Today’s Episode
Aug 1st: The Observer’s Calendar for August 2024
How to observe the Perseid meteor shower,Lunar X and Straight Wall, Minor Planets Iris and Psyche plus bright comets.
Subscribe & Follow
Project Director: Avivah Yamani
Audio Engineer: Richard Drumm
Executive Producer: Pamela L. Gay
Learn more about us on our
Credits and Sponsors page.
We are a community podcast,
bringing you the voices of astronomy & astronomy lovers,
everyday of the year.
More Recent Episodes
Nov 5th: Objects to Observe in the November 2020 Night Sky
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Objects to Observe in the November Night Sky. In this episode we focus on sky events to help newcomers learn the night sky as we discuss Meteor Showers, Comets to locate and how to use the Moon to find Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Venus and Mercury!
Nov 4th: Awesome Astronomy November 2020 Astro News
It’s time for November skyguide and news roundup with @AwesomeAstroPod. Today, we have phosphine on Venus, mini-moon, water on the Moon. And did humanity narrowly escape extinction in 1908?
Nov 3rd: Astro101 Part 1 – Why bother with astronomy?
It’s time for school! Astro101 series with @PaulMattSutter will discuss why did people used to study astronomy? Why do they continue to study astronomy?
Nov 2nd: Sample Return Missions From Asteroids
So with a sample of asteroid Bennu firmly inside OSIRIS-REx’s return capsule, it’s time to bring this treasure home. But it’s not the only sample return mission out there, with Japan’s Hayabusa II mission also bringing asteroid debris home. So today, let’s talk about the missions and what we’ve learned so far.
Nov 1st: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet & An Earth Approaching Comet
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. It’s not Superman, it is a meteoroid. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 31st: Bad Guys In Space!
In this episode we attack the ISS, literally. So could a terrorist or some other nutcase take over the ISS? If it isn’t physically attack, how about a cyberattack?