The 365 Days of Astronomy

Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. 

Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

It’s that time of year again where the team get silly. The Martians have a bit of a lark …

Are dark photons as sinister as they sound? What did the curvaton do in the early Universe? And is everything really made of preons? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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From April 2, 2007.

It’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means the Sun is back. But it’s more than just a free heat lamp for your garden, it’s an inc…

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenigh…

Hi everybody, I’m Rob Webb, your Last Minute Astronomer, bringing astronomy to normies and nerds, with little time to spare. We’ll start by talking about January’s big events, then highlight the nake…

From December 25, 2024.

Let's take a fast-paced journey thru new discoveries planetary science and Cosmology. We look at Dark Comets, Io's gooey mantle, the colonization of a Ryugu sample by Earth ba…

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected]

This month is our Observer’s Calendar for January 2025 but I’ve had Marie Newnham working wi…

Hosted by Steve Nerlich.

Dear Cheap Astronomy – Why do further way galaxies moving faster mean the Universe is expanding?

It is all a lot to take in – not only is farther away stuff moving faster, al…

Astronomers think that studying the effects of spaceweather and radiation in space will shed more light on exoplanetary atmospheres. You see, spaceweather is what we call the variations in the space …

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From January 1, 2007.

We take the Moon for granted, but its effect on the Earth is very important; possibly even critical for the formation of life. But where di…

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenigh…

In this episode, Tshiamiso and Dan have a discussion with Alexander Andersson from Oxford University about Zooniverse, citizen science projects and how citizens can contribute to the work that astron…

From July 17, 2021.

Over tens of millions of years, the surface of Europa has been churned by impacts down to an average depth of 30 centimeters. This churning means that the search for chemical bios…

Hosted by Loretta Cannon for the AAS-HAD.

Historical Astronomy Division of AAS

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Today’s guest: Dr. Linda Spilker (JPL Fellow and Senior Research Scientist) discusses the Cassini…

Hosted by Dr. Pamela Gay.

Description: Pamela tells a Christmas tale for astronomers one and all. With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore.

Bio: Dr. Pamela L. Gay is co-host of the popular AstronomyCas…

From September 6, 2023.

Hosted by Tony Darnell.

Astronomers have recently concluded an observation study of the closest exoplanet to Earth, Proxima Centauri b and found that the planet does not trans…

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Streamed live on Dec 16, 2024.

What can we hope (or dread) to see in 2025?

Last week we talked about the 2024 strangeness. Now we’re gonna talk about the u…

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenigh…

We’ve plundered Earth, what’s next?

Dear Cheap Astronomy – If we did colonize the Solar System, what would we do with the different planets?

It remains to be seen if we will spread out across the sol…

From December 11, 2024.

From baby planets to ancient black holes, let's look at the week's space news, including the discovery of a planet around a still-forming star, our Sun's massive outbursts as …