Best Mima Podcasts (2024)

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Ocean World Mimas and the JUICE Slingshot 46:01

2h ago46:01

46:01

Recent (astronomically speaking, of course!) perturbations to Mimas's orbit may be the explanation for the surprising presence of a global subsurface ocean in this tiny moon of Saturn. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) mission successfully completed a novel gravity assist making use of the Earth's Moon and the…

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Barney the Dinosaur Killer from Outer Space and Water Inside Mars 40:24

2h ago40:24

40:24

New research shows that the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago formed in the colder, more distant reaches of the solar system. The Astroquarks have taken it upon themselves to dub this asteroid Barney. We’ll update you on that new research and a surprising discovery from Mars Insight data that suggests Mars has a potential…

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The Fermi Paradox - Are We Truly Alone? 41:00

42m ago41:00

41:00

When Frank Drake created his famous eponymous equation to estimate the number of advanced communicative civilizations in the Milky Way, we had little more than educated guesses for most of the factors in that equation. Decades later we have much better data, and the answer seems to reinforce Fermi's famous paradox: why is our galaxy so silent? The …

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Chemical Whispers of Life on Mars 41:24

15d ago41:24

41:24

The astroquarks assemble for their 365th episode, about 10 years after their first, with a look at a canceled mission to the Moon and tantalizing observations from an ongoing mission at Mars. The Perseverance rover has spied a particularly unusual rock sample with some tantalizing features. Join us for the deets as well as historical astronomy triv…

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Lunar Caves for Future Habitation 25:42

26d ago25:42

25:42

In this light episode of Walkabout the Galaxy, Josh and Audrey discuss the first confirmation of open spaces in lava tubes connected to lunar pits on the Moon. 200 lunar pits have been observed on the Moon, and now scientists have used radar data to demonstrate that these pits are in fact connected to caverns that could provide future astronauts wi…

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Dark Matter, Deuterons, and a Mixed-Up Protoplanetary Disk 42:38

1M ago42:38

42:38

You'll be amazed at how much we can learn from iron meteorites. Who would have guessed that analysis of the compositions of these humble metallic remnants of asteroids would be able to tell us about the shape of the protoplanetary disk? We'll learn about the latest clues to the early history of our solar system, the surprising abundance of deuteron…

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Cygnus X-3 and a Naked-Eye Nova 41:52

2M ago41:52

41:52

The clock is ticking on T Coronae Borealis which seems primed to undergo a nova explosion this summer. That will make this otherwise faint star as bright as Polaris thanks to a burst of nuclear fusion reactions on the exposed surface of this white dwarf. Another curious binary system, Cygnus X-3, is beaming x-rays toward us thanks to some nifty pho…

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Primordial Black Holes Make the Galaxy Go 'Round 39:44

2M ago39:44

39:44

We take a look at some Beta Pic Disk shots before journeying back to the earliest era of the universe and the possible formation of primordial black holes. Some of these may have been only the size of an atom and would have long since evaporated through Hawking radiation. But they may have left an observable imprint for our powerful telescopes peer…

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Full Circle to the Origins of Carbon and Exotic Gravity 43:18

2M ago43:18

43:18

The Astroquarks celebrate their 360th episode with discoveries showing carbon much earlier in the universe than previously thought possible, and an exotic new proposal as an alternative to dark matter. Plus, we have radioactive trivia and a slew of space news with a busy week in rocket and spaceship activity.…

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Volcanic Activity on Venus RIGHT NOW! 39:43

3M ago39:43

39:43

There is a mountain - or should we say a volcano - of evidence, building that suggests volcanic activity on Venus during the time of the Magellan mission in the 1990s. We’ll dig into that, struggle to get our script right, ponder the Fantastic Voyage, upcoming spaceflight milestones, and much more.By Josh Colwell, Addie Dove, Jim Cooney, Audrey Martin

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Watery Erigone and Rogue Stars in the Milky Way 45:18

3M ago45:18

45:18

New observations of Erigone, the parent body of an asteroid family, indicate its rocks are juicy with water. That makes it both a potential resource for future missions but also shows that asteroids may have played a big role in delivering water to the early Earth. Watery Erigone: it rhymes! You'll have to listen for details. And students discovere…

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Dyson Spheres and a Molten Planet 42:39

3M ago42:39

42:39

The Astroquarks delve into the possibility of giant alien constructs around stars, and the strange weather on a planet that is unreasonably close to its star. Join us for space news, trivia, and a fun exploration of odd topics in astronomy on Walkabout the Galaxy.By Josh Colwell, Addie Dove, Jim Cooney, Audrey Martin

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The Low Down on Big G and the Young Moon of Dinkinesh 45:19

4M ago45:19

45:19

NASA's Lucy mission discovered a surprising moon of the small asteroid Dinkinesh on its way to the orbit of Jupiter. New studies of that moon, a contact binary, suggest it may have a surprisingly young age. Meanwhile, cosmologists continue to wrestle with various seemingly contradictory measurements. One model suggests a modification to that old Ph…

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Dark Matter Wins Again 45:48

4M ago45:48

45:48

A clever test of dark matter and an alternative theory of gravity to explain the motions of stars around galaxies results in another check in the win column for dark matter. Simulations with the modified model of gravity failed to explain the motions in the inner regions of galaxies. Meanwhile the search for a hypothesized large object in the dista…

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The (in between) Show | The Encounter of Val Johnson 17:25

4M ago17:25

17:25

Welcome to The (in between) Show, a new lil side series by Anomalous Waves. Today, we dive into the strange encounter of Val Johnson from 1979. An on duty Deputy Sheriff that was "attacked" by a bright light late one night on a rural Minnesota road. Send your weird stories to us at anomalouswaves@gmail.com, Instagram, or telepathically and we will …

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Surprises from Bennu and the Milky Way 41:16

5M ago41:16

41:16

Analysis of the samples returned from the asteroid Bennu have revealed surprising assemblages of minerals that put new constraints on the origin of the solar system. And once Top Quark Jim Cooney stops giggling, he tells us about the discovery of an itsy-bitsy galaxy, if you can call it that, orbiting the Milky way. It has only dozens of stars, plu…

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The Dark Ages of the Universe 41:54

5M ago41:54

41:54

We peer back in time both to the murky history of our own solar system and to the dark ages of the universe. The JWST has confirmed that dwarf galaxies were the first to illuminate the universe, putting an end to the dark ages that followed the cooling after the big bang. In our own corner of the universe, new research highlights how nearby stars c…

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A Nova Visible this Year? 39:49

5M ago39:49

39:49

One of only a handful of recurrent novas, white dwarf stars that undergo a periodic explosive brightening as they accrete material from a neighboring star, is showing signs that it may be ready to blow sometime in 2024! Visible in the northern hemisphere, T CrB may become visible to the naked eye for a few days this year, repeating a cycle that occ…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Mima Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Re:Design

Mima

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Walkabout the Galaxy

Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney

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We Don't Even Know

Shonali Bhowmik and Christian Felix

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Anomalous Waves

Anomalous Waves

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Ocean World Mimas and the JUICE Slingshot 46:01

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Barney the Dinosaur Killer from Outer Space and Water Inside Mars 40:24

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The Fermi Paradox - Are We Truly Alone? 41:00

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Chemical Whispers of Life on Mars 41:24

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Lunar Caves for Future Habitation 25:42

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Dark Matter, Deuterons, and a Mixed-Up Protoplanetary Disk 42:38

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Cygnus X-3 and a Naked-Eye Nova 41:52

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Primordial Black Holes Make the Galaxy Go 'Round 39:44

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Full Circle to the Origins of Carbon and Exotic Gravity 43:18

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Volcanic Activity on Venus RIGHT NOW! 39:43

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Watery Erigone and Rogue Stars in the Milky Way 45:18

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Dyson Spheres and a Molten Planet 42:39

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The Low Down on Big G and the Young Moon of Dinkinesh 45:19

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Dark Matter Wins Again 45:48

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The (in between) Show | The Encounter of Val Johnson 17:25

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Surprises from Bennu and the Milky Way 41:16

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The Dark Ages of the Universe 41:54

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A Nova Visible this Year? 39:49

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