As astronomers discovered that we live in a great big universe, they considered a fundamental question: is the Universe the same everywhere?
Nov 25th: Homogeneity
Podcast Archive
Nov 24th: Bright Fireball & Korean Asteroid Hunters
Travelers in the Night tell you a story about bright fireball meteors and the Catalina Sky Survey and the Korean teams of asteroid hunters.
Nov 23rd: How Galaxies Evolve – The Quest for Cold Gas
In today’s Cosmic Savannah, Jacinta sits down with Dr. Sthabile Kolwa to discuss the ways in which galaxies change over cosmic time.
Nov 22nd: Mars Could Have Supported Life Longer Than Thought
Astronomers discovered that Climate in Mars three billion years ago was similar to Earth now, with a stable ocean in the northern hemisphere
Nov 21st: Observing in the Namibian Desert
Today’s Actual Astronomy Podcast discuss with Mark Radice from the Namibian Desert to talk about his experiences under the southern sky.
Nov 20th: Reaching for the Stars: Inspiring Girls in Pakistan Yumna Majeed
On today’s Big Impact Astronomy, Mike Simmons discuss with Yumna Majeed about her dedication to bring the wonders of the universe to underserved communities
Nov 19th: How Exactly Do Black Holes Merge?
How do black holes get close enough to merge? What causes them to emit gravitational waves, and where do the waves come from?
Nov 18th: The Einstein Mission
Another day, another space telescope! Today we’re looking at the Einstein Probe, searching the cosmos for short, bright flashes of X-rays.
Nov 17th: Hogan’s Big Rock & Green Airglow
Today’s Travelers in the Night talk about the discovery of the largest asteroid in a decade & green airglow waves brighter than Milky Way
Nov 16th: The Mars Project! Von Braun’s Ideas for a Mars Mission
Today’s we have story about what spaceflight advances could have happened e.g the lost Apollo Missions & Werhner Von Braun’s “Mars Project”.