The Sun is more than just a free heat lamp for your garden, it’s an incredible, dynamic nuclear reaction complete with flares, coronal mass ejections, twisting magnetic fields and the solar wind.
Jan 6th: The Sun, Spots & All
Podcast Archive
Jan 5th: Discovery and Recovery & Loss and Gain
New observations linked with observations 10 years earlier about 2013 TG6’s orbital elements & Catalina Sky Survey search of Earth approaching objects that could pose a threat to our home planet.
Jan 4th: Last Minute Astronomer January 2025
January 2025 is a PLANETARY month! Mars gets big, Mars gets occulted, Mars gets outshined by Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter, then Venus and Saturn pass right by each other, and a brief but intense meteor shower shows up.
Jan 3rd: Science Here & Far
This week we take a loot at Dark Comets, Io’s gooey mantle, the colonization of a Ryugu sample, galaxies growing too fast too early, and more.
Jan 2nd: The Observer’s Calendar for January 2025
Happy New Year and let’s check what we have in January Observer Calendar with @ActualAstronomy. With Mars at opposition and Venus is at greatest elongation in the evening sky
Jan 1st: Making Sense of Complexity
Happy New Year! Today we have @CheapAstro investigates our expanding universe, as well as some dead planets.
Dec 31st: Tune in to the Exoplanetary Radio
Did you know that almost all stars have a companion planet? It’s important to get to know the exoplanets and especially their atmospheres in a little more detail.
Dec 30th: Where Does the Moon Come From?
We take the Moon for granted, but its effect on the Earth is very important. But where did it come from? Did the Earth & Moon form together?
Dec 29th: Nice PHA & M31, Our Neighbor’s Surprise
Today’s Travelers in the Night tell a story about Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2023 SZ1 and neighboring galaxy, M31, in Andromeda
Dec 28th: Bursts From Space
Today’s Cosmic Savannah talk to Alexander Andersson about Bursts from Space project help scientists train AI to search for radio transients