The 365 Days of Astronomy

Dec 03 2024 250 ep. 24 mins 13.2k
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The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast launched in 2009 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This community podcast continues to bring you day after day of content across the years. Everyday, a new voice, helping you see the universe we share in a new way. This show is managed by Avivah Yamani, edited by Richard Drumm. This podcast is funded through Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX and produced out of the Planetary Science Institute.

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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 237: Could Any Supernova Harm The Earth?

Dec 03 2024 32 mins  
Death by supernova. Are we “in range” of any potential supernovae? Has the Earth ever been hit in the past? And what about gamma-ray bursts from across the galaxy, are we safe from those? 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 you

Astronomy Cast Ep. 735: Albert Einstein

Dec 02 2024 36 mins  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15sOxk6cwaQ Streamed live on Nov 25, 2024. Last week we talked about the Einstein probe. So this week it is only natural that we talk about the man himself, Albert Einstein. He revolutionized the field of physics, played a vital role in the early 20th century and struggled to unite the forces of the Universe at the end of his career. Hosted by: Frase

Travelers in the Night Eps. 293E & 294E: Bright and Bald & 200 Yards of Trouble

Dec 01 2024 5 mins  
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: - Jul 16, 2024. My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls discovered 2015 TC25 as a rapidly moving point of light in the night sky. Followup observations using

Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 112: Getting Closer

Nov 30 2024 15 mins  
Next steps, if we don’t trip first. Hosted by Steve Nerlich. Dear Cheap Astronomy – How will we find the first evidence of extra-terrestrial life? Well of course, we don’t know – the question is more invitation to review the various options and rank the relative likelihood of those options based on the information we have to hand. So - it’s possible that we’ll first f

EVSN - Pluto’s Atmosphere Freezing Out as Pluto Moves Away

Nov 29 2024 22 mins  
From October 5, 2021. Scientists analyzed the results of a stellar occultation when Pluto passed in front of a distant star and found that Pluto’s atmosphere is freezing to the surface as the planet moves away from the Sun. Plus, an interview with Dr. Kat Volk regarding Transneptunian space and the possibility of Planet 9. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy

H’ad Astra Historia Ep. 107: Where No One Has Gone Before

Nov 28 2024 38 mins  
Hosted by Loretta Cannon for the AAS-HAD. Today’s guest: Dr. Linda Spilker (JPL Fellow and Sr Research Scientist: https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Spilker/ ) talks to us about the Voyager mission. She was there for the launch and each planetary flyby! H’ad astra historia is the official podcast for the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society. We

Big Impact Astronomy - Mirjana Povic: Women in Science: Inspiring Women in STEM Across Africa

Nov 27 2024 77 mins  
Hosted by Mike Simmons. - Mirjana, born and raised in Serbia during the Balkan Wars, now works on inspiring students, especially women and girls, across Africa. - Focuses on countries in crisis, using astronomy to bring hope and education. - **Highlight:** Discover her journey and the profound impact of her work on young girls aspiring to enter STEM fields. Mike Simmons is the fo

Exoplanet Radio - Ep. 30: The Many Earth-sized Worlds of TOI-700

Nov 26 2024 6 mins  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gL95pvc5OI From Aug 30, 2023. TRAPPIST-1 has held our attention for a long time because it has so many rocky worlds orbiting a star that may allow some of them to have liquid water. The promise of life is too great to ignore, so we turn our most powerful telescopes to this system whenever possible. Now there’s been a new system on the block. The

Astronomy Cast Ep. 123: Homogeneity

Nov 25 2024 30 mins  
http://www.astronomycast.com/archive/ From January 9, 2009. As astronomers discovered that we live in a great big universe, they considered a fundamental question: is the Universe the same everywhere? Imagine if gravity was stronger billions of light years away… Or in the past. It sounds like a simple question, but the answer has been tricky to unravel. We've added a new way to

Travelers in the Night Eps. 765 & 766: Bright Fireball & Korean Asteroid Hunters

Nov 24 2024 5 mins  
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: - Bright fireball meteors sometimes rain pieces of themselves onto the ground for meteorite hunters to discover. - The Catalina Sky Survey and the Korean teams o