Planets don’t just pop out of nowhere, fully formed and ready for astronomers to study. But question pop up: What did our Solar System look like as a baby?
Jul 24th: What did our Solar System look like as a baby?
Tag: planet
Jul 18th: Magnetic Fields Help Find Ocean Worlds
Researchers have determined how to effectively measure the magnetic fields at Neptune to determine if any of the moons are ocean worlds…
Jul 3rd: The Observer’s Calendar for July 2025
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for July 2025. In this episode we talk about how to see Mercury, the Moon as it pairs with Spica, Antares, Saturn, Jupiter, several carbon stars and some deep sky objects like M6&M7.
Jun 29th: Big Splash & Newborn Planets
What would happen if a large impactor hit our oceans? And more about the protoplanetary disk around HD 163296
Jun 10th: The Importance Of Gliese 581g
The fact that we’ve found a habitable planet candidate so soon after starting our search has important implications. More on today’s podcast
Jun 6th: Happy Space News!
Lets take a closer look at the search for a possible planet in our outer solar system & also aurorae here, Jupiter, & Neptune
Jun 4th: We’ve Discovered At Least 5,000 Planets
Taking a look at the last 40 years we went from knowing of the handful of planets in solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.
Apr 5th: Last Minute Astronomer April 2025
April of 2025 brings us the annual Lyrid meteor shower, all the naked-eye planets, and plenty of lunar close encounters.
Mar 17th: Rogue Planets
Most planets orbit stars. That’s the rule, right? Well, maybe not. Sometimes planets just go rogue. Let’s learn about planets living free from stars.
Mar 6th: The Observer’s Calendar for March 2025
Join us today as @ActualAstronomy talk about Moon pairing with the planets, a lunar eclipse and some deep sky objects you can see.