The 365 Days of Astronomy, the daily podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in duration, for all 365 days of 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individual
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Deep Astronomy - Backyard Professional Astronomy With Asteroid Hunters
04/17/2021
Deep Astronomy - Backyard Professional Astronomy With Asteroid Hunters
Space Junk Podcast #93. One of the most important activities that professional astronomers are engaged in is looking for asteroids out there that might hit the Earth and in THAT task, they can use all the help they can get. With today's amateur equipment it is now possible to engage in professional-level sky searches for asteroids that help keep tabs on all the big rocks out in the solar system, some of which are potentially hazardous to us. Mike Forslund, aka Asteroid Hunters has set up an automated system in his driveway that assists astronomers in locating and tracking asteroids. In this episode, Mike updates us on what's changed for him (turns out it's a lot!) since our last time together. Subscribe to Asteroid Hunters on YouTube: 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Weekly Space Hangout - White Dwarf Binary Systems With Dr. Ken Shen
04/16/2021
Weekly Space Hangout - White Dwarf Binary Systems With Dr. Ken Shen
Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: This week we are very pleased to welcome Dr. Ken Shen, assistant staff researcher in the UC Berkeley astronomy department, to the Weekly Space Hangout. Ken studies the astrophysics of white dwarfs in interacting binary systems, with a focus on thermonuclear phenomena. Ken received his PhD in September 2010 in the Department of Physics at UC Santa Barbara, and from 2011-2014 he was a postdoctoral Einstein fellow at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Oh yeah! Ken appeared on Jeopardy on 24 February 2021 (unfortunately he didn't finish in first place) but, in honor of the late Alex Trebek, he has donated his winnings to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. In his free time, Ken walks his dog, Lucy, and tries to keep up with the never-ending influx of New Yorker magazines. You can follow Ken on Twitter (where he documented his entire Jeopardy Journey) and check out his research by visiting his website Regular Guests: Dr. Brian Koberlein ( & ) Michael Rodruck ( & ) Allen Versfeld ( & ) This week's stories: - Gaia finds 12 Einstein Crosses. - Brown dwarfs spin themselves apart? - Interstellar comet Borisov encounters the Sun. - Mars helicopter or no? - New Shepard flies again. No go boom. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Actual Astronomy - Variable Star Observing With Dr. Stella Kafka and the AAVSO
04/15/2021
Actual Astronomy - Variable Star Observing With Dr. Stella Kafka and the AAVSO
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. Today, our special guest is Dr. Stella Kafka, the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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The Daily Space - “Missing” Matter Found In Intergalactic Space
04/14/2021
The Daily Space - “Missing” Matter Found In Intergalactic Space
New research looking to explain the “missing” portion of baryonic matter in the universe managed to locate the material lurking in intergalactic space as hot, low density gas. Plus, supercontinents, Enceladus, and weird earthquakes. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Guide To Space - Why Is The Moon’s South Pole So Important?
04/13/2021
Guide To Space - Why Is The Moon’s South Pole So Important?
As NASA prepares to return to the Moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program, the agency is focusing its efforts on exploring the Moon’s polar regions. These are areas of the Moon which seem to have a lot of water mixed in with the regolith. Some of these craters are permanently in shadow, and might still have large quantities of water, that’s accessible to human and robotic explorers. This is a critical resource, and the Moon might be just the place to help humanity as it pushes out to explore the rest of the Solar System. But it might also be an illusion. We really won’t know until we look up close. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 193 - Astronomy With The Unaided Eye
04/12/2021
Astronomy Cast Ep. 193 - Astronomy With The Unaided Eye
From June 7th, 2010. We talk a lot about telescopes here on Astronomy Cast, but you really don’t need any special equipment to appreciate what the night sky has to offer. Just head outside with some sky charts, maybe a planisphere, some friends and hot chocolate, and you’re good to go. Let’s talk about what kinds of things you can see with just your eyes. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Travelers in the Night Eps: 545 & 546: Celestial Congestion & Snoopy
04/11/2021
Travelers in the Night Eps: 545 & 546: Celestial Congestion & Snoopy
Recorded June 14, & July 11, 2019. 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: - The StarLink Project will wreak havoc on star gazing, astrophotography, asteroid hunting, the search for extraterrestrials, and astronomical research of all kinds. - Carson Fuls may have spotted NASA Lunar Module "Snoopy" while searching for Earth approaching asteroids. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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NOIRLab - NOIRLab Education Programs Go Virtual
04/10/2021
NOIRLab - NOIRLab Education Programs Go Virtual
NOIRLab has a wide variety of educational programs at all sites. Two of the large flagship programs took place in March: Journey Through the Universe at Gemini Observatory in Hawai’I and AstroDay Chile in La Serena, Chile. Both programs are traditionally done in person. In 2021, however, both programs had to adapt and become virtual events. Learn about this programs and how they changed in 2021 and hear what the future may hold! Bio: Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF’s NOIRLab. Links: Celebrating 17 Years In Hawai’I Island Classrooms: Live from NOIRLab @ Hawai'i: Journey Through the Universe: Journey Through the Universe Live Q&A: AstroDay Chile: Globe At Night For AstroDay Chile: NOIRLab social media channels can be found at: 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Weekly Space Hangout - The Disordered Cosmos with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
04/09/2021
Weekly Space Hangout - The Disordered Cosmos with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: This week we are very excited to welcome Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to the Weekly Space Hangout. Chanda is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. She is also a columnist for New Scientist and Physics World. In her first book, THE DISORDERED COSMOS: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (Bold Type Books), Chandra brings readers into the world of particle physics and the cosmos — all while making an urgent call for a more just and inclusive practice of science that expands our understanding of the universe and our place in it. Chanda's research in theoretical physics focuses on cosmology, neutron stars, and dark matter, and she is active in Black feminist science, technology, and society studies. Essence magazine recognized her as one of “15 Black Women Who Are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barriers.” She has been profiled in several venues, including TechCrunch, Ms. Magazine, Huffington Post, Gizmodo, Nylon, and the African American Intellectual History Society’s Black Perspectives. A cofounder of the Particles for Justice movement, Chanda has received the 2017 LGBT+ Physicists Acknowledgement of Excellence Award for her contributions to improving conditions for marginalized people in physics, as well as the 2021 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award for her contributions to particle cosmology. Be sure to visit Chanda's website: and follow her on Twitter (), LinkedIn (), and Facebook (). To learn more about The Disordered Cosmos, including where to get your copy, visit: ► In the US: ► In the UK: Regular Guests: Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( & ) Chris Carr ( ) C.C. Petersen ( & & ) This week's stories: - Mars' Ingenuity. A freaking helicopter on Mars! - Dark matter coming from the center of the MW. - Lucy gets ready for flight. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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The Daily Space - Event Horizon Telescope Captures A New Image of the Black Hole in M87
04/08/2021
The Daily Space - Event Horizon Telescope Captures A New Image of the Black Hole in M87
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration released a new image yesterday that shows the black hole in M87 once again, but this time, with new details. Using polarized light, the team was able to capture photographic evidence of magnetic fields. Plus, Jupiter’s winds, baby stars, fossilized plants under Greenland’s ice, and our weekly What’s Up segment. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Awesome Astronomy - April Part 1
04/07/2021
Awesome Astronomy - April Part 1
Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. The Discussion: - Jen finally becomes Dr. Jen – bow down pitiful Earthlings! - Binocular astronomy. - Get the book Vera Rubin - A Life by Jacqueline and Simon Mitton with 25% off by emailing [email protected], and quoting the discount code H0350 (mentioning Awesome Astronomy probably wouldn’t go amiss too) Emails from listeners correcting a possible error and posing a teasing question about US refractors. The News: Rounding up the astronomy news in February, we have: - UCL researchers unravel the mystery of the Antikythera mechanism - The Event Horizon Telescope improves the image of a supermassive black hole by revealing its magnetic fields - Confirming the existence of the furthest major solar system object - An exoplanet that lost its atmosphere and then gained another one! Main News story: CERN’s LHC spots a quirky quark that hints at a big anomaly in the Standard Model of Physics The Sky Guide: This month we’re taking a look at the constellation of Coma Bereneces with a guide to its history, how to find it, a couple of deep sky objects and a round-up of the solar system views on offer in April. Q&A: You mentioned recently that a comet was a long period comet? What does this mean? How do we know if a comet is a long period comet? From our good friend Arliss Evans in Texas, USA. Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well). 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 149: Is The Universe A Fractal?
04/06/2021
Ask A Spaceman Ep. 149: Is The Universe A Fractal?
Hosted by Dr. Paul Matt Sutter. Is our universe a fractal? How do we test this? Are there any places in the universe that look like fractals? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: All episodes: Follow on Twitter: Like on Facebook: Watch on YouTube: Read a book: Go on an adventure: 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 Patreon supporters this month: Justin G, Matthew K, Chris L, Barbara K, Duncan M, Corey D, Justin Z, Neuterdude, Nate H, Andrew F, Naila, Aaron S, Scott M, Rob H, Lowell, David B, Frank T, Tim R, Alex P, Tom Van S, Mark R, Alan B, Craig B, Richard K, Steve P, Dave L, Chuck C, Stephen M, Maureen R, Stace J, Neil P, lothian53 , COTFM, Stephen S, Ken L, Debra S, Alberto M, Matt C, Ron S, Joe R, Jeremy K, David P, Norm Z, Ulfert B, Robert B, Fr. Bruce W, Catherine R, Nicolai B, Sean M, Edward K, Callan R, Darren W, JJ_Holy, Tracy F, Tom, Sarah K, Bill H, Steven S, Jens O, Ryan L, Ella F, Richard S, Sam R, Thomas K, James C, Jorg D, R Larche, Syamkumar M, John S, Fred S, Homer V, Mark D, Brianna V, Colin B, Bruce A, Steven M, Brent B, Bill E, Jim L, Tim Z, Thomas W, Linda C, Joshua, David W, Aissa F, Tom G, Marc H, Avery P, Scott M, Michael G, Katelyn, and Thomas H! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain. Thanks to Cathy Rinella for editing. Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist and the one and only Agent to the Stars (http://www.pmsutter.com). 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Astronomy Cast - Ep. 245: Calendars
04/05/2021
Astronomy Cast - Ep. 245: Calendars
From Dec 26, 2011. Our lives are ruled by calendars. And calendars are ruled by astronomy. As we near the end of 2011, and get ready to ring in the new year, let’s discover the astronomy underlying the days, weeks, months and years that segment our lives. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 543 & 544: Asteroid Zoo & Missing
04/04/2021
Travelers in the Night Eps. 543 & 544: Asteroid Zoo & Missing
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. Recorded June 13, 2019. Today's 2 topics: - In 2018 Asteroid Hunters discovered 1,839 previously unknown space rocks as they passed through our celestial neighborhood. - Statistically, asteroid hunters are thought to have discovered 90 to 95% of the Earth approaching asteroids larger than about 3,000 feet in diameter. This group of celestial visitors is important since the impact of one of these giant space rocks could throw up enough dust and debris to disrupt human food production for a number of years. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Observing With Webb - April Episode
04/03/2021
Observing With Webb - April Episode
Welcome to Observing With Webb, where a high school astronomy teacher tells you what you’re looking at, why it’s so cool, and what you should check out later this month…at night. April of 2021 delivers a few mornings and a few evenings of lunar close encounters, as well as a meteor shower, as we stay up later to get those dark skies. April 22nd – LYRID METEOR SHOWER – 2021 is a decent year for the Lyrids, if you’re willing to get up in the morning to watch. At only 10-20 meteors per hour, it is a minor shower, and we have a Moon just past its 1st quarter, so it won’t get drowned out by moonlight…after 4am. You’ll still be able to see SOME meteors at night, but it’ll be better without the Moon’s light pollution. So look North in general in the morning before dawn. The shower is greatest on the 22nd, but you might see some on the 21st and 23rd as well. Just remember each meteor is piece of debris left over from a comet, and we’re crashing into it at over 100,000 miles per hour, which crushes the atmosphere it hits, heating it up and causing the bright flash. Some advice for watching: - Find a dark location and lie down in a reclining chair or something that insulates you from the ground. - Check the weather to see if the skies will be clear. - Adapt your eyes to the dark by staying away from light sources or using a red light if you need to look at a star chart or not trip over something. - If you’re feeling extra nerdy, do a scientific meteor count (S&T and IMO). 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Weekly Space Hangout - News Roundup
04/02/2021
Weekly Space Hangout - News Roundup
Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: Yup - another week with no guest scheduled (we are working on it though, I promise) but fear not - I know the team will fill the hour with a slew of amazing stories!! Regular Guests: Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( & ) Dave Dickinson ( & ) Molly Wakeling ( & ) This week's stories: - TESS's exoplanet count update. - SN #11 goes BOOM! - Protoplanetary impactor inside Earth. - Satellite light pollution. - A neutrino observatory in Lake Baikal. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Actual Astronomy - Objects to Observe in April
04/01/2021
Actual Astronomy - Objects to Observe in April
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. - Jupiter & Saturn in the morning sky in Capricornus. - Mars is receding in Taurus. - Double shadow transit April 3rd & 14th on Jupiter. - Moon occults Mars on April 17 for Asia & Africa. - April 22nd the Lyrid meteor shower. - Comet C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) has had an outburst. It's closest to Earth on April 23rd as it moves from Capricornus into Aquilla. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #65: Unusual Orbits
03/31/2021
Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #65: Unusual Orbits
Stumbling Around in the Dark Again. - How do stars in the galaxy orbit? There is something weird about how stars orbit in the Milky Way Galaxy – and probably in any other rotating galaxy. But the physics of it is totally different to how things work in, say, our Solar System. - Why doesn’t the image of the black hole in M87 look like the image of the black hole in the movie Interstellar? So the back story here is that astronomers recently imaged the supermassive black hole within the elliptical galaxy M87 although when we say imaged it’s really radio telescope data converted into a visual light approximation, but it’s still an image – just perhaps not exactly what you’d see if you parked your spacecraft out at a safe distance and took a peek. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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The Daily Space - Detection of High-Energy Particle Confirms Decades Old Theory
03/30/2021
The Daily Space - Detection of High-Energy Particle Confirms Decades Old Theory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica detected an electron antineutrino, confirming another piece of the Standard Model and proving that neutrino astronomy is feasible. Plus, a meteorite, wormholes, zodiacal light, and our weekly What’s Up segment. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 600: Looking Ahead
03/29/2021
Astronomy Cast Ep. 600: Looking Ahead
Today we are gonna gaze into the future of space and astronomy. What upcoming missions & events are we excited about? 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Travelers in the Night - Eps. 541 & 542: Most Dangerous in 2018 & Toughest Asteroid
03/28/2021
Travelers in the Night - Eps. 541 & 542: Most Dangerous in 2018 & Toughest Asteroid
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: - Alex Gibbs found 3,400 foot diameter 2018 XV5, the largest potentially hazardous asteroid discovered in 2018. - Alex Gibbs discovered 1,200 foot diameter 2018 GG5. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 26.1: Beyond 200 Years of Astronomy in South Africa
03/27/2021
Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 26.1: Beyond 200 Years of Astronomy in South Africa
Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. Welcome to Season 3 of The Cosmic Savannah! This week we get up to speed with all the activities over the break, hear from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vanessa McBride joins about the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) and her role as Head of Research at the SAAO, and her own research in the field of compact binary stars. We also discuss the objectives of the OAD, acknowledging South Africa's difficult past, in striving for an equal and inclusive future for all, in astronomy and beyond. Check out the show notes at for more info, pictures, links, and the transcript of this episode. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Weekly Space Hangout - Looking For Water On The Moon With Dr. Casey Honniball
03/26/2021
Weekly Space Hangout - Looking For Water On The Moon With Dr. Casey Honniball
Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. Casey Honniball to the WSH. Casey is a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and has extensive experience in observing, instrumentation, and telescope operation. As an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, she aided in the development of a submillimeter instruments that she would later help deploy to Mt. Graham and Llano de Chajnantor Observatories and to Antarctica. As a graduate student at the University of Hawai'i she was responsible for assembly, test, and deployment of a 3-5 µm imaging interferometer (MIDAS, Mid infrared detector of atmospheric species) used for volcanological studies and as a prototype for a small satellite instrument. She co-led a large-scale survey of the mid-IR hydration properties of lunar surface using the SpeX cross-dispersed spectrograph at the NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF). Dr. Honniball originated the project to use the NASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) to search for the 6 µm molecular water signature on the lunar surface and has had two observing runs on SOFIA with 20 more hours planned. As a postdoc fellow, Dr. Honniball continues lunar observations with the IRTF and SOFIA and works to connect the 3 and 6 µm hydration bands on the Moon. Be sure to follow Casey on Twitter (@CaseyHonniball) to stay up to date with her research. Regular Guests: Dr. Alex Teachey ( & ) Dave Dickinson ( & ) Pam Hoffman ( & & ) This week's stories: - The Ingenuity helicopter is about to fly. - Conjunctions with the Moon. - A possible explanation for Omuamua. - A new nova in Cass! 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Famous Women Astronomers - Henrietta Swan Leavitt
03/25/2021
Famous Women Astronomers - Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Hosted by podcast editor Richard Drumm. She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1868, to a Congregational Church minister and his wife. She first attended Oberlin College and then transferred to The Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women at Harvard University. This mouthful of a name became known as Radcliffe College in 1894, two years after Ms. Leavitt had graduated. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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The Daily Space: Aquatic Planets Like Earth Could Abound in the Milky Way
03/24/2021
The Daily Space: Aquatic Planets Like Earth Could Abound in the Milky Way
A new study examines the formation of rocky worlds from dust particles containing ice and carbon, increasing the possibility that our own Milky Way galaxy could be filled with aquatic planets similar to Earth. Plus, a simulation of the Milky Way-Andromeda collision and an overview of asteroid Apophis. Oh, and you're not alone. Your editor & producer read that as "Aquatic Plants…" too. It happens. I was a biology major a long time ago on a planet far, far away. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Cheap Astronomy - Famous Physics Formulas #7: Free Fall To A Center Of Mass
03/23/2021
Cheap Astronomy - Famous Physics Formulas #7: Free Fall To A Center Of Mass
Falling, as little as possible. Free-fall time to a centre of mass A listener asked the question “How long would it take an object to fall into the Sun from one light year away”. The answer to this question turns out to be a Fantastic Physics Formula, which has been attributed to Arthur C Clarke (who also had geostationary orbits attributed to him). In reality, it could just as well be attributed to Johannes Kepler, since it’s really about the mathematics of an orbital system and the relationship between the distance of an object from the centre of mass of an orbital system and the orbital period of that object. The Principle of Least Action The principle of least action defines the path that an object will follow in time and space. It can also be used for other things, like defining the shape that something flexible will adopt in a gravity field under particular conditions, but defining the path of a projectile is its most common usage. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 599: Zodiacal Light
03/22/2021
Astronomy Cast Ep. 599: Zodiacal Light
Pamela has told us in the most flowery terms about the diffuse dust across the inner solar system left over from the formation of the inner planets. well, it turns out she was wrong. Super wrong. Time to update! 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Travelers in the Night - Eps. 119E & 120E: Deafening Silence & Kowalski’s Forever Comet
03/21/2021
Travelers in the Night - Eps. 119E & 120E: Deafening Silence & Kowalski’s Forever Comet
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. Recorded March 12, 2015. Today's 2 topics: - More than 50 years of searching for signals from other civilizations in the Universe has produced a deafening silence. - Richard Kowalski has an instinct for discovering interesting objects. Like Comet C/2015 D5 (Kowalski). 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Deep Astronomy - Space Junk Podcast: Astro Imaging with Astronomolly
03/20/2021
Deep Astronomy - Space Junk Podcast: Astro Imaging with Astronomolly
Molly Wakeling ( ) has been imaging the night sky for about five years now and she creates some of the most stunning views of the night sky with her equipment. In this episode Tony discuss her story and we'll share some tips techniques and secrets for creating great images yourself! Please join us for this live recording and join the discussion! 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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Weekly Space Hangout - News Roundup!
03/19/2021
Weekly Space Hangout - News Roundup!
Host: Fraser Cain ( )Special Guest: No guest is scheduled for this week yet (although we are still trying to line up someone awesome,) but there is nothing at all wrong with spending the hour catching up on the news! Regular Guests: Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( & ) Moiya McTier ( & ) Allen Versfeld ( & ) This week's stories: - The source of Zodiacal light! - Where did Mars's water go? Aqueous minerals! - A rediscovered meteor shower, the Volantids! - Detecting a black hole on the move. With water masers... - Measuring the smallest amount of gravity. - Stellar streams. 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 mugs and other awesomeness! This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just !) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. Visit us on the web at or email us at .
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