Got your eye on that $40 telescope at Walmart? Wait, hear us out first! Fraser and Pamela discuss strategies for getting into amateur astronomy
Jul 8th: Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy
Astronomy Cast Archive
Jul 1st: Looking Ahead
Today, on final episode before hiatus, @AstronomyCast talk about the future. Especially for the next couple of months until the new season return in September.
Jun 24th: Summer (Science & Sci Fi) Reads
Fraser & Pamela list their favorite books! Take notes!
Jun 17th: Exoplanets by the Numbers
Here’s a familiar question: How’s the weather? We’re familiar with the weather on Earth. How about exoplanet? for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question. Here’s the story
Jun 10th: Weather on Exoplanets
We’re familiar with the weather on Earth and telescopes and missions are watching the weather on other planets in the Solar System. But for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question for exoplanets, located light-years away from us.
Jun 3rd: Space Junk
We’re polluting every corner of our own planet including take our trashy habits out into space with us. Lets learn more about the trash orbiting the planet to the radiation we’re leaking out into space.
May 27th: Rogue Planets
Most of the exoplanets we’ve found are around stars, where they belong. But a few have been found free-floating in interstellar space. How do they form and how can we learn more about them?
May 20th: Elliptical Galaxies
Our galaxy series continues with elliptical galaxies. Unlike other types, these are large, smooth with very few distinguishing features. They’re filled with red and dead stars, a clue to their evolution.
May 13th: Spiral Galaxies
Our galaxy series continues, on to spiral galaxies. In fact, you’re living in one right now, but telescopes show us the various shapes and sizes these galaxies come in
May 6th: Dwarf Galaxies
It’s time to begin a new mini-series. And today @AstronomyCast start with the dwarf galaxies, which flock around larger galaxies like the Milky Way. Are they the building blocks for modern structures?