How can the solar corona be hotter than the surface? What has the Parker Solar probe learned so far? What do magnetic fields have to do with all this?
Dec 17th: What Makes the Sun’s Corona So Dang Hot?
Tag: sun
Sep 30th: Solar Scientist Eugene Parker
Last week, we talked about the Parker Solar Probe. As always, we like to talk about the person who inspired the mission. Meet: Eugene Parker.
Aug 21st: Looking into a Mirror!
Feb 3rd: How The Sun Actually Works
Today Awesome Astronomy takes us on a voyage of discovery to understand how the Sun (and all the stars) work and how we discovered this.
Dec 30th: The Skillful Wise Archer
Once upon a time, there were seven suns in the sky and the world was very hot. People suffered from the heat of the sun and a very confident archer fights to shoot down the sun. More about this story on #365daysOfAstro
Oct 23rd: Mission Roll Call Part 3: What’s Beyond Earth
Our journey through space missions continues. Now we move away from the Earth to the rest of the solar system. What’s out there orbiting, roving and flying on other worlds and in interplanetary space. Today we look inward and we’ll talk about the missions studying the Sun, Mercury and Venus.
Aug 20th: Touching the Sun & 20 Years
Imagine a spacecraft traveling at a speed that would take it from New York to Tokyo in less than a minute, a mere 4 million miles from the surface of our Sun. This is what Parker Solar Probe doing. More at #365DaysoFastro
Jul 20th: Solar Observing
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Solar Observing. In this episode Chris and Shane discuss several listeners’ emails on solar observing, then talk about everything you need to know to observe the Sun safely. Topics include white light solar filters, H-Alpha as well as what you can see on the Sun.
May 13th: Catching A Star Devouring A Planet
When a Sun-like star nears the end of its life and eventually engulfing the system’s inner planets. Today podcast will discuss about how astronomers caught one in the act.
May 9th: Why Does the Moon Shine?
Today @AwesomeAstroPod look at what makes the moon shine, why the moon looks different every night and how objects from dust and asteroids to stars and galaxies either reflect or emit their own light.