Astronomy Minute

A brief description of the notable celestial objects located in the constellation of Andromeda.

A brief description of what is meant when astronomers refer to something as a deep sky object?

A brief description of how we define an asterism in the sky as distinct from a constellation.

A brief description of why we study the nature of the Universe. We are mainly interested in gaining knowledge about the universe for the sake of the knowledge itself.

A brief description of how the finite speed of light can be used to our advantage - allowing us to look back in time to see the history of the Universe.

A brief description of how old the universe is as compared with the ages of the Sun, the Earth, and how long Homo Sapiens have lived on the Earth.

A brief description of a light year - a unit of distance based on how far light travels in one Earth year.

A brief description of electromagnetic radiation - that is to say light - and how its wavelength, frequency, and energy are related.

A brief description of the term Hubble Flow in astronomy. The universe is expanding on the largest scales, and this large-scale expansion of the Universe is known as the Hubble Flow.

A brief description of Blackbody or Planck curves. In short, these curves tell us the brightness of stars of a certain temperature.

A brief description of the phenomenon known as Precession of the Equinoxes. 

A brief explanation of the zodiac and how it relates to the other constellations in the sky.

A brief order-of-magnitude description of the probability of life elsewhere in the universe beyond earth.

A brief description of two independent methods that give an age of 4.5 billion years old for the Solar System.

A brief description of how we think the Milky Way galaxy formed. Basically, it's a process whereby hundreds to thousands of low-mass dwarf galaxies collided and coalesced to form our our galaxy.

A brief description of why there is no such thing as the dark side of the Moon.

A brief description of taxonomy in science and how it is used to classify objects that are similar to each other.

A brief description of two dwarf galaxies known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds that are in orbit around own Milky Way galaxy .

A brief description of Isaac Newton's contributions to science and mathematics. More information is available in the podcasts entitled “What are Newton’s Laws of Motion?” and “What is Newton’s Law of…

A brief description of Galileo's contributions to astronomy.