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2022 to present
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Podcaster's summary: The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast launched in 2009 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This community podcast continues to bring you day after day of content across the years. Everyday, a new voice, helping you see the universe we share in a new way. This show is managed by Avivah Yamani, edited by Richard Drumm. This podcast is funded through Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX and produced out of the Planetary Science Institute.
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| 2023-Jun-07 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Thirty Comets Spotted Orbiting Alien Star From April 29, 2022. Using data from TESS, a new paper presents evidence for the discovery of thirty potential comets orbiting in the Beta Pictoris system. Plus, astrobiology research, water on the Moon, solar system formation, and a review of “The... |
| 2023-Jun-06 • 41 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 201: How Does Light Slow Down? If light always travels at the speed of light, how does it slow down when passing through air or water? Does it matter is light is made of particles or waves? What’s the difference between phase velocity and group velocity, and how does that all... |
| 2023-Jun-05 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 684: Too Big, Too Soon: Massive Early Galaxies Defy Expectations 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 galaxies came together. Surprisingly, astronomers found galaxies that seemed much more mature than expected, much... |
| 2023-Jun-04 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 679 & 680: Hammer & Comets and Asteroids Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - When Asteroid Hunters find a relatively large asteroid on a... |
| 2023-Jun-03 • 21 minutes Observing With Webb - June Episode Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. Venus shines bright at sunset all month, with Mars nearby,... |
| 2023-Jun-02 • 7 minutes Guide To Space - What Are Wormholes? Connecting Two Points in Spacetime Fron Dec 7, 2015. In science fiction, wormholes are a method often used to travel great distances across space. Are these magic bridges really possible? Support us at: More stories at: Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday We've added a new... |
| 2023-Jun-01 • 26 minutes Actual Astronomy Ep. 330: Objects to Observe in June Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] We’re recording this early, in fact I’m writing these notes up on May 5th! That’s a record for us but we’re both away on alternating... |
| 2023-May-31 • 26 minutes The Daily Space - How Atmospheric Methane Could Be a Sign of Life From March 29, 2022. Join us as we take a deep dive into the history of atmospheric methane on Mars and Titan, how that methane could be a sign of life, and what methane means for future missions and science. Plus, a planetary nebula, a supernova,... |
| 2023-May-30 • 7 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - Fast & Furious Starring Dual Quasars Astronomers describe 'cosmic noon' as a dramatic period in the history of our Universe when it was buzzing with galaxy mergers and furious star formation. Observing these mergers has been relatively rare and challenging, since the... |
| 2023-May-29 • 27 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 683: Cosmic Dawn 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 helium. Gravity pulled these vast clouds into the first stars, and then... |
| 2023-May-28 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 677 & 678: 30 Years of Fireballs & Greg’s Comet Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet... |
| 2023-May-27 • 37 minutes The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 45 - The James Webb Space Telescope Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. From November 22, 2021. JWST’s goal is to push the boundaries of astronomy and cosmology by observing some of the most distant events and objects in the universe, such as the formation of the... |
| 2023-May-26 • 8 minutes Astro Folklore - Polaris and the Big Dipper Story From Mongolia Hosted by Avivah Yamani. This is a story from Mongolia about The Golden Picket Star and the Seven God Stars (Polaris and the Big Dipper, the Mongolian names are Altangadas and Doloon Burkhan). This story is part of the Stars of Asia Project during the... |
| 2023-May-25 • 4 minutes Guide To Space - How Fast Does the Earth Rotate? From May 20, 2013. In this short video, Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain does the math to help you understand just how fast you're spinning in space right now, and how you'd actually gain a little weight if the Earth stopped spinning. Based... |
| 2023-May-24 • 15 minutes Awesome Astronomy - We’ve Discovered At Least 5,000 Planets! Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Jan 28, 2022. Taking a look at how over the last 40 years we went from only knowing of the handful of planets in... |
| 2023-May-23 • 23 minutes The Daily Space - Understanding Space With Gaia Data Release 3 From June 14, 2022. The Gaia mission released its third ‘treasure trove’ of observations and calculations of more than two billion stars in the Milky Way, including ‘starquakes’, stellar DNA, binary star systems, and more. Plus, day one of the... |
| 2023-May-22 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 682: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies & Dark Matter Streamed live on May 15, 2023. Astronomers first noticed the strange behaviors of rotating galaxies almost 100 years ago, suggesting there’s an invisible dark matter hold them together with gravity. Or maybe we just don’t understand how gravity... |
| 2023-May-21 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 675 & 676: Nuking An Asteroid & Cloud 7 Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Tonight, even though the chances are extremely slim, an... |
| 2023-May-20 • 14 minutes Deep Astronomy - Space Fan News: The Case for the Carl Sagan Space Telescope From November 15, 2019. In this episode, some astronomers, a former astronaut, the current director of the Space Telescope Science Institute as well as the wife of Carl Sagan himself, got together and wrote a white paper that makes the case for a... |
| 2023-May-19 • 50 minutes Awesome Astronomy - May Part 2: Colonel Jack Lousma Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. To mark the Skylab 50th anniversary here is one our favourite astronaut chats from 2012 where we caught up... |
| 2023-May-18 • 55 minutes Actual Astronomy - Observing and Sketching With Dr. Berta Beltran Episode 323. Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Bio: Berta Beltran is a visual observer from Edmonton Alberta where she sketches mostly from her backyard or a dark... |
| 2023-May-17 • 27 minutes The Daily Space - Earth’s Climate Proves More Resilient Than Thought From March 22, 2022. Computer models of the effects of an eruption event similar to the Columbia River Flood Basalt show that, despite massive injections of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, Earth’s climate rebounded much more quickly than... |
| 2023-May-16 • 36 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 200: What Are The Top 5 Mysteries in Astronomy? What are the biggest mysteries facing modern astronomers? What questions do I wish could be answered in my lifetime? What are most astronomers working on right now? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is... |
| 2023-May-15 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 681: Kilonovae 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 of the causes of a certain type of gamma-ray burst. By studying the... |
| 2023-May-14 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 673 & 674: Christmas Comet & Asteroid Homestead Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching... |
| 2023-May-13 • 14 minutes NOIRLab - Catching A Star Devouring A Planet By studying countless stars at various stages of their evolution, astronomers have been able to piece together an understanding of the life cycle of stars and how they interact with their surrounding planetary systems as they age. This... |
| 2023-May-12 • 4 minutes Guide to Space - How Cold is Space? From Jul 2, 2013. In this short explainer, Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain researchers how cold space is. What temperature do astronauts experience? What about Pluto, or the depths of space. What's the coldest possible temperature space can get?... |
| 2023-May-11 • 14 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #92: Sex in Space! Things that make you go hmmm. How bad is gender bias in space? In a perfect world, special consideration of women in space would be unecessary. There would just be consideration about generic humans where we might ponder a range of physical... |
| 2023-May-10 • 23 minutes The Daily Space - Stellar Death Just Got More Lit! Remember that new object COW, named for a strange supernova? We’ve seen four more of these Fast Blue Optical Transients, and new research may even have figured out just how and why they occur. Plus, Crew-4 launches, a bunch of planetary science... |
| 2023-May-09 • 10 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Why Does the Moon Shine? Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Jan 14, 2022. In this show we look at what makes the moon shine, why the moon looks different every night and... |
| 2023-May-08 • 28 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 680: Rogue Black Holes 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 holes. Astronomers recently discovered a supermassive black hole on an escape... |
| 2023-May-07 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 671 & 672: Long Winter’s Nights & Meteor Whispers Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Long Winter nights with good seeing, from start to finish,... |
| 2023-May-06 • 6 minutes Guide To Space - Will the Universe Run Out Of Energy? From Mar 30, 2015. It seems like the good times will go on forever, so feel free to keep on wasting energy. But entropy is patient, and eventually, it'll make sure there's no usable energy left in the Universe. Support us at: We've added a new... |
| 2023-May-05 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Early Bacterial Life May Have Formed Far Earlier Than Thought From April 14, 2022. An analysis of microscopic features in rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq Supracrustal Belt in Quebec, Canada, which date back between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years, finds evidence of possible microbial life. Plus, a supermassive black... |
| 2023-May-04 • 36 minutes Actual Astronomy - Objects to Observe in May Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Ep. 324: - The lads had a nice aurora viewing session! - They discuss the Explore Scientific 17 and other wide-field eyepieces. - May 5:... |
| 2023-May-03 • 82 minutes Awesome Astronomy Ep. 131: Aurora on a Welsh Mountain Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month Paul and Jeni in astronomy news talk about: - New data on the M87 black hole, - The... |
| 2023-May-02 • 45 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 199: What are the Top 5 Discoveries of All Time in Astronomy? What discoveries and insights made the biggest impacts in astronomy and physics? What were the biggest surprises? What results took the longest to achieve? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is... |
| 2023-May-01 • 28 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 679: High(per) Velocity Stars 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, an escape into the freedom of intergalactic space. How do stars reach escape... |
| 2023-Apr-30 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 669 & 670: Seeds (356) & Laser Surfing (364) Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - When a fleet of interstellar spaceships leaves our solar... |
| 2023-Apr-29 • 8 minutes UNAWE - Playing Connect-the-dots Around A Baby Star Have you ever played a connect-the-dots game? At first, it looks like a mess. But after you start to connect the points, a pattern appears out of the chaos. Recently, astronomers noticed a mysterious spiral pattern hiding around a baby star. But... |
| 2023-Apr-28 • 11 minutes Guide To Space - Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight From Jun 21, 2017. We know trips in space will take a long time. Can we go to sleep for the journey and then wake up when we arrive? We know trips in space will take a long time. Can we go to sleep for the journey and then wake up when we arrive?... |
| 2023-Apr-27 • 17 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Searching for ET & Aliens in Space Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Feb 11, 2022. Are we alone in the cosmos? Do aliens exist? How are we looking for them? And how long will it be... |
| 2023-Apr-26 • 15 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #91: Supernovae. Again. Things that make you go kablooie. Why do supernovae explode once they start fusing iron? Right now our Sun is fusing hydrogen into helium in its core. In maybe five billion years the situation will be all clogged up when the core has become mostly... |
| 2023-Apr-25 • 23 minutes The Daily Space - Hubble Discovered A Star Hidden By Companion’s Supernova From May 6, 2022. Data from the Hubble Space Telescope has determined that the newly discovered companion of a star that went supernova had its outer hydrogen layer siphoned off before the explosion. The results support the theory that massive stars... |
| 2023-Apr-24 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 678: World Building: Planet Formation, Growth & Ejection 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, how they grow, and how things can go horribly horribly wrong. [Editor’s Note: Google HL Tau, click on the Wikipedia... |
| 2023-Apr-23 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 667 & 668: ET’s Cigar & Dry Sands Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - The first alien object to observed visiting our solar... |
| 2023-Apr-22 • 46 minutes The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 43: The Search For Hidden Hydrogen Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. In this episode we are joined first by Dr. Tariq Blecher and then by Shilpa Ranchod who talk to us about the clever ways they are trying to capture the elusive signals of hydrogen gas in the... |
| 2023-Apr-21 • 58 minutes Actual Astronomy - Large Aperture Telescope Observing and Sketching with Howard Banich Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Today we are joined by Howard Banich. Howard has been observing the night sky since 1966 and soon began building telescopes when he... |
| 2023-Apr-20 • 6 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - A Supernova Coming Back to Life For only the second time, astronomers saw a supernova light up again. Strange, since the brightness of supernovae fades away in a couple months. An international team of researchers from Kyoto University and Osaka University were looking at SN... |
| 2023-Apr-19 • 29 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Creating the Impossible Manufacturing in Orbit - With Joshua Western, CEO of Space Forge Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. In this episode Jeni interviews Josh Wetern, CEO & Co-Founder of Space Forge. Jeni visits Space Forge for an update... |
| 2023-Apr-18 • 34 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 198: What’s So Weird About Black Hole Shadows? Hosted by Dr. Paul Matt Sutter. How does a black hole make a shadow? What can we learn from it? What are we seeing when we look at a black hole? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! We've added a new way to donate to... |
| 2023-Apr-17 • 31 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 677: The Answer is Always Dust 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 polarity, dust warming things up, dust cooling things down. It’s always dust. Until... |
| 2023-Apr-16 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 665 & 666: Odd Ball & Red Dwarf Planets Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and... |
| 2023-Apr-15 • 12 minutes Deep Astronomy - Physicists Hunt for a Mirror Universe From Jul 5, 2019. Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: A physicist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is making a serious effort to open a portal to a parallel Universe! It turns out that there’s a weird... |
| 2023-Apr-14 • 37 minutes Astro Interviews - Prof. Dr. Ewine van Dishoeck Hosted by Avivah Yamani. From : Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck (born 13 June 1955, in Leiden) is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, and served as the President of the International Astronomical... |
| 2023-Apr-13 • 12 minutes Guide to Space - The Militarization of Space. Do We Really Need a Space Force? From May 8, 2018. President Trump recently called for the creation of a space force to deal with the future warfighting in space. It turns out, this already exists, space is already well militarized. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days... |
| 2023-Apr-12 • 26 minutes The Daily Space - Climate Change Affects the Birds and the Bees From April 6, 2022. From plastics invading the Arctic Ocean to the changing morphology of birds in response to rising temperatures and the problems with pathogens killing off pollinators like bees, we examine some of the effects of climate change on... |
| 2023-Apr-11 • 8 minutes Awesome Astronomy - The Distance to the Moon Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Apr 1, 2022. How far away do you think the Moon is? It's quite a lot different than books and images... |
| 2023-Apr-10 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 676: Other Things With Rings 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 ice giants, but asteroids, dwarf planets, centaurs and even exoplanets. Today let’s... |
| 2023-Apr-09 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 663 & 664: Alien Rock & Extraterrestrial Whales Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - A rock from another solar system is likely to have streaked... |
| 2023-Apr-08 • 13 minutes NOIRLab - Galactic Immigration in the Andromeda Galaxy Galaxies grow through mergers with other galaxies. Astronomers can uncover evidence of this in our galaxy by mapping the motions of stars. Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National... |
| 2023-Apr-07 • 23 minutes The Daily Space - Found: Metal-rich Star. Parents Being Sought From May 11, 2022. A ninth-magnitude star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way has been found to contain 65 different elements, including large proportions of heavier elements like gold. This star required either a supernova or a neutron star merger... |
| 2023-Apr-06 • 74 minutes Awesome Astronomy Ep. 130: An Exfoliating Spa on a Far Off World Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. In this episode Jeni and Paul talk about: - Exfoliating exoplanet atmospheres, - the latest thinking on solar system... |
| 2023-Apr-05 • 15 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 90: Space Exploration on Paper Next steps, maybe. How likely is a space way-station like Deep Space 9? So, anything is possible, but what is likely is what is economically feasible. In other words, while you could have a deep space way station like Deep Space 9, there’s has to be... |
| 2023-Apr-04 • 37 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 197: Which is Better, Human or Robotic Exploration? What are the advantages of robotic exploration of the solar system? What are the limitations? Is there any situation where human exploration is better? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by... |
| 2023-Apr-03 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 675: Exotic Forms of Ice Streamed live on Mar 27, 2023. 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 and pressures, leading to very different... |
| 2023-Apr-02 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 661 & 662: Roving Venus & Earth’s Pet Rock Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the... |
| 2023-Apr-01 • 11 minutes Observing With Webb - April Episode Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. Venus shines bright all month, Mercury makes a 3 week... |
| 2023-Mar-31 • 14 minutes Guide To Space - The Problem of Power in Space. NASA's New Kilopower Reactor From Jun 8, 2018. Space is the worst. It’s got hostile radiation, a total lack of atmosphere, near absolute zero temperatures, problematic gravity wells, and worse. In order to keep your spacecraft alive in that environment, you need electricity to... |
| 2023-Mar-30 • 39 minutes Actual Astronomy - Objects to Observe in April Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Objects to Observe in the April 2023 Night Sky on Episode 315 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. This month we’ll talk about how to see... |
| 2023-Mar-29 • 7 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Why Does the Earth Spin? Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Mar 4, 2022. Why Does the Earth Spin? We'll tell you straight away without having to hang around until the end... |
| 2023-Mar-28 • 28 minutes The Daily Space - Dimorphos Impact Captured by South African Telescope A Bonus Content full-length interview with Amanda Sickafoose from our September 29th episode. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: and donate as much as... |
| 2023-Mar-27 • 31 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 674: Asteroid Early Warning Systems 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 its trajectory if we have enough warning. Today we’ll talk about how humanity is building... |
| 2023-Mar-26 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 659 & 660: Martian Debris (382) & Double Comet (403) Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Martian Trojan asteroids have stable orbits around the Sun,... |
| 2023-Mar-25 • 51 minutes Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 42: Rockin’ All Over the World Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. In this week’s episode, we take a deep dive into how a planet (in this case Earth) is constructed! We are joined by Dr. Eugene Grosch who is a geologist and petrologist at Rhodes University in... |
| 2023-Mar-24 • 12 minutes Guide to Space - What Do We Do With Aging Spacecraft? From Jan 3, 2018. We try to avoid thinking about it, but spacecraft are machines that break down and eventually fail. Some can last for years, others decades, but in the end they’ll be gone forever. Space agencies do consider how these... |
| 2023-Mar-23 • 28 minutes The Daily Space - Astronomers Map Interstellar Clouds in 3D From May 17, 2022. A team of scientists combined stellar locations from the Gaia mission with dust and cloud maps from the WISE and 2MASS catalogs to create amazing three-dimensional images of the California Cloud and Orion A Cloud. Plus, rocket... |
| 2023-Mar-22 • 28 minutes Awesome Astronomy - The Astronomer With His Own Sun: Professor Robert Walsh Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Paul takes time out from outreach at the Festival of Tomorrow at the Swindon STEAM museum to chat with Professor Robert Walsh of the... |
| 2023-Mar-21 • 7 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - High Speed Baby Star Tantrums Baby stars form when thick clouds of gas and dust fall into themselves or collapse due to gravity. Not all of the material collapses to form a baby star. A new study shows that some gas can escape at a high speed, which astrophysicists call a... |
| 2023-Mar-20 • 35 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 673: How to See Satellites (or Avoid Seeing Them) 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 which one you’re seeing, and how can you improve your chances of a sighting? Today we’ll talk about how... |
| 2023-Mar-19 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 657 & 658: Plant Companionship & Fireball II Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - The plants that Mars explorers take with them will provide... |
| 2023-Mar-18 • 17 minutes Deep Astronomy - How “Many Worlds” Quantum Mechanics is Like Intelligent Design and Sets a Dangerous Precedent From Oct 31, 2019. Is the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics science? While we may not be able to say what exactly science is, I can say that I prefer to have my science with a little bit of data. For me to recognize science... |
| 2023-Mar-17 • 9 minutes Guide To Space - Just How Tough Is Earth Life? Tough Enough To Go Space And Still Thrive From Jun 4, 2019. Every time we send a spacecraft to another world, our Earth-based lifeforms are going with us. No matter how well we try to keep them clean, a few stowaways will always come along for the ride. You’d think that years in the... |
| 2023-Mar-16 • 57 minutes Actual Astronomy - Northern Stars You Should Know With Guest Dave Chapman Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Intro: Dave Chapman’s Northern Stars You Should Know on Episode 308 of the Actual Astronomy Podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane,... |
| 2023-Mar-15 • 23 minutes The Daily Space - Found: Metal-rich Star. Parents Being Sought From May 11, 2022. A ninth-magnitude star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way has been found to contain 65 different elements, including large proportions of heavier elements like gold. This star required either a supernova or a neutron star merger... |
| 2023-Mar-14 • 40 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 196: Could We Ever Build A Dyson Sphere? What are Dyson spheres? What would be involved in building one? How much energy would it cost, and could we ever pay it back? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online... |
| 2023-Mar-13 • 33 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal 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 ideas to remove space junk, making sure space is open to use for the centuries... |
| 2023-Mar-12 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 655 & 656: Finding Space Rocks (391) & Moons Of Florence (399) Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Finding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles... |
| 2023-Mar-11 • 19 minutes NOIRLab - The First Kilanova Progenitor Kilonovae form when two neutron stars collide. They were first discovered by their gravitational wave emissions. In this podcast, NOIRLab’s Dr. André-Nicolas Chene described the discovery of a system that will become a kilonova in the future.... |
| 2023-Mar-10 • 14 minutes Guide to Space - Living Off The Land On Mars From Dec 10, 2019. Extending humanity to other worlds in the Solar System is at the very limits of our modern technology. And unless there are dramatic discoveries in new propulsion systems or we learn how to build everything out of carbon nanotubes,... |
| 2023-Mar-09 • 9 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Predicting Supernovae From Oct 21, 2022. Hosted by Ralph Wilkins. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This show is all about Betelgeuse and supernovas (supernovae? Let's call the whole thing off). What will happen to Betelgeuse? How bright will... |
| 2023-Mar-08 • 21 minutes The Daily Space - Plants Successfully Grown in Lunar Soil Using a mere twelve grams of lunar soil returned by the Apollo missions, scientists have successfully grown plants in the lab. With a wealth of genetic data on hand, they can now analyze the changes to the plants and the soil. Plus, stellar... |
| 2023-Mar-07 • 31 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 195: How Cold Can Space Get? What’s the temperature of deep space? Can it get any colder than that? How do we even define temperature when there’s nothing around? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.... |
| 2023-Mar-06 • 34 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 671: The Consequences to Breaking Space Laws 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 consequences for actually breaking these rules? Are they really going to stop anyone? This video... |
| 2023-Mar-05 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 653 & 654: Biggest Ear & Night Vision Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - China has built and is operating the world's largest Radio... |
| 2023-Mar-04 • 13 minutes Observing With Webb - March Episode Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. Venus is bright all month, Jupiter disappears, Mars hangs out with... |
| 2023-Mar-03 • 5 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars. How We Wonder WHERE You Are Have you ever wondered why fewer and fewer stars appear in the night sky, especially if you live in a city? A recent study by NOIRLab’s educational project ‘Globe at Night’, shows how light pollution is increasing fast, taking away... |
| 2023-Mar-02 • 32 minutes Actual Astronomy - Objects To Observe in March Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] - This month starts off with a bang. Last night! March 1 (yesterday) featured a spectacular conjunction of Jupiter and Venus. So you missed... |
| 2023-Mar-01 • 67 minutes Awesome Astronomy - March Part 1 Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. In this episode Jeni tells us about her TEDx talk, dressing up for Mama Mia and eating insane burgers, while Paul appears to... |
| 2023-Feb-28 • 26 minutes The Daily Space - Differences Fall Away Like Sand On Titan From May 3, 2022. Using spherical grains called ooids, found on Earth in shallow, tropical waters, scientists have found a possible mechanism for the formation of hydrocarbon sand on Titan. Plus, rocket launches, Jupiter and Mars, space explosions,... |
| 2023-Feb-27 • 35 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 150: Telescopes, The Next Level From August 10, 2009. We’ve explained how to get into astronomy and buy your first telescope. Now we’re going to take things to the next level and get you drooling about bigger and better telescopes. If you’re serious about astronomy, what kinds... |
| 2023-Feb-26 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 397 & 314: Spotting Meteors & Our Number Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - In space, they are called meteoroids and typically ranged... |
| 2023-Feb-25 • 42 minutes The Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 041: How To Train Your Galaxy Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. We are joined by Dr. Rob Yates, from the University of Surrey, who chats with us about how to recreate the formation of galaxies inside a supercomputer! We've added a new way to donate to... |
| 2023-Feb-24 • 14 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #089: Spacecraft To Boldly Speculate… Dear Cheap Astronomy – How would you design a spacecraft? Here at Cheap Astronomy we’d use recycled materials, outsourced labour and lots of cut corners. Seriously though... if we’re talking about a crewed spacecraft one... |
| 2023-Feb-23 • 20 minutes The Daily Space - The Second Repeating Fast Radio Burst is Discovered From Jun 9, 2022. A second repeating fast radio burst was detected in 2019 by China’s FAST observatory and confirmed in 2020 by the Very Large Array. This latest discovery raises the possibility that there are two different types of FRBs. Plus, a... |
| 2023-Feb-22 • 41 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Podcast Extra: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Jeni talks to the legendary discoverer of pulsars, champion of women in science and Oxford University astronomer about her... |
| 2023-Feb-21 • 45 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 194: Does the Universe Rotate? How do we know that the universe doesn’t rotate? Why would it matter if it did? What does all this have to do with time travel? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! There’s a short audio problem at 20 minutes, 12... |
| 2023-Feb-20 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 670 - Governing Space: The 1967 Outer Space Treaty & More! Streamed live on Feb 13, 2023. The Universe was inaccessible for most of human history, but the first tentative steps to space in the 20th Century made humanity realize that science fiction was becoming science reality. New rules would have to be... |
| 2023-Feb-19 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 649 & 396: 30 Days of Traffic & Jupiter Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - 2021 KT1 is 750 feet in diameter & is a PHA. - In terms... |
| 2023-Feb-18 • 7 minutes Deep Astronomy - The Cartwheel Galaxy From the Webb Space Telescope Streamed on Aug 5, 2022. Watch this video free and with no ads on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s... |
| 2023-Feb-17 • 10 minutes Guide to Space - Missing Baryonic Mass in the Universe… Found! Streamed Jul 17, 2018. Astronomers have finally solved one of the outstanding mysteries in cosmology. Forget about all the dark matter and dark energy, where’s all the missing regular mass in the Universe? This has been called the “missing baryon... |
| 2023-Feb-16 • 58 minutes Actual Astronomy - Light Pollution With Rick Huziak Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Light Pollution with special guest Rick Huziak on Episode 299 of the Actual Astronomy Podcast. Rick is most widely recognized as the face of... |
| 2023-Feb-15 • 18 minutes The Daily Space - Dealing with Potentially Hazardous Asteroids A trio of asteroid-related stories crossed our emails this week: Bennu’s sample is on schedule for next year’s return, researchers have developed a tool to measure an asteroid’s density distribution, and 3200 Phaeton’s rotational period has... |
| 2023-Feb-14 • 10 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Atmospheres Ralph Wilkins hosts solo this time! Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Apr 8, 2022. In this episode we take a look at atmospheres. How and why do they form? What are they made of? Why are they so different? Do all... |
| 2023-Feb-13 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 669: Challenges to Dark Energy 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. And in these decades, astronomers still don’t have much evidence for what could be... |
| 2023-Feb-12 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 647 & 648: Vigilance & Smoky Nights Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Greg Leonard had a night which was mostly to partly cloudy,... |
| 2023-Feb-11 • 24 minutes NOIRLab - Losing the Night Sky Light pollution has been impacting our view of the heavens for many years. Globe at Night is a citizen science campaign that invites people around the world to measure their night sky brightness and contribute data to the Globe at Night database. A... |
| 2023-Feb-10 • 14 minutes Guide To Space - Is There A Shadow Biosphere? Searching For Life On Earth That Isn’t Related To Us Premiered Jan 28, 2020. Whenever I talk about the search for life in the Universe and its emphasis on water, I get comments that scientists aren’t being creative enough. Why does life rely on water? Couldn’t there be lifeforms which are completely... |
| 2023-Feb-09 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Quasar’s Light Echoes After 6.73 Years From September 23, 2022. Astronomers using the 1.2-meter Whipple Observatory to follow the brightness of a lensed galaxy for 14.5 years have calculated that the time delay between light arriving along the shortest and farthest paths is 6.73 years.... |
| 2023-Feb-08 • 5 minutes UNAWE - AI Reveals Black Holes and Galaxies Grow Up Together Astronomers recently found that the growth of a galaxy and the growth of the supermassive black hole, or SMBH, at its center have a lot in common. By training a computer to study and model the data, the astronomers were able to confirm... |
| 2023-Feb-07 • 39 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 193: What are the Blue Stragglers? What are blue straggler stars? How were they first discovered? What do they tell us about star clusters and the evolution of stars? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give... |
| 2023-Feb-06 • 31 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 668: The Crisis In Cosmology 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 error bars for the observations don’t overlap, so there’s something strange... |
| 2023-Feb-05 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 645 & 646: Shrinking Stratosphere & Young Martian Volcanoes Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - The troposphere is expanding and the stratosphere... |
| 2023-Feb-04 • 11 minutes Observing With Webb - February Episode Venus bright all month, Saturn disappears, Jupiter closes in on Venus, and Mars shines high and bright all month. Naked-eye PLANETS: Sunset Venus – Look WSW after sunset. It’ll be low on the horizon throughout the month, but will be... |
| 2023-Feb-03 • 24 minutes The Daily Space - Climate Change: African Lakes Sequestering Carbon Dioxide Today we look at a trio of climate change stories, which are mostly bad news, although one study has discovered that African lakes are doing more sequestering of greenhouse gases than emissions. Plus, the CAPSTONE launch, meteorite crystals, and this... |
| 2023-Feb-02 • 46 minutes Actual Astronomy - Objects To Observe In The February Night Sky Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] In this episode we’ll talk about the Zodiacal light, Venus and Neptune in the same field of view, the Moon pairing up with Venus... |
| 2023-Feb-01 • 64 minutes Awesome Astronomy - February Part 1 Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This is Ralph’s last show. :^( The Discussion: - Our dark sky practical astronomy event, AstroCamp. -... |
| 2023-Jan-31 • 14 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 88: Things We’re Not Sure About – Can we terraform Venus? Well maybe, though it would require some very advanced planetary engineering and huge amounts of energy. And whether you could then keep Venus terraformed without ongoing engineering interventions looks doubtful, although... |
| 2023-Jan-30 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 667: JWST First Science 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 the James Webb Space Telescope. What were some of the new results that were... |
| 2023-Jan-29 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night EPs. 643 & 644: Space Vehicles & Tracking Meteoroids Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - SpaceX is developing a new (methalox) engine called Raptor.... |
| 2023-Jan-28 • 55 minutes The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 40 - The Mystery of the Fast Radio Burst Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Marisa Geyer. She is a pulsar astronomer and Commissioning Scientist at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) in Cape Town, South... |
| 2023-Jan-27 • 13 minutes Guide To Space: Spacecraft Gyroscopes And Reaction Wheels. You Can Never Have Enough From Aug 13, 2019. It’s amazing to think there are telescopes up in space, right now, directing their gaze at distant objects for hours, days and even weeks. Providing a point of view so stable and accurate that we can learn details about galaxies,... |
| 2023-Jan-26 • 7 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Why The Moon Is Upside Down Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Mar 25, 2022. If you’ve never been to the southern hemisphere (or the northern hemisphere, if you live in the... |
| 2023-Jan-25 • 6 minutes Maanvinder Pilania - Shukrayaan Mission After the successful missions like Mangalyaan to Mars and a series of Chandrayaan missions to Moon, ISRO will launch a mission to Venus in the year 2024. The mission has been named as Shukrayaan. Shukra is a Hindi word for planet Venus. It will be... |
| 2023-Jan-24 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Pulsar Found Racing Through A Supernova Remnant From June 21, 2022. Researchers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory have found that a known pulsar is moving through a supernova remnant at over one million miles per hour. Plus, the life and death of stars, new pictures of the Large Magellanic Cloud,... |
| 2023-Jan-23 • 25 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 666: Solar System References to the Underworld 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 celebrate this accomplishment? An episode all about things in the Universe that have been named after mythological people and... |
| 2023-Jan-22 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night EPs. 641 & 642: Backyard Astronomy & Vesta Fragment Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Richard Kowalski conducted his own Messier Marathon from... |
| 2023-Jan-21 • 10 minutes Deep Astronomy - The Closest Known Black Hole Oct 12, 2022. No one knows how many black holes there are in the Universe. Black holes do not emit any light of their own making them impossible to see directly with telescopes. The only way we can detect black holes is by looking at the effects they... |
| 2023-Jan-20 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Electrons Swirl Like Water Under Specific Conditions From July 7, 2022. Using etched tungsten ditelluride at nearly absolute zero, scientists have observed electrons swirling around like whirlpools, behaving as a fluid. The methods could be used to design low-energy devices. Plus, eavesdropping on... |
| 2023-Jan-19 • 39 minutes Actual Astronomy - Ep. 293: Comet 2022E3 ZTF Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Quick Facts: Currently in the fainter 6th Magnitude forecast to brighten rapidly to 4th magnitude making it already a binocular target.... |
| 2023-Jan-18 • 50 minutes Awesome Astronomy - January Podcast Extra: Chris Lee Interview Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Bringing back the much-missed Awesome Astronomy interviews with a bang, we’re joined by friend of the show... |
| 2023-Jan-17 • 42 minutes Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 192: Can Tachyons Exist? Is it possible for anything to travel faster than light? What about tachyons? How would faster-than-light travel break causality? And just what the heck is causality, anyway? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! ... |
| 2023-Jan-16 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 665: The Age of Reionization 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 stars and eventually galaxies, light returned, beginning the Age of Reionization. ... |
| 2023-Jan-15 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night EPs. 639 & 640: Earth Approachers & Rocks or Rockets Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - During a recent 60 day period asteroid hunters discovered... |
| 2023-Jan-14 • 22 minutes NOIRLab - The First Results From MAROON-X Q. First, could you tell us a little bit about yourself, your affiliation and research interests? Q. We are going to talk about an new instrument on the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii called MAROON-X. Let’s get the acronym out of... |
| 2023-Jan-13 • 55 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - January 11, 2023 — The Final Episode Host: Fraser Cain ( ) This is our final episode, there will be no more. Regular Guests: Dr. Pamela Gay ( & ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( & ) Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( & ) This week's stories: - Andromeda (M31) and the Milky Way. - Where is... |
| 2023-Jan-12 • 13 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Why Have NASA or SpaceX Not Gone to Mars? Jun 24, 2022. We take a look at the reasons why there are no human footprints on the surface of Mars. How we took some giant leaps to the moon but then receded back to the safe environment of Low Earth Orbit. But it's not just NASA... |
| 2023-Jan-11 • 25 minutes The Daily Space - Mount Sharp, Mars, Shaped by Water & Wind Data and images from NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence that wind played a key role in erosional processes on the red planet, despite the lower atmospheric volume. Plus, astrophysics and cosmology news, a baby exoplanet, and this week in space... |
| 2023-Jan-10 • 6 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - Gamma-ray Bursting With Surprises Fron Dec 12, 2022. In 2021, NASA’s Fermi & Swift space telescopes simultaneously picked up a powerful flash of gamma rays - named GRB 211211A, that was unusually close to our planet, only about a billion light-years away. So this GRB is one of the... |
| 2023-Jan-09 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 664: The First Stars The Sun is a third-generation star, polluted with metals from long-dead suns. Astronomers have also discovered second-generation stars, with very low metallicity. But theories suggest there must be a first generation, with stars made from only pure... |
| 2023-Jan-08 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night EPs. 637 & 638: Martian Dust & Methane Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Astronomers have postulated that the zodiacal light is... |
| 2023-Jan-07 • 15 minutes Observing With Webb - January Episode Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. Not too much going on this January, other than lots of planets to... |
| 2023-Jan-06 • 65 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Dr. Eddie Schwieterman Discusses Nitrous Oxide as a Biosignature Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: Historically, scientists using spectrographic analysis to study exoplanet atmospheres have considered oxygen and methane as two key biosignatures when identifying "life-friendly" planets. But could nitrous oxide... |
| 2023-Jan-05 • 31 minutes Actual Astronomy - January Night Sky Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] In this episode we’ll talk about the Moon pairing up with Venus & Saturn then Jupiter and it gets so close to to Mars and... |
| 2023-Jan-04 • 78 minutes Awesome Astronomy - January Part 1 Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. The Discussion: - A refreshed format coming to Awesome Astronomy in 2023. - A look back at the festive season.... |
| 2023-Jan-03 • 36 minutes Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 191: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 9: Both/And) Part 9! What is the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics, if there even is one? Is there any way at all to develop a coherent view of nature based on quantum mechanics? What are the ultimate lessons that we can learn from quantum mechanics? I... |
| 2023-Jan-02 • 26 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 225 - Ice In Space From March 21, 2011. A huge part of the Solar System is just made of ice. There are comets, rings, moons and even dwarf planets. Where did all this ice come from, and what impact (pardon the pun) has it had for life on Earth? We've added a new... |
| 2023-Jan-01 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night EPs. 635 & 636: Exploring Mars & 90 Inch Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Our robotic emissary Perseverance landed in the... |
| 2022-Dec-31 • 15 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA # 087 - Something Different - Why is the abundance of elements not ranked by atomic number? So, the most abundant element in the Universe is hydrogen, atomic number 1, the second most abundant element is helium, atomic number 2. But are lithium, atomic number 3, and beryllium... |
| 2022-Dec-30 • 11 minutes Guide To Space - Catching Interstellar Objects. What If We Could Explore Oumuamua Or 2I/Borisov? From May 14, 2020. Host: Fraser Cain ( ) The distances to other stars are depressingly enormous. Sure, it’s incredibly far to get to Mars, Jupiter, and even Pluto, but at least you can design a robotic spacecraft to make the journey and see the... |
| 2022-Dec-29 • 40 minutes Cosmic Perspective - Col. Joe Kittinger My guest today is the 1st person to free fall from more than 100,000 ft & perform a solo crossing of the Atlantic in a Gas Balloon, Colonel Joe Kittinger. Joseph William Kittinger II (born July 27, 1928) is a former United States Air Force pilot.... |
| 2022-Dec-28 • 24 minutes The Daily Space - Firefly Makes Orbit on Second Try From October 4, 2022. Early Saturday morning, another company entered the exclusive club of successful orbital launchers, Firefly Aerospace, when their second attempt to reach orbit, named To The Black, lifted off on October 1. Plus, a crater in... |
| 2022-Dec-27 • 56 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Xmas Pantomime & News Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Summary of content: Our Christmas Pantomime sees the Awesome Astronomy crew exploring strange new worlds on... |
| 2022-Dec-26 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 120: The Christmas Star From December 23, 2008. With Christmas just around the corner, we thought we’d investigate a mystery that has puzzled historians for hundreds of years. In the bible, the birth of Jesus was announced by a bright star in the sky that led the three... |
| 2022-Dec-25 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 633 & 634: Dress Rehearsal & Meteor Goes Splat Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Teddy Pruyne discovered 10’ diameter 2020 XK1. - On 28... |
| 2022-Dec-24 • 34 minutes The Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 039: Erupting Novae Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. In this week’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Miriam Nyamai who studies thermonuclear eruptions on the surface of white dwarf stars! Miriam explains how these “novae” eruptions occur and... |
| 2022-Dec-23 • 44 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Another News Roundup Streamed live November 30, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: Regular Guests: Dave Dickinson ( & ) Pam Hoffman ( & & ) This week's stories: - Artemis, Artemis, Artemis! - Things to watch for in the sky. - Cubesats with... |
| 2022-Dec-22 • 19 minutes Actual Astronomy - Learning The Christmas Sky Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] This is Part II of our series on learning the night sky we introduced listeners to back in November where we will step listeners through how... |
| 2022-Dec-21 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - How To Build A Supervolcano In Just 4 Million Years Using pockets of gas found in tiny crystals, scientists have created a timeline for the formation and eruption of four supervolcano events in northern Chile more than twenty million years ago. Plus, rocket launches, gorgeous new space images, and an... |
| 2022-Dec-20 • 43 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 190: What Is The Meaning Of QM? Part 8: For Nothing Is Hidden Part 8! What is real in quantum mechanics, and what are mere mathematical tricks? Can the probability waves be real, and what would that mean? What is Pilot-Wave theory? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This... |
| 2022-Dec-19 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 663: End of Year Observing Events Streamed live on Dec 7, 2022. Join Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay for a live episode of Astronomy Cast. We'll record our 30-minute show, and then stay tuned for them to answer questions! We generally save our stargazing suggestions for the summer,... |
| 2022-Dec-18 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 631 & 632: Greg’s Comet & Couch Potato Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Greg Leonard discovered C/2021 A1 (Leonard) in the... |
| 2022-Dec-17 • 6 minutes Deep Astronomy - The Hellscape Of Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Streamed live on Aug 12, 2022. There is a planet so close to its star that its entire year is only a few hours. It is so close that the gravitational force from that star locks the planet’s rotation - forcing one hemisphere into... |
| 2022-Dec-16 • 68 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Chillin' with Dr. Francis Halzen, PI of IceCube Streamed live on Dec 14, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: Viewers who watched our November 16, 2022, episode may remember that Dr. Leah Jenks told us about high-energy neutrino emissions from NGC 1068 that were detected by IceCube. () This... |
| 2022-Dec-15 • 31 minutes Awesome Astronomy - How Long Will People Survive On Mars? Uploaded on Jul 22, 2022. Elon Musk wants to send 100s of his new Starship rocket to Mars in the next few years with human crews. NASA's Artemis programme has Mars as it's ultimate destination for humans in the 2030s. But Mars is going to try... |
| 2022-Dec-14 • 5 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - Beach-Friendly Earth-Like Exoplanets Recently a team led by Tadahiro Kimura from the University of Tokyo and Masahiro Ikoma from the NAOJ, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, developed a new computer simulation and got some positive results. By making a computer... |
| 2022-Dec-13 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Cosmic Manatee With A Particle Accelerator On Its Head Scientists observing the Manatee Nebula find that the supernova remnant contains a stellar-mass black hole that is emitting powerful, high-energy jets, creating the strange, double-lobed shape. Plus, rocket launches, mission updates from Mars and the... |
| 2022-Dec-12 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 662 - Looking Ahead at New and Recycled Missions 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. Some are brand new ideas, others are, uh, recycled. This video was made possible by the following... |
| 2022-Dec-11 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 209E & 210E: Human Geological Epoch & A Haul Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - In the space of less than a human lifetime most of the... |
| 2022-Dec-10 • 21 minutes NOIRLab - The Closest Black Hole To Earth Black holes are some of the most interesting objects in the universe and can be hard to detect if they are not actively consuming matter and generating light. In this podcast, Dr. Kareem El-Badry discusses how he led a team that discovered a black... |
| 2022-Dec-09 • 63 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - The Science of the L1527 "Butterfly" with Dr. Karl Stapelfeldt Streamed live Dec 7th, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: During our November 16th show, Carolyn Collins Petersen introduced us to the hourglass/butterfly of L1527, an image captured by JWST using its onboard NIRCam. (You can read the... |
| 2022-Dec-08 • 69 minutes Awesome Astronomy - December Part 1 Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. The Discussion: - Meteor shower disappointment. - Lecturing course started. - Dr. Jen’s 30th birthday party... |
| 2022-Dec-07 • 51 minutes Cosmic Perspective - 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17 Author Geoffrey Bowman Discusses the Life of Apollo 17 CMP Ron Evans Geoffrey Bowman, Author of “A Long Voyage to the Moon” discusses the life of Apollo 17 Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans... from his experiences as a naval fighter pilot in the Vietnam War to last man to perform a spacewalk on an Apollo lunar... |
| 2022-Dec-06 • 51 minutes Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 189: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 7: Many Worlds, Infinite Possibilities) Part 7! What is the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics? How does decoherence play a critical role? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this idea? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! We've added a... |
| 2022-Dec-05 • 30 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 661: Looking Back on the Missions That Ended It’s always sad to say goodbye, but when we send our robotic emissaries out into the cosmos, it’s just a matter of time before they shut down. Today we’re going to say goodbye to a few missions which have reached the end of their lives… But... |
| 2022-Dec-04 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 207 E & 208 E: Zero & Deuce Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Newly discovered 2016 AM2's path had a zero distance... |
| 2022-Dec-03 • 16 minutes Observing With Webb - December Episode December ends the year on a high note, providing us glimpses of all the planets, the major ones being conveniently visible, an occultation of Mars, a modest meteor shower, and plenty of telescope targets. 1st – CLOSE ENCOUNTER – Moon,... |
| 2022-Dec-02 • 67 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Hipparchus’ Lost Star Catalog with Dr. Victor Gysemberg Streamed live on Nov 23, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived in the second century BCE, is considered to be the greatest astronomical observer of his time. Among his achievements are the development of... |
| 2022-Dec-01 • 54 minutes Actual Astronomy - Objects to Observe in December Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] In this episode we’ll talk about what you can see in the night time sky this month. For those listening on the 365 Days of Astronomy, if... |
| 2022-Nov-30 • 20 minutes The Daily Space - BONUS CONTENT: Full-length Interview with Jochen Grandell Catch the full-length interview with Jochen Grandell, Program Scientist for the Meteosat third generation, from our October 4th episode. The MTP (Meteosat Transition Programme) was established to ensure the operational continuity between the... |
| 2022-Nov-29 • 12 minutes Avivah Yamani - The Planetary Family Tree Planets are born from the particles of gas and dust in the leftover material from star formation. This material formed a disk around the newborn star and over time, this material began to collide and stick together forming larger clumps. ... |
| 2022-Nov-28 • 28 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 660: Runaway! Runaway! Escaping Stars, Planets & Small Bodies Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Moons orbit planets, planets orbit stars, stars orbit within galaxies. It’s orbits all the way down. But occasionally objects can receive a powerful kick that sends them on a journey, never to return. This... |
| 2022-Nov-27 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 205E & 206E: How Close? & Still Out There Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Dr. Grower discovered 250 foot diameter 2015 YV1. - Carson... |
| 2022-Nov-26 • 45 minutes The Cosmic Savannah Ep. 38: Rise of the Machine Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. We are joined by Dr. Michelle Lochner who is a senior lecturer at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. Michelle is developing new machine learning and artificial... |
| 2022-Nov-25 • 62 minutes Weekly Space Hangout: Untying an Early "Cosmic Knot" with Dr. Andrey Vayner Streamed live on Nov 9, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: Since its final commissioning and being placed in service, JWST has been delivering on its promise to provide unprecedented insight into the most distant — and oldest — regions of... |
| 2022-Nov-24 • 8 minutes Awesome Astronomy - How Big is the Universe? From Nov 24, 2021. Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. A simple explanation of the size of the universe, how the universe grew so big and how big it will... |
| 2022-Nov-23 • 25 minutes The Daily Space - Water Worlds May Hide Water Underground Summary From September 9, 2022. A population study of 43 exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars used both the transit method and radial velocity method to find the densities of the worlds and a surprising pattern emerged. The planets are less dense than expected,... |
| 2022-Nov-22 • 24 minutes Leiden Observatory - Cosmic Perspectives Part 4 Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society is a feature podcast that explores the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society, from building positive international relationships to the transfer of life-changing technology. In this... |
| 2022-Nov-21 • 33 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 119: Robots In Space From December 15, 2008. Space is totally inhospitable. If the freezing temperatures don’t get you, the intense radiation will kill you. Or the vacuum, or the lack of breathable atmosphere, or meteoroid impacts. Well… you get the idea. That’s why... |
| 2022-Nov-20 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 203E & 204E: Blinky & Blinky Revealed Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Eric Christiensen discovered 2015 YJ, that had missed the... |
| 2022-Nov-19 • 47 minutes Deep Astronomy Space Junk Podcast 75 - Stellina & eVscope: Are They Worth the Money? Streamed live on Oct 30, 2020. There is a lot of interest in a new class of telescopes available for amateur astronomers. These telescopes offer extreme ease-of-use while delivering advanced capability to those just entering the hobby of amateur... |
| 2022-Nov-18 • 62 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Up, Up & Away with Dr. Jacob Izraelevitz and JPL's Venus Aerial Robotic Balloons Host: Fraser Cain ( ) Special Guest: Despite the romance associated with Venus for millennia thanks to its having been named after the Roman god of love, Venus has proven to anything BUT romantic - LITERALLY! Combining the toxic and corrosive... |
| 2022-Nov-17 • 62 minutes Actual Astronomy - ATM-ing With Special Guest Tom Otvos Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] - Since this might be a new topic for some people, maybe we can define amateur telescope making a little for people? - Can you tell... |
| 2022-Nov-16 • 20 minutes The Daily Space - Dinosaurs Washed Away in Largest Wave to Wrap Earth As if getting set on fire and tossed into space wasn’t enough, new research finds evidence that after the Chicxulub impact, dinosaurs were also the victims of a massive global tsunami and worldwide earthquakes. Plus, the Milky Way’s stellar... |
| 2022-Nov-15 • 41 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 188: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 6: Einstein’s Revenge) Part 6! What were Einstein’s objections to quantum mechanics? Why was he so bothered by non-locality? What is the EPR paradox? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give... |
| 2022-Nov-14 • 34 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 659: Clear Skies, Bright Satellites 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 constellations. How bad is the problem, and how can we fix it? We've added a new way... |
| 2022-Nov-13 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 201E & 202E: Great Night & Jupiter’s Comet Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Jess Johnson discovered a dozen new Earth approaching... |
| 2022-Nov-12 • 11 minutes NOIRLab - A Record Setting Gamma Ray Burst Gamma Ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions observed in the cosmos and frequently herald the birth of a new black hole. A recent gamma ray burst, GRB 221009A, appears to be the brightest of all time and was observed very quickly by... |
| 2022-Nov-11 • 59 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - The ATA & Technosignatures With Dr. Sophia Sheikh (SETI Institute) [Sorry for the continued audio dropouts, but just wait! Soon Fraser’ll have fiber at his house and this will all be a thing of the past! - Rich] Streamed live on Oct 26, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: As we discover new exoplanets on an... |
| 2022-Nov-10 • 6 minutes UNAWE Space Scoop - What’s Like The Sun and The Earth – Only Redder and More Massive? Astronomers have discovered a super-Earth, which are planets that are much like our Earth but more massive. This one is near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star that’s only 36.6 light-years away from us. That's really, really close by, all... |
| 2022-Nov-09 • 24 minutes The Daily Space - Globular Clusters: Already Old 9 Billion Years Ago The quest to understand the formation mechanisms of globular clusters was limited by the Hubble Space Telescope’s ability to peer back in time. Now, JWST’s larger mirror has allowed astronomers to find gravitationally lensed galaxies that have... |
| 2022-Nov-08 • 24 minutes Leiden Observatory - Cosmic Perspectives Part 3 Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society is a feature podcast that explores the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society, from building positive international relationships to the transfer of life-changing technology. In this... |
| 2022-Nov-07 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 658: Space Exploration Horror Stories 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 terrifying enough, you know, with the vast endless emptiness, the incomprehensible mysteries,... |
| 2022-Nov-06 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 199E & 200E: Smoking Moon & Dead Comet Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Since 2005, the small, 313 mile diameter, icy moon of... |
| 2022-Nov-05 • 15 minutes Observing With Webb - November Episode Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. Thanksgiving, 3 planets, a meteor shower (with the possibility of... |
| 2022-Nov-04 • 70 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Revisiting Apollo Photographically with Andy Saunders, Author of “Apollo Remastered” Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: This week we are airing our prerecorded interview with Andy Saunders, the author and creative force behind the new book "Apollo Remastered." Andy used his talent and expertise to digitally remaster and restore the... |
| 2022-Nov-03 • 32 minutes Actual Astronomy - Objects to Observe in November Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] - Nov 1 - 1st Quarter & Saturn 4° N of the Moon - Nov 3rd - Double Shadow Transit, we might catch the end here…good for EST and East.... |
| 2022-Nov-02 • 55 minutes Awesome Astronomy - November Part 1 Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. The Discussion: - Enjoying the recent eclipse (weather permitting). - Jeni is officially recognised as being... |
| 2022-Nov-01 • 41 minutes Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 187: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 5: Dreams of Copenhagen) Part 5! What is the Copenhagen interpretation? How did the debates between Heisenberg and Schrödinger influence later physicists? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the “shut up and calculate” approach to quantum mechanics? I discuss these... |
| 2022-Oct-31 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 216: Archaeoastronomy From January 17, 2011. The Sun, Moon, stars and planets are visible with the unaided eye, and so there have been astronomers since before recorded history. Some of the earliest records we do have tell us what the ancient astronomers thought about the... |
| 2022-Oct-30 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 197E & 198E: Stretch Marked Moon & Life’s Core Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - The end of the line for the moon of a planet is when it... |
| 2022-Oct-29 • 8 minutes Awesome Astronomy - Why Does the Sun Continue to Shine? Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Nov 20, 2021. We give a quick 10 second answer and a longer, more in depth, answer if you want to how the Sun... |
| 2022-Oct-28 • 62 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - News Roundup Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: It’s our first News Roundup of the season! News, news & more news! Regular Guests: Dr. Pamela Gay ( & ) Dr. Nick Castle ( / ) Allen Versfeld ( & ) This week's stories: - DART! Success! - A... |
| 2022-Oct-27 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Observed: It’s a Star-Eat-Star Universe While astronomers have observed white dwarfs consuming companion stars on numerous occasions, for the first time, they have now observed the consumption of the companion’s helium and not just hydrogen. Plus, galactic alignment, rocket launches... |
| 2022-Oct-26 • 14 minutes Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #086: Being in Space When you need some space… - What’s the best solution to generate artificial gravity for long duration space travel? The best, indeed the only current, solution to generate artificial gravity is to spin the part of your spacecraft that... |
| 2022-Oct-25 • 20 minutes Leiden Observatory: Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society Part 2 Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society is a feature podcast that explores the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society, from building positive international relationships to the transfer of life-changing technology. In this... |
| 2022-Oct-24 • 33 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 657: Astronomical Naming Schemes 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, exoplanets, craters? This video was made possible by the following Patreon members:... |
| 2022-Oct-23 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 195E & 196E: Carbon Comets & Hot Lunation Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Eric Christensen found Comet C/2006 W3... |
| 2022-Oct-22 • 55 minutes Cosmic Savannah - SKA’s a “Go” for Construction Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. with Prof. Phil Diamond. Welcome to Season Four! We start with a bang and speak with the Director General of the Square Kilometer Array Telescope, Prof. Phil Diamond! Phil tells us how it feels... |
| 2022-Oct-21 • 61 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - NICER Maps a Neutron Star with Zaven Arzoumanian & Keith Gendreau Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: Pulsars have baffled scientists for decades, including how they work and what form matter takes within a pulsar. Using data collected by the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) Mission between July... |
| 2022-Oct-20 • 24 minutes The Daily Space - Globular Clusters: Already Old 9 Billion Years Ago The quest to understand the formation mechanisms of globular clusters was limited by the Hubble Space Telescope’s ability to peer back in time. Now, JWST’s larger mirror has allowed astronomers to find gravitationally lensed galaxies that have... |
| 2022-Oct-19 • 61 minutes Awesome Astronomy - The Rendlesham Forest Incident: A Hat of Woo Special Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. The scene: Christmas 1980. Suffolk, England. Two US airmen witness what they believe is an aircraft... |
| 2022-Oct-18 • 31 minutes Ask A Spaceman - Ep. 186: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 4: It’s a Quantum, Quantum, Quantum World) Part 4! What are the basic lessons of quantum mechanics? What does quantum mechanics teach us about the nature of reality? How does a quantum worldview differ from a classical one? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This... |
| 2022-Oct-17 • 28 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 656: Smashing Asteroids for Science! 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 scientifically from this and other asteroid/comet impact missions. This video was made... |
| 2022-Oct-16 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 193E & 194E: Toy Asteroid & Stealthy Asteroids Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Imagine an asteroid small enough to fit under a basketball... |
| 2022-Oct-15 • 10 minutes Deep Astronomy - Asteroid Apophis is Coming in 2029 Streamed live on Feb 13, 2020. The Asteroid Apophis is going to get very close to Earth in 2029! How/will it impact us? Apophis is classified as a Potential Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) to Earth and astronomers want to use the event to learn... |
| 2022-Oct-14 • 60 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Astronomy for Equity with Mike Simmons Streamed live on Oct 5, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: Nothing transcends human differences here on our tiny planet than sharing the wonders of the night sky. For 50 years, Mike Simmons has been sharing and spreading astronomy with the... |
| 2022-Oct-13 • 53 minutes Actual Astronomy - Listeners’ Emails Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Dennis wrote: Just was listening to the October observing podcast and heard you hoping for a list of single transits of Jupiter. Sky and... |
| 2022-Oct-12 • 19 minutes The Daily Space - The DART Mission Successfully Boops Dimorphos From September 27, 2022. After ten months of space travel, NASA’s DART spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Didymos, targeted the moonlet Dimorphos, and successfully flung itself at the surface. Multiple observations confirm that the system brightened... |
| 2022-Oct-11 • 24 minutes Leiden Observatory - Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society - Part 1: Radio Astronomy Bridges Cosmic Perspectives: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society is a feature podcast that explores the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society, from building positive international relationships to the transfer of life-changing technology. ... |
| 2022-Oct-10 • 29 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 655: 65 Years of Space: Sputnik 1 Anniversary 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 there are thousands of satellites in orbit, with tens of thousands on the way. Let’s look at the... |
| 2022-Oct-09 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps. 191E & 192E: Big Rock & Birthday Asteroid Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Alex Gibbs discovered 1 mile diameter 2015 VL142. - Rose... |
| 2022-Oct-08 • 14 minutes NOIRLab: 10 Years Of The Dark Energy Camera The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) is an extremely powerful imager mounted on the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. DECam has 570 megapixels that cover 3 square degrees of the sky. In this podcast,... |
| 2022-Oct-07 • 62 minutes Weekly Space Hangout - Piquing Our Curiosity with Dr. Ashwin Vasavada Streamed live on Sep 28, 2022. Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: On August 5, 2022, a plucky little rover named Curiosity celebrated its 10th Anniversary on the surface of Mars. Since being lowered on Mars that summer day it has continued to exceed... |
| 2022-Oct-06 • 22 minutes The Daily Space - Being A Star: Nature vs Nurture Astroseismologists are combining data from TESS, Kepler, and eventually JWST to study stellar oscillations in ‘infant’ stars, with the goal of creating new models for how such young stars form and evolve over time. Plus, JWST images Mars, Hubble... |
| 2022-Oct-05 • 71 minutes Awesome Astronomy - October Part 1 Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Jeni and Paul talk to Professor Mike Edmunds, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and Emeritus... |
| 2022-Oct-04 • 50 minutes Ask A Spaceman Ep. 185: What is the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics? (Part 3: There and Back Again) Part 3! Who developed quantum theory and why? What experiments motivated the creation of quantum mechanics? How was quantum mechanics a total break from classical physics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! Please support... |
| 2022-Oct-03 • 31 minutes Astronomy Cast Ep. 654: The Side Effects Of Clean Energy 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, generate waste and deplete the environment. What’s the best way to balance this shift? ... |
| 2022-Oct-02 • 6 minutes Travelers in the Night Eps: 189E & 190E: Frequent Visitor & Martian Purity Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - Rose Matheny discovered 2015 UM52. -Lichen from atop... |
| 2022-Oct-01 • 13 minutes Observing With Webb - October Episode Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. Halloween month brings us some spooooooooky astronomy. ... |