Astronomy Cast Ep. 739: Drones!
The 365 Days of Astronomy
Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay Streamed live January 9, 2025. From little Ingenuity to the future Firefly and all our Earth Science fliers, let's look at the buzzy scientists. NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter showed us how wonderful a flying science platform can be on another world. Soon there’ll be a helicopter flying on Titan, but there are many other flying robots that’ll be helping us with all our science needs. 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...
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 775 & 776: 3 Close Approaches & Naming Asteroids and Comets
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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 December 2023. Today's 2 topics: - During a six hour period three small space rocks passed through the Earth-Moon system. At discovery 2023 TO4 was in Pegasus, 2023 TD7 was in Aries , and 2023 TQ3 was in Eradanus. - Every year a significant number of comets and asteroids are discovered by amateur astronomers with modest equipment.Their reward is satisfaction and the right to name their discovery. We've...
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NOIRLab - The Fastest Feeding Black Hole
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Supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies, and modern telescopes continue to observe them at surprisingly early times in the Universe’s evolution. It’s difficult to understand how these black holes were able to grow so big so rapidly. But with the discovery of a low-mass supermassive black hole feasting on material at an extreme rate, seen just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, astronomers now have valuable new insights into the mechanisms of rapidly growing black holes in the early Universe. In this podcast, Hyewon Suh and Julia Scharwächter discuss the discovery...
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EVSN - End-Permian Extinction Lasted 10X Longer on Land Than in Water
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From April 27, 2021. The biggest mass extinction event on Earth occurred at the end of the Permian period, resulting in the extinction of 95% of marine life and 80% of terrestrial life. Now, scientists have found that the terrestrial portion of the event lasted nearly ten times as long as the ocean version. Plus, a spaghettified star, the search for Moon Trees, all about Mars, and new works on dark matter and dark energy. 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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April Jubett - Listen to the Universe
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From Jun 5, 2024. NASA is famous for beautiful space images, but did you know you can listen to them? Go behind the scenes with the team that creates “sonifications,” translations of data into sound, and learn how meaningful they are to people who are blind or low-vision. "Listen to the Universe" - Audio-described version for better accessibility Organization: NASA/ Marshall Space Flight Center/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Chandra X-ray Center & NASA's Universe of Learning Bio: Many collaborators at NASA/MSFC/SAO/CXC poured their heart and soul into this...
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Awesome Astronomy - Christmas Panto!
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Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. It’s that time of year again where the team get silly. The Martians have a bit of a lark mucking about in this year’s pantomime. This year Butch and Suni hijack the ISS… They do also touch on the space news from 2024 and what to expect in 2025. 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...
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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 239: What Are the Weirdest Hypothetical Particles?
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Are dark photons as sinister as they sound? What did the curvaton do in the early Universe? And is everything really made of preons? 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...
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 30: The Sun, Spots & All
The 365 Days of Astronomy
From April 2, 2007. It’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means the Sun is back. But it’s more than just a free heat lamp for your garden, it’s an incredible, dynamic nuclear reaction complete with flares, coronal mass ejections, twisting magnetic fields and the solar wind. Put in your headphones, head outside and enjoy the sunshine while you listen to this week’s podcast. 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...
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 773 & 774: Discovery and Recovery & Loss and Gain
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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: - New observations linked with discovery observations 10 years earlier provide a significant improvement in the precision of our knowledge of 2013 TG6’s orbital elements and thus its position on the sky well into the future.It is important for asteroid hunters to keep track of small asteroids like this one to make sure sure that their path doesn’t change to make them a threat as they pass other objects...
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The Last Minute Astronomer - January 2025
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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 January’s big events, then highlight the naked eye planets, and finish up with the lunar phases, so you can plan ahead better than me. January 2025 is a PLANETARY month! Mars gets big, Mars gets occulted, Mars gets outshined by Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter, then Venus and Saturn pass right by each other, and a brief but intense meteor shower shows up. 13th - Occultation of Mars - MORE than a close encounter, Mars...
info_outlinePaul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host.
Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.
#149 November 2024.
This month the episode is all about astronomy! Yep just astronomy. We catch up with the wonderful comet observations of the autumn, Jen’s aurora cruise in Norway and we talk outreach astronomy in response to a listener's question.
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