Deep Astronomy
Welcome to Deep Astronomy, a podcast dedicated to helping us understand our place in the universe.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
Countdown to JWST #1: Finally Ready to Launch?
Here's the first installment of Countdown to JWST, a podcast that will track the mission up to launch (hopefully) later this year. Let's light this candle!
Was There A First Cause?
Was there a first cause? Can there be a event that started everything? What would such an event look like? In this episode Tony and Charlotte discuss the scientific and philosophical understanding…
When An Atheist Met A Catholic Theologian
This episode kicks off what I hope will be a weekly posting for the DA Show. My wife Charlotte is a Catholic theologian and philosopher who has taught me much outside of my scientific realm. I have…
A Cautionary Science Tale: BICEP2 and the Perils of the Nobel Prize
Remember all the commotion about the BICEP2 mission back in 2014? Cosmologist had announced the observation of polarized "B-mode" waves that, if connected to the universal cosmic microwave backgroun…
Using Nuclear Power for Deep Space Exploration
It turns out that NASA and others have been thinking about the inefficiencies of using chemical rockets to go to the Moon, Mars and the Outer Planets. One very attractive solution is Nuclear Thermal…
The Apophis Asteroid: Should You Be Worried?
Let's talk about the potentially hazardous asteroid known as Apophis. In April, 2029 this 320 meter rock will get so close that it will pass under the orbit of geosynchronous satellites! Astronomer…
Was the Event Horizon Telescope Black Hole Image a Waste of Time?
In this podcast: an essay on whether the effort that went into making the black hole image in the distant galaxy M87 by the Event Horizon Telescope was worth it; an interview with star mapper Wil Tir…
The Large Millimeter Telescope
This podcast features science and technology from the Large Millimeter Telescope. Our guests Nat DeNigris and David Sanchez will be on hand to discuss this amazing facility being operated in Mexico.
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Just How Fast is the Universe Expanding EXACTLY? ...and how do we know this?
We've known since Edwin Hubble's time that the universe has been expanding. What we've only recently learned (like, in the past 10 years or so) is that the universe is accelerating as it expands. M…
Life in the Universe? We May Be It!
I'm not convinced that life is everywhere in the cosmos. It is entirely possible, based on what we know today, that we are the only life there is. Anywhere. This episode is a brief discussion of t…
Women in Science w/ Carol Christian
Welcome to the first in a series of monthly discussions about topics in astronomy with Carol Christian, a colleague and friend of mine that has cohosted Astro Coffee Hangouts with me for years.
This …
The Exolife Finder Telescope (ELF)
Members of the PLANETS Foundation are working hard to secure funding for a telescope specifically designed to look for life on other worlds. In this episode, we discuss the capabilities and design o…
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)
The next generation of world-class ground based observatories are being built right now. Among them, The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). Learn about this amazing telescope that will become the worl…
Building Huge Telescopes in Space Using Robots
Astronomy’s Future Will Be Built: New Capabilities to Assemble in Space the Largest Observatories.
Scientific performance of telescopes depend strongly upon the observatory’s aperture, its capability…
From the Moon to Mars
For decades advocates of the exploration of the Moon have argued that this will make possible subsequent exploration of Mars. But is this really true?
Recently several dozen experts critically examin…
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Right now, astronomers around the world are processing data taken earlier of the center of our galaxy in a…
Using Resources in Space to Sustain Human Exploration
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)
The Origin of Life w/ PZ Myers