The discovery of 2016 HD3 and the Pale Blue Dot moment by Voyager
Feb 25th: Earth/Venus Express & Pale Blue Dot
Podcast Archive
Feb 24th: The African Network of Women in Astronomy
This month Cosmic Savannah are joined by fours members of the board of the recently established African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA), Prof Mirjana Pović, Prof Vanessa McBride, Dr Priscilla Muheki and Prof Carolina Ödman.
Feb 23rd: The Compass (Sometimes… Kinda) Points North
If you take a compass and follow its pointy little needle, you will end up in Northern Canada but not at the North Pole. If you have a boat, you’ll end up on Ellesmere Island wondering where Santa is hiding. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Feb 22nd: Fantastic Physics Formulas, The Hubble – Lemaitre Law
Cheap Astronomy tries expanding and also lifting.
Feb 21st: Drifting Signals: New Boundaries for Radio Technosignatures
In a new study published in the Astronomical Journal, researchers used the known population of exoplanets to set better thresholds for planetary effects on signals from ETIs (extraterrestrial intelligences). More at #365DaysOfAstro
Feb 20th: How Do We Know What the Milky Way Looks Like?
Why is it so hard to get a picture of the Milky Way? How much of our galaxy have we mapped?
Feb 19th: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?
Scientists have retrieved samples from other objects in the Solar System, including comets and asteroids. What does it take to return a piece of rock from space, and what have we learned so far?
Feb 18th: Lunar Village & Blinded
Covered by a blanket of lunar soil to protect it from BB sized meteoroids arriving a gunshot speeds, a village is nestled in a large crater on our moon. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Feb 17th: Giant European Space Lasers!
This month @AwesomeAstroPod discuss about ESA new mission for the 20230s and the usual skyguide. So prepare your instrument for the night sky.
Feb 16th: Spooky Season Space Images
Throwback from the spooky season: Halloween is, hands-down, the most beloved season of the year. And we have NASA, ESA, ESO, and others releasing their spooky season images. There will be nebulae cropped with the contrast adjusted just so to reveal witches’ hats, and others rotated to reveal ghosts and maybe – I can hope – a goblin or two.