The Earth’s atmosphere protects us from a Universe that is definitely trying to kill us. But it also blocks our view of the entire cosmos, like seeing X-rays and gamma radiation. Space telescopes are changing our view of the most extreme events in the Universe.
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Oct 7th: Awesome Astronomy October 2020 News Round Up
Time for sky guide and news roundup with @AwesomeAstoPod. We have exoplanet in another galaxy, liquid water on Mars, exoplanet around white dwarf and the Sun get more active again.
May 26th: Black Hole Spin Turns-up the Radio
Astronomers just found a new way to turn up the radio: never mind spinning the volume knob, try spinning an SMBH, a supermassive black hole!
Jan 26th: A Journey into Deep Space: Our Deepest View of the X-ray Universe
Did you know there are several types of light? Each one reveals new secrets about the world around us, but only one is visible to our eyes.
Luckily, we’ve designed telescopes that can see the Universe in “invisible” light.
July 5th: Looking Towards the Center of the Galaxy
Date: July 5, 2009 Title: Looking Towards the Center of the Galaxy Podcaster: Christopher Crockett Organization: Lowell Observatory http://www.lowell.edu/users/crockett/ Description: If you go...