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 10th: The Importance Of Gliese 581g
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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.
Feb 1st: Last Minute Astronomer February 2025
ebruary 2025 is a phenomenal continuation of January’s planetary-ness! You’ll get chances to see all the planets before going to bed and a conjunction of Mercury & Saturn.nd a brief but intense meteor shower shows up.
Jan 1st: Making Sense of Complexity
Happy New Year! Today we have @CheapAstro investigates our expanding universe, as well as some dead planets.
Dec 21st: The Planets
Today we have Cheap Astronomy tries colonising the Solar System. If we did what would we do with the different planets?
Dec 20th: Searching for Dark Energy in Black Holes
From baby planets to ancient black holes, let’s look at the week’s space news.