Podcast Archive
Oct 22nd: How Starshades Can Help Find New Worlds
Most exoplanets discovered without actually see the planet at all & astronomers are working on starshades to resolve planets directly!
Oct 21st: The Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope
Let’s look over the long life of the Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope as it watches for the multi-spectral flashes of high energy explosions.
Oct 20th: Tiny Atira & Ethics and Mars
Today’s Travelers in the Night tell us stories about tiny Atira discovery and should martian microbes be sacrificed to human space exploration?
Oct 19th: What are Quark Stars?
Oct 19th: Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found
Scientists have been looking for the neutron star expected to be at the center of supernova 1987A and they may have finally found it.
Oct 17th: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas
Actual Astronomy presents Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas and discuss the successes and failures at trying to see this comet.
Oct 16th: Feedback Time
George’s Random Astronomical Object presents the galaxy NGC 3801, one of the very few nearby galaxies where astronomers can see jets
Oct 15th: How Could We Turn the Sun into a Telescope?
How do gravitational lenses work? Where would a spacecraft need to be to use the Sun’s gravity as a telescope? What could we learn about exoplanets with this on weird trick?
Oct 13th: How To Win a Nobel Prize
Now that you’ve got your career in astronomy, obviously the next goal is to win a Nobel prize. So how to win it?