Last Minute Astronomer - September Episode
The 365 Days of Astronomy
What is gracing the September 2024 skies? A juuuuust barely partial lunar eclipse, the best viewing for Saturn, 5 lunar close encounters, and the transition to fall. Hi everybody, I’m Rob Webb, your Last Minute Astronomer, bringing astronomy to normies and nerds, with little time to spare. We’ll start by talking about September’s big events, then highlight the naked eye planets, and finish up with the lunar phases, so you can plan ahead better than me. 7th – 8th – Opposition of Saturn – Saturn, Earth, and the Sun are essentially lined up, causing Saturn to rise...
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EVSN - Quasi-Satellite of Earth Has Lunar-Like Material
The 365 Days of Astronomy
From November 16, 2021. After five years of observations, researchers have found that the quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa, which currently orbits the Earth, is similar to a lunar sample collected during the Apollo 14 mission. Plus, Russia blows up a satellite, TESS finds a circumbinary planet, and we interview Dr. Gail Christeson of the University of Texas, Austin, about mapping Chicxulub crater. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends...
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Actual Astronomy - The Observer’s Guide For September
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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. The September 2024 Observer’s Calendar on Episode 446 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 is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars. * Sept 1 - Zodiacal light becomes visible this month (Mercury is also paired with the Moon in morning, but might be tough) * Sept 3 - New Moon * Sept 5 - Mercury at Greatest Elongation 18-degrees from Sun in Morning Sky *...
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Awesome Astronomy - Should We Worry About Asteroids?
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Paul Hill & Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Dec 9, 2022. At AstroCamp. Astronomy 101 - Everything you need to know about asteroids! - What are they? - What are they made of? - Where are they?? Dr. Jen tells us how we understand so much about these small(ish) objects far away in the Asteroid Belt. 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...
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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 231: What Made The Local Bubble
The 365 Days of Astronomy
Where do we live within the galaxy? What shapes the local bubble? How long will we be inside it? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at and get on your way to being your best self. Visit BetterHelp to get 10% off your first month! Support the show: All episodes: Follow on Twitter: Read a book: Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Big thanks to my top...
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 96: Humans to Mars Part 3: Terraforming Mars
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From July 7, 2008. And now we reach the third part of our trilogy on the human exploration and colonization of Mars. Humans will inevitably tire of living underground, and will want to stretch their legs, and fill their lungs with fresh air. One day, we’ll contemplate the possibility of reshaping Mars to suit human life. Is it even possible? What technologies would be used, and what’s the best we can hope for? We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: and donate as much as you can! Share the...
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 747 & 748: Alone or Not & Ultimate Thule
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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - In our Milky Way Galaxy alone there are probably 25 billion planets located within the habitable zone of its star where there could be air to breathe and liquid water on its surface. The search is on for advanced civilizations . - Traveling an additional billion miles beyond Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is now sending back data on 2014 MU69, a strange snow man shaped object which orbits the Sun once...
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Guide To Space - Why is Uranus on its Side? An Ancient Catastrophe of Planetary Proportions!
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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 to the planet to make it this way? It’s impossible to do an episode about Uranus without opening up the back door to a spit storm of potty humour. I get it, there’s something just hilarious about talking about your, mine and everyone’s anus. And even if you use the more sanitized and sterile term urine-us, it’s still pretty dirty, in an unwashed New York stairwell kind of way. You’re in us? No. We've added a...
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EVSN - NASA Money Mayhem May Murder Missions
The 365 Days of Astronomy
Let's take a fast-paced journey thru all that's new in space and astronomy, including Hubble, Chandra, and VIPER face cuts/cancellations, weird exoplanet orbits, Roman gains an instrument, 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: and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee...
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Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #108: Infrastructure
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Building the future! Dear Cheap Astronomy – How will we build a lunar base? The main issue with building on Earth is gravity – that is, if you’d don’t build them properly they will fall over. With the Moon having one sixth of earth’s gravity, stopping things from falling over is still important but it’s a much easier thing to accomplish. The main challenge for building structures for people to live in on the Moon is that those structures will need to retain internal pressure against a vacuum. Dear Cheap Astronomy – Will travel to Mars ever become routine? There is a view...
info_outlineFrom October 25, 2023.
Around our parent collaboration, CosmoQuest, Halloween is, hands-down, the most beloved season of the year. Costumes are worn. Yards are decorated. We are here for all the strangers that knock on our door - the weirdos, the witches, and the oh-so-very-many werewolves - and there will be as much candy as we can afford given out. We know we are not the only ones.
With about a week to go, we know that any day now, NASA, ESA, ESO, and others will begin releasing their spooky season images. There will be nebulae cropped with the contrast adjusted just so to reveal witches' hats, and others rotated to reveal ghosts and maybe - I can hope - a goblin or two.
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