The 365 Days of Astronomy

Episode 250.

Part 2 of 2! What are the modern constants of nature? Is the Universe fine-tuned for life? Does the multiverse or string theory explain the origins of the constants?  I discuss these que…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clLLqzWyT-Q

Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay

Streamed live on Jun 9, 2025.

Humanity has turned its focus back to the Moon, sending a fleet of spacecraft to…

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…

NSF NOIRLab, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), has released the fulldome planetarium show, Messengers of Time and Space. This free-to-download production brings the combination of…

From October 7, 2021.

An analysis of the most recent sample taken from the Moon and returned by the Chang’e-5 

mission shows that the basaltic rock is about two billions years old. This age implies a…

Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. 

Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size,…

TRIBU Cultura Astronómica is an organization dedicated to the dissemination of astronomy and scientific culture. It is an organization dedicated to boosting awareness of the Universe through astronom…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_HooIJLNc

From Oct 12, 2010.

The fact that we've found a habitable planet candidate so soon after starting our search has important implications for the number of ha…

From September 22, 2008.

Look around you. Breathe in some air. Everything you can see and feel was formed in a star. Today we’ll examine that long journey that matter has gone through, forged and re-…

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…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cil0v7dIkgc

Hosted by Tony Darnell.

From July 6, 2017.

If we send humans to Mars, will they be able to survive? How hostile is the solar system for human exploration? …

From May 21, 2025.

This week, we take a closer look at the weirdly twisty search for a possible planet in our outer solar system. We'll also take in the happy science of aurorae here, at Jupiter, and…

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

The Observer’s Calendar for June 2025 on Episode 485 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Ch…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByfigQW-6Mk

Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. 

Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

From Jan 28, 2022.

Taking a look at how o…

Part 1 of 2! 

How do fundamental constants appear in physics? Why are they so important? Why do we care where they come from?  I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

Support …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6p03D1iaMw

Streamed live on May 26, 2025.

Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay

Some of our favorite robots are rovers currently roving around the surface of t…

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…

https://spacescoop.org/en/scoops/2507/could-this-be-one-of-the-strangest-planets-ever-found/

Recently, a team of astronomers found a new exoplanet, called 2M1510 (AB) b, that really surprised them. …

From May 19, 2025.

In this week’s closer look we are going to look at the earth-facing missions that are getting dragged down by our atmosphere and will be forcibly retired by physics in the next few…

Self-consciousness.

Dear Cheap Astronomy – Selfies in space.

Buzz Aldrin claims to have taken the first selfie in space in 1966, where he fixed a Hasselblad camera on the hull on Gemini 12 and then l…