Solar maximum will occur sometime in late 2024 to early 2025. With this cycle and the satellite will experience a good blast of solar radiation. Including the small sats, CanSats.
Jan 19th: Solar Cycle to the Maximum, 2025
Podcast Archive
Jan 18th: Naming Asteroids
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Naming Asteroids. In this episode we’ll talk with Peter Jedicke about what asteroids are, their history and the Canadian connection with naming asteroids after amateur astronomers.
Jan 17th: What to Expect in 2024 in Space
The new year has begun, and it’s time to run down some of the space science to look forward to in 2024 including solar eclipse and SETI Institute’s 40th anniversary.
Jan 16th: Do Aliens Look Like Us?
Is evolution universal throughout the cosmos? What are the different forms that life can take? When did life first appear in the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
Jan 15th: NASA’s Juno Releases New Images
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed dozens of flybys of Jupiter and here’s the most beautiful images we’ve ever seen of the Jovian world
Jan 14th: Comet Ahoy & Earth’s Wobble
Today Travelers in the Night will share a story from the past about the close encounter of Comet P/2016 BA14 with Earth and Earth’s motion as a key to understand climate change
Jan 13th: Big Astronomy
Join us today and listen to @halfastro @NOIRLabAstro discussion with Tim Spuck about creating bilingual planetarium show Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries, and where people can see it today.
Jan 12th: Planetary Formation Leads to Strange New Worlds
Time to dive into planetary formation and all the ways scientists have tried to explain stellar systems. Enjoy!
Jan 11th: Exploring The Moon With Robert Reeves
Today’s Cosmic Perspective talk to Robert Reeves and discusses his new book, “Exploring the Moon with Robert Reeves” and how it can be used as a learning experience for a novice and an amateur astronomer
Jan 10th: Tracking Santa – Around the World in a Night
For our last SETI Live of 2023, senior astronomer Seth Shostak and communications specialist Beth Johnson have fun chatting about the “science” behind Santa’s overnight journey. How can he deliver presents so quickly? How do the reindeer fly? And just how did NORAD’s Santa Tracker come about?