The Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 61: SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony-Australia
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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: The SKA Observatory (SKAO) is a next-generation radio astronomy facility that will revolutionise our understanding of the Universe and the laws of fundamental physics. Formally known as the SKA Observatory, the SKAO is an intergovernmental organisation bringing together nations from around the world. The observatory consists of the SKAO Global Headquarters in the UK, the SKAO’s two telescopes at...
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EVSN Special - Quasi Moon Naming Contest!
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Hosted by Pamela Gay with guest Latif Nasser. 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 the winning name will receive official recognition by the IAU. For millennia, people across the globe have built deep connections to objects in the night sky, assigning them names and stories imbued with their cultural heritage and understanding of the world. Naming campaigns highlight...
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H’ad Astra Historia - Ep. 105: Astronomy Oral History Project, Part 1
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Today’s guest: Dr. 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 effective grant applications) Also: H’ad astra historia is the official podcast for the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society. We’re here to share stories from and about the people who study the stars, planets, and the cosmos. We’ll...
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Awesome Astronomy - 100 Hours of Astronomy With ‘Go Stargazing’
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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 all your friends involved with the celestial party! Enjoy! Bio - Awesome Astronomy explores the frontiers of science, space and our evolving understanding of the Universe. Join Paul & Jeni for informative and fun astronomy...
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Exoplanet Radio Ep. 26: - Is TRAPPIST-1 c Habitable?
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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. TRAPPIST-1 c is about the same size as Venus and receives a similar amount of radiation from its host star as Venus gets from the Sun. This led scientists to believe that the planet might have a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere like Venus....
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 727: Parker Solar Probe
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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 sent the Parker Solar Probe to visit the Sun up close, to get us some answers. SUPPORTED BY YOU! This Episode is made possible thanks to our Patrons on Patreon. Join at the Galaxy Group level or higher to be listed in our YouTube videos. Thanks to: Paul Fischer, Joe Holistein,...
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 751 & 752: Ball Pit & Lunker
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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. 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 obtain a sample, the sample collecting arm continued to sink into Bennu until rocket thrusters reversed its downward motion and allowing it to escape. - My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting, in the evening twilight, with our 60 inch telescope on Mt....
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Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 110: Robots And Us
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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 speeds in the order of ten percent of the speed of light, which is a pretty big assumption. Dear Cheap Astronomy – Do we really need to send humans into space? Well yes, we really do. Cheap Astronomy is a big advocate for getting...
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EVSN - Supernovae and Galaxies Being Used to Solve Astrophysics’ Biggest Questions
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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 scientist David Horvath regarding possibly active volcanism on Mars. 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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Awesome Astronomy - Life Giving & Life Taking Comets
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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 for billions of years. But what are they? Where do they come from? And did they bring life to Earth? All videos and imagery courtesy of NASA, ESA or Wikimedia Commons. Incredible thumbnail image by Martin Heigan: But please do help us out by subscribing to the...
info_outlineRobots 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 speeds in the order of ten percent of the speed of light, which is a pretty big assumption.
Dear Cheap Astronomy – Do we really need to send humans into space?
Well yes, we really do. Cheap Astronomy is a big advocate for getting robots, our manufactured progeny out there, but the technology isn’t yet good enough for robots to replace the role and function that people will play. They robots will be able to do all those things one day and on that day us humans can just stay home and let them get on with it, but before then there’s a gap that needs to be filled – and there is some growing urgency to get on with it soon.
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