Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (SIUE), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported through individual donations and the sponsorship of Swinburne Astronomy Online.
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Best Dr. Pamela Gay podcasts we could find (updated February 2020)
Best Dr. Pamela Gay podcasts we could find
Updated February 2020
Updated February 2020
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The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. Join Richard Saunders and his team of reporters for your weekly dose of skeptical news and interviews, reports and comments. Past guests have included, James Randi, Stephen Fry, Tim Minchin, Eugenie Scott, Dr Phil Plait, Michael Marshall, Dr Steve Novella, Dr Pamela Gay, Jon Ronson, Dr Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh, Prof. Richard Wiseman, Dick Smith, Banachek, Prof. Chris French, George Hrab, Tim Ferguson, Dr Paul Willis and many, many more. Fea ...
Get your daily dose of all that's new in space and astronomy. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you a fast-paced roundup of launches, landings, and everyday discoveries. The Daily Space is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute, and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay & Annie Wilson.
Ginger Campbell, MD host of the highly rated Brain Science Podcast, uses this podcast to explore her love of reading and ideas, including science, philosophy, history, and what ever else she is reading. This podcast comes out about once a month and often contains interviews of authors and scientists. Check http://booksandideas.com for details.
The companion podcast to the popular podcasting book by Tee Morris and Chuck Tomasi
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The Daily Space
1Pluto at 90, how to make MU69, and Mars ducks behind Moon24:41
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Today marks 90 years from Clyde Tombaughs discovery of Pluto and in celebration we look at New Horizon's flyby and the new science coming out of MU69. We also look at an image of Mars with a crescent moon as the passed in last night's sky.
559: The Surface of the Sun Astronomy Cast 559: The Surface of the Sun by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay A brand new telescope has completed on Maui's Haleakala, and it has just one job: to watch the Sun in unprecedented detail. It's called the Daniel K. Inouye telescope, and the engineering involved to get this telescope operational are matched by t…
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The Skeptic Zone
1The Skeptic Zone #592 -16.February.202053:42
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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:53 A Psychic in Court Richard Saunders was in the court room when someone claiming to be a psychic appeared in the witness box. This case is turning out to be one of Australia's most infamous murder trials. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-12/chris-dawson-committal-hearing-hears-evidence-from-psychic/11…
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Books and Ideas with Dr. Ginger Campbell
1BI 75 Amanda Popei from the Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association35:54
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This episode of Books and Ideas is a follow up of my previous interview of Becky Hale, past-president of the American Humanist Association (AHA). I am fascinated by the relationship between modern Humanism and Unitarian Universalism. Listen to my interview with Amanda Poppei from the Unitarian Universalist Humanist Association (UUHA) to learn why. …
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The Daily Space
1Crocus Melting on Mars, Betelgeuse changes Shape, and OLA on OSIRIS-REx not working7:35
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Carbon dioxide and salt water ice on Mars melts when the sun’s angle changes, leading to “Crocus Melting”, according to new research. Betelgeuse is actually changing shape due to stellar activity or dust ejection. And the OLA camera is malfunctioning on OSIRIS-REx - so it can’t focus on all the rocks, currently, but this is not expected to cause an…
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The Daily Space
1That periodic Fast Radio Burst Is. Not. Aliens. (And a side of Starlink and the Pale Blue Dot image)7:25
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We’ve been seeing a lot of reports about a possible alien signal from a weird radio source observed by the CHIME telescope. We look at the original research paper and sort fact from fiction (and the aliens are fiction). We also look at new efforts to work with the UN to limit the effects of satellite constellations on astronomy, and the reprocessin…
After a couple weeks of low activity, it's actually been a busy week in aerospace! Annie chats about the second batch of satellites for OneWeb, Japan's new spy satellite, a failed Iranian launch, and ESA's Solar Orbiter. New this week: useless space facts!
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The Daily Space
1Asteroid destruction, Brown Dwarf formation, and getting science from dust7:23
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Today’s show starts with a mighty YORP. It turns out the YORP effect may spin asteroids to death in dying star systems. We also look at how the formations of giant planets and brown dwarf stars differ, and a new way to get science from dust.
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The Daily Space
1Stars eating stars, CHEOPS unfocused light, and comet C/G 67P’s color change explained6:42
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Today’s main story looks at the weird star HD 101584 and explains its odd looks with a stellar merger gone berserk. Additional news includes CHEOPS first light images, and new results from Rosetta mission about comet C/G 67P and its orbital color changes.
558: Supernova SN 2006gy Astronomy Cast 558: Supernova SN 2006gy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay We've been following this story for more than a decade, so it's great to finally have an answer to the question, why was supernova 2006gy so insanely bright? Astronomers originally thought it was an example of a supermassive star exploding, but new evid…
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders with Maynard at Sydney Skeptics in tne Pub 0:02:00 Free Homeopthy Booklet... worth every cent We take a look at the information found in the free Boiron Homepathy information booklet on offer in American supermarkets and pharmacies. What can we learn from the Q&A section? With help from Heidi Robertson. 0:34:08…
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The Daily Space
1Looking forward to Solar Orbiter Launch, plus an Exhausted Massive Galaxy4:38
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Today is a day busy with much preparation for the launch of the Solar Orbiter on Sunday, and we also learn how scientists creatively found ways to study a massive galaxy that exhausted itself very early in its lifetime.
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The Daily Space
1Putting the Physics in Astrophysics: Cosmic Strings, Frame Dragging and AI in the news8:15
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Every hard to understand topic in astronomy tried to find its way into today’s episode. Join us and learn how cosmic strings may ultimately be responsible for life, how frame dragging can mess with a neutron star, and how AI may ultimately be analyzing our survey data.
It's been yet another quiet week with only one orbital launch. Annie shares what she can about the secretive National Reconnaissance Office's payload launched on Rocket Lab's Electron rocket.
Today's news is all about the weather: We look at what drives Pluto's counter flowing winds, why Neptune is so much stormier then Uranus, and how NASA and ESA are getting us ready for their space weather watching mission Solar Orbiter
557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe Astronomy Cast 557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay On the one hand, red dwarfs are the longest lived stars in the Universe, the perfect place for life to hang out for trillions of years. On the other hand, they're tempestuous little balls of plasma, hurling out catastrophic flares that could…
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The Daily Space
1The Sun, Space Weather, and the economic payouts of space science6:55
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This week we’re going to be getting a lot of Sunny Excitement as NASA and ESA gear up for the launch of the Solar Orbiter next Sunday. As part of that prep, we’re looking at newly discovered aurora called “The Dunes”, and covering a new UK study on the economic benefits of investing in space science.…
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The Skeptic Zone
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Show Notes 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:27 Not talking to the dead in Las Vegas We are joined by Celestia Ward from the Squaring the Strange podcast to discuss a report on yet another performer who claims to talk with the dead. https://www.facebook.com/LasVegasSocietyofSkeptics/posts/133563078123270?__tn__=-R 0:19:25 The Bondi Healing…
After 16 years of taking amazing data that has generated amazing science, the Spitzer space telescope was decommissioned. In this episode we look at its role as a part of the Great Observatories program, it’s prolonged life as JWST has been delayed. Now, astronomy is without far infrared capacity, but we have a wealth of data to keep mining.…
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The Daily Space
1New Fine Detail of the Sun, Solar Wind Sounds, and No Satellite Collision6:15
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In a week of gloomy winter weather in the US, new magnetic details from the Inouye Telescope, and new solar wind sounds from the Parker Solar Probe brighten our day, and there was no satellite collision to brighten our night last night.
It's been a quiet week for spaceflight with only two launches! Annie chats about the PolarNOx and SpaceX launches before introducing India's new space robot. Unfortunately, she's also the bearer of bad news from the latest GAO report on JWST: there's still problems slowing down integration, which means that there are more delays and cost overruns f…
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1For every generation a hero: Remembering the Challenger Accident7:22
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Today remember the heroes NASA has lost in its three winter space craft disasters. It is hard, but it is important. We also bring you a note about the Spitzer Space Telescope and it's final days and observations
556: Multi Messenger Astronomy Astronomy Cast 556: Multi Messenger Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay For the longest time astronomers could only study the skies with telescopes. But then new techniques and technologies were developed to help us see in different wavelengths. Now astronomers can study objects in both visible light, neutrinos,…
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1It’s a star-eat-star, star-eat-planet, and Congress-eat-Artemis universe out there8:07
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In today’s episode we take a look a the hot planet Kelt-9b that is getting super-heated by its super-hot star, and examine how a white dwarf - brown dwarf binary periodically goes boom. We also note that the US House is proposing a bill to change all NASA’s human exploration plans to repoint them at Mars.…
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The Skeptic Zone
1The Skeptic Zone #589 -26.January.20201:00:07
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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders live from Portland, Oregon 0:02:14 The Think Tank... or The Hot Tub of Truth This week the Think Tank comes to your from a Hot Tub, surrounded by snow, in the city of Bend, Oregon. Joining us in the tub to discuss if science can "save humanity" are... Dr Erika Anderson Dr Jean-Marc Roch PhD Prof. Wendi Wampler …
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The Daily Space
1Things that go boom with a side of quantum entanglement8:57
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No, Betelgeuse still hasn’t exploded, but other things have gone boom in the past and today we look at the results of one of the brightest supernovae, SN2006gy, and the oldest supernovae that went into forming the metal poor ancient star J0815+4729. Understanding these objects takes powerful computers, and we also discuss how new materials science …
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The Daily Space
1Ancient Impact may have changed climate, Water from Enceladus, and So Long Spitzer8:48
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An ancient impact crater gives insight on a major period of climate change on earth, Enceladus spits water that could have life, and Spitzer Space Telescope is being retired. We'll check into all of these on today's Daily Space.
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1Chinese Launches, Smallsats, and SpaceX Test: Rocket Roundup12:18
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There where three orbital launches last week! Annie brings the audience up to speed about the two Chinese launches and Arianespace's hefty passengers on the Ariane 5. She also rehashes the SpaceX Crew Dragon In Flight Abort test and explains why the Crew Dragon isn't quite ready for human-rated flight yet.…
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1SpaceX Crew Dragon, Alien and local comet news, and a dive into Sag A*10:33
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This weekend SpaceX purposely exploded a Falcon9 to test the Crew Dragon abort system and as everything went as planned, and we discuss what is next - maybe - for the SpaceX human space program. From there, we look at two new comets from other solar systems, nitrogen in comets from our solar system, and then take the promised deep dive into news ab…
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Astronomy Cast
1Ep. 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy29:09
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555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy Astronomy Cast 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay The other big issue at the AAS was the challenge that astronomy is going to face from all the new satellite constellations coming shortly. There are already 180 Starlinks in orbit, and th…
