Best Astronomy Education Podcasts (2024)

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Exoplanet Radio - How the Roman Space Telescope Will Revolutionize Our Understanding of Exoplanets 5:32

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4DAVgeCVsI Hosted by Tony Darnell. From Aug 25, 2023. The next big milestone in our study of exoplanets is a telescope that can see beyond the limits of our eyes, beyond the boundaries of our solar system, beyond the frontiers of our knowledge. A telescope that can reveal the secrets of the stars and the mysteries o…

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Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope 37:55

30m ago37:55

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024. Let's talk about that giant telescope that's changing everything. We have been waiting our entire careers to make this episode on the James Webb Space Telescope, AKA the JWST. This historic Observatory was launched just a couple of …

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope 38:00

2h ago38:00

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd21ZBju3Kg Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024. Let's talk about that giant telescope that's changing everything. We have been waiting our entire careers to make this episode on the James Webb Space Telescope, AKA the JWST. This historic Observatory was launched just a couple of years ago and it's already overturning our …

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346.2 Gravitons - 7 October 2024

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Maybe particles.By Steve Nerlich

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Travelers in the Night Eps. 755 & 756: Geyser of Life – Maybe & Nice PHA 5:30

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From July 28 & August 4, 2023. Today's 2 topics: - In 2023 the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a geyser of water vapor extending more than 80%…

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Guide To Space - Cosmological Horizons. The Past, Present & Future Limits of Astronomy With Dr. Paul Sutter 11:49

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtWrDjDIGI From May 22, 2018. The observable Universe is finite, which means there are limits to what we can see, now and deep into the future. Dr. Paul Sutter joins Fraser to talk about the various cosmological horizons that surround us. Paul’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBr7XOxxQyBHEwqkhoci7…

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Space Policy Edition: The space policies of a Harris Administration 58:31

18h ago58:31

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Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator and participant in two democratic NASA presidential transition teams, joins the show to discuss the potential space policy priorities of a Harris Administration. We explore Harris’ interests in her role as head of the National Space Council, the major issues facing NASA, and Garver’s thoughts on the evo…

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EVSN - Planning for Asteroid Attacks, Dino Prints Cross Ocean, Viper Updates, & More! 28:30

22h ago28:30

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Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including volcanic glass beads, dino prints that span the ocean, a deep dive into asteroid exploration, and tales from the launch pad. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon…

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AstroCamp Special! 1:19:54

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This month the episode comes from the user dark skies of Wales as it is AstroCamp time! Discussion of Hera and Europa Clipper probes, comet news and the live recording of the Astrocamp panel! EnjoyBy Awesome Astronomy

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Actual Astronomy - The Observer’s Calendar For October 28:01

2d ago28:01

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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Observer’s Calendar for October 2024 and Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas on Episode 450 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast …

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Return to Dimorphos: Looking forward to the Hera launch 1:05:30

3d ago1:05:30

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We look forward to the Oct. 7 launch of the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft with Michael Küppers, project scientist for the mission. Then Ambre Trujillo, our digital community manager at The Planetary Society, lets you know how to celebrate Europa Clipper by joining NASA's Runway to Jupiter style challenge. We'll close out with Bruce Betts,…

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George’s Random Astronomical Object: Object 134: Not Dead Yet 8:26

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Hosted by George Bendo. George’s Random Astronomical Object presents the planetary nebula NGC 7094. While this object may look fairly typical in terms of planetary nebulae, the star at the center is not quite a dead white dwarf yet. Brief biography: George Bendo is an astronomer who specializes in studying interstellar dust and star formation in ne…

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Off to Europa, and life on Mars 54:54

3d ago54:54

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NASA's Europa Clipper mission is about to head off on a five year mission to explore one of Jupiter's largest moons. Planetary geologist mission scientist Cynthia Phillips joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to discuss why this icy body could potentially be habitable. Plus, engineer, author and president of the Mars Society, Robert Zubrin, on h…

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AaS! 233: Why Do We Care About Methane on Mars? 34:07

4d ago34:07

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What’s behind the Martian Methane Mystery? Is it a sign of life, or just some strange chemical process? Or are we just fooling ourselves? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/spaceman and get on your way to being your best self. Visit Bette…

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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 233: Why Do We Care About Methane On Mars? 35:18

4d ago35:18

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What’s behind the Martian Methane Mystery? Is it a sign of life, or just some strange chemical process? Or are we just fooling ourselves? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/spaceman and get on your way to being your best self. Visit Bette…

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Ep. 728: Solar Scientist Eugene Parker 30:17

5d ago30:17

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 728: Solar Scientist Eugene Parker By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 23, 2024. Last week, we talked about the Parker Solar Probe. As always, we like to talk about the person who inspired the mission. What makes this amazing and different is that Eugene Parker was there to watch the launch of the mission that sh…

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 728: Solar Scientist Eugene Parker 30:14

5d ago30:14

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf4qdzyKsfY Streamed live on Sep 23, 2024. Last week, we talked about the Parker Solar Probe. As always, we like to talk about the person who inspired the mission. What makes this amazing and different is that Eugene Parker was there to watch the launch of the mission that shares his name. Why is he so influential on…

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346.1 Small bangs - 30 September 2024

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Not the big one.By Steve Nerlich

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Travelers in the Night Eps. 753 & 754: Impactor Lights Up the Night Sky & Very Fast Moving Object in the Night Sky 5:30

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - One meter diameter 2022 WJ1 holds the record as the smallest asteroid ever detected! It even hit the ground as it entered Ear…

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The Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 61: SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony-Australia 36:21

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Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. The 5th of December 2022 sees the commencement of construction of the long-awaited Square Kilometre Array (SKA)! SKAO: https://www.skao.int/ The SKA Observatory (SKAO) is a next-generation radio astronomy facility that will revolutionise our understanding of the Universe and the laws of fundament…

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EVSN Special - Quasi Moon Naming Contest! 28:30

8d ago28:30

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Hosted by Pamela Gay with guest Latif Nasser. https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau2406/ The International Astronomical Union and WNYC’s award-winning science podcast, Radiolab, invite people worldwide to take the unique opportunity to suggest a name for one of Earth's quasi-moons, 2004 GU9. Submissions are open until 30 September and t…

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H’ad Astra Historia - Ep. 105: Astronomy Oral History Project, Part 1 38:06

9d ago38:06

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Today’s guest: Dr. Jarita Holbrook (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarita_Holbrook, Harvard Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics, Univ. of Edinburgh, Univ. of the Western Cape) tells the story of the Astronomy Oral History Project. You will also hear some great advice for navigating graduate school and your post-doc years! (Hint: learn to write effecti…

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2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 2 - Stellar imaging and looking for life while mining water on Mars 59:57

10d ago59:57

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We return to the 2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium for part two of our coverage. Astronaut and NIAC external council member Mae Jemison honors Lou Friedman, the co-founder of The Planetary Society, for his contributions to the space community and the NIAC program. Then Kenneth Carpenter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center …

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Awesome Astronomy - 100 Hours of Astronomy With ‘Go Stargazing’ 23:25

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Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. Between 2nd and 5th October, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is celebrating 100 hours of astronomy. We’ve caught up with good friend of the show Neill Sanders, founder of Go Stargazing, who’s helped create an app to get you and al…

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Exoplanet Radio Ep. 26: - Is TRAPPIST-1 c Habitable? 5:17

11d ago5:17

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From August 24, 2023. New Webb Telescope Observations Suggest Not… A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c, which is one of seven rocky planets orbiting an ultracool red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. The team found that the planet's atmosphere, if it exists at all, is extremely thin. TRA…

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Ep. 727: Parker Solar Probe 30:40

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 727: Parker Solar Probe By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 16, 2024. Let's look over the long life of the Parker Solar Probe as it explores the Sun and nearby worlds. The Sun! It’s that ongoing thermonuclear explosion that’s happening right over there! And although the Sun is necessary for life on Earth, we stil…

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 727: Parker Solar Probe 30:36

12d ago30:36

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPSUhnZ3ONk Streamed live on Sep 16, 2024. Let's look over the long life of the Parker Solar Probe as it explores the Sun and nearby worlds. The Sun! It’s that ongoing thermonuclear explosion that’s happening right over there! And although the Sun is necessary for life on Earth, we still have questions! So NASA has s…

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346. Dear Cheap Astronomy - Episode 118 - 23 September 2024

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Self-consciousness.By Steve Nerlich

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100 Hours of Astronomy with Go Stargazing 21:55

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Between 2nd and 5th October, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) are celebrating 100 hours of astronomy. We’ve caught up with good friend of the show Neill Sanders, founder of Go Stargazing, who’s helped create an app to get you and all your friends involved with the celestial party! Enjoy!By Awesome Astronomy

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Travelers in the Night Eps. 751 & 752: Ball Pit & Lunker 5:30

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From June 30, 2023. Today's 2 topics: - To the amazement of NASA scientists, when the NASA OSIRIS-Rex touched down on the surface of Bennu to obt…

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Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 110: Robots And Us 14:42

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Robots are doing it for themselves. Dear Cheap Astronomy – What kind of robots will we send to other star systems? This questions assumes any interstellar travel from Earth will be undertaken by robots rather than us, This is a reasonable proposition given that going to the nearest star would take at least forty years assuming you can achieve speed…

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EVSN - Supernovae and Galaxies Being Used to Solve Astrophysics’ Biggest Questions 23:09

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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 flat rotation curves? Plus, a young star’s circumstellar disk, the search for stellar-mass black holes, magnesium in the deep waters of Neptune and Uranus, and an interview with PSI s…

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Awesome Astronomy - Life Giving & Life Taking Comets 18:13

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxY-HCCmZV0 Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From AstroCamp, Jan 27, 2023. In this Astronomy 101 video we take a look at Comets! From the medieval portends of doom to the space age where we know that they've been devastating the solar system …

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2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium: Part 1 - Human hibernation and swarming Proxima Centauri 57:12

19d ago57:12

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Join us on a journey to the 2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium. We'll hear from the teams behind two NIAC projects that could help us study distant planets and potentially reach them ourselves. Marshall Eubanks from Space Initiatives, Inc. and his colleagues will introduce us to their concept for a swarm of laser sailing pico s…

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Guide To Space - Which Are The Real Photos of Spacecraft? They’re Out There & They’re Amazing 13:51

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xapsn6-9sDU 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. Everyday I get comments about how people will believe we’ve been to space after I show them evidence of actual spacecraft taken in space and not C…

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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 232: Is Space Tourism A Good Idea? 34:57

18d ago34:57

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Why are private space companies pushing tourism? Is there a future for tourism in space? Is this an overall good thing for space exploration? Paul Sutter’s personal hot take: “Meh. I find space tourism kinda interesting... Space tourism isn’t moving the needle much in any direction.” This episode is sponsored by Factor meals. 35 different restauran…

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AaS! 232: Is Space Tourism a Good Idea? 33:30

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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? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/spaceman and get on your way to being …

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Ep. 726: Looking Back Over The Summer 37:59

19d ago37:59

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 726: Looking Back Over The Summer By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live Sep 9, 2024. We made all sorts of predictions, and some of the stuff we didn't know about last July, somehow, we still don't know about as we set up this episode on September 3! Join us for the first episode of Season 18 as we review all the crazy spa…

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 726: Looking Back Over The Summer 38:00

19d ago38:00

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GTvT3dXqbQ Streamed live Sep 9, 2024. We made all sorts of predictions, and some of the stuff we didn't know about last July, somehow, we still don't know about as we set up this episode on September 3! Join us for the first episode of Season 18 as we review all the crazy space science that happened during our Summe…

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345.3 Primordial black holes - 16 September 2024

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Small, dark and hypothetical.By Steve Nerlich

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Travelers in the Night Eps. 287E & 288E: Sensing A Comet & Close One 5:30

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - More than 400 years ago Galileo Galilei expanded human vision using a telescope to view the cosmos. Since then humans have ex…

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NOIR Lab - The First Kilonova Progenitor 19:15

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Kilonova form when two neutron stars collide. They were first discovered by their gravitational wave emissions. In this podcast, NOIRLab’s Dr. André-Nicolas Chene described the discovery of a system that will become a kilonova in the future. Bios: Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF’s NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizon…

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EVSN - Mars is the Future, the Day the Dinos Died, a Star's Death in 3 Acts, & More! 31:16

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From Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including new info on the origins of the Dino Killing asteroid, a star being nommed by a star, a deep dive into Mars exploration, and tales from the launch pad. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, h…

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Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #109: Planets 15:19

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Things that orbit the Sun and clear their orbits. Dear Cheap Astronomy – What happens when worlds collide? The outcome of a collision between two planets depends on the speed of the collision, the angle of the collision and the relative masses of the two bodies and their composition – think rocky planets versus gas giants for example. A small plane…

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Chasing auroras with the Aurora Guy 59:08

24d ago59:08

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We are near solar maximum, a time in the solar cycle when our Sun is most active. That means more sun spots, coronal mass ejections, and auroras on worlds across our solar system. This week, Vince Ledvina, also known as the Aurora Guy, joins Planetary Radio to discuss the science behind the northern and southern lights and what they can tell us abo…

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Awesome Astronomy - British Planetary Science Conference 1:38:32

24d ago1:38:32

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#147 part 1 - September 2024. Paul Hill and Dustin Ruoff host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. A bit different this month as Paul (in a tent) is joined by Dustin (in a boudoir) as they chat about: - Aurora on Ganymede, - Starliner, - Polaris Dawn, - Blue Origin and… - Dustin shares an interview with John S. Gianforte at a …

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Exoplanet Radio Ep. 25: Trillions of Worlds Without Stars 5:30

25d ago5:30

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From August 23, 2023. Astronomers estimate that there are more free roaming planets in our galaxy than there are planets in orbit around stars. In fact, rogue exoplanets - planets with no star whatsoever - far outnumber all other planets in our galaxy, by 20 times. Trillions of worlds wandering alone. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of …

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 32: The Search For Neutrinos 28:01

26d ago28:01

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http://www.astronomycast.com/archive/ Trillions of neutrinos are produced in our Sun through its nuclear reactions. These particles stream out at nearly the speed of light, and pass right through any matter they encounter. In fact, there are billions of them passing through your body right now. Learn how this elusive particle was first theorized an…

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345.2 Organising asteroids - 9 September 2024

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Sorting rocks.By Steve Nerlich

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Travelers in the Night Eps. 749 & 750: Earth Glow & Asteroid Slam 5:30

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - In 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts took an ultraviolet image of the Earth from the Moon which shows that like the Sun, the Earth to…

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