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
Clarke Exobelts: A Technosignature for finding Alien Civilizations
Clarke Exobelts, appropriately named after Arthur C. Clarke, are belts of satellites around and exoplanet that are in a geosynchronous orbit around it. These belts have distinct characteristics that …
01:04:28 |
Thu 25 Oct 2018
Using Robots to Explore and Repair in Space
Did you know there is a commercial effort to design robotic spacecraft to go into orbit and repair/replace/remove old, broken and damaged satellites? The future is very bright in space exploration, e…
01:01:10 |
Wed 17 Oct 2018
Possible Exomoon Around Kepler-1625b
This week we are talking with Alex Teachey from Columbia University whose recent paper using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that there might be an exomoon around Kepler-1625b, …
01:04:49 |
Fri 12 Oct 2018
HabEx and Future Earths: New Concept to search for Earth-like Worlds
HabEx is one of four concept missions being considered for the next generation of space telescopes. HabEx will search for rocky worlds like Earth in orbit around other stars and it will have unique c…
01:02:46 |
Mon 08 Oct 2018
Stop Being a TESS Hater!
Lots of people are expressing disappointment that TESS won't be looking at the sectors of the sky long enough to see anything. I disagree. Please use the Discord server to let me know what you think!…
00:25:48 |
Wed 03 Oct 2018
Finding Neutrinos with (an) IceCube
Super energetic neutrinos can be formed in exotic places, for example the accelerators in the core of galactic supermassive black holes. The IceCube neutrino detector array was built and deployed at …
01:00:08 |
Mon 01 Oct 2018
Have Astronomers Found Vulcan?
What would the planet Vulcan be like? It might be like the "super-Earth" planet orbiting a nearby star (16 light years) called HD 26965. The planet is only 2 times the size of Earth and the parent st…
01:03:14 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
The Lynx Space Telescope: The Next Generation of High-Energy Observatories
This is the second is a series of discussions surrounding the next crop of space telescope concepts being considered by the National Academy of Sciences to follow in the footsteps of WFIRST. This epi…
00:57:24 |
Wed 26 Sep 2018
The ORIGINS Space Telescope
The ORIGINS Space Telescope is one of four concept missions designed to compete as the follow-up mission to WFIRST, which launches after JWST. These missions are a look forward and present promising …
01:05:19 |
Tue 25 Sep 2018
What's with all this Exoplanet Hype?
Astronomers are getting as bad as the press these days with making statements that are designed to garner attention than anything else. In this episode, let's talk about exoplanet hysteria.
00:27:49 |
Sat 22 Sep 2018
The Square Kilometer Array: The Largest Radio Telescope in the World
The Square Kilometer Array is currently being designed and construction will start soon on a radio telescope that promises to revolutionize our understanding of the universe by looking at radio wavel…
00:57:17 |
Thu 20 Sep 2018
Making Mars Easier
Detailed scenarios for human exploration of Mars have been developed and debated for decades, although many of them have been too technically challenging or unambiguously unaffordable. However, are t…
01:02:28 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
JWST Update w/ NASA's Jon Gardner & Paul Geithner
The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is making progress. The James Webb Space Telescope has suffered many cost overruns and delays but the mission is now ontrack for launch in March 2021. Let…
01:01:04 |
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Telescope Talk: Imaging with Your Telescope w/ Tom Pickett
Telescope Talk is back! Are you interested in getting started in the awe-inspiring hobby of amateur astronomy? If so, this hangout is for you! Every other Tuesday, we get together and give advice to…
01:06:42 |
Wed 12 Sep 2018
NASA's New Gateway to Human Space Exploration
The International Space Station (ISS) has been the first successful step in long-duration human operations in space. If astronauts are to travel eventually to Moon, Mars, and deep space, technical ca…
00:59:33 |
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Is Climate Change a Great Filter?
Is climate change inevitable on worlds with technological civilizations? Is planetary feedback from such a civilization a great filter? Our guest Dr Adam Frank will discuss his paper on the effects o…
00:56:24 |
Fri 07 Sep 2018
The Search for Planet 9: So, Where is it?
Astronomers believe there is an undiscovered super-Earth Sized planet lurking in our outer solar system.
If it exists, then astronomers think it would have an estimated mass of ten Earths, a diamet…
00:53:57 |
Fri 25 May 2018
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