Red supergiants are massive stars at the end of their lives. In this podcast, Dr. Emma Beasor discusses recent research that attempts to explain the red supergiant problem.
Oct 9th: The Red Supergiant Problem
Rob Sparks Archive
Sep 11th: The Discovery Of The Fastest Moving Asteroid
Scott Shepperd normally studies objects in the distant solar system. But today he will tell the fascinating tale about the discovery of the fastest moving asteroid currently known
Aug 14th: The Shortest Long Gamma Ray Burst
Extensive studies of a recent GRB show the dividing line between short and long is not clear as this “long” GRB was exceptionally short!
Jul 10th: The Case Of The Missing Earths
Finding Earth-sized planets around other stars is a very exciting area of astronomical research. Recently a team lead by Dr. Katie Lester followed up data from the TESS satellite using the International Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5 meter telescope at Kitt Peak. They found that we may be missing many Earth-sized worlds orbiting binary stars. This podcast explores how they reached this interesting conclusion and how we may go about finding these worlds in the future.
Jun 12th: The Earliest Supermassive Black Hole and Quasar
Xiaohui Fan discusses the discovery of the most distant supermassive black hole and quasar discovery and what we can learn from these objects about the early history of the universe.
May 8th: May’s Total Lunar Eclipse
The first total lunar eclipse in over 2 years will take place on May 26th. This total lunar eclipse will be visible from all three of NOIRLab’s sites with different viewing conditions. In this podcast, learn about how and when you can observe this exciting celestial event!
Apr 10th: NOIRLab Education Programs Go Virtual
Two of NOIRLabAstro program: Journey Through the Universe and AstroDay Chile had to adapt and become virtual events. Learn about this programs and hear what the future may hold!
Mar 13th: The First Results From MAROON-X
Extrasolar planet research is a hot topic in astronomy. Astronomers are continually trying to build new instruments to measure the properties of planets orbiting other stars. One new instrument is called MAROON-X on the Gemini North Telescope in Hawai’i.
Feb 13th: The Dark Energy Survey Data Release #2
The Dark Energy Survey has released a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of work, containing data on nearly 700 million astronomical objects.
Jan 9th: The 2021 Globe At Night Kickoff
Globe at Night is a citizen science program to raise awareness of and collect data about light pollution levels from around the world. Today, @Halfastro will describes how you can participate in Globe at Night and help us collect even more data than our record breaking 2020 campaign!