Today’s Cosmic Savannah chat about some of the highlights of the past year in astronomy and also some of favourite episodes of season 4.
Jun 22nd: Season 4 in Review
Podcast Archive
Jun 21st: Climate in Crisis & Stars in Formation
In this episode, we bring you stories on how JWST – Not LIGO and Virgo – spotted the most distant Black Hole merger to date, why the search for life on other worlds gets more challenging the more we look, and we take a deep dive into the things we’re doing that cause and relieve climate change.
Jun 20th: The Sherwood Planetarium
Today’s Actual Astronomy talk with the guests from the Mansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society who are constructing a planetarium out of a Victorian era water reservoir. Find out what goes into making an astronomy’s club dream a reality.
Jun 19th: Moving Out
Cheap Astronomy tries staying alive. Checking out the neighbors.
Jun 18th: Does the Universe Get Shorter When You Go Faster?
How does length contraction work in relativity? Do moving objects really get shorter? What about from their perspective? How are we supposed to make sense of any measurement?]
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 16th: From Luna & Dangerous Duo
Lunar meteorites and two Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Jun 15th: Magnetars Origin Story
Far far away, in the constellation Monoceros an unusual star known as HD 45166 preparing to become the most magnetic powerhouse known to exist in the Universe. A Magnetar!
Jun 14th: Chinese Lander Detects Water on the Moon
China’s Chang’e-5 lunar lander has made the first in situ detection of water on the Moon, using reflectance spectroscopy from the surface of our natural satellite.
Jun 13th: What is Tidal Locking?
The Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, which means that it always shows one face to our planet. In fact, this is the case for most the large moons in the Solar System. What’s the process going on to make this happen?