365 Days of Astronomy: Recent Episodes
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Phil Plait “The Bad Astronomer,” discusses his journey from debunking astronomy myths to writing popular books & consulting science fiction.
The post Nov 13th: Debunking Myths and Rediscovering Wonder with Phil Plait appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
This planet was discovered by Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey & became the first planet observed by the Kepler with designation Kepler-1b.
The post Nov 12th: Meet TrES-2b (aka Kepler-1b): The Planet That Reflects Almost No Light appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
This week we’ll talk about Euclid of Alexandria, the ancient Greek mathematician who inspired the mission. Let’s learn about his contribution
The post Nov 11th: Euclid Of Alexandria appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Dr. Al Grauer Title: Travelers in the Night Eps. 761 & 762: Allesandra’s Duo & Kacper’s PHA Organization: Travelers in The Night Link : Travelers in the Night ; @Nmcanopus Description: Today’s two stroy: Bio: Dr. Al Grauer is currently an observing member of the Catalina Sky Survey Team at the University of Arizona. This group has […]
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Dark Energy Camera (DECam) confirm that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated with companion galaxies
The post Nov 9th: Quasars in the Early Universe appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The formation of rocky worlds from dust particles containing ice & carbon, increasing the possibility of Milky Way filled with aquatic planets
The post Nov 8th: Aquatic Planets Like Earth Could Abound in Milky Way appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
People ask why we’re stuck with chemical rockets. Good news, there are other, exotic science fiction-sounding propulsion systems out there.
The post Nov 7th: How Do Ion Engines Work? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today's Big Impact Astronomy podcast feature Astronomy as a grounding force during war with Taisiia Karasova and the birth of Astro Sandbox
The post Nov 6th: Taisiia Karasova appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
How did Pluto get demoted? What makes a planet a planet anyway? Why do we now have so many different kinds of planets, and should we make things simpler?
The post Nov 5th: Is it Time to Redefine the Planet? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast: Ep. Ep. 732: The Euclid Telescope Organization: Astronomy Cast Link: http://www.astronomycast.com Description: Streamed live on Oct 28, 2024. Let’s look at the Euclid Space Telescope.. Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a Senior Scientist at Planetary Science […]
The post Nov 4th: The Euclid Telescope appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Time for news in space and astronomy. This week we have volcanic glass beads, dino prints, asteroid exploration, & tales from the launch pad.
The post Oct 4th: Planning for Asteroid Attacks & Dino Prints Cross Ocean appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The Actual Astronomy Observer's Calendar talk about Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS & the pairings of the Moon and Venus, Jupiter and other planets.
The post Oct 3rd: The Observer’s Calendar for October 2024 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
George’s Random Astronomical Object presents the planetary nebula NGC 7094 where the star at the center is not quite a dead white dwarf yet.
The post Oct 2nd: Not Dead Yet appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Paul M. Sutter Title: AaS! 233: Why Do We Care About Methane on Mars? Organization: INFN Trieste and OSU CCAPP Link : Twitter @PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/pmsutter YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/PaulMattSutter Description: What’s behind the Martian Methane Mystery? Is it a sign of life, or just some strange chemical process? Or are we […]
The post Oct 1st: Why Do We Care About Methane on Mars? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Last week, we talked about the Parker Solar Probe. As always, we like to talk about the person who inspired the mission. Meet: Eugene Parker.
The post Sep 30th: Solar Scientist Eugene Parker appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today Traveler in the Night will share about asteroid 2022 WJ1 and a very fast asteroid 2023 KU4
The post Sep 29th: Impactor Lights Up & Very Fast Moving Object in the Night Sky appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today Cosmic Savannah takes us on a journey to the SKA-Low site in Western Australia for the SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony in December 2022.
The post Sep 28th: SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony-Australia appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The IAU and WNYC’s award-winning science podcast, Radiolab, invite people worldwide to suggest a name for one of Earth's quasi-moons.
The post Sep 14th: Quasi Moon Naming Contest! appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today H’ad astra historia featured Dr. Jarita Holbrook who tells the story of the Astronomy Oral History Project.
The post Sep 26th: Astronomy Oral History Project Part 1 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
For 100 Hours of Astronomy, @AwesomeAstronomyPod & Neill Sanders from Go Stargazing, create an app to get involved with the celestial party!
The post Sep 25th: 100 Hours of Astronomy with Go Stargazing appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
TRAPPIST-1 c receives a similar amount of radiation from its host star as Venus gets from the Sun. So the question, is this planet habitable?
The post Sep 24th: Is TRAPPIST-1c Habitable? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Let's look over the long life of the Parker Solar Probe as it explores the Sun and nearby worlds.
The post Sep 23rd: Parker Solar Probe appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today we have Travelers in the Night telling stories about OSIRIS-Rex touched down in Bennu and the discovery of 2022 KL8
The post Sep 22nd: Ball Pit & Lunker appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Robots are doing it for themselves. What kind of robots will we send to other star systems? Do we really need to send humans into space?
The post Sep 21st: Robots And Us appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Two new studies are attempting to solve a couple of big puzzles in astrophysics: Is the Hubble constant actually constant?
The post Sep 20th: Supernovae & Galaxies to Solve Astrophysics’ Biggest Questions appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
From the medieval portends of doom to the space age, we know they've been devastating the solar system for billions of years. But what are they?
The post Sep 19th: Life Giving & Life Taking Comets appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain Title: Guide To Space – Which Are The Real Photos of Spacecraft? They’re Out There & They’re Amazing! Organization: Universe Today Link: www.universetoday.com Description: From Jan 23, 2018. The internet. It gives us an instant connection to the sum of human knowledge, but it also lets misinformation travel at the speed of light. […]
The post Sep 18th: Which Are The Real Photos of Spacecraft? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Why are private space companies pushing tourism? Is there a future for tourism in space? Is this an overall good thing for space exploration, or just a distraction?
The post Sep 17th: Is Space Tourism a Good Idea? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Is the asteroid Belt really like the sci-fi depictions and are there other places in the solar system where these fragments of the early solar system roam? And no talk on asteroids would be complete without considering the threat to Earth
The post Sep 4th: Should We Worry About Asteroids? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Where do we live within the galaxy? What shapes the local bubble? How long will we be inside it?
The post Sep 3rd: What Made the Local Bubble? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
One day, we’ll contemplate the possibility of reshaping Mars to suit human life. Is it even possible? What technologies would be used?
The post Sep 2nd: Terraforming Mars appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today's Travelers in the Night will tell a story about the search is on for advanced civilizations & Ultima Thule, New Horizon's target.
The post Sep 1st: Alone or Not & Ultima Thule appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain Title: Guide To Space – Why is Uranus on its Side? An Ancient Catastrophe of Planetary Proportions! Organization: Universe Today Link: www.universetoday.com Description: From Aug 5, 2016. The Earth’s tilt is nothing compared to Uranus, which has been flipped right over on its side. What could have caused such a devastating impact […]
The post Aug 31st: Why is Uranus on its Side? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Let's dive into the news in space and astronomy, including Hubble, Chandra, and VIPER face cuts/cancellations, weird exoplanet orbits & more.
The post Aug 30th: NASA Money Mayhem May Murder Missions appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Building the future! Accommodation and travel. How will we build a lunar base? Will travel to Mars ever become routine?
The post Aug 29th: Infrastructure appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today we bring you two of the plenary sessions from the British Planetary Science Conference.
The post Aug 28th: The Planetary Science Conference appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
How common are habitable planets? Where’s the life? How common are planets that could potentially support life?
The post Aug 27th: How Common Are Habitable Exoplanets? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast: Ep. 95: Humans to Mars Part 2: Colonists Organization: Astronomy Cast Link: http://www.astronomycast.com Description After astronauts make the first tentative steps onto the surface of Mars, a big goal will be colonization of the Red Planet. The first trailblazers who try to live on Mars […]
The post Aug 26th: Humans to Mars-Colonists appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Dr. Al Grauer Title: Travelers in the Night 285E & 286E: Sporadic Geysers & Visitors From Afar Organization: Travelers in The Night Link : Travelers in the Night ; @Nmcanopus Description: Today’s two stroy: Bio: Dr. Al Grauer is currently an observing member of the Catalina Sky Survey Team at the University of Arizona. This group has […]
The post Aug 25th : Sporadic Geysers & Visitors From Afar appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Jacinta Delhaize and Dr Daniel Cunnama Title: The Cosmic Savannah – Pre Season Special – What’s Been Happening! Link : www.thecosmicsavannah.com ; @cosmicsavannah (twitter, facebook & instagram); https://thecosmicsavannah.com/episode-59-construction-of-the-ska-commences/ Description: The Cosmic Savannah Podcast returns for its 5th season, taking listeners on another captivating cosmic journey. Explore distant galaxies, enigmatic black holes, and groundbreaking research in […]
The post Aug 24th: Pre Season Special – What’s Been Happening! appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podaster: Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Escape Velocity Space News – EVSN: Found: 1 Intermediate Mass Black Hole Organization: Cosmoquest Link: http://dailyspace.org/ Description: From August 14, 2024. Let’s take a fast-paced journey thru all that’s new in space and astronomy, including how Jupiter’s Great Red Spot went missing, Io’s Lava Lake, Titan’s coastal erosion, and this […]
The post Aug 23rd: Found: 1 Intermediate Mass Black Hole appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Avivah Yamani Title: Astro Interviews: Pedro Russo Organization: Planetary Science Institute; langitselatan Link : http://langitselatan.com Description: In today’s episode Avivah Yamani continues her interview of Dr. Pedro Russo and about UNAWE program as well as issues in science communication in general. BTW, “Astro Wicara” is “Astro Talk” in Indonesian. Bio: Avivah Yamani is a […]
The post Aug 22nd: Interview with Pedro Russo (Part 2) appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain Title: Guide To Space – One of the Sun’s Sibling Stars Has Been Found. And It’s Actually Pretty Close Organization: Universe Today Link: www.universetoday.com Description: From Nov 29, 2018. Thanks to the hardworking Gaia spacecraft, astronomers think they’ve located a star that formed from the same solar nebula as the Sun. In […]
The post Aug 21st: Looking into a Mirror! appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Paul M. Sutter Title: AaS! Ep. 230: Is the Universe Making Any New Galaxies? Organization: INFN Trieste and OSU CCAPP Link : Twitter @PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/pmsutter YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/PaulMattSutter Description: How do galaxies form and evolve? Is the universe still making new ones? What will happen to the current galaxies in […]
The post Aug 20th: Is the Universe Making Any New Galaxies? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast: Ep. 33: Choosing and Using a Telescope Organization: Astronomy Cast Link: http://www.astronomycast.com Description From April 23, 2007. Buying your first telescope can be a nerve-wracking experience filled with buyer’s remorse. This week we discuss the basics of purchasing your first binoculars and telescope. What to […]
The post Aug 19th: Choosing and Using a Telescope appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Dr. Al Grauer Title: Travelers in the Night Eps. 745 & 746: 100 Moons & Followups Organization: Travelers in The Night Link : Travelers in the Night ; @Nmcanopus Description: Today’s two stroy: Bio: Dr. Al Grauer is currently an observing member of the Catalina Sky Survey Team at the University of Arizona. This group has discovered […]
The post Aug 18th: 100 Moons & Followups appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Avivah Yamani Title: Astro Interviews: Pedro Russo Organization: Planetary Science Institute; langitselatan Link : http://langitselatan.com Description: In today’s episode we talk to Pedro Russo about how he started in astronomy communication by working at a planetarium, and by working on the UNAWE program. Bio: Avivah Yamani is a an astronomy communicator from Indonesia and […]
The post Aug 17th: Interview with Pedro Russo (Part 1) appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podaster: Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Escape Velocity Space News – EVSN: NASA Identifies Possible Lunar Mantle Rocks on Lunar Surface Organization: Cosmoquest Link: http://dailyspace.org/ Description: From August 5, 2021. Two new studies have possibly identified regions on the Moon’s surface that could contain pieces of the lunar mantle, which would be possible sample targets for […]
The post Aug 16th: NASA Identifies Possible Lunar Mantle Rocks on Lunar Surface appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcasters: Ralph, Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host Title : Awesome Astronomy: Watch NASA Go to the Moon Organization: Awesome Astronomy Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com Description: Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Your guide to the inaugural Artemis moon launch! On 29th […]
The post Aug 15th: Watch NASA Go to the Moon appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Title: Dear Cheap Astronomy ep 107: Asteroid Mining On The Cheap Organization: Cheap Astronomy Links: http://cheapastro.com Description: Cheap Astronomy’s asteroid mining proposal – Dear Cheap Astronomy – What’s the best way to redirect an asteroid’s path for mining purposes? Let’s start by saying CA’s plan to somewhat indiscriminately crash $#!+ on the Moon […]
The post Aug 14th: Asteroid Mining On The Cheap appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Tony Darnell Title: Deep Astronomy – Exoplanet Radio – Ep. 23: KELT-9b: The Hottest Known Exoplanet Organization: Deep Astronomy Link : https://deepastronomy.space Twitter @DeepAstronomy, https://facebook.com/DeepAstronomy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/deepastronomy Description: From Aug 21, 2023. Kelt-9b is a gas giant planet that orbits a star 670 light-years from Earth. It is so close to its star that its dayside […]
The post Aug 13th: KELT-9b: The Hottest Known Exoplanet appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast: Ep. 11: A Universe of Dark Energy Organization: Astronomy Cast Link: http://www.astronomycast.com Description From November 20, 2006. The discovery of dark energy was one of the biggest surprises in astronomy. Instead of a nice, predictable expanding Universe, acted on only by gravity, astronomers turned up […]
The post Aug 12th: A Universe of Dark Energy appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Dr. Al Grauer Title: Travelers in the Night Eps. 743 & 744: Alex’s Catch & Teddy’s Debut Organization: Travelers in The Night Link : Travelers in the Night ; @Nmcanopus Description: Today’s two stroy: Bio: Dr. Al Grauer is currently an observing member of the Catalina Sky Survey Team at the University of Arizona. This group has […]
The post Aug 11th: Alex’s Catch & Teddy’s Debut appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Rob Sparks. Guest: Peter McMachon Title: The Strange Orbit of a Rare Exoplanet Organization: NOIRLab Links: https://www.facebook.com/NOIRLabAstro ; https://www.instagram.com/noirlabastro/ ; https://www.youtube.com/noirlabastro ; @NOIRLabAstro NOIRLab Press Release: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2418/ Penn State: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/exoplanet-caught-hairpin-turn-signals-how-high-mass-gas-giants-form/ Simons Foundation: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/07/17/colossal-planet-in-rare-orbit-offers-clues-to-origins-of-hot-jupiters/ MIT: https://news.mit.edu/2024/astronomers-spot-highly-eccentric-planet-becoming-hot-jupiter-0717 Description: At present there are over 5600 confirmed exoplanets in just over 4000 star systems. Within this population, about […]
The post Aug 10th: The Strange Orbit of a Rare Exoplanet appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podaster: Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Escape Velocity Space News – EVSN: Supernovae & Galaxies Being Used to Solve Astrophysics’ Biggest Questions Organization: Cosmoquest Link: http://dailyspace.org/ Description: From May 18, 2021. Two new studies are attempting to solve a couple of big puzzles in astrophysics: Is the Hubble constant actually constant? And why do galaxies have […]
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Podcaster: Fraser Cain Title: Guide To Space – How Low Can You Orbit? Organization: Universe Today Link: www.universetoday.com Description: The Earth’s atmosphere is a total drag, especially if you’re trying to orbit our planet. So how low can you go? And if you go low enough, will Ludacris appear in the mirror? I’ve got an […]
The post Aug 8th: How Low Can You Orbit? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcasters: Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host Title : Awesome Astronomy: Comet Olbers in Silly season Organization: Awesome Astronomy Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com Description: Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month the team talk Comet Olbers, black holes in globular Clusters, […]
The post Aug 7th: Comet Olbers in Silly season appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Paul M. Sutter Title: AaS! 229: Is the James Webb Breaking Cosmology? Organization: INFN Trieste and OSU CCAPP Link : Twitter @PaulMattSutter, http://www.Facebook.com/PaulMattSutter, and http://www.askaspaceman.com Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/pmsutter YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/PaulMattSutter Description: What has the James Webb Space Telescope learned so far? Is it finding galaxies that “break” cosmology? What will we learn next? I […]
The post Aug 6th: Is the James Webb Breaking Cosmology? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast: 8: Meteor Showers. Yes, The Sky Is Falling! Organization: Astronomy Cast Link: http://www.astronomycast.com Description From October 30, 2006. Dress warmly, gather some friends and family, and head outside to watch sand burn in the upper atmosphere. There’s nothing like a good meteor shower! Fraser and […]
The post Aug 5th: Meteor Showers. Yes, The Sky Is Falling! appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today's Travelers in the Night will tell a story bout light pollution problem & about Rosetta discovery of 16 types of organic molecules
The post Aug 4th: White Sky & Rosetta appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
What is gracing the August 2024 skies? A rare conjunction of Jupiter & Mars, Perseid Meteor Shower, and all the naked-eye planets visible.
The post Aug 3rd: Last Minute Astronomer August 2024 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
SNFactory found that among about 50 supernovae, many had nearly identical spectra, paving the way of using supernovae to search dark energy.
The post Aug 2nd: Discovery of Twin Supernovae Could Open Up Dark Energy Experiments appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
How to observe the Perseid meteor shower,Lunar X and Straight Wall, Minor Planets Iris and Psyche plus bright comets.
The post Aug 1st: The Observer’s Calendar for August 2024 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Supernovae are powerful explosions in Universe, releasing more energy in a moment than most stars release in their entire lifetimes.
The post Jul 31st: Supernova. The Difference Between Type 1 & Type 2 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Many of you consistently ask: If the Universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into?
The post Jul 30th: What is the Universe Expanding Into? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The planets orbiting other stars defy our expectations. Gigantic super-Jupiters whirling around their parent stars & Earth-sized fragments of exploded stars circling pulsars. Join us as we round up the latest batch of bizarro worlds.
The post Jul 29th: Hot Jupiters & Pulsar Planets appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Brian Africano discovered his 4th comet in the constellation of Ursa Major & a story about large fireball meteor which exploded over Cuba
The post Jul 28th: Africano & Cuban Meteorites appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The SKA is a next-generation radio astronomy facility that will revolutionise our understanding of the Universe. More at #365DaysOfAstro
The post Jul 27th: Construction of the SKA Commences! appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Researchers find that the “oddball supernova” of a curiously cool, yellow star was lacking the hydrogen content expected.
The post Jul 26th: Strange Supernova Appears Cool Before Exploding appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
With SpaceX leading the way in commercial spaceflight and Virgin Galactic offering an alternative, how about Blue Origin?
The post Jul 25th: Have Blue Origin Already Lost to SpaceX? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Orbits and entropy. Blowing off some steam. Cheap Astronomy discuss about the orbit equation and Entropy and the Inequality of Clausius
The post Jul 24th: Fantastic Physics Formulas: Orbit & Entropy appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
From it size, HAT-P-67 b almost made it to star status but doesn’t have enough mass for nuclear fusion to take place. More at #365DaysOfAstro
The post Jul 23rd: HAT-P-67b: The Largest Known Exoplanet appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
We’re learned about the failed missions to Mars. But the real prize will come when the first human sets foot on Mars
The post Jul 22nd: Humans To Mars: Scientists appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today's Travelers in the night discuss about Hannes Groeller discovered his first comet: P/2019 B2 (Groeller) & also about DART
The post Jul 21st: Comet Groeller & Asteroid Billiards appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The Universe is full of unanswered questions. One of the biggest questions is what is the Universe made of? And dark matter is one of the mystery
The post Jul 20th: A Missing Ingredient appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The inner solar system was a wild and wooly place and the collisions that formed Earth and Venus were likely of the hit-and-run variety
The post Jul 19th: Cosmic Billiards Leads to Inner Planetary Growth appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Today Actual Astronomy, we have Meteorologist Mike Lynch joins us to talk about his beginner book Stars A Month by Month Tour of the Constellations
The post Jul 18th: Stars A Month by Month Tour of the Constellations with Mike Lynch appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Celebrating 55 years since humans first set foot on the Moon with Project Apollo and embrace Sanctuary on the Moon, a daring project to leave a legacy of humanity on our nearest celestial neighbour
The post Jul 17th: Sanctuary on the Moon appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Can galaxies ever get destroyed? What happens to their stars? Do galaxies ever die? More on today’s Ask a Spaceman!
The post Jul 16th: Can a Galaxy Be Destroyed? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Time for the topic you’ve all been waiting for: black holes. How black holes form, what they consume, and just how massive they can get.
The post Jul 15th: Black Holes, Big & Small appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Rose Matheny is at it again! This time she's discovered 4 close approaching asteroids. And the story about seasons as the drivers of where you are from and where you live
The post Jul 14th: Close Passes & Tilted History appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Kitt Peak National Observatory has various programs available to visitors including daytime telescope tours & night time observing programs.
The post Jul 13th: Visiting Kitt Peak National Observatory appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Studies from Cassini found that the magnetic fields & a wave in the rings provide insight into the core structure and composition of the gas giant.
The post Jul 12th: Saturn’s Rings & Magnetic Fields Help Understand Planet’s Interior appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
We know that in space, no one can hear you scream. But what would things sound like on another planet?
The post Jul 11th: What Do Other Planets Sound Like? appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Small things, very small rocks, particular rocks, so what’s a particle? And what sort of Astronomy is done on the ISS?
The post Jul 10th: Articles On Particles appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet is a gas giant, meaning it has no rocky surface and could not be habitable.
The post Jul 9th: JWST Takes First Direct Image of an Exoplanet appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Got your eye on that $40 telescope at Walmart? Wait, hear us out first! Fraser and Pamela discuss strategies for getting into amateur astronomy
The post Jul 8th: Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Astronomers working with the ATLAS project reported that the perviously normally appearing asteroid 6478 Gault now has a 250,000 mile long straight tail!
The post Jul 7th: Collision & Tiny VisitorJul appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
July’s fireworks include Saturn coming back around closer to being an evening planet, Mercury and Venus dancing low in the evenings, and some magic between the Moon and Spica.
The post Jul 6th: Last Minute Astronomer July 2024 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy and look at how JWST reveal star formation in never-before-seen details.
The post Jul 5th: JWST Reveals Star Formation Details appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
The Observer's Calendar Saturn and Jupiter, Lunar X and Straight Wall, Minor Planets Ceres and Harmonia plus a bright comet on the horizon.
The post Jul 4th: The Observer’s Calendar for July 2024 appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
This month the team discuss keeping the elderly Hubble alive with a single gyro, how Starliner is currently marooned in orbit, this month skyguide, & the life of Henrietta Swan-Leavitt
The post Jul 3rd: Starliner Marooned and playing with gyros! appeared first on 365 Days of Astronomy.
What does it mean for the Universe to have a center? Could we ever travel to ours? What is a singularity?
Today, on final episode before hiatus, @AstronomyCast talk about the future. Especially for the next couple of months until the new season return in September.
Today's Travelers in the Night will tell stories about the discovery of more than 1,000 Earth approaching asteroids in a single year and extremely remote chance of dangerous mountain sized space rock
The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited for more than 20 years but its end is coming. So how do you bring down a spacecraft? What will happen to the falling space debris?
This week… there was a far too much news problem, the last flight of Virgin Galactic’s Unity suborbital spacecraft, the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner capsule to the ISS, a more successful launch test of SpaceX’s massive starship, the successful landing, loading, and liftoff of Chang’e 6 at the Moon, and… the beginning of the end for the HST as it shifted into single gyro operations.
Join us today for a discussion about distinguished career with Dr. Steve Maran as he shares with us about his experience from his almost 70 years working, and having fun, in astronomy.
Just how useful are humans in space? What is the death zone radius of a black hole merger? More about staying alive with @CheapAstro at #365DaysOfAstro
Tucked inside a quiet solar system, in the area of sky outlined by the constellation Aquarius, orbits a planet named TRAPPIST-1d, the third of seven planets in a system. More about this planet today with Deep Astronomy
Today's Travelers in the NIght will tell a story about the discovery of Earth approaching asteroid which indicated as a rock being ejected from the Moon by the impact of an asteroid or comet long ago. Also about Comet C/2018 V4 Africano's last visit to the inner solar system
Today's Cosmic Savannah chat about some of the highlights of the past year in astronomy and also some of favourite episodes of season 4.
In this episode, we bring you stories on how JWST - Not LIGO and Virgo - spotted the most distant Black Hole merger to date, why the search for life on other worlds gets more challenging the more we look, and we take a deep dive into the things we’re doing that cause and relieve climate change.
Today's Actual Astronomy talk with the guests from the Mansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society who are constructing a planetarium out of a Victorian era water reservoir. Find out what goes into making an astronomy's club dream a reality.
How does length contraction work in relativity? Do moving objects really get shorter? What about from their perspective? How are we supposed to make sense of any measurement?]
Here’s a familiar question: How’s the weather? We’re familiar with the weather on Earth. How about exoplanet? for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question. Here's the story
Far far away, in the constellation Monoceros an unusual star known as HD 45166 preparing to become the most magnetic powerhouse known to exist in the Universe. A Magnetar!
China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander has made the first in situ detection of water on the Moon, using reflectance spectroscopy from the surface of our natural satellite.
The Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, which means that it always shows one face to our planet. In fact, this is the case for most the large moons in the Solar System. What's the process going on to make this happen?
This month is indulgent and ranty! There is a big dive into the huge aurora display in May, talk of new exoplanets and old ones vanishing. The usual skyguide and this months history moment is all about X rays.
There are planets in orbit around stars outside our solar system - and even rogue planets. But finding them is very hard. They are small and dim. But ideally, we’d like to see them directly, in our telescopes. Is that possible?
We’re familiar with the weather on Earth and telescopes and missions are watching the weather on other planets in the Solar System. But for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question for exoplanets, located light-years away from us.
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about asteroid discoveries by Rose Matheny & a break up comet from a far
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is currently measuring the redshifts to tens of millions of galaxies to help unravel the mystery of dark energy and today's podcast talk about its first result.
A supernova first observed in 2016 will be replayed in a few years because of the light’s journey through a galaxy cluster and how dark matter gravitationally warps space-time.
This month's @ActualAstronomy observer calendar talk about Asteroids, Lunar X and Straight wall plus Alister's Anomalous Moon For June.
Today's Awesome Astronomy discuss with Chris Lintott about How amateur astronomers can contribute to real science, removing the boundaries between professional and amateur astronomers, and also Finding supernovae (violently exploding stars)
What is the “cold spot” on the cosmic microwave background? Why shouldn’t it exist? What are some possible explanations for it, and why are they unsatisfying? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
We’re polluting every corner of our own planet including take our trashy habits out into space with us. Lets learn more about the trash orbiting the planet to the radiation we’re leaking out into space.
June brings us the quote “Parade of Planets”...well, sort of…Listen up as I discuss which planets are visible, which aren’t, and when the Moon will pass by them.
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at Sunspot complex 3664 and the beautiful chaos that it’s been creating.
Dr. Steve Maran (retired from NASA and AAS) shares stories with us from his almost 70 years working, and having fun, in astronomy.
Imagine a planet that is so far away from us that it takes 40 years for its light to reach us. Now imagine that this planet has not one, but two stars that it orbits around. And finally, imagine that this planet has clouds made of sand particles that change the brightness of its atmosphere wildly as they move in the air.
Most of the exoplanets we’ve found are around stars, where they belong. But a few have been found free-floating in interstellar space. How do they form and how can we learn more about them?
Today Travelers in the Night tell a story about the discovery of P/2018 VN2 (Leonard), a Jupiter family comet whose fate is to become a garden variety main belt asteroid and Comet Lemmon
We are joined by Dr. Omima Osman and discuss about cosmic dust as she explains how this dust forms in the death throes of massive stars, how it grows in interstellar space and how it’s then, in turn, destroyed again by the death of stars
A team of scientists collected cores and modeled ice cliff failure and found that Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting more quickly than ever and could be at risk of collapse, threatening global coastlines with almost a meter of sea level rise.
This episode it is Jeni and Dustin talking about their experiences of the Great American Eclipse!
How do planets get tidally locked? What are these systems typically like? Can life find a home in such a challenging environment?
Our galaxy series continues with elliptical galaxies. Unlike other types, these are large, smooth with very few distinguishing features. They’re filled with red and dead stars, a clue to their evolution.
As asteroid hunters equipment and skills continue to improve we will be able to find and track some of these tiny impactors and perhaps be able to suggest where to find pieces of one of them on the ground.
Alan Stern has been in involved in more than 20 NASA missions. Dr Stern discusses his Virgin Galactic flight into space , the future of space communications, & the latest findings of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto & beyond.
In February, on the closest approach, NASA's Juno spacecraft was within 930 miles of the closest moon Io’s surface. Since then, Io and Juno have parted ways, and Juno is now snuggling down into tighter orbits around her Jupiter.
Today podcast we have a story about street astronomy. Activities that carried by Dobson who teaches people how to enjoy the night sky.
Join us today for a discussion with Dr. Franck Marchis and Beth Johnson as they delve into the thrilling search for life on Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus.
In our galaxy, there are many planets that wander alone in the dark, without a star to orbit. Some of these rogue planets could have moons which remain in tow, and these moons could be more than just cold and barren rocks.
Our galaxy series continues, on to spiral galaxies. In fact, you’re living in one right now, but telescopes show us the various shapes and sizes these galaxies come in
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about the neighboring world Proxima Centauri and the monsoon for asteroid hunters.
Short gamma ray bursts are caused by the merger of two neutron stars. However, not all short gamma-ray bursts are associated with galaxies. In this podcast, Brendan O’connor, described recent research into the host galaxies of short gamma-ray bursts.
Research into the Toba caldera and its super-eruption 75,000 years ago shows that magma continued to flow out of the volcano for thousands of years. Plus, magma and volcanoes throughout our solar system
This month excitement builds for the predicted Nova outburst in Corona Borealis as well as looking forward to China launching a sample return mission to the far side of the Moon.
New research discovered that TRAPPIST-1e's atmosphere is being stripped by strong electric currents, quashing some hopes that the world is habitable.
If we went to the Moon already, why can’t we go back so easily? What technology have we lost? What are we trying to do differently?
It’s time to begin a new mini-series. And today @AstronomyCast start with the dwarf galaxies, which flock around larger galaxies like the Milky Way. Are they the building blocks for modern structures?
Today Travelers in the Night talk about the discovery of two large ghostly neighbors at the L4 and L5 and a powerful solar eruption
May brings us reliable sights with slow-rolling changes. Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and the Moon all dance in the morning twilight all month as we gear up for Spring and Summer constellations.
Today EVSN discuss about planet WASP-76b which appears to be a giant iron glory in the atmosphere of another world: a circular rainbow, and it's not caused by refracted starlight!
Today Observer's Calendar for May with Actual Astronomy talk about meteor shower, Mercury in the morning sky lines up with other planets and Pallas at opposition.
A tale of destiny and danger, The Asteroid Hunter chronicles firsthand the high-stakes OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission, narrated by Principal Investigator Dr. Dante Lauretta. More about the book, the mission, and the future of asteroid science. at #365DaysOfAstro
Join us today on H’ad astra historia podcast as this episode will take you to learn about the Egyptian Star Clocks with Dr. Luna Zagorac
How old is that star? That planet? That nebula? Figuring out the ages of astronomical objects is surprisingly challenging. Fortunately, astronomers have developed a series of techniques they can use to work out the ages of stuff.
Today we have story about Steward Observatory's Mountain Lemmon Operations that helps Catalina Sky Survey to discover many asteroids. Also about 11 close approaches by asteroids larger than 300 feet in diameter.
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy! More about it with @cosmicsavannah at #365DaysOfAstro
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga erupted and despite communications being cut off scientists have gathered a wealth of information about the event and its outcome. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
If you’ve never been to the southern hemisphere, you might not be aware that the moon and the constellations appear upside down!In this episode we’ll show you how that appears, why, and how that proves the Earth isn’t flat - as if any more proof were needed!
Today we have SETI Artist in Residence Program Director Bettina Forget discussion with Emma Nordin from Art21, premieres Xin Liu's video, and then speaks with her about this latest show and its scientific concepts.
Many people feel that it’s very important for humanity’s long term survival that we become a multiplanet species. But what about traveling to exoplanets? Can we reach the stars?
Last week, we learned about the death of Peter Higgs, a physicist and discoverer of the particle that bears his name. The Large Hadron Collider was built to find and describe the particle. Today, we’ll look back at the life of Peter Higgs and his particle.
Today Travelers in the Night discuss about a meteor streaking across the sky and burns up some 60 miles above us also about the 43 meteoroids struck in 2015
While experiencing hail and thunder IRL, we also saw press release after press release and article after article discussing climate change. This one-two punch of new science and the need for a new roof means we will touch on climate change in our closer look this week.
Today, we have @ActualAstronomy discuss with Peter Jedicke about globular cluster. From their mysterious origins to their place in the Universe we dive into all things Globular
Recent observations of twelve different stellar streams around the Milky Way have revealed the effects of dark matter, similar to how lights on a Christmas Tree reveal the shape of the tree in dark.
We think we're really smart now we have computers, cryptocurrencies, video games and spaceships. But we're no smarter than our cave-dwelling ancestors. They were just as intelligent!
Why was there a difference between the amount of matter and antimatter at the beginning of the Universe? Mathematics lets us travel faster than light speed, so why can’t we? And are there stars forming around black holes?
Today's Travelers in the Night will bring you stories about Saturns and asteroid survey as a planetary defense system.
Magnetars has the record of the strongest magnetic fields of any object. How magnetars form and produce such colossal magnetic fields remains a mystery.
This week EVSN discuss about earthquakes, early results from JWST, spherical novae, the Dark Side of the Moon, and a whole lot more
This month @AwesomeAstroPod has astronomy cruise holiday and news about new type of star, mud on Mars and JWST breaking cosmology once again. Also this month skyguide!
For decades, scientists have been trying to work out just how the Earth got all its water, and the prevailing theory was that comets and asteroids brought it, and we have evidence for that mechanic; however, a new hypothesis has provided evidence that the water was already here, locked away in hydrous minerals in a very iron-poor core.
What is the combined motion of everything in the universe? How does all of that influence us? Are we just going around in circles, or is there something more? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
This week we find out what would happen if the Moon was rotating fast and not tidally locked to the Earth also where the light and matter go into a black hole.
Today Travelers in the night discussed about monitoring temperature at a different location in the observatory can help telescope detect asteroid that threats to Earth.
Did you know that the International Space Station (ISS) is one of the brightest objects in the night sky? You just need to know where, and when to look. So how to see ISS?
Today we’ll go through more than 20 studies and observations ranging from planetary climates to galaxy mergers, and we’ll take a closer look at how Artificial Intelligence is being asked to play a role in every area of this research. And we’ll ask, “Is this how we get Cylons?”
Time for Observer's Calendar and @ActualAstronomy discuss about watching the Planets Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn pair with our Moon in the evening sky as well as other sights to see in September
A dynamical analysis of the 14 Herculis system has revealed the existence of two brown dwarf planets orbiting in completely misaligned, eccentric orbits. The study also uncovered the possibility of a third brown dwarf that was ejected from the system.
With over 5,000 planets that we've already discovered - and probably billions out there in our galaxy alone - there are some weird and wonderful planets to explore. More with @AwesomeAstroPod
This week we find out when stars get torn apart from gravity, how we can see supermassive black holes, how liquid water could have existed on Mars in the past, and much more.
There could be a lake of liquid water beneath the south Martian polar cap. Also there are likely to be hundreds smaller than softball sized and perhaps several dozen football to beachball sized, natural Earth mini moons
Today @cosmicsavannah discuss about ATLAS and its discovery of near-Earth object (NEO) with Dr. Nicolas Erasmus from SAAO.
Today, we bring you lab results on ice that affect how we see the outer solar system, and observations of galaxies that affect our understanding of the universe’s formation
Astronomers recently captured this rare structure using NSF NOIRLab’s Gemini South telescope. The image is that of a reflection nebula, nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula, resembling the shape of an old style English pottery jug.
By collecting and analyzing stories from a variety of indigenous cultures in North America, researchers find evidence for a mid-air explosion of a comet or asteroid, similar to the Tunguska event
How do planets get their atmospheres? What would happen to the Earth if the Moon just disappeared? And what’s that strange glow we see after sunset? Do we live in an unbalanced Universe?
Imagine a spacecraft traveling at a speed that would take it from New York to Tokyo in less than a minute, a mere 4 million miles from the surface of our Sun. This is what Parker Solar Probe doing. More at #365DaysoFastro
Here is the Eagle nebula taken using off-the-shelf equipment available to the amateur astronomer. So what instrument can we use see the Pillars of Creation with amateur astronomy telescopes?
Today ESVN discuss about mass extinction, volcanoes, star formation, galaxy dissolution, and space mission synchronized observing. Also a closer look at dark energy and dark matter and giant galaxies in the early universe.
Today's @ActualAstronomy will present the key stars of the Summer sky. From the stars of the Summer Triangle, a couple fast moving stars and the prominent stellar markers for Scorpius, Ophiuchus and Sagittarius.
Join @AwesomeAstroPod today for the Tale of Two Telescopes, exploring NASA’s new flagship James Webb Space Telescope, and ESA’s pioneering Euclid, set to uncover the Dark Universe. Enjoy!
What are some wild stories behind names in astronomy and physics? How did we get the jargon words that we did? What are some of the funniest names?
Can our Sun generate a solar flare that would wipe out life on Earth? Has the Large Hadron Collider answered any questions about the Higgs boson? And what would happen if you shined your flashlight out the front window of a spaceship going almost the speed of light?
A huge Earth approaching asteroid is discovered right before the 2018 monsoon rains settled into the American Southwest and as Earth and Mars moved closer together, a dust storm engulfed most of the red planet making it impossible to see its surface features.
Backyard Worlds Cool Neighbors, enlists the public to help identify brown dwarfs from data taken by the NASA Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WISE) satellite. Today podcast will talk about this new project and how the public can help find these elusive brown dwarfs.
This episode has a little bit of everything as we bring you results from astronomers, geoscientists, climate scientists, imaging scientists, glaciologists, meteorologists, planetary scientists, engineers, and even bioarchaeologists. This diversity of research allows us to better understand our world and beyond.
Today we have the first woman to command & pilot a U.S. Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins & Author Jonathan Ward discuss their book "Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars"
Today on #365DaysOfAstro, @AwesomeAstroPo talk to Dr Becky on how to grow a supermassive black hole – and it’s not as easy as you think! Always picture a black hole as a gigantic hoover, sucking up everything that dares to stray too close? Think again…
What’s all the fuss about Venus our Mars-bound astronauts survive years of exposure to space radiation?
Well yes, they can potentially, but solutions are yet to be
What’s the closest exoplanet to our solar system? What planet in our solar system should we colonize? Can microscopic black holes be created on Earth? Find the answer with @AstronomyCast
Asteroid hunters have discovered a strange asteroid pair. How they came to be together and what humans would do if such a large double trouble object is heading for us? Also about life form outside Earth in Milky Way.
Imagine the Big Bang, and you're imagining an explosion. There must be come place we could travel in the Universe and see the wreckage left over from the Big Bang. So, where is it?
Hello and welcome! This show - Escape Velocity Space News and today we’re going to bring you the best of what’s been discovered and dive deep into the hottest topic of the week - the infrared universe.
Time for what's up this month in August. In this episode @ActualAstronomy In this episode we’ll talk about watching the Planets Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn and our Moon.
This month @AwesomeAstroPod have stories ESA new space telescope, Chandrayaan-3, and skyguide for your August observation.
What’s the difference between science and pseudoscience? What is a scientific mindset? How are we able to spot pseudoscience when it’s happening? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
Can a gamma ray destroy a galaxy? Do black holes really absorb matter or do they have another purpose? Does the Universe ever come to an end? Lets explore the universe from the students questions.
Greg Leonard discovered large asteroid more than 1 KM in diameter in the constellation of Perseus and a story about Bostwana fragment.
Just how young can a proto-planetary disk be and be forming planets? Proto-planetary discs only exist for a few million years, which means that all planet formation in the system must take place within this, uh, narrow time frame.
Have you ever wondered how old the Earth is? How early scientists tried to get an answer for this puzzling problem, and how modern science has finally given us an answer?
In the latest climate change news, ancient underwater landslides could help us understand tsunami risks in the Middle East, NASA now has a ‘Vanilla’ ice drone to study the Arctic, and lake temperatures are rising
A look back at the greatest distance any human has ever been from Earth!From spacewalks to moon landings, how far have humans ever travelled? And what about space probes?More with @AwesomeAstroPod at #365DaysOfAstro
A magnetic episode with gravity. Noise without sound as @CheapAstro will discuss about the latest on magnetars and the existence of cosmic gravitational wave background.
Besides dark matter and dark energy, is there any possibility there’s anything else in outer space? What are the possibilities that white holes are really out there? More with @AstronomyCast
Today's Travelers in the Night talk about an unknown fuzzy object with a broad tail moving through the constellation of Pisces. Also about Comet C/2018 M1 (Catalina).
Today @cosmicsavannah are joined by Dr Kenda Knowles to discuss about her work and the detection of very faint emissions from these clusters. Also dataset of radio emission from 115 galaxies clusters.
Today #365DaysOfAstro explains how many stars there are. How many can you see with your eyes, with binoculars or a small telescope? How many stars in the Milky Way? How many in the entire Universe?
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Solar Observing. In this episode Chris and Shane discuss several listeners' emails on solar observing, then talk about everything you need to know to observe the Sun safely. Topics include white light solar filters, H-Alpha as well as what you can see on the Sun.
Do you want lasers? I want lasers! And today’s show features lots of lasers. We also have more questions than answers about Mars’ methane, misbehaving stars, and new research on how we would look for the early signs of life on other worlds
How was massive astronomy done in the 1800’s? Who were the Harvard Computers? How did Annie Jump Cannon figure out how to classify stars?
What do radio waves given off by stars sound like? What happens to the energy that goes into a black hole? More Q&A with @AstronomyCast at #365daysOfAstro
A 100 foot diameter asteroid spotted between the orbits of Venus and Earth also a 2000 foot diameter space rock has stories to tell about violent events long ago
Astronomers found strange things things happen in WASP-76b, exoplanet in Pisces Constellations. What actually happen? Let’s find out!
Join us today and @DeepAstronomy will discuss about ultra diffuse galaxy dark matter mystery.
We hear that black holes absorb all the light that falls into them. And yet, we hear of black holes shining so brightly we can see them halfway across the Universe. What's going on? Which is it?
Do you want lasers? I want lasers! And today’s show features lots of lasers. We also have more questions than answers about Mars’ methane, misbehaving stars, and how to look for the early signs of life on other worlds.
It's a summer vacation special with Jeni in the mountains of South America astronomising at altitude and visiting the Vera C Rubin telescope as well as obstech. We have an interview with a Vera Rubin Observatory astronomer as well as a skyguide and an astronomy news round up.
Once again, we’ve reached the end of a season here on Astronomy Cast, and it’s time for the summer hiatus. But the Universe never takes a break. What can we expect to happen over the summer while we’re catching up on our reading, building our gardens and planning for Season 17?
A small space rock with a diameter less than the height of an NBA basketball player crossed the orbit of our Moon and nine hours after, it explode over Botswana. More at #365DaysOfAstro
A long hypothesized way for stars to end their lives by collisions of stars or stellar remnants in the densely packed area near a galaxy’s massive black hole. More about the first evidence for this new way for a star to end its life on today's #365DaysOfAstro with @NOIRLab
Since telescopes let us look back in time, shouldn't we be able to see all the way back to the very beginning of time itself? To the moment of the Big Bang?
Why did the Universe inflate? Why does the Universe expand? More with @CheapAstro as they enlarges upon enlargement
Using updated stellar measurements based on new data from the Gaia mission, three (and possibly four) Kepler exoplanets are actually small stars, but it’s unlikely new calculations will reveal many more such issues.
Why didn’t the big bang collapse in a singularity? What would a universe-sized black hole be like? Now that I think about it, do we live inside a giant black hole already?
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. What needs to be done to prepare the way back to the Moon?
After being lost for ten years, the asteroid 2010 WC9 was re-discovered when it came very close to Earth & the life of an asteroid hunter on Mars will be interesting and exciting.
Have you ever wondered how old the Earth is? How early scientists tried to get an answer for this puzzling problem? And how modern science has finally given us an answer by looking at meteorites? More at #365DaysOfAstro
@AwesomeAstroPOd chat to Dr Kathy Thornton, nuclear physicist turned NASA astronaut who went on to fly on four Space Shuttle missions about her life as an astronaut, the Hubble fix and that fateful day in mission-control on Columbia's last re-entry.
Lets check out what's up in July sky as @ActualAstronomy talk about watching the Planets Mars, Venus, Mercury and our Moon in the evening sky as well as other sights to see in the July Night Sky.
Vance Brand member of crew trained to fly on cancelled Apollo 18 Moon Mission & member of Skylab rescue crew mission, later flew on historic on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission with the Soviet Union & Commanded 3 Space Shuttle Mission
Researchers studying GPS data collected from the 1999 İzmit earthquake in Turkey found that the quake changed the movement of the plate, and this effect may be possible for other tectonic plates.
How’s the weather? Maybe a better question is… why’s the weather? What is it about planets and their atmospheres that create weather systems. What have planetary scientists learned about our Earth’s weather, and how does this relate to other planets in the Solar System. What is the most extreme weather we know of?
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about asteroid exiled to the outer region of the Solar System and asteroid discovery whose orbit lies completely within that of the Earth.
Today @CosmicSavannah back to their first episode to prepare for more update in their next discussion with Dr. Nicolas Erasmus. So for today, we have the hunt for near-earth asteroids (from 00:23m) using the ATLAS network.
Today podcast will tell you what is the biggest star in the Universe, as well as the most massive star, and explores the limits that stars can reach. More at #365DaysOfAstro with @fcain
After detecting high levels of organic matter using remote sensors at the asteroid Ryugu, numerical models show that it’s possible that rubble pile asteroids are actually extinct comets.
The biggest question of them all...why the Universe exists? Find the answers along with other questions on today's @AwesomeAstroPod at #365DaysOfAstro
Could we nudge the orbit of the Earth to avoid the death of the Sun? Could it get kicked out of the solar system altogether? What are rogue exoplanets?
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 ice. Water we could use for oxygen, propellant and so much more, but also, to help us understand where the Earth’s water came from.
Today Traveler in the Night will explore TESS that will monitor more than 200,000 nearby to find new planet and may be habitable worlds
Dustin talks about his experiences with the new iOptron equatorial mounts. And Tony wonders about the effects of LED streetlights on our night skies.
For the first time astronomers found direct clues of a dying sun-like star eating an exoplanet. The star is in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle, and is called ZTF SLRN-2020
Today @ActualAstronomy discuss about Carbon Star Hunters list of 150 blood red stars with Luca Vanzella and also his journey in astronomy from first telescopes to a 32-inch club telescope project.
This is a folklore from Bali, Indonesia about Corona Borealis. The story is part of the Stars of Asia Project during the International Year of Astronomy 2009
It's time for @CheapAstro crafts some spacecraft. What are the Parker probe and other spacecraft learning about the Sun? Will there really be spacecraft that can travel in deep space but can also land on planets?
Launching satellites from Earth is counter-productive. You’ve got to make a satellite that can handle Earth gravity, then the brutal flight to space, then deployment in orbit. What if you could build your spacecraft in space?
NASA has designed and proposed the NEOCam spacecraft to give us the ability to potentially hazardous asteroids them before they find us.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is currently under construction in Chile and launched their Education And Public Outreach (EPO) program. Today, Stephanie Deppe discuss about Rubin EPO program with @halfastro at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for June @AwesomeAstroPod as Jenny & Paul discuss about the recent supernova in galaxy M101, volcanic exoplanets, and also June Skyguide!
Look at those astronauts, flying through space without a care in the world. But how can they be floating when there's gravity pulling at them in every direction?
Using data from TESS, a new paper presents evidence for the discovery of thirty potential comets orbiting in the Beta Pictoris system.
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 play into this?
One of JWST’s top jobs is to peer deeper into the Universe than ever before, watching as the first galaxies came together. What’s going on and what does it mean for cosmology?
Venus shines bright at sunset all month, with Mars nearby, while Saturn, Jupiter, and even Mercury shine in the mornings, and the Beehive Cluster gets two wandering guests, all in the solstice month of June.
In science fiction, wormholes are a method often used to travel great distances across space. Are these magic bridges really possible?
Today Actual Astronomy talk about watching Mars pass through M44, the Beehive Cluster as well as other sights to see in the June Night Sky. We go over some of the pairings of the Moon and Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus during its best appearance for the year.
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, ancient helium, and a couple of rockets.
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. And here's the evidence of the early merger.
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 the first galaxies. This is Cosmic Dawn, and JWST will help us probe this mysterious time in the Universe.
Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. If you are lucky to see a fireball send in your report to the American Meteor Society and become a citizen scientist
Its 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 first stars and galaxies. Today @cosmicsavannah discuss about JWST with Prof Christy Tremonti
Today on #365DaysOfAstro, lets explore on how fast you're spinning in space right now, and how you'd actually gain a little weight if the Earth stopped spinning. How Fast Does the Earth Rotate?
Taking a look at how over the last 40 years we went from only knowing of the handful of planets in our solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.
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
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. Now astronomers have found examples of galaxies that are almost entirely made of dark matter. Does this tell us anything?
Even though the chances are extremely slim, an asteroid hunter could find a sizable asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth.
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 telescope, named after the famous astronomer Carl Sagan, that will look for and directly image planets like Earth around other stars
To mark the Skylab 50th anniversary here is @AwesomeAstroPod chat from 2012 where we caught up with Skylab 3 and STS-3 astronaut, Jack Lousma
Today's Actual Astronomy talk with Berta Beltran about her journey in astronomy from first telescopes to a new refractor. Also her public outreach and how she began to sketch and representing the night sky colours as her unique style.
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 trajectory, leaving newly forming stars in its wake. It’s wonderful, terrible, nightmare fuel.
Today travelers in the Night discuss about long winters night good seeing for asteroid hunters makes new discoveries and about electrophonic meteors produce simultaneous light and sound
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.
An analysis of microscopic features in rocks from which date back between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years, finds evidence of possible microbial life
This month we’ll talk about the recent Aurora Borealis which lit up our skies. There will be a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, however, this will be mostly a photographic event. We then go over some of the pairings of the Moon and Saturn then Jupiter is occulted (passed over) by the Moon
This month Awesome Astronomy News talk about new data on the M87 blackhole, the architecture of planetary systems, the hottest stars, an impact crater in France and how Mars might not have been oxygen rich.
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!
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 velocity, never to return?
Today's Travelers in the night will tell a story about carrying libraries of our planet's DNA and the seeds of plants as connection between past life, the inorganic world, and future life. Also a search chemical signs of living organisms in exoplanet's atmosphere
Have you ever played a connect-the-dots game? Recently, astronomers noticed a mysterious spiral pattern hiding around a baby star. But instead of dots, the pattern was made up by a strange kind of physics phenomenon called masers!
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?
Are we alone in the cosmos? Do aliens exist? How are we looking for them? And how long will it be before we know for sure? Well, we're searching every corner of space for alien microbes or signals from ET.
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 generally form and evolve as binary systems
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.
The first alien object to observed visiting our solar system arrives from truly deep space and leaves us with the mystery of what it is and how it got that way. Plus intriguing features which change with the Martian seasons.
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 distant Universe.
Join us today as @ActualAstronomy discuss about creating photographic-like sketches through 28-inch portable reflector with Howard Banich
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.
Jeni visits Space Forge and talk to CEO Joshua Western about that fateful launch from Cornwall on Virgin's Cosmic Girl & an update on their mission to build reusable satellites to manufacture materials.
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!
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 it isn’t.
A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system and earth like planets being discovered circling red dwarf stars.
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 when I see it, it has to come with some observations or something verifiable
Join us today as @ivie97 interview Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck, the former IAU President about her research and works in astronomy
Today's show is about the idea of space force to deal with the future warfighting in space. It turns out, this already exists, space is already well militarized.
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 Earth’s ecosystems.
How far away do you think the Moon is? It looks deceptively large and close in the sky.But here we'll show you what will happen to the Moon, how far away it is and how we know with such accuracy.
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 gush about them!
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about the alien space rock that visit Solar System, and the possible reason we haven't detected alien civilizations
Galaxies grow through mergers with other galaxies. Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) astronomers have studied the merger history of the Andromeda Galaxy for the first time. So today we will learn about the immigration history of the Andromeda Galaxy.
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 to form.
Today @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about exoplanet atmosphere, 'Oumuamua, and April SkyGuide for you.
How likely is a space way-station like Deep Space 9? Are there still plans for a crewed asteroid mission?
What are the advantages of robotic exploration of the solar system? What are the limitations? Is there any situation where human exploration is better?
Ice is ice, right? You know, what you get when water freezes. Well, maybe here on Earth. But it can have different structures in the Universe. More about different forms of ice on today's @AstronomyCast at #365DaysOfAstro
To survive on Venus where the temperature and air pressure are high, engineers are exploring the concept of fully mechanical rover. And also Earth's pet space rock, 2016 HO3. All at #365daysOfAstro
Venus shines bright all month, Mercury makes a 3 week appearance, Mars hangs out with Gemini, Saturn continues its morning planet season, and the Lyrids have excellent observing conditions.
Space is the worst. It’s got hostile radiation, a total lack of atmosphere, near absolute zero temperatures, problematic gravity wells, and worse. So how to get enough power in space?
Today's Actual Astronomy talk about how to find and observe Mercury during its best evening elongation for 2023 this April and then go over some of the pairings of the Moon and planets before concluding with Venus
Why Does the Earth Spin? We'll tell you straight away without having to hang around until the end of the video. That's our USP!
Today we have interview with Amanda Sickafoose about Dimorphos Impact Captured by South African Telescope.
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 early warning systems to give us time to respond to a dangerous asteroid.
Today's Travelers in the Night explores the story about martian trojan asteroids orbit and an asteroid that turn out to be a double comet.
This month @cosmicsavannah take a deep dive into how a planet (in this case Earth) is constructed and learned about how precious metals and diamonds are created and moved through the Earth’s crust also how planets create the building blocks for life, and how life, in turn, helps to create the minerals we find on Earth!
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.
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
Today's @AwesomeAstroPod interview Professor Robert Walsh who with artist Alex Rinsler has created a giant representation of the Sun as an outreach and art project that uses the data of the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Baby stars form when thick clouds of gas collapse. But not all the material collapse. A new study shows that some gas can escape at a high speed.
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's Travelers in the Night talks about the plant that the mars explorers take with them and the four fireball meteors brighter than Venus that exploded over Germany, France, Ohio, and Arizona .
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.
Focussing on classic Greek-Roman names with occasional indigenous references. The classic names are used in some GoTo telescope software for sky alignment. We discuss 12 Stars from Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Draco and Cephus. Learn about the dipper pointer stars, The Guardians of the Pole, a star named after an Apollo astronaut and about the original Cepheid Variable.
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 to form.
What are Dyson spheres? What would be involved in building one? How much energy would it cost, and could we ever pay it back?
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 to come.
Finding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach it's present location is exciting. It might even be worth real money. More about it and largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years.
Kilonova form when two neutron stars collide. They were first discovered by their gravitational wave emissions. Today we discuss about the discovery of a system that will become a kilonova in the future.
Extending humanity to other worlds in the Solar System is at the very limits of our modern technology. 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, the future of space exploration is going to require living off the land.
What will happen to Betelgeuse? How bright will it get? When will it go supernova? Will we get to see it? How do we predict supernovas?
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.
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!
We have 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?
Today's Travelers in the Night tell you a story about the world's largest telescope and experiencing the wonders of the Universe first hand using your night vision
Venus bright all month, Jupiter disappears, Mars hangs out with Taurus, Saturn begins its morning planet season, and Mercury peaks in for a taste of the action toward the end of the month.
A recent study by NOIRLab’s educational project ‘Globe at Night’, shows how light pollution is increasing fast, taking away the majestic view of our starry night sky.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the March 2023 Night Sky. In this episode we’ll talk about two conjunctions, first is Venus and Jupiter followed by Mercury and Jupiter.
Today's @AwesomeAstroPod talks about latest JWST findings that may have broken cosmology and changed everything we thought we knew about the history of the universe. Also March Sky Guide!
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.
Today 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 of telescopes will give you the best bang for big bucks?
What is meteors? How to spot meteors? When is the best time? More on today's Travelers in the Night.
Today @cosmicsavannah discus about how to recreate the formation of galaxies inside a supercomputer with Dr. Rob Yates as he explains how he uses semi-analytic simulations to try and understand how various elements are created and dispersed around galaxies.
Dear @CheapAstro, How would you design a spacecraft? Are everything-you-launch-is-it spacecraft now old technology? Find the answer on today's podcast.
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
Jeni talks to the legendary discoverer of pulsars, champion of women in science and Oxford University astronomer about her astronomy career, inspirations, motivations and key discoveries. A very special interview with one of modern astronomy’s greats!
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?
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 written to govern how we used this limitless expanse. Today we’ll talk about the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about 2021 KT1 is a potential hazardous astronomy and Jupiter as the defender of Earth
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 powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. This image provides a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.
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 problem”.
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 accelerated.
What is an atmosphere? How and why do they form? What are they made of? Why are they so different? Do all planets have atmospheres? Do asteroids and dwarf planets? Is the sun a giant atmosphere?
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 causing the increased expansion rate. Maybe there’s something else going on to explain it.
Today's podcast we have the story of 2021 LL1 discovery in the constellation Hercules and climate change has enabled wildfires to move to higher elevations.
Light pollution has been impacting our view of the heavens for many years and @GlobeatNight data shows the night sky is brightening more than previously thought based on satellite measurements.
Why does life rely on water? Couldn’t there be lifeforms which are completely different from life on Earth? Isn’t that the textbook definition of alien?
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.
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.
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!
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 going on. What’s the answer and how can the Crisis in Cosmology be resolved?
Today's travelers in the night share about the shrinking stratosphere and Mars orbiter data that shows unusual 8 mile wide deposit of ash and rock surrounds a 20 mile long volcanic fissure in the plains of the Elysium.
Venus bright all month, Saturn disappears, Jupiter closes in on Venus, and Mars shines high and bright all month.
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 week in rocket history, a mission that launched… but failed.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the February 2023 Night Sky. In this episode we’ll talk about a conjunction of Venus and Neptune, the Moon pairing up with Venus & Jupiter before it gets so close to Mars. We'll also talk about Comets and the Constellation Orion.
It's time for news and February sky guide with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have 3 rocky water worlds found by the Kepler Space Telescope, and Does the James Webb Space Telescope have to take calibration frames like we do from Earth?
The winter AAS meeting was heavy on news from the James Webb Space Telescope. What were some of the new results that were announced?
Today's Travelers in the Night talk about SpaceX developing a new (methalox) engine called Raptor and meteoroids come from comets which have passed near Earth as long as 4000 years ago.
In this episode, The Cosmic Savannah team talk with Dr Marisa Geyer on what it’s like to be a commissioning scientist for the MeerKAT telescope and her research on pulsars and mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).
It’s amazing to think there are telescopes up in space, right now, directing their gaze at distant objects. It’s all thanks to the technology of reaction wheels and gyroscopes. Let’s talk about how they work, how they’re different, and how their failure has ended missions in the past.
If you’ve never been to the southern hemisphere or the northern hemisphere, you might not be aware that the moon and the constellations appear upside down!
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.
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
The @AstronomyCast reach 666 episodes. To celebrate, here's an episode about things in the Universe that have been named after mythological people and places in the underworld!
Today's Travelers in the Night will tell you a story about Richard Kowalski conduct messier marathon from his backyard and his discovery of Vesta fragments, 2018 LA.
Black holes do not emit any light of their own making them impossible to see directly with telescopes. So, what's the closest one to us?
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 aliens, machine learning on solar data, and some new observatories are in the works.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast Presents How to Observe Comet 2022 E3 ZTF. How comet got their names. How to find Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) and what you can expect to see with the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes.
This week, @AwesomeAstroPod team bringing back the much-missed Awesome Astronomy interviews with a bang, we’re joined by friend of the show Chris Lee.
Is it possible for anything to travel faster than light? What about tachyons? How would faster-than-light travel break causality?
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.
During 60 day period, asteroid hunters discovered 29 space rocks. Also the discovery of 2021 GM! gives possibility of Moon rock or Apollo mission debris.
Today's @NOIRLabAstro discuss about the first results from M-dwarf Advanced Radial velocity Observer Of Neighboring eXoplanets a.k.a MAROON-X with Dr. Jacob Bean
After so many years, today will be the finale for Weekly Space Hangout. The last episode will feature Andromeda & Milky Way, China's Mars Rover, exoplanets and the end of InSight.
We take a look at the reasons why there are no human footprints on the surface of Mars. SpaceX have also had plans of their own to get to the Red Planet.
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.
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 last GRBs to happen.
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 hydrogen and helium. Can we ever find them?
Astronomers have postulated that the zodiacal light is produced by sunlight reflected by dust shed by comets and asteroids. But the one in Mars is different. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Not too much going on this January, other than lots of planets to see, Saturn and Venus passing within 1˚, and PERHAPS a naked-eye comet.
Why nitrous oxide or laughing gas can be included as a biosignature gas? Also evidence for MOND as dark matter, dark nebulae, eruption of Io, and how to get the cosmonauts home?
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the January 2023 Night Sky. 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 Uranus it passes over them for some lucky observers just not Shane and I.
Happy New Year! It's time for news round-up and sky guide with @AwesomeAstroPod. We have leak on the ISS, the end of Mars lander, a new way to look for aliens, and how did dust form the expanding halo observed around the GRB source?
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?
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 has it had for life on Earth?
Happy New Year! Today Travelers in the Night discuss about the Steward Observatory's Bok telescope's 90 inch that tracking of space rocks 3 or 4 times fainter then possible and another explanations for zodiacal light.
The distances to other stars are depressingly enormous. Fortunately, the Milky Way has got our back. Other star systems have been hurling comets and asteroids towards the Solar System. All we’ve got to do… is catch them.
Today, we have @Andy_SSA discussion with Colonel Joe Kittinger about his experiences as a fighter pilot his experiences as a fighter pilot, prisoner of war, first person to gas balloon solo across the Atlantic, first person to parachute jump from more than 100,000 ft and many more.
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.
Today's Christmas Pantomime sees the Awesome Astronomy crew exploring strange new worlds on the Astronomy Star Ship (ASS) Penetrator. And of course a roundup of the best astronomy and space exploration news from 2022
With Christmas just around the corner, we thought we’d investigate a mystery that has puzzled historians for hundreds of years
Today's Traveler's in the Night discuss about the discovery of asteroid 2020 XK1 and large slow moving fireball carbonaceous chondrite meteor that landed in the village of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
This month @cosmicsavannah discuss about how novae eruptions occur and what we can learn from them with Dr. Miriam Nyamai who studies thermonuclear eruptions on the surface of white dwarf stars!
Time for weekly news update with @wshcrew. The team will discuss about Artemis mission, Cubesats flew with the Artemis mission, China in space, also Lunar Flashlight / Hakuto-R / Rashid Rover. #365DaysOfAstro
Time for Christmas Sky with @ActualAstronomy. Listeners will learn about the key asterisms, constellations & stars. It is Winter Solstice time so we will focus on the early winter sky you will see from the Northern Hemisphere.
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.
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?
We generally save our stargazing suggestions for the summer, when it’s warmer in the northern hemisphere. But let see some wonderful things you can see in the night sky this time of year.
Today Travelers in the Night discuss about the discovery of C/2021 A1 (Leonard) in the constellation Canes Venatici and asteroid 2021 CK2 by Richard Kowalski while sitting on his living room couch!
There is a planet so close to its star that its entire year is only a few hours. and any water oceans that it may have had would have long ago boiled away, the surface rocks melt and the clouds would hold lava rain.
This week, @WSHCrew talk with Dr. Francis Halzen about IceCube. Also news update about top astro events in 2023, top spaceflight events in 2023, ESA upcoming mission, the landing of Orion Capsule
Traveling to Mars is dangerous. Landing on Mars is dangerous. Staying on Mars is dangerous. Lifting off from Mars is dangerous. And returning from Mars is dangerous. So how long people will survive on Mars?
A new study suggests that exoplanets that are like our Earth, with oceans and beaches, might be more common than we thought – especially around red dwarfs.
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.
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.
If your are wondering how far the human race has gone in changing our planet, you should look into rock and ice layers currently being produced on planet Earth.
Today's @NOIRLabAstro will have @halfastro discuss with Kareem El-Badry on how he led a team that discovered a black hole that is not actively consuming material and that is also the closest currently known black hole to Earth.
Time for weekly news with @WSHCrew about Artemis 1, asymmetry in galaxy distribution, Mars occultation by Moon, gamma ray burst, and discussion with Dr. Karl Stapelfeldt about the science of hourglass/butterfly of L1527 amazing structured.
December skyguide and news with @AwesomeAstroPod. We JWST image of exoplanet atmosphere, ESA astronaut recruitment, Artemis 1, and more stories. Also Does the x-ray end of the electromagnetic spectrum have Fraunhofer lines like the visual part?
Author Geoffrey Bowman discusses the life of 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 mission.
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? Find the answer with @PaulMattSutter at #365DaysOfAstro
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 they were very good robots.
Today's Travelers in the Night talks about the discovery of 2016 AM2's path that had a zero distance between it and the Earth's orbit. Also the discovery of a pair of comets: C/2015 X8 & C/2015 YG1.
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.
Join the @WSHCrew for discussion with Dr. Victor Gysembergh about his Hipparchus’ Lost Star Catalog. Also news update about Mars Rover, Artemis 1, exoplanet atmosphere and more.
December object to observe with @ActualAstronomy places a focus on how to get the most out of the Mars Opposition Occultation and the happenings overhead. Also several pairings between the Moon and Planets.
Join us today for bonus content from The Daily Space. An interview with Jochen Grandell, Program Scientist for the Meteosat third generation.
So we have rocky planets, gas giants, and ice giants in Solar System. What are their differences? And how about exoplanet. Are they the same? This is the story of planetary types in Solar System and Extrasolar Planet.
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.
Today's Travelers in the Night talk about the discovery of asteroid 2015 YV1 and 2015 YY9
Today @cosmicsavannah join by Dr Michelle Lochner who discussed about her work on on detecting and classifying galaxies and transient events. She has also developed a code to spot weird astronomical anomalies – the so-called “unknown unknowns!”.
This week, @WSHCrew discuss about “extremely red” QUASAR that dates back to the earliest days of the Universe with Dr. Andrey Vayner. Also how the total lunar eclipse looks red, water on Earth, plant on space, pink aurora. #365DaysOfAstro
A simple explanation of the size of the universe, how the universe grew so big and how big it will get.
A population study of 43 exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars to find the densities of the worlds shows the planets are less dense than expected, suggesting they are not purely rock but half-rock and maybe half-water.
Today in Cosmic Perspectives we will feature Prof. Ewine van Dishoeck and Prof. George Miley to discuss about @UNAWE as the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society. #365DaysOfAstro
Space is totally inhospitable. If the freezing temperatures don’t get you, the intense radiation will kill you. That’s why most space exploration is done by hardy robots. They don’t need to eat, drink or breathe, & get their energy from the Sun. Let’s hear it for the space robots.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents ATM-ing with Special Guest Tom Otvos and places a focus on Amateur Telescope Making. Chris and Shane interview someone who has built their own large very fast telescope. We talk about the motivation behind building one's own telescope vs. buying an off the shelf telescope as well as the amature telescope making community and how you can get involved.
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 graveyard, a new timeline for the Moon’s formation, and this week in space history, we look back at the Meteosat program
What were Einstein’s objections to quantum mechanics? Why was he so bothered by non-locality? What is the EPR paradox?
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?
Today Travelers in the Night will tell a story about the discovery of a dozen new Earth approaching object candidates including 2015 XY1 and Jupiter's comet 2015 XL128.
A recent gamma ray burst appears to be the brightest of all time and was observed very quickly by multiple instruments. In this podcast, Jillian Rastinejad discusses the discovery of this gamma ray burst and the follow up observations with the Gemini International Observatory
Time for Weekly Space News with @WSHCrew. This week the crew discuss about technosignatures with Dr. Sophia Sheikh. Also why NASA is trying to crash on Mars on purpose, a marshmallow world, a star destroyed its planet atmosphere and ancient data finding Uranus rings.
Astronomers have discovered a super-Earth, 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 things considered!
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 globular clusters almost nine billion years old.
Today Comic Perspective discuss about technology & education’s direct impacts of astronomy to the world.
Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Title: Ep. 658: Space Exploration Horror Stories Organization: Astronomy Cast Link: http://www.astronomycast.com Description 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, and the uncaring […]
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about liquid water in Enceladus and A potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 close approach to Moon and then to the Earth.
Thanksgiving, 3 planets, a meteor shower (with the possibility of a storm), and a TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE. Prepare your instrument as November is going to be great!
This week we revisiting Apollo photographically with Andy Saunders. @WSHCrew also have news about meteorite impact on Mars, radio telescope on the far side of the Moon. More at #365daysOfAstro
It's time for Objects to Observe in the November 2022 Night Sky. This month we have a lunar eclipse and several pairings between the Moon and Planets and we also talk about what asteroid we are on the lookout for this month and a bright comet that may be on the horizon.
Why spiral galaxies seem to line up from our perspective? What's the origin story about Saturn's ring? Also the discovery of Hipparchus’ star charts in early Christian parchments and this month skyguide. More with @AwesomeAstroPod
What is the Copenhagen interpretation? How did the debates between Heisenberg and Schrodinger influence later physicists? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the “shut up and calculate” approach to quantum mechanics? I
Some of the earliest records we do have tell us what the ancient astronomers thought about the heavens, and how they used the changing night sky in their daily lives. More with @AstronomyCast at #365DaysOfAstro
Today we have the story about The end of the line for the moon of a planet is when it reaches the Roche Limit distance from its host and a modern ribosome found in a particular organism is organized into layers
Why Does the Sun Continue to Shine? Today @AwesomeAstroPod take a look at what stars are (and our Sun is just a star), how they are born, their chaotic lives and violent deaths.
Time for October news roundup with WSH Crew. We have DART success story, bizarre cool nebula, reusable rocket, supermassive black hole. More at #365DaysOfAstro
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.
When you need some space... lets listen to @CheapAstro today for the answers of what’s the best solution to generate artificial gravity for long duration space travel? And what is the smell of space?
This week Cosmic Perspective: Dutch Astronomy in Wider Society discuss with Professor Ewine van Dishoeck about JWST. More at #365DaysOfAstro
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?
Today Travelers in the night discuss about Comet C/2006 W3 and 89 new close approachers.
As a start of season four, the Cosmic Savannah team discuss with Director General of the Square Kilometer Array Telescope, Prof. Phil Diamond about the green light for construction of this giant telescope.
Pulsars have baffled scientists for decades, including how they work and what form matter takes within a pulsar. This week This week @WSHcrew join by Dr. Zaven Arzoumanian and Dr. Keith Gendreau that mapped J0030. And more news update.
JWST’s larger mirror has allowed astronomers to find gravitationally lensed galaxies that have globular clusters almost nine billion years old. P
Today on #365DaysOfAstro, @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about The Rendlesham Forest Incident when Two US airmen witness what they believe is an aircraft coming down in the forest next to their base.
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?
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.
Today we have story about an asteroid small enough to fit under basketball hoop visiting Earth, Moon, & Mars and NEOWISE ability to spot asteroid.
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 more about how these celestial bodies will affect Earth.
Today on #WSH, @Astro_MikeS joins @WSHCrew to share his newest venture, Astronomy for Equity, as he continues his calling to share astronomy with local communitites around the world. Also news update with Juno's flyby, globular clusters, solar cycle, gravitational lens and Ryugu.
Today's @ActualAstronomy will have listeners emails and talk about variety of observations, putting together a small telescope, eyepiece comparisons and finally a new listener who is just getting back into astronomy.
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 and even managed to resolve a cloud of debris.
Through stories from prominent astronomers in the Netherlands, this podcast explores the beneficial impact of Dutch astronomy on society, from building positive international relationships to the transfer of life-changing technology. In this first episode we talk about radio astronomy bridges
It’s been about 65 years since the Soviets launched the first orbital satellite into low Earth orbit: Sputnik 1. Let’s look at the impact that Sputnik had on the history of spaceflight.
Today Travelers in the Night discuss about asteroid discoveries by Alex Gibbs and Rose Matheny.
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, Alistair Walker describes the history of the Dark Energy Camera, its first 10 years in operation, and looks to what the future holds.
On August 5, 2022, Curiosity celebrated its 10th Anniversary on the surface of Mars. What have we been able to learn about Mars during this decade? Also news update about Perseverance, DART mission, and also what to see in October sky.
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
Join us today for October sky with @AwesomeAstroPod and discussion about where space begins, JWST, the worth of Artemis and how the infamous Elephant Trunk nebulae incident happened.
Who developed quantum theory and why? What experiments motivated the creation of quantum mechanics? How was quantum mechanics a total break from classical physics?
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?
Today's travelers in the night talks about Rose Matheny discovery and about Lichen could flourish in Mars-like conditions
Halloween month brings us some spooooooooky astronomy. Saturn and Jupiter soar ominously above, Mars creeps in, and rocks fall from the sky.
JWST has already directly imaged its first exoplanet! What are we able to learn about these planets from the data collected? How does exoplanet geology compare with our own geology here on Earth? Plus news roundup with @WSHCrew
October Actual Astronomy focus on how to get the most out of the Great Jupiter Opposition. Also several pairings between the Moon & Planets, observing bands & storms on Jupiter, as well as asteroid.
TOI 849b is an exoplanet located about 730 light years away from Earth. Due to its close proximity to its star the atmosphere of this exoplanet was blasted away by its host star, leaving behind a naked core. This is the first ever planetary core discovered by astronomers.
Listen to the full-length interview with Jian-Yang Li from our September 13th episode where we discuss the DART mission’s uh, impact… ;^D
Climate change is on our minds these days, with increasing wildfires, droughts and floods. What are the variables that play into a planet’s changing climate, and what can this teach us about the search for habitable planets across the Milky Way?
Today's Travelers in the Night talk about the discovery of space boomerang and the change of comet in Oort Cloud orbit.
Join us today for @cosmicsavannah annual review. This year the podcast had the opportunity to explore the rich diversity of African Astronomy and meet the exciting young astronomers coming out of the continent! #365DaysOfAstro
This week we are super excited to welcome Dr. Moiya McTier to talk about autobiography of Milky Way. Also news update about DART, Insight, VESPERA, Korea Pathfinde, JWST, and Gravity.
Quick guide to the astronomy events to observe over the next few months. Farewell Frank Drake, Artemis 1 delays, and monthly round up with @AwesomeAstroPod
Talking about the ring system, the only astronomical body that comes up in the mind of peoples is the planet Saturn which has a ring system which can be seen easily with the help of a telescope. But did you know that Saturn is not the only one that has these jewels.
How do physicists understand quantum mechanics? What are the postulates and principles of quantum mechanics? How do the foundations of quantum mechanics compare to other theories?
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 we’ll address the stainless steel elephant in the room and talk about the shift to reusability.
Today Travelers in the Night will tell a story about the discovery of 2 potential hazardous asteroid and asteroid hauling water to the Moon.
DART is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid. More with @DeepAstronomy at #365DaysOfAstro
How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto? How science fiction inspired astronomers? Find the answer on WSH season premiere. The @WSHCrew also talk about Artemis and Perseverance. More at #365DaysOFAstro
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Episode 256 Listener Observing Reports. In this episode we read listener observing reports. Beginning with a new Dark Sky Preserve we move on to a "smorgasbord" session with planets, double stars and planetary nebulae.
As we return from our summer hiatus, we are back with a rundown of some of the stories such as JWST images, dark matter, and Betelgeuse. Also thirty orbital launches but not including Artemis.
In 2010, gamma ray observations by Fermi Space Telescope revealed an unknown mysterious structure of our home galaxy Milky Way later known as Fermi Bubbles.
On the day that we’re recording this, NASA’s Space Launch System is about to blast off. But everyone is expecting it’ll be delayed to October. When it does launch, it’ll be the most powerful rocket on Earth. Well, until Starship blasts off. So are we about to see the end of single-use rockets and enter the era of reusable rocketry?
Time travel is possible. You can do it by viewing objects in the night sky. And that's the story we have today about Saturn. But we also have story about Flat Earth Society reincarnation
By harnessing the capabilities of the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, which is part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, astronomers have obtained the sharpest image ever of the star R136a1, the most massive known star in the Universe.
Juno mission found that Jupiter’s atmosphere not only contains metals but also is not a homogenous mix. The likely culprits are the remains of planetesimals from the early solar system.
So we have rocky planets, gas giants, and ice giants in Solar System. What are their differences? And how about exoplanet. Are they the same?
How do astronomers measure extremely large distances in the far away corners of the Universe? So this would be the top step on the cosmic distance ladder.
Where does quantum theory fit in the larger tapestry of physics? What is the domain of quantum mechanics? And most importantly, what are the limits of quantum physics?
Did you know there are 88 constellations in the night sky? Let’s learn about the constellations and other star formations, their history, their connection to the zodiac, and how to find some of them!
Today, we have the story of asteroid 2015 SK7 and comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) discoveries.
With a groundbreaking technique, astronomers have used a galaxy as a gravitational lens to backlight two hydrogen clouds, peering back 11 billion light-years at our early universe
Dr. Jen covers all the different types of galaxies! Find out what makes a galaxy, how they form, how they die and how we know what our galaxy looks like when we can't leave it to look back on it.
This month Actual Astronomy have several pairings between the Moon and Planets and we also talk about when and how to observe the Curtis X as well as what asteroid we are on the lookout for this month.
This week Fraser Cain discuss about Fermi Paradox. How difficult it would be for aliens traveling at 10% the speed of light to settle the entire Milky Way, and it turns out, it's not as simple as you might think.
Using a first-principles approach, researchers have discovered that the differences in the rotational rate of the solar system are due to the inward and outward flow of cations and electrons.
Last week we make you sad about the future of the humanity, the Earth, the Sun and the Solar System. Today we’ll look far, far forward into the distant future of the Universe, at timescales that we can barely comprehend.
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about the discovery of the loneliest & largest Asteroid. #365DaysOfAstro
This week @cosmicsavannah feature some rising stars in African Astronomy! We have 4 young aspiring and future astronomers telling their story. Check it out in today's podcast at #365DaysOfAstro.
Created by French astronomer Charles Messier in the 18th Century to help him find more comets, this catalogue is the most helpful list of the brightest and easiest to find galaxies, star clusters, nebulae and even starts with an SNR, a supernova remnant. This makes it the catalogue of objects for anyone with their first telescope or pair of binoculars.
There is evidence of rotation in a galaxy which existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. This is the earliest galaxy we’ve found with possible rotation! This young galaxy rotates more slowly than modern galaxies, but maybe it’s on its way to gaining more speed.
Observations of V1674 Hercules reveal a nova produced by the white dwarf star that dimmed in only one day. Additionally, the strange star wobbles every 501 seconds, producing flashes in visible and X-ray light.
Don’t presume to assume. Did the Universe really start from a single point? How unusual is the Earth? Let's explore the answer with @CheapAstro at #365DaysOfAstro
It’s time for some sadness. It’s time for a grim look to see what the future holds for the Universe. This week we stay close to home and consider the end of humanity, the Earth, the Sun, and the entire Solar System. Next week we’ll extend out to the very end of the Universe.
This week Travelers in the night talk about 14 extremely tough asteroids which regularly travel closer to the Sun than the planet Mercury and the discovery of 2020 JJ.
Just like neighborhood developments here on Earth, the cislunar neighborhood needs multiple layers of infrastructure for a sustainable ecosystem on and around the Moon. Companies are planning to deploy foundational communications and data infrastructure to deliver services to government and commercial users. The market for cislunar space services is expected to grow significantly in the coming decade. Recognizing a whole-of-nation approach, there’s synergy in roles for government and private sector.
After six years of Hubble Space Telescopes and the hypothesis that millions of black holes exist in the Milky Way, scientists have finally found direct evidence for the rogue black hole. More about it at #365daysOfAstro
Today @ActualAstronomy will discuss about how to find Saturn and what you can see with your eye, binoculars and a small telescope. Also the Rings and gaps in the rings, the Seelinger effect which brightens the rings around this time as well as the Moons of Saturn.
Time for space exploration news with @AwesomeAstroPod. We have Perseids meteor shower, NASA going back to the Moon, news from ISS. Also what would we like to see happen to the ISS instead of being deorbited? More at #365DaysOfAstro
How do you make a super-atom? What can they be used for? What does this mean for quantum mechanics? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
Today’s episode of Astronomy Cast is about another famous physicist: Enrico Fermi. We’ve already taken a look at one of Fermi’s most famous ideas, the Fermi Paradox – or, where are all the aliens? But let’s meet the man behind the ideas, the namesake for the new Fermi mission.
Today's Travelers in the night talk about the asteroid record hunting and the discovery of asteroid that almost impact the Moon.
Short gamma ray bursts are caused by the merger of two neutron stars. However, not all short gamma-ray bursts are associated with galaxies. In this podcast, Brendan O’connor, described recent research into the host galaxies of short gamma-ray bursts.
In order to really survive and thrive in space, we’ve got to learn to live off the land, to acquire the resources in space that will allow us to survive… in space. We’ve got to learn to turn those raw materials into forms we need: fuel, breathable air, water, construction materials, and eventually even finished goods like rocket parts and electronics.
Today Awesome Astronomy will taking a look at the colour of stars and why stars appear the colours they do. Also how the mass of a star is related to its temperature, what happens to expanding dying stars and why we don't see any green or purple stars.
A trio of stories examines the possibilities for finding life in strange, new places, including deep underground here on Earth, in the subsurface oceans of Europa, and fossilized within sedimentary rocks on Mars.
If we want a lunar orbiting space station, couldn’t we just send the ISS there? Could bacteria have hopped aboard the Venera probes and seeded Venus’ atmosphere? Find the answer with @CheapAstro at #365DaysOfAstro
Let’s assume that humans survive the next few hundred years without destroying ourselves, or the planet, and we actually become a space faring civilization. What kinds of challenges will we face, and what projects will we build to expand ourselves out into the Solar System and eventually the galaxy. You just need to think big.
This week The Travelers in the Night talks about the decommission of Arecibo observatory and the discovery of 2020 XU6.
2022 is the summer of morning planets! Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus are all quite prominent. Throughout the summer, get up early to see the weeks where the Moon drives by the planets, and maybe catch a few meteors in August, as some of the planets return to the evening skies.
A star cataloged as Gliese 781 is approaching our solar system and in slightly more than a million years from now, will reach the Oort Cloud, likely disrupting the orbits of icy bodies that could head toward Earth
This month @ActualAstronomy places a focus on places a focus on events to help you find the planets as well as the Moon. We have several pairings and some occultation events with the Moon and Planets.
August news round-up with @AwesomeAstroPod. Also august skyguide. This week we have Jupiter's ring, triple star system with a violent past, fossil galaxy, & life on Mars.
What makes the principle of least action so important? Who came up with it? Is it all just a bunch of math or does it actually mean something?
What if our Universe was just one in an infinite number of parallel universes; a possible outcome from the specific predictions of quantum mechanics. The idea of multiple universes is common in science fiction, but is there any actual science to back this theory up?
Today travelers in the night discuss about the discovery of football stadium-sized Aten asteroid 2020 VZ5 and 1,000’ diameter 2020 WP1 traveling through Ursa Major
How big is the Sun? How do we know? How does it compare to the planets in our solar system and other stars in the galaxy? What's the fate of the Sun?
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, and it’s been hard at work ever since, studying the cosmos like no other observatory in human history.
An international team of astronomers found a dwarf galaxy in the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31, located over 2.5 million light-years from us. However, the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, now called Pegasus V, was first spotted by a very attentive amateur astronomer Giuseppe Donatiello, of UAI, the Unione Astrofili Italiani.
Starting with the stunning release of JWST’s first image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 on July 11, the bonanza continued the morning of July 12 with newly released images of Stephan’s Quintet, the Carina Nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula, and exoplanet WASP-96b
Back in black. @CheapAstro dives head first into some more black holes. What’s in a black hole? Can you really have planets around a black hole?
We’re FINALLY going to talk about the James Webb Space Telescope. After decades of development, delays, budget creep, the powerful infrared observatory is at its final home at the L2 Lagrange point. Yesterday (at the time we’re recording this) we saw the first scientific images from the telescope and according to Pamela’s rules, we’re finally allowed to talk about it.
To test techniques for characterizing a newly discovered PHA, scientists treat Apophis as an unknown object when it became detectable. And story about interstellar traveler.
Today Cosmic Savannah discuss about the life cycle of galaxies with Dr. Moses Mogotsi from SALT. He explains how we can observe gas falling into galaxies, how it forms into stars, and where it goes when those stars die.
We’ve reached the third part of our series on Lagrange Points, those stable spots in the Solar System, where you can sort of hover with the minimum amount of fuel. In this episode we’re going to look at the L4 and L5 points which share the orbit with a more massive object.
Have you ever heard of the Celestial Toybox Constellations? A long time ago I read an article about how the little constellations Vulpecula, Sagitta, Delphinus and Equuleus make up the Summer Toybox constellations because they are among the smallest recognized star patterns.
It's time for space news explorations shows with @AwesomeAstroPod. Today discussions will include heatwave, JWST, Starship launch, Artemis 1, international cooperation in space, and more at #365DaysOfAstro
What is a pulsar? How can we use them to map gravitational waves? What kind of technology does it take? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
Have you ever wanted to go to space, but lacked the… uh, I dunno, everything… to be an astronaut? There are now companies offering zero-G flights, sub-orbital flights, and there have even been paying customers who have gone into orbit. Is this going to be space travel for the rest of us?
Today's Travelers in the Night talk about the discovery of 550’ diameter 2020and 1 Km+ diameter 2020 UP3
Unlike in the Apollo era, the private sector now has considerable space capabilities and in the last five years, tens of billions of dollars have been invested in space programs by companies, individuals and investment firms. This panel will examine when PPPs make sense, what types of PPPs are best for exploration applications and what does the commercial market for exploration hold for the next twenty years.
Lagrange Points. Stable spots in space. What spacecraft work best in which places? What are some amazing ideas that could utilize these regions across the Solar System? This week, we’re going to talk about L2 and L3, the other meta-unstable spots that you can park a spacecraft at.
A basin region within Margaritifer Terra on Mars contains deposits of clay-bearing sediment that provide evidence of flowing water on the red planet as recently as 2.5 billion years ago.
Gemini & Apollo Astronaut Capt James Lovell discusses his Gemini 7 & 12 missions that, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon & see Earthrise.
Looking up at the night sky, have you ever wondered why the night sky appears dark? Any explanation, I’ve got two explanations for you.
Have you ever noticed that significant space and astronomy events seem to happen during the holidays? It’s not a coincidence. There’s actually a reason why. Today we’ll talk about some of the key events that happened during holidays and the underlying rationale.
Today Travelers in the Night talk about Solar Stormwatch II citizen scientists improve CME arrival predictions 20% and the Ora Banda 3 mile diameter meteor crater in western Australia.
Quasars are very distant and luminous objects powered by supermassive black holes. Today NORLab discuss about the discovery of the most distant supermassive black hole and quasar & what can we learn from it.
Thanks to gravity, there are places across the Solar System which are nicely balanced. They’re called Lagrange Points. Various spacecraft have already visited Lagrange Points, used them for some or all of their missions. Let’s explore the Lagrange Points.
An analysis of the craters on Bennu’s surface provides evidence that the rubble pile asteroid is protected from smaller impacts by the boulders scattered on the surface
Time for news roundup with @awesomeastropod as well as July sky guide. This episode we have cultural names for Ursa Major, planetary alignment, Mars Storm, Gaia data release and more.
What are some of the problems with dark matter? What about modified gravity? Are there any other solutions? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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 sky. Today we’ll give you a good list of things to keep an eye out for with or without a telescope.
Travelers in the Night discuss about the negative effect of climate change on astronomical research. And also the discovery of 2020 RX8
It's summer time. What to look up on Summer 2022 especially in July? More on Observing with Webb at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for news update. This week we have impact crater on the Moon, damage by space tourism, summer sky guide, fast nova, super Jupiter, and focusing JWST with Lee Feinberg
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the July 2022 Night Sky and places a focus on events to help you find the planets as well as the Moon. This month we have several pairings and some occultation events with the Moon and Planet.
Whenever I mention dark matter in anyway in the Guide to Space, or in a questions show, I get a bunch of responses that have essentially the same point. Astronomers are just speculating, why do they even think dark matter is a thing?
Using data from the fabulous Gaia mission, researchers have detected four new brown dwarfs as well as several other unusual companions to 25 stars in the Milky Way.
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 fun reads this summer?
Today Travelers in the Night discuss about aurora shifting colors and shapes in the night sky following a geomagnetic storm. Also changes in very low levels of light at night have positive & negative influences on chronic conditions
Today Cosmic Savannah discuss with Tiaan Strydom from South African National Space Agency about the landing and SANSA’s role in it, as well as various other contributions SANSA is making to space exploration.
Time for news update. The @WSHCrew will discuss about GAIA data release and ESA's comet interceptor mission. And discussion about Escaping Gravity book with Lori Garver. #365DaysOfAstro
Astronomers have just captured a new image of a beautiful sort of “dance” between two galaxies: the spiral NGC 1512, it’s the pretty, large, barred spiral in the picture, and its small neighbor NGC 1510.
Using the radiation signatures of quasars, scientists have determined when the era of reionization ended in our universe – about 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang.
How big can a rocky planet get? Can a rocky planet turn into a gas giant? Why are some planets rocky and others gassy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
We always say that we're living in golden age of space and astronomy, but it feels like things are just accelerating. What does the long-term future hold for our place in the Universe?
This week Travelers in the Night presents story about the discovery of 2,200’ diameter 2020 PC5 and gravity waves
DART is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid. DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space.
Can a sufficiently strong magnetic field be generated aboard a spacecraft? Find the answer on today @WSHcrew discussion with Dr. Elena D’Onghia. Also news update about GAIA 3rd data release, SLS, and Starship. #365DaysOfAstro
Today Actual Astronomy presents double stars with special guest observer Blake Nancarrow who is the National Observing Chair for the RASC. From easy splits to tough cuts we review some of Blake's favourites and talk about the list he has authored for observers of all levels.
Time for June Space Exploration show with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have China’s Tiangong space station, Artemis 1, France joins Artemis Accord, moon suit development. Also how many people can you get on the ISS?
Astronomers combined observations of far distant galaxies exhibiting no signs of star formation and found active supermassive black holes that may have contributed to the evolution of their parent galaxies. Plus, rocket launches, detecting earthquakes, and why Uranus and Neptune are different shades of blue.
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, and it's getting old. In addition, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made things, complicated. What's the future for the ISS?
Today story come from Teddy Pruyne and Worachate Boonplod discoveries of asteroid and comet.
Neptune and Uranus have much in common but their appearances are notably different. Today, @halfastro discuss with Dr. Patrick Irwin about the differences in the colors of Uranus and Neptune.
Time for news roundup. This week @WSHCrew discuss about mission in Mars with update from Ingenuity, Insight, Perseverance. Also about rogue stars, naked planets and JWST.
It’s too bad Mars is such an interesting place, because it’s actually one of the most difficult places to visit in the Solar System, especially if you want to bring along a lot of luggage. That planet is a graveyard of missions that didn’t quite make it.
Fast, strong magnetic winds caused by quickly rotating pulsars may be accelerating particles like electrons to extremely high-energy states and creating gamma-ray photons in their wake.
How do giant black holes shut off star formation? How do they turn it back on? Which came first, the black hole or the galaxy? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
Just as sound can echo off distant objects, light can echo too. And the echoes of light bouncing off stellar remnants, black hole accretion disks, and clouds of gas and dust provide astronomers with another method of probing the distant cosmos.
This week Travelers in the Night discuss about 5 Earth approaching asteroid candidates discovered by Kacper Wierzchos and the record of fireball sightings in 2019
2022 is the summer of morning planets! Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus are all quite prominent, with Mercury stopping by in June.
Developing reliable, renewable, and safe power/energy storage systems is a key requirement for future space missions. Are fuel cells one solution to this need? More with space news and the upcoming JWST result at #365DaysOfAstro
Today @ActualAstronomy will help you find the planets as well as the Moon. Also several Occultation events and some interesting night shining clouds to stay on the lookout for.
Time for your June sky guide and news round up with @AwesomeAstroPod. This month we have A companion star that survived a supernova, dark matter stripped away in galaxies, and of course the image of Sagittarius A*.
Researchers using radioactive decay analysis have recreated the early history of some asteroids in our solar system, revealing a more chaotic phase than previously thought
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 Earth unique or totally rare?
Today Travelers in the Night talks about Project Breakthrough Listen to look for intelligent extraterrestrial communications in the Universe and comet rankin in sagittarius.
In this episode, Cosmic Savannah discuss about Fornax Survey using the MeerKAT radio telescope with Dr Paolo Serra.
Hello Sagittarius A*, we finally see you. This week @WSHCrew dicuss about the new image with Dr. Lia Madeiros. Also the news round-up. We have Tau Hercules meteor storm, planets, conjunction, summer solstice and more.
A forensic analysis of the element concentration found in the Hypatia stone finds evidence in the cometary fragment, which may have impacted Earth 28 million years ago, of a supernova origin story
Most if not all newly formed stars have protoplanetary disks of gas & dust circling around them. More about the HL Tauri planet which forming in the gaps.
Today at #365DaysOfAstro, @cheapastro questions some questions. Do we have the ability to measure the exact amount of heat arriving at the Earth from the Sun? & If we want a lunar orbiting space station, couldn’t we just send the ISS there?
The Solar System, the Moon and its features, the stars, the constellations, the properties of light, and the preservation of dark skies will be some of the topics featured in the Scholar Astronomy Program, part of NOIRLab's Star Educators program
Astronomers recently observe small yet powerful stellar explosion known as Microvoa. So what is micronova and how it happen? And also, Perseverance lost contact with Ingenuity.
Adventure Journalist Jim Clash discusses how the Apollo 11 Moon landing influenced him & the general public, Joe Kittenger's contribution to the Aeronautics & the Space Program, the history & future of Space Tourism, & some of his other Adventure Journalist experiences
The flash of a pulsar about 3,000 light-years from our solar system was caused by a ‘black widow’ binary consuming a smaller star. Intriguingly, a third companion star is orbiting the pair, which may have originated near the Milky Way’s center.
Fraser gives 5 answers to the question, “why should we explore space when we have so many problems here on Earth?"
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?
Today's Travelers in the Night will feature 2015 RH2, Gennady Borisov's new asteroid and 2015 PU228. The asteroid that was once thought to be most likely to collide with Earth in this century.
Lunar Eclipse Month!!! Get ready for a May that boasts a wonderful blood moon and an array of morning planets all month long.
News round-up with @WSHCrew this week will cover various topic including cosmic rays as earthquake detection, rare galaxies forming stars, James Webb, machine learning for exoplanet cartography, solar flares, and Event Horizon Telescope.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the May 2022 Night Sky and places a focus on the planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn as they line up and meet up with the Moon. We also talk about when and how to observe the Lunar X, Lunar Straight Wall plus the Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower and a potentially bright comet to look out for this month.
Time for @AwesomeAstroPod news round-up and skyguide. We have JWST, new type of nebula, detecting life in Europa, exoplanet around dead star, galaxy with no dark matter and more. #365DaysOfAstro
What is the dipole repeller? Why is it a dipole? What is it repelling? What is the Bootes Void and how is it connected to dark energy?
There are general-purpose telescopes and missions that astronomers can use to study specific objects. And there are the survey missions that look at the entire sky, which astronomers can use to answer questions about the Universe.
Today Traveler's in the Night talk about Ganymede's layer with an iron-rich core which creates a magnetic field. And also about Breakthrough Prize Foundation SETI projects
A new paper looks at marsquakes and what is causing them, which turns out to be magma moving. And Curiosity has found rocks it needs to go around. Then there is the weather on Mars
This week the @WSHCrew Catching Up With Dr. Paul M. Sutter and discuss about his work. Also news update. The team has mission extesions, micronova, oldest aurorae. More at #365DaysOfAstro
: George’s Random Astronomical Object presents Messier 61. The center of this barred spiral galaxy contains multiple regions where stars are forming as well as an inactive supermassive black home that needs some caffeine.
To celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 16 @Andy_SSA interview Charlie Duke about his Apollo 11 Moon Landing Capsule Communications, Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot, & Post Moon Landing Life Changing Experiences.
Cheap Astronomy explores some old horizons and answers these questions. If the Big Bang happened 13.8 billion years ago how come we can still see it? How can we observe things that are receding from us at faster than the speed of light?
It’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means the Sun is back. But it’s more than just a free heat lamp for your garden, it’s an incredible, dynamic nuclear reaction complete with flares, coronal mass ejections, twisting magnetic fields and the solar wind
Our podcaster Jacinta has been part of the discovery of two largest radio galaxies using South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Time for weekly news update with @WSHCrew. This week we have stories about upcoming meteor showers, new record of the most distant galaxy, and discussion on how to access and use survey data with Kevin Gill
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Refracting Telescopes. In this episode we dive into our telescope of choice, refractors, with a discussion around Achro's, APO's, doublets, triplets and flat field designs
Space Exploration news with @AwesomeAstroPod will take you to SpaceX Starlink launch, JWST first image, NASA's moon rocket testing, affects of the war, Axion-1 mission, and Dark Nebulas.
What does everybody think is the twin paradox? What's the REAL twin paradox? How is the paradox resolved, and what does it teach us about synchronicity? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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 astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
Today's Travelers in the Night discuss about false rumor of asteroid that will strike Earth producing catastrophic damage. And about 2015 PU228 that will collide with Earth in 2081.
It is possible to contribute to professional astronomy, make discoveries and get involved in advancing our knowledge of the universe using your own equipment and computers. In this live stream, we'll go over some of the ways you can get involved in professional astronomy as an amateur.
Today, @WSHCrew discuss with Amber Dubill about Solar Sails. And also news update including Neptune is cooling down during summer time. More at #365DaysOfAstro
The far side of the Moon might make one of the best platforms we have for radio telescopes. One side of the Moon is completely blocked from Earth’s constantly increasing radio traffic, giving it the perfect view to the most sensitive radio signals in the Universe.
Today we bring you space scoop about the magnificent galaxy NGC 1566, nicknamed the “Spanish Dancer”. More at #365DaysofAstro
Scientists propose using changes in the distance from the Earth to the Moon and measured by lasers as a way to detect the phenomenon of gravitational waves. Plus, JWST is working, ExoMars is at risk.
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 they might have been critical for Earth to even exist in the first place.
Today Travelers in the Night bring you stories about 1999 JD6 and ELT or extremely large telescope currently build in Chile.
Today Cosmic Savannah talks with Kelebogile Bonokwane about her project on planetary nebulae as she investigating whether binary stars sit at the heart of these magnificent structures and are responsible for their unusual shapes.
Time for weekly news roundup with @WSHCrew. This week we have 5,000 exoplanets, Flyby of Ganymede, SLS, Starship, & James Webb Space Telescope
As astronomers and engineers design the next generation of giant space telescopes, they’re running up against the limits of current launch providers. To go bigger, space agencies will need to consider assembling their next-generation space telescopes… in space.
Today’s science stories run the gamut of the strange and the weird, with several black holes, the effects of space on astronaut blood cells, and how alligator mating dances added to solar science.
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 impact do they have on the Universe?
In this episode we are joined by guest Don Machholz from the Looking Up With Don Podcast and discuss about Messier marathon and comet hunting.
Time for messier marathon, and @awesomeastropod space exploration news. This episode, we have ESA's demonstrator for extracting oxygen from the lunar surface, countdown to the death of NASA's Mars Insight lander, future for ExoMars and ISS. And many more.
What makes the Big Bang theory so successful? How were alternatives ruled out? What are the electric universe and steady state theories? Do any other options remain, like conformal cyclic cosmology?
The Milky Way is a vast grand spiral today, but how did it get this way? Looks like ancient collisions with dwarf galaxies is the answer. But the ancient collisions with dwarf galaxies, and how they came together to build the modern Milky Way?
Today's Traveler in the night will explore Earth-like planet, Kepler-452b, and the fascinating Europa.
AEON (the Astronomical Event Observatory Network) will be a collection of world-class telescope facilities which can be accessed on demand, at the touch of a button. At the heart of the network, LCO is joining forces with the NOIRLab CSDC and the SOAR 4.1m and Gemini 8m telescopes to build a network for the LSST era.
The closest black hole is in fact a vampire star system. Listen to @WSHCrew discussion with Dr. Abigail Fros. Also earth-like planet in dead star's habitable zone, the impact of the war, and aurora in Mars
Earth is the best planet in the Universe. No matter where we go, we’ll never find a planet that’s a better home to Earth life than Earth. However, is it the best planet? More at #365DaysOfAstro
The science that dictates our planet is the exact same physics that affects our entire universe. Trying to understand everything around us is just as simple as taking into account all the forces and factors that interact to make everything we see.
This is the story of Perseverance and Ingenuity achievement after a year in Mars. Happy First Earth Birthday, Perseverance and Ingenuity!
Today's podcast we have a folklore from Mongolia about the birth of the brightest morning star and the evening sparkle stars.
A research team studying the Poás volcano in Costa Rica, a potential analog for early Mars conditions, finds microbes surviving in extremely harsh conditions. Plus, table-top matter-antimatter experiments, an exoplanet’s complex atmosphere, and how snails and squirrels can help us understand space.
E=mc squared is a nice straight-forward formula, indeed the energy-mass equivalence concept that underlies it is pretty straight-forward too. But why is that constant a velocity – and why is it squared?
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 these delays have on science, careers, and the future of space exploration?
Today story about INTEGRAL spacecraft and booster observation, as well as probability of another Chelyabinsk sized asteroid hits over a populated area will be centuries.
It’s not often we get a month with almost no events, other than your normal moon phases, however, we do end February with a wonderful close encounter between the Moon, Mars, and Venus, and preview some future morning planets.
This week, @WSHcrew discuss with Dr. Sian Proctor about her works as geoscientist, space artists & Inspiration4. Also, news update for this week. It's all about Mars, dark voids and solar flares, Earth's second trojan, and SLS/Artemis 1 mission.
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the February 2022 Night Sky and places a focus on events to help you find the planets as the Moon pairs with Neptune and Uranus before dancing with Venus, Mercury, Mars in the morning twilight. We also talk about when and how to observe the Lunar Straight Wall as well as what comets and asteroids to look out for this month.
What to observe in February? Listen to @awesomeastropod #skyguide and news round up today at #365DaysOfAstro. The team will cover Venus sample return mission, big far away star with very big planet, another ocean moon in Saturn and many more.
Why do we care about loop quantum gravity? Is it a viable path to uniting quantum mechanics and general relativity? What does it mean for spacetime to be discrete?