Edgewood Astronomy Outreach

This podcast will be recorded on a semi-regular basis and used to promote astronomy outreach!

Science Astronomy

Update frequency: every 9 days
Average duration: 10 minutes
Episodes: 8
Years Active: 2020

Cretaceous-Paleocene Extinction

Join our host, Melissa Sikes as she speaks with returning guest, David Cordie, Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Edgewood College. In this episode, we discuss the asteroid event that is known to h…

00:21:38 | Fri 27 Nov 2020

Cosmology in a Mind-Blowing Nutshell

Hosts Melissa Sikes and Kylee Martens chat about cosmology and the dark stuff in our universe. They tackle some big questions in cosmology and explain the effects of new research on our current under…

00:19:10 | Mon 16 Nov 2020

A Brief Summary of Meteor Showers

Ever wonder what causes meteor showers? Or why they only occur once and a while? Join Melissa today to find out!

00:02:56 | Fri 14 Aug 2020

The Importance of Dark Skies

In this episode, we will discuss the importance of dark skies, how to measure dark skies, and their greater importance to Earth’s ecology.

00:05:15 | Wed 05 Aug 2020

Our Home: The Milky Way Galaxy

The outreach team investigates where we actually are in the Universe and what being a spiral galaxies means for our home galaxy, The Milky Way.

00:08:50 | Wed 22 Jul 2020

In the search for life, planetology can help!

This episode features an interview with Dr. David Cordie, a professor of geoscience at Edgewood College. David helps us explore how paleontology aides astronomers in the search for extraterrestrial l…

00:21:39 | Wed 08 Jul 2020

Seasonal observing - Summer v. Winter

In this episode, Kylee discusses what causes seasonal changes to the night sky and some popular objects to look for!

00:03:30 | Wed 01 Jul 2020