astronomy cast | 365 Days of Astronomy

Jun 25th: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III)

by Astronomy Cast | Jun 25, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

Another update show, this time on the various generations of stars, let’s get into it.

Jun 18th: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining

by Astronomy Cast | Jun 18, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

There are several companies working on missions and techniques to harvest minerals from asteroids. What other resources are out there that we can use?

Jun 11th: Icy Moons Update 2018

by Astronomy Cast | Jun 11, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

Thanks to Cassini and other spacecraft, we’ve learned a tremendous amount about the icy worlds in the Solar System, from Jupiter’s Europa to Saturn’s Enceladus, to Pluto’s Charon. Geysers, food for bacteria, potential oceans under the ice and more. What new things have we learned about these places?

Jun 4th: Mars Update 2018

by Astronomy Cast | Jun 4, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

If there’s one place we’ve learned more about in the last 10 years, it’s Mars. What have we learned about Elon Musk’s future home?

May 21st: Exoplanet Update 2018

by Astronomy Cast | May 21, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

Finally, a big update. Have there been news in the realm of exoplanets?

May 14th: What’s New With Supernovae

by Astronomy Cast | May 14, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

Time for another update, this time we’re going to look at what’s new with supernovae. And once again, we’ve got good news, lots of new stuff to report.

May 7th: Black Hole Update

by Astronomy Cast | May 7, 2018 | Astronomy Cast

Another update episode, this time we look at what’s new and changed in the research of black holes. And it’s here that we find a lot of substantial new discoveries in the field, so much has been discovered since we first covered black holes a decade ago.