Today’s Actual Astronomy Podcast discuss with Mark Radice from the Namibian Desert to talk about his experiences under the southern sky.
Nov 21st: Observing in the Namibian Desert
Podcast Archive
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”.
Nov 15th: Aerospace vs Climate Change
Nov 14th: Practicalities
Economics in the final frontier. Is in situ resource utilization really worth the trouble? What exactly is the space economy?
Nov 13th: Debunking Myths and Rediscovering Wonder with Phil Plait
Phil Plait “The Bad Astronomer,” discusses his journey from debunking astronomy myths to writing popular books & consulting science fiction.
Nov 12th: Meet TrES-2b (aka Kepler-1b): The Planet That Reflects Almost No Light
This planet was discovered by Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey & became the first planet observed by the Kepler with designation Kepler-1b.