. And the most famous mathematician of the time was Archimedes. We use many of his mathematical theories and inventions to this day; others are steeped in... |
| 2012-Jun-24 • 35 minutes 265: Arthur Eddington We can thank Arthur Eddington for much of our current understanding of stars. He provided some of the breakthrough concepts that explain what's going on, deep inside the hottest places in the Universe. Sadly, the spacecraft associated with his name... |
| 2012-Jun-22 • 48 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - June 21, 2012 This week we talk about: Black Holes as particle detectors, New advances in Chinese space exploration, Asteroid research, History of women in space. We're joined by Amy Shira Teitel, Alan Boyle, Ian O'Neill, and Michael Wall. Hosted by Fraser Cain |
| 2012-Jun-22 • 48 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - June 14, 2012 This week we talk about: Lakes on Titan, Mars Curiosity landing, Earth-type worlds more common, NuSTAR Mission launch. We are joined by Amy Shira Teitel, Emily Lakdawalla, and Nicole Gugliucci |
| 2012-Jun-20 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 264: The Hazards of Space Flight AstronomyCast 264: The Hazards of Space Flight, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jun-14 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 263: Radioactive Decay AstronomyCast 263: Radioactive Decay, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jun-14 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 262: Solar Sails AstronomyCast 262: Solar Sails, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jun-07 • 50 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - June 7, 2012 In this week's Weekly Space Hangout, we talk about the Transit of Venus, the transfer of the space shuttle Enterprise, the future of commercial space exploration, and the new movie Prometheus. We're joined by Alan Boyle... |
| 2012-Jun-05 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 261: Lasers & Masers in Astronomy AstronomyCast 261: Lasers & Masers in Astronomy, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-May-31 • 54 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - May 31, 2012 In this episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, we're joined by special guest Robert Nemiroff from Astronomy Picture of the Day. We also talked about the return of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, a manned mission to Venus, nomadic planets and the announcement... |
| 2012-May-28 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 260: Lasers & Masers AstronomyCast 260: Lasers & Masers, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-May-23 • 45 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - May 17, 2012 Sorry for the lack of a Hangout last week, we had massive internet fail in Fraser's home city. This week, we talk about: Building a real starship Enterprise, preparations for the annular solar eclipse, investigation into the Gaia theory, fuel for... |
| 2012-May-07 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 259: The Exploration of Venus AstronomyCast 259: The Exploration of Venus, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-May-04 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 258: Viking Landers AstronomyCast 258: Viking Landers, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-May-04 • 61 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - May 3, 2012 In this episode we talked about asteroid mining, SpaceX delays, Shuttle retirement, killer black holes, supermassive planets (aka brown dwarfs), Enceladus/Dione flybys, and missions to Jupiter. |
| 2012-Apr-06 • 28 minutes AstronomyCast 257: Viking Orbiter AstronomyCast 257: Viking Orbiter, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Mar-14 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 256: Resolution AstronomyCast 256: Resolution, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Mar-09 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 254: Reflection & Refraction AstronomyCast 254: Reflection & Refraction, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Mar-08 • 52 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Mar. 8, 2012 In this episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, we talk about two different asteroid close passes, the solar storms buffeting the Earth, a recent space exploration conference, and a team of amateur astronomers flashing the space station. We're also... |
| 2012-Mar-08 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 255: Observing Hydrogen AstronomyCast 255: Observing Hydrogen, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Mar-02 • 39 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Mar. 1, 2012 Another week, another space roundup. This week we talk about the redefinition of the term "Earthlike", salty soil on Mars, how you can participate in SETI, asteroid dust from Hayabusa, and the dangers of a warp drive. |
| 2012-Feb-26 • 27 minutes AstronomyCast 253: Rayleigh Scattering AstronomyCast 253: Rayleigh Scattering, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Feb-24 • 57 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 23, 2012 |
| 2012-Feb-16 • 65 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 16, 2012 |
| 2012-Feb-14 • 28 minutes AstronomyCast 251: Messier Objects AstronomyCast 251: Messier Objects, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Feb-13 • 63 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 9, 2012 |
| 2012-Feb-13 • 53 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 2, 2012 |
| 2012-Feb-13 • 27 minutes AstronomyCast 252: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle AstronomyCast 252: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Feb-09 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 250: Precision AstronomyCast 250: Precision, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Feb-01 • 28 minutes AstronomyCast 249: Schrödinger's cat AstronomyCast 249: Schrödinger's cat, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jan-31 • 25 minutes AstronomyCast 248: The Carina Constellation AstronomyCast 248: The Carina Constellation, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jan-26 • 61 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Jan. 26, 2012 Another edition of our weekly space hangout. This week we talked about a week of space remembrance, solar storms, Newt's plans for a 2020 lunar base, arsenic and old news, black holes and their galaxies and the death of Phobos-Grunt. |
| 2012-Jan-23 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 247: The Ages of Things AstronomyCast 247: The Ages of Things, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jan-20 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 246: What If Something Was Different AstronomyCast 246: What If Something Was Different, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2012-Jan-09 • 28 minutes AstronomyCast 245: Calendars AstronomyCast 245: Calendars, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Dec-22 • 56 minutes Discovery of Earth-Sized Planets - Google+ Hangout This is a Google+ Hangout we did to discuss the announcement of Earth-sized planets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. Moderated by Fraser Cain from Universe Today/Astronomy Cast, with Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today, Dr. Phil Plait from Bad... |
| 2011-Dec-20 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 244: Io AstronomyCast 244: Io, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Dec-19 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 243: The Tunguska Event AstronomyCast 243: The Tunguska Event, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Dec-04 • 28 minutes AstronomyCast 242: The Turino Scale AstronomyCast 242: The Turino Scale, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Dec-01 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 241: Astrophotography | Pt. 3: Image Processing AstronomyCast 241: Astrophotography | Pt. 3: Image Processing by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Nov-27 • 37 minutes AstronomyCast 240: Astrophotography | Pt. 2: Techniques AstronomyCast 240: Astrophotography | Pt. 2: Techniques, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Nov-19 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 239: Astrophotography | Pt. 1: The Gear AstronomyCast 239: Astrophotography | Pt. 1: The Gear, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Nov-08 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 238: Solar Activity AstronomyCast 238: Solar Activity, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Nov-01 • 27 minutes AstronomyCast 237: Spooky Space Sounds AstronomyCast 237: Spooky Space Sounds, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Oct-24 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 236: Einstein Was Right AstronomyCast 236: Einstein Was Right, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Oct-17 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 235: Einstein AstronomyCast 235: Einstein, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Oct-10 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 234: Lunar Phases AstronomyCast 234: Lunar Phases, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Oct-04 • 26 minutes AstronomyCast 233: Radar AstronomyCast 233: Radar, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Sep-29 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 232: Galileo Spacecraft AstronomyCast 232: Galileo Spacecraft, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Sep-26 • 58 minutes AstronomyCast: Live at Dragon*Con AstronomyCast: Live at Dragon*Con, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Sep-01 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 231: Galileo Galilei AstronomyCast 231: Galileo Galilei, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Aug-31 • 25 minutes AstronomyCast 230: Christiaan Huygens AstronomyCast 230: Christiaan Huygens, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Aug-28 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 229: The Cassini Mission AstronomyCast 229: The Cassini Mission, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jul-27 • 25 minutes AstronomyCast 228: Giovanni Cassini, Pt. 1 AstronomyCast 228: Giovanni Cassini, Pt. 1, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jul-25 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 227: The Big Dipper AstronomyCast 227: The Big Dipper, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jul-21 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 226: Weather AstronomyCast 226: Weather, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jul-16 • 27 minutes AstronomyCast 225: Ice in Space AstronomyCast 225: Ice in Space, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jun-26 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 224: Orion AstronomyCast 224: Orion, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jun-22 • 28 minutes AstronomyCast 223: The Transit of Venus AstronomyCast 223: The Transit of Venus, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-May-26 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 222: The Decadal Survey AstronomyCast 222: The Decadal Survey, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-May-12 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 221: Geomorphology AstronomyCast 221: Geomorphology, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Apr-10 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 220: Mass Extinction Events AstronomyCast 220: Mass Extinction Events |
| 2011-Apr-01 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 219: The Planck Mission AstronomyCast 219: The Planck Mission, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Apr-01 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 217: Stellar Classification AstronomyCast 217: Stellar Classification, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Mar-29 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 218: Max Planck Pt. 1 AstronomyCast 218: Max Planck Pt. 1, by Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Mar-03 • 35 minutes AstrnomyCast 216: Archeo-Astronomy AstrnomyCast 216: Archeo-Astronomy, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Mar-01 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 215: Light Echoes AstronomyCast 215: Light Echoes, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Feb-26 • 34 minutes AstronomyCast 214: Space Tourism AstronomyCast 214: Space Tourism, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Feb-09 • 38 minutes AstronomyCast 213: Supermassive Black Holes AstronomyCast 213: Supermassive Black Holes |
| 2011-Feb-02 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 212: GPS Navigation AstronomyCast 212: GPS Navigation, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2011-Jan-01 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 211: Celestial Navigation AstronomyCast 211: Celestial Navigation |
| 2010-Dec-29 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 210: The Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit & Opportunity AstronomyCast 210: The Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit & Opportunity |
| 2010-Dec-13 • 39 minutes AstronomyCast 209: Exotic Life AstronomyCast 209: Exotic Life |
| 2010-Nov-22 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 208: The Spitzer Space Telescope AstronomyCast 208: The Spitzer Space Telescope |
| 2010-Nov-19 • 28 minutes AstroCast 207: Lyman Spitzer AstroCast 207: Lyman Spitzer |
| 2010-Nov-13 • 34 minutes AstronomyCast 206: Fission AstronomyCast 206: Fission |
| 2010-Nov-09 • 40 minutes AstronomyCast 205: Fusion AstronomyCast 205: Fusion |
| 2010-Oct-25 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 204: Temperature AstronomyCast 204: Temperature |
| 2010-Oct-19 • 36 minutes AstronomyCast 203: Europa AstronomyCast 203: Europa |
| 2010-Oct-11 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 202: The Planets at Gliese 581 AstronomyCast 202: The Planets at Gliese 581 |
| 2010-Oct-04 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 201: Titan AstronomyCast 201: Titan |
| 2010-Sep-27 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 200: The Mariner Program AstronomyCast 200: The Mariner Program |
| 2010-Sep-20 • 41 minutes AstronomyCast 199: The Voyager Program AstronomyCast 199: The Voyager Program |
| 2010-Sep-16 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 198: How is a Space Mission Chosen? AstronomyCast 198: How is a Space Mission Chosen? |
| 2010-Sep-13 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 196: Luminosity & Magnitude AstronomyCast 196: Luminosity & Magnitude |
| 2010-Sep-08 • 58 minutes Astronomy Cast 197: Live from Dragon*Con 2010 |
| 2010-Aug-03 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 195: Planetary Rings AstronomyCast 195: Planetary Rings by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay |
| 2010-Jul-30 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 194: Dwarf Planets AstronomyCast 194: Dwarf Planets |
| 2010-Jul-06 • 36 minutes AstronomyCast 193: Astronomy with the Unaided Eye AstronomyCast 193: Astronomy with the Unaided Eye |
| 2010-Jun-29 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 192: The Chandra X-Ray Observatory AstronomyCast 192: The Chandra X-Ray Observatory |
| 2010-Jun-29 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 191: Chandrasekhar AstronomyCast 191: Chandrasekhar |
| 2010-Jun-29 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 190: The Kepler Mission AstronomyCast 190: The Kepler Mission |
| 2010-Jun-29 • 34 minutes AstronomyCast 189: Johannes Kepler and His Laws AstronomyCast 189: Johannes Kepler and His Laws |
| 2010-Jun-14 • 36 minutes AstronomyCast 188: The Future of Astronomy AstronomyCast 188: The Future of Astronomy |
| 2010-Jun-14 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 187: The History of Astronomy | Pt. 5, The 20th Century AstronomyCast 187: The History of Astronomy | Pt. 5, The 20th Century |
| 2010-May-27 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 186: History of Astronomy | Pt. 4, Beginning of Modern Astronomy AstronomyCast 186: History of Astronomy | Pt. 4, Beginning of Modern Astronomy |
| 2010-May-25 • 1 minutes Audible Ad: AstroCast 185 |
| 2010-May-25 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 185: History of Astronomy | Pt. 3, The Renaissance AstronomyCast 185: History of Astronomy | Pt. 3, The Renaissance |
| 2010-May-07 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 184: History of Astronomy | Pt. 2, The Greeks AstronomyCast 184: History of Astronomy | Pt. 2, The Greeks |
| 2010-May-07 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 183: History of Astronomy | Pt. 1, The Ancient Astronomers AstronomyCast 183: History of Astronomy | Pt. 1, The Ancient Astronomers |
| 2010-Apr-28 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 182: Astrometry AstronomyCast 182: Astrometry |
| 2010-Apr-21 • 36 minutes AstronomyCast 181: Rotation AstronomyCast 181: Rotation |
| 2010-Apr-17 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 180: Albedo AstronomyCast 180: Albedo |
| 2010-Apr-10 • 34 minutes AstronomyCast 179: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 2 AstronomyCast 179: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 2 |
| 2010-Apr-07 • 35 minutes AstronomyCast 178: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 1 AstronomyCast 178: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 1 |
| 2010-Mar-24 • 40 minutes AstronomyCast 84: Getting Around the Solar System AstronomyCast 84: Getting Around the Solar System |
| 2010-Mar-17 • 32 minutes AstronomyCast 177: Mysteries of the Milky Way, pt. 2 AstronomyCast 177: Mysteries of the Milky Way, pt. 2 |
| 2010-Mar-10 • 30 minutes AstronomyCast 176: Mysteries of the Milky Way, pt. 1 AstronomyCast 176: Mysteries of the Milky Way, pt. 1 |
| 2010-Mar-02 • 24 minutes AstronomyCast 175: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 2 AstronomyCast 175: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 2 |
| 2010-Feb-24 • 34 minutes AstronomyCast 174: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 1 AstronomyCast 174: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 1 |
| 2010-Feb-17 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 173: The Herschel Space Observatory AstronomyCast 173: The Herschel Space Observatory |
| 2010-Feb-11 • 27 minutes Ep. 26: The Largest Structures in the Universe This week we continue the story of galaxy formation, learning how groups of galaxies come together to form the biggest structures around – galaxy superclusters. And when you look at the Universe at this scale, environment is everything. |
| 2010-Feb-10 • 29 minutes AstronomyCast 172: William Herschel AstronomyCast 172: William Herschel |
| 2010-Feb-10 • 37 minutes AstronomyCast 171: Solar System Movements & Positions AstronomyCast 171: Solar System Movements & Positions |
| 2010-Feb-02 • 36 minutes AstronomyCast 170: Coordinate Systems AstronomyCast 170: Coordinate Systems |
| 2010-Feb-01 • 31 minutes AstronomyCast 169: The Fermi Mission AstronomyCast 169: The Fermi Mission |
| 2010-Jan-26 • 33 minutes AstronomyCast 168: Enrico Fermi AstronomyCast 168: Enrico Fermi |
| 2006-Dec-18 • 30 minutes Ep. 15: Listener Questions Answered We finally get organized enough deal with several listener questions: isnâ��t dark matter just regular stuff we canâ��t see? how can parts of the Universe be expanding faster than the speed of light? what will Betelgeuse look like... |