Astronomy Cast

By Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

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 Jun 6, 2023

Odysseas
 May 23, 2023
the best astronomy podcast ever

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 Nov 15, 2021

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 Apr 9, 2021
Astronomy and cosmology. For people who like science. Young earth creationists and sensitive conspiracy theorists should probably abstain.

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 Jan 26, 2021
Obnoxious condescending Dr. Gay... Suffrage liberal BS served up free sprinkled with science if you can stomach it. See 592 oval office statement...

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Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Planetary Science Institute), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported thru patreon.com/AstronomyCast.

Episode Date
Ep. 716 - The God**** Particle - Remembering Peter Higgs
Apr 22, 2024
Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse
Apr 08, 2024
Ep. 714: Orbital Resonances
Apr 01, 2024
Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes
Mar 25, 2024
Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails
Mar 18, 2024
Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Mar 11, 2024
Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program
Mar 04, 2024
Ep. 709: Space Weapons
Feb 26, 2024
Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?
Feb 19, 2024
Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars
Feb 12, 2024
Ep. 706: China’s Space Program
Feb 05, 2024
Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth
Jan 22, 2024
Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images
Jan 15, 2024
Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe
Jan 08, 2024
Ep. 702: Moonshot 2024 - Go or No Go?
Dec 18, 2023
Ep. 701: Space Science We Look Forward to in the Next 700 Episodes
Dec 11, 2023
Ep. 700: The Things We Got Wrong
Dec 04, 2023
Ep. 699: Holiday Gift Giving Ideas for Astronomy and Space Fans
Nov 27, 2023
Ep. 698: Insights Into the Universe
Nov 20, 2023
Ep. 697: Mission Roll Call Part 6: The Outer Solar System and Beyond
Nov 13, 2023
Ep. 696: Mission Roll Call Part 5: The Science at Mars
Nov 06, 2023
Ep. 695: Mission Roll Call Part 4: Lunar Exploration
Oct 30, 2023
Ep. 694: Mission Roll Call Part 3: Sun, Mercury, and Venus
Oct 23, 2023
Ep. 693: Mission Roll Call Part 2: Looking Outward from Earth
Oct 16, 2023
Ep. 692: Mission Roll Call Part 1: Earth Orbit
Oct 09, 2023
Ep. 691: Jupiter’s Changing Red Spot
Oct 02, 2023
Ep. 690: Climate on Mars - From Ice Caps to Dust Storms
Sep 25, 2023
Ep. 689 - Our Warming World: 20 Years of Climate Science
Sep 18, 2023
Hiatus Message
Jul 10, 2023
Ep. 688: What’s Next? Looking Ahead to Season 17
Jul 03, 2023
Ep. 687: Prepping for the Moon
Jun 27, 2023
Ep. 686: Ice In The Shadows
Jun 19, 2023
Ep. 685: Manufacturing In Space
Jun 12, 2023
Ep. 684: Too Big, Too Soon: Massive Early Galaxies Defy Expectations
Jun 05, 2023
Ep. 683: Cosmic Dawn
May 29, 2023
Ep. 682: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies & Dark Matter
May 22, 2023
Ep. 681: Kilonovae
May 15, 2023
Ep. 680: Rogue Black Holes
May 08, 2023
Ep. 679: High(per) Velocity Stars
May 01, 2023
Ep. 678: World Building: Planet Formation, Growth & Ejection
Apr 24, 2023
Ep. 677: The Answer is Always Dust
Apr 17, 2023
Ep. 676: Other Things With Rings
Apr 10, 2023
Ep. 675: Exotic Forms of Ice
Apr 03, 2023
Ep. 674: Asteroid Early Warning Systems
Mar 27, 2023
Ep. 673: How to See Satellites (or Avoid Seeing Them)
Mar 20, 2023
Ep. 672: Space Debris Removal
Mar 13, 2023
Ep. 671: The Consequences to Breaking Space Laws
Mar 06, 2023
Ep. 670 - Governing Space: The 1967 Outer Space Treaty & More!
Feb 20, 2023
Ep. 669: Challenges to Dark Energy
Feb 13, 2023
Ep. 668: The Crisis In Cosmology
Feb 06, 2023
Ep. 667: JWST First Science
Jan 30, 2023
Ep. 666: Solar System References to the Underworld
Jan 23, 2023
Ep. 665: The Age of Reionization
Jan 16, 2023
Ep. 664: The First Stars
Jan 09, 2023
Ep. 663: End of Year Observing Events
Dec 19, 2022
Ep. 662 - Looking Ahead at New and Recycled Missions
Dec 12, 2022
Ep. 660: Runaway! Runaway! Escaping Stars, Planets & Small Bodies
Nov 28, 2022
Ep. 659: Clear Skies, Bright Satellites
Nov 14, 2022
Ep. 658: Space Exploration Horror Stories
Nov 07, 2022
Ep. 657: Astronomical Naming Schemes
Oct 17, 2022
Ep. 656: Smashing Asteroids for Science!
Oct 10, 2022
Ep. 655: 65 Years of Space: Sputnik 1 Anniversary
Oct 03, 2022
Ep. 654: The Side Effects Of Clean Energy
Sep 26, 2022
Ep. 653: Climate Change: Looking at the Variables
Sep 19, 2022
Ep. 652: The Rocket Race Towards Reusability
Sep 12, 2022
Ep. 651: Artemis & The Decline of Single Use Rockets
Sep 07, 2022
Ep. 650: Did JWST Work?
Jul 20, 2022
Ep. 649: Highlights From NASA’s Holiday Ruining History
Jul 11, 2022
Ep. 648: Summer Observing
Jul 04, 2022
Ep. 647: Best Sci Fi Beach Reading
Jun 27, 2022
Ep. 646: Our Long Term Future in Space
Jun 20, 2022
Ep. 645: The Future of the ISS
Jun 13, 2022
Ep. 644: Is Earth… Normal?
May 30, 2022
Ep. 643: Sagittarius A*
May 17, 2022
Ep. 642: Is the Sun... Normal?
May 16, 2022
Ep. 641: Can Planets Be Alive?
May 09, 2022
Ep. 640: Survey Science: Newest Projects & Results
May 02, 2022
Ep. 639: Big Qs Update: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Etc.
Apr 18, 2022
Ep. 638: Simulating Space Missions
Apr 11, 2022
Ep. 637: Machine Learning in Astronomy
Apr 04, 2022
Ep. 636: Blowing Bubbles
Mar 28, 2022
Ep. 635: Jets: When Magnetic Fields Fling Things
Mar 21, 2022
Ep. 634: Milky Way’s Mergers & Acquisitions
Mar 14, 2022
Ep. 633: Weirdly Habitable Places
Mar 07, 2022
Ep. 632: Building Images: Optical vs Radio
Feb 28, 2022
Ep. 631: All The Uses Of Pulsars (Including Murder)
Feb 21, 2022
Ep. 630: Things We Can Look Forward To
Feb 14, 2022
Ep. 629: The Cost of Delays
Feb 07, 2022
Ep. 628: The Sun Revisited
Jan 31, 2022
Ep. 627: Mercury Revisited
Jan 17, 2022
Ep. 626: Terrestrial Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
Jan 10, 2022
Ep. 625: End of the Year Review
Dec 20, 2021
Ep. 624: Small Rocky Bodies (Including Phobos & Deimos)
Dec 13, 2021
Ep. 623: NEOs: Concern or Nah
Dec 06, 2021
Ep. 622: Rockier Moons & Giant Asteroids
Nov 29, 2021
Ep. 621: Gas Giants
Nov 22, 2021
Ep. 620: Why Getting to the Outer Worlds is So Difficult
Nov 15, 2021
Ep. 619: Icy Moons & Dwarf Planets
Nov 08, 2021
Ep. 618: Ice Giants
Nov 01, 2021
Ep. 617: Hangout-A-Thon Episode 2 - Crowdfunding Science
Oct 30, 2021
Ep. 616: Hangout-A-Thon Episode 1 - The Great Observatories
Oct 29, 2021
Ep. 615: Planet 9
Oct 18, 2021
Ep. 614: Centaurs, Comets & Asteroids
Oct 11, 2021
Ep. 613: Pluto’s Demotion: 15 Years Later
Oct 04, 2021
Ep. 612: Hiatus Message
Jul 12, 2021
Ep. 612: The SETI Renaissance
Jul 05, 2021
Ep. 611: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Intelligence Edition
Jun 28, 2021
Ep. 610: What is Required to Confirm Alien Life: Non-Sentient Edition
Jun 21, 2021
Ep. 609: Volcanos With Benefits: Lava Tubes, Hydro Thermal Vents & More
Jun 14, 2021
Ep. 608: NASA Perseverance, The First 100 Days
Jun 07, 2021
Ep. 607: InSight and Earthquakes
May 31, 2021
Ep. 606 - Time Dilation: Skipping Thru Time
May 24, 2021
Ep. 605: Sounding Rockets
May 17, 2021
Ep. 604: Balloon Astronomy
May 10, 2021
Ep. 603: New Colors of the Radio Spectrum
May 03, 2021
Ep. 602: The New Colors of Gamma Rays - Getting Shorter
Apr 26, 2021
Ep. 601: Unexpected Light Pollution
Apr 19, 2021
Ep. 600: Looking Ahead
Mar 29, 2021
Ep. 599: Zodiacal Light
Mar 22, 2021
Ep. 598: How You Could Overturn Cosmology
Mar 15, 2021
Ep. 597: The Expansion of the Universe
Mar 08, 2021
Ep. 596: The Universe’s Background Noise
Mar 01, 2021
Ep. 595: Planet Hunting - Revisited
Feb 15, 2021
Ep. 594: Juno - Primary Mission Highlights
Feb 08, 2021
Ep. 593: Stellar Parasites
Feb 01, 2021
Ep. 592: Gamma-Ray Bursts - Updated
Jan 25, 2021
Ep. 591: What Are We Gonna Do With All That Space Junk?
Jan 18, 2021
Ep. 590: Lunar Hazards: Dust, Radiation and More
Jan 11, 2021
Ep. 589 - Lunar Resources: Water (Update) & Other Volatiles
Dec 21, 2020
Ep. 588 - Lunar Resources: Lava Tubes
Dec 14, 2020
Ep. 587: The Artemis Accords
Dec 07, 2020
Ep. 586: Life As We Know It: Habitable Exoplanets & Extremophiles
Nov 30, 2020
Ep. 585: Super Earths, Mini-Neptunes & Gas Dwarfs
Nov 23, 2020
Ep. 584: Sample Return Missions From Asteroids
Nov 02, 2020
Ep. 583: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
Oct 26, 2020
Ep. 582: Building Bigger Black Holes
Oct 19, 2020
Ep. 581: Other Kinds Of Novae
Oct 12, 2020
Ep. 580: Exploding Dwarfs
Oct 05, 2020
Ep. 579: White and Black Dwarf Stars
Sep 28, 2020
Ep. 578: Venus Updates - or - Life on Venus?!?
Sep 21, 2020
Ep. 577: Mars in Opposition
Sep 14, 2020
Ep. 576: Summer Stargazing Special
Jun 29, 2020
Ep. 575: Observing The Moon
Jun 22, 2020
Ep. 574: Trojan Asteroids
Jun 15, 2020
Ep. 573: Exoplanet Atmospheres
Jun 08, 2020
Ep. 572: Twists in Planet Formation
Jun 01, 2020
Ep. 571: Extreme Binaries
May 25, 2020
Ep. 570: Discovering Comets
May 18, 2020
Ep. 569: Ethics of Commercial and Military Space, Part 1: Private Space Flight
May 11, 2020
Ep. 568: In Situ Resource Utilization
May 06, 2020
Ep. 567: When Satellites Need a House Call
Apr 27, 2020
Ep. 566: When Comets Fall Apart
Apr 20, 2020
Ep. 565: When Worlds Collide
Apr 13, 2020
Ep. 564: Mini Moons
Apr 06, 2020
Ep. 563: White Dwarf Mergers
Mar 30, 2020
Ep. 562: Dealing with COVID-19 and the Changes it will Bring
Mar 23, 2020
Ep. 561: Remembering Katherine Johnson
Mar 06, 2020
Ep. 560: Betelgeuse
Feb 24, 2020
Ep. 559: The Surface of the Sun
Feb 17, 2020
Ep. 558: Supernova SN 2006gy
Feb 10, 2020
Ep. 557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe
Feb 03, 2020
Ep. 556: Multi Messenger Astronomy
Jan 27, 2020
Ep. 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy
Jan 19, 2020
Ep. 554: Big Telescope Controversy in Hawai'i
Jan 13, 2020
Ep. 553: What To Look Forward To In 2020
Dec 30, 2019
Ep. 552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars)
Dec 23, 2019
CosmoQuest Hangoutathon Promo
Dec 20, 2019
Ep. 551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR
Dec 16, 2019
Ep. 550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages
Dec 07, 2019
Ep. 549: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In and on and around dead stars
Dec 02, 2019
Ep. 548: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In stellar cores & atmospheres
Nov 25, 2019
Ep. 547: Why Astronomy Still Needs Humans
Nov 18, 2019
Ep. 546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration
Nov 11, 2019
Ep. 545: Weird Issues: Are comets asteroids or are asteroids comets?
Nov 05, 2019
Ep. 544: Weird Issues: Biosignatures
Oct 28, 2019
Halley's Meteor Shower and Two spacecraft updates
Oct 21, 2019
Ep. 543: Weird Issues: The Habitable Zone
Oct 20, 2019
Ep. 542: Weird Issues: The Age of the Universe
Oct 14, 2019
Ep. 541: Weird Issues: Expansion Rate of the Universe
Oct 07, 2019
Ep. 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form?
Sep 30, 2019
Ep. 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings
Sep 23, 2019
Ep. 538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System
Sep 16, 2019
Ep. 537: Reusable Rocket Revolution
Sep 09, 2019
Libsyn Survey Request
Aug 10, 2019
Astronomy Cast on Hiatus until Sept 2019
Jul 01, 2019
Ep. 536: Everyday Relativity
Jul 01, 2019
Ep. 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer
Jun 24, 2019
Ep. 534: Modern South African Astronomy
Jun 17, 2019
Ep. 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy
Jun 10, 2019
Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia
Jun 03, 2019
Ep. 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy
May 27, 2019
Ep. 530: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 2
May 12, 2019
Ep. 529: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 1
May 06, 2019
Ep. 528: Modern Astronomy of the American Southwest
Apr 29, 2019
Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest
Apr 22, 2019
Ep. 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87
Apr 15, 2019
Ep. 525: 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union
Apr 08, 2019
Ep. 524: Judging Age & Origins, part 3 - Beyond Our System
Apr 01, 2019
Ep. 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System
Mar 25, 2019
Ep. 522: Judging Age & Origins, part 1 - Earth Rocks
Mar 18, 2019
Bonus Episode: Dust with Dr. Paul Sutter
Mar 17, 2019
Ep. 521: The Deep Space Network
Mar 11, 2019
Ep. 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter, Part 2
Mar 01, 2019
Ep. 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter
Feb 25, 2019
Ep. 518: When the Universe tried to Declare War
Feb 18, 2019
Ep. 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility
Feb 11, 2019
Ep. 516: Polar Vortices
Feb 04, 2019
Ep. 515: Space Radiation
Jan 28, 2019
Ep. 514: Planetary Protection Protocols
Jan 21, 2019
Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion
Jan 14, 2019
Ep. 512: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets
Jan 07, 2019
Ep. 511: Predictions for 2019
Dec 31, 2018
Ep. 510: 2018 - Year in Review
Dec 24, 2018
Ep. 509: Fiction to Fact: 3D Printers
Dec 10, 2018
Ep. 508: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide
Dec 03, 2018
507: From Fiction to Fact: Ion Drive
Nov 27, 2018
506: It’s not Aliens, Unless it’s Aliens
Nov 17, 2018
505: Seismology
Nov 11, 2018
504: Radar, Lidar & Sonar
Nov 04, 2018
503: Gravity Mapping
Oct 29, 2018
502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely
Oct 22, 2018
501: Water Worlds Revisited
Oct 10, 2018
500: Live Celebration!
Sep 18, 2018
499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law?
Sep 10, 2018
Astronomy Cast: On Hiatus until September 2018
Jul 01, 2018
498: Dwarf Galaxy Update
Jul 01, 2018
497: Update on Globular Clusters
Jun 25, 2018
496: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III)
Jun 18, 2018
495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining
Jun 11, 2018
494: Icy Moons Update 2018
Jun 04, 2018
493: Mars Update 2018
May 27, 2018
492: Comets, Asteroids and KBO’s
May 21, 2018
491: Exoplanet Update 2018
May 14, 2018
490: What’s New with Supernovae
May 07, 2018
489: Black Hole Update
Apr 30, 2018
488: Dark Energy: 2018 Edition
Apr 24, 2018
487: Dark Matter: 2018 Edition
Apr 16, 2018
486: Particle Physics Update
Apr 09, 2018
485: Docking, Refueling, and Transferring
Mar 30, 2018
484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists
Mar 26, 2018
483: Stopping in Space
Mar 19, 2018
482: Alternative Ways to Space
Mar 12, 2018
481: Rockets pt. 3 – Going Faster, Higher, Farther after Fairing Separation
Mar 05, 2018
February Q&A
Feb 27, 2018
480: Rockets pt. 2- Multi-stage Boosters
Feb 26, 2018
479: Rockets pt. 1- What Does “Single Stage To Orbit” Really Mean?
Feb 19, 2018
478: Apollo 8 with Paul Hildebrandt
Feb 13, 2018
477: State of Exploration: Once and Future Moon
Feb 05, 2018
476: The Overview Effect
Jan 29, 2018
475: Fast Radio Bursts
Jan 23, 2018
474: Predictions for 2018
Jan 15, 2018
473: Remembering the Best Space Science of 2017
Jan 08, 2018
472: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 4: Bioscience
Dec 31, 2017
471: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 3: Human Computer Relations
Dec 27, 2017
470: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 2: 3D Printing
Dec 19, 2017
469: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 1 Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2017
468: Simulations for Science and Fun
Dec 04, 2017
467: Resonance
Nov 27, 2017
466: Origins of Zero (0)
Nov 20, 2017
465: Exploiting Interfering Light
Nov 10, 2017
464: Why the Hype over an Exorock?
Nov 06, 2017
463: Pareidolia and the Moon
Oct 30, 2017
462: Modeling the Weather
Oct 23, 2017
461: Measuring the Weather with Satellites
Oct 16, 2017
460: Earth from Afar: Remote Sensing
Oct 09, 2017
459: Arecibo Observatory
Oct 02, 2017
458: The Science of Cassini
Sep 25, 2017
457: Why Did Cassini Have To Die? In Memoriam
Sep 18, 2017
456: Pluto Revisited
Sep 11, 2017
455: Your Practical Guide to Colonizing the Milky Way!
Aug 28, 2017
Astronomy Cast Extra! Solar Eclipse 101
Aug 19, 2017
454: Things We’re Looking Forward To
Jun 19, 2017
453: Favorite Things We’ve Done These 10 Years
Jun 11, 2017
452: Summer Observing Challenges
Jun 05, 2017
451: When Can I Buy My Ticket To Space?
May 28, 2017
450: Inflatable Habitats
May 23, 2017
449: Robots in Space!
May 08, 2017
448: Prepping for the Eclipse
May 01, 2017
447: Animals in Space Pt. 3: Dogs, Monkeys and More
Apr 25, 2017
446: Animals in Space Pt. 2: Mice and Other Small Animals
Apr 17, 2017
445: Animals in Space Pt. 1: Insects and Arachnids
Apr 10, 2017
444: Fractals
Apr 03, 2017
443: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 7: Tsunamis
Mar 13, 2017
442: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 6: Magnetic Pole Reversal
Mar 03, 2017
441: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 5: Continental Drift
Mar 03, 2017
440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes!
Feb 18, 2017
439: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 3: How Do We Terraform Earth?
Feb 14, 2017
438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering
Feb 05, 2017
437: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale
Jan 30, 2017
436 Bonus: Moon Cheeziness
Jan 24, 2017
436: Common Misconceptions in Probability
Jan 23, 2017
435: The Butterfly Effect
Jan 15, 2017
434: Am I On An Alien World?
Jan 08, 2017
433: Volcanoes on Mars
Jan 03, 2017
432: Geologic Ages of Mars – From Wet and Wild to Desolate Desert
Dec 26, 2016
431: The Search for Life on Mars
Dec 08, 2016
430: Coming Home from Mars
Dec 08, 2016
429: Living on Mars
Nov 26, 2016
428: The Moons of Mars
Nov 24, 2016
427: Click Bait vs Clear Science
Nov 07, 2016
426: Confirmation Bias
Oct 29, 2016
425: Naming Spacecraft
Oct 20, 2016
424: Lightning
Oct 17, 2016
423: Cyclones
Oct 10, 2016
422: Geysers
Oct 01, 2016
421: Space Games!
Sep 28, 2016
420: FIRE!
Sep 19, 2016
419: DragonCon 2016 Live: Rocket Girls
Sep 15, 2016
418: I'm a Teapot
Jun 27, 2016
417: Expectation: Failed
Jun 26, 2016
416: Fireballs from Space
Jun 13, 2016
415: The Temperature of the Universe
Jun 01, 2016
414: Navigating Far
May 26, 2016
413: Navigating Near
May 17, 2016
412: The Color of the Universe
May 01, 2016
411: The Science of Sunset Colors
Apr 25, 2016
410: Planet Nine - Facts & Fiction
Apr 18, 2016
409: Spin in the Solar System
Apr 11, 2016
408: Universal Cannibalism
Apr 04, 2016
407: Galactic Cannibalism
Mar 30, 2016
406: Stellar Cannibalism
Mar 14, 2016
405: Method Not Found
Mar 07, 2016
405: Method Not Found
Mar 07, 2016
404: What We Know, What We Don't Know, & What We Can't Know
Mar 01, 2016
403: Funding Big Science
Feb 22, 2016
402: Gravity Eyes - See the Invisible with the Force
Feb 15, 2016
401: Future Predictions
Feb 08, 2016
400: The State of the Universe
Feb 01, 2016
399: Women in Science
Jan 18, 2016
398: Seeing Things
Jan 11, 2016
397: Why is There Something and Not Nothing?
Dec 22, 2015
396: Family Astronomy for the Holidays
Dec 15, 2015
395: Baryons & Beyond the Standard Model
Dec 07, 2015
394: Bosons
Nov 30, 2015
393: The Standard Model - Leptons & Quarks
Nov 23, 2015
392: The Standard Model
Nov 16, 2015
391: Entropy
Nov 09, 2015
390: Occam's Razor & the Problem with Probabilities
Nov 09, 2015
388: Megastructures
Oct 29, 2015
389: Roundtable with Paul M. Sutter
Oct 28, 2015
387: Water on Mars (Again)
Oct 20, 2015
386: Orbiting Observers
Oct 13, 2015
385: Rovers on the Run
Sep 30, 2015
384: Escaping Probes
Sep 27, 2015
383: Approaches to Absolute Zero
Jul 07, 2015
382: Degenerate Matter
Jul 06, 2015
381: Hollowing Asteroids
Jun 19, 2015
380: The Limits of Optics
Jun 15, 2015
379: Fermi's Atom Splitting
Jun 13, 2015
378: Rutherford Atoms
Jun 08, 2015
377: Thomson Finds the Electron
Jun 04, 2015
376: The Miller-Urey Experiment
May 25, 2015
375: The Search for Life in the Solar System, with Morgan Rehnberg
May 13, 2015
374: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Apr 27, 2015
373: The Becquerel Experiment
Apr 15, 2015
372: The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Apr 06, 2015
371: The Eddington Eclipse Experiment
Apr 05, 2015
370: Kaufmann Bucherer Neumann Experiments
Mar 25, 2015
369: The Fizeau Experiment
Mar 19, 2015
368: Searching for the Ether Wind (The Michelson–Morley Experiment)
Feb 23, 2015
367: Spitzer Does Exoplanets
Feb 19, 2015
366: HARPS
Feb 06, 2015
365: Gaia
Jan 27, 2015
364: COROT
Jan 19, 2015
363: Where Did Earth's Water Come From?
Jan 19, 2015
362: Carolyn Porco
Jan 05, 2015
361: Maria Zuber
Dec 29, 2014
360: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Dec 17, 2014
359: Margaret Geller
Dec 08, 2014
358: Sandra Faber
Dec 08, 2014
357: Vera Rubin
Nov 24, 2014
356: Inertia
Nov 21, 2014
355: 3D Printing Exploration
Nov 14, 2014
354: Comet Siding Spring vs. Mars
Nov 10, 2014
353: Seasons and Saturn
Oct 06, 2014
352: Water, Water Everywhere
Sep 30, 2014
Live from DragonCon 2014
Sep 28, 2014
351: Asteroid Adventures
Sep 22, 2014
350: Spaceship One
Jul 13, 2014
349: Mercury 7 Astronauts
Jul 10, 2014
348: 2 Independence Square, the NASA Headquarters
Jun 17, 2014
Live from Balticon
Jun 09, 2014
346: Area 51
May 22, 2014
345: Launch Complex 39
May 13, 2014
344: Saturn's Rings
May 05, 2014
343: The Universe is Trying to Kill You
May 03, 2014
342: Sunsetting Spacecraft
Apr 15, 2014
341: The 45th Lunar and Planetary Society Conference, with Alessondra Springmann
Apr 09, 2014
340: Warner von Braum
Apr 01, 2014
339: Space Conspiracy Theories
Mar 26, 2014
338: Copernicus
Mar 20, 2014
337: Photometry
Mar 11, 2014
336: Units of Measure
Mar 04, 2014
335: The Photoelectric Effect
Feb 24, 2014
334: Chelyabinsk, One Year Later
Feb 17, 2014
333: When Worlds Collide
Feb 09, 2014
332: Stellar Collisions
Feb 06, 2014
331: Arthur C. Clarke's Ideas and Technology
Jan 27, 2014
330: Arthur C. Clarke
Jan 20, 2014
329: Telescope Making, Pt. 3
Jan 13, 2014
328: Telescope Making, Pt. 2
Jan 06, 2014
327: Telescope Making, Pt. 1
Dec 30, 2013
326: Atmospheric Dust
Dec 23, 2013
325: Cold Fusion
Dec 17, 2013
324: Sun Grazers
Dec 08, 2013
323: Isotopes
Dec 03, 2013
322: SOHO
Nov 20, 2013
321: Solar Flares
Nov 19, 2013
320: Layers of the Sun
Nov 11, 2013
319: The Zodiac
Nov 04, 2013
318: Escape Velocity
Oct 28, 2013
317: Observatories
Oct 23, 2013
316: Observational vs. Experimental Science
Oct 14, 2013
315: Particle Accelerators
Oct 07, 2013
314: Acceleration
Sep 09, 2013
313: Precession
Sep 08, 2013
312: The Inverse Square Law & Other Strangeness
Aug 06, 2013
311: Sound
Jul 29, 2013
AstronomyCast 309: Creating a Science-y Society
Jul 23, 2013
308: Climate Change
Jul 18, 2013
307: The Pacific Ring of Fire
Jul 14, 2013
306: Accretion Discs
Jul 10, 2013
305: The Spacecraft That Wouldn't Die
Jul 01, 2013
304: Death of a Spacecraft
Jun 25, 2013
303: Equilibrium
Jun 22, 2013
302: Planetary Motion in the Sky
Jun 22, 2013
Ep. 301: Planetary Migration
May 19, 2013
Ep. 295: The Observable Universe
May 19, 2013
Ep. 300: What We've Learned in Almost 7 Years
May 19, 2013
Ep. 299: Space Stations, Pt. 4: Future Space Stations
May 18, 2013
Ep. 298: Space Stations, Pt. 3: The International Space Station
May 18, 2013
Ep. 297: Space Stations, Pt. 2: Mir
May 15, 2013
Ep. 296: Spacestations, pt. 1
May 14, 2013
Weekly Space Hangout - May 3rd, 2013
May 04, 2013
Ep. 294: Arecibo Observatory
Apr 18, 2013
Ep. 293: Earthquakes
Apr 03, 2013
Ep. 292: The Oort Cloud
Mar 25, 2013
Ep. 291: Shockwaves
Mar 19, 2013
Ep. 290: Failed Stars
Mar 18, 2013
Ep. 289: Cherenkov Radiation
Mar 12, 2013
Ep. 288: Phases of Matter
Feb 26, 2013
Ep. 287: E = mc2
Feb 18, 2013
Weekly Space Hangout Feb 15, 2013
Feb 16, 2013
Ep. 283: Stellar Motion
Feb 13, 2013
Ep. 286: How to Debunk and End-of-the-World Myth
Feb 13, 2013
Ep. 285: How the World Will Really End
Feb 11, 2013
Weekly Space Hangout Feb 8, 2013
Feb 08, 2013
Weekly Space Hangout Feb 1, 2013
Feb 04, 2013
Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 25 2013
Jan 25, 2013
Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 18, 2013
Jan 25, 2013
Ep. 284: Optics
Jan 19, 2013
Ep. 282: Seasons
Jan 08, 2013
Ep. 281: Explosions in Space
Dec 13, 2012
Ep. 280: The Cosmological Constant
Dec 11, 2012
Ep. 279: The Hubble Constant
Dec 04, 2012
Ep. 278: Animals in Space
Nov 13, 2012
Ep. 277: Orbit
Nov 06, 2012
Ep. 276: XMM Newton
Oct 30, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout-Oct 25, 2012
Oct 27, 2012
Mobile App: Phases of the Moon
Oct 25, 2012
Ep. 275: Isaac Newton, Pt. 1
Oct 16, 2012
Ep. 274: The Asteroid Vesta
Oct 15, 2012
AstronomyCast 273: Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
Oct 08, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Oct 4, 2012
Oct 04, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout Sep 27, 2012
Oct 01, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout Sep 20, 2012
Oct 01, 2012
AstronomyCast 272: Abiogenesis
Oct 01, 2012
AstronomyCast 271: Who Does What in Space & Astronomy?
Sep 18, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Sep. 13, 2012
Sep 17, 2012
AstronomyCast: Live from DragonCon 2012
Sep 11, 2012
AstronomyCast 270: Inertia
Sep 09, 2012
Live coverage of the Curiosity Landing on August 5th, 2012
Jul 31, 2012
Astronomy Cast on Hiatus for the Summer
Jul 31, 2012
AstronomyCast 269: Mass
Jul 16, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - July 12, 2012
Jul 12, 2012
AstronomyCast 268: Energy
Jul 10, 2012
AstronomyCast 267: Infinities
Jul 08, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - July 5, 2012
Jul 05, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - June 28, 2012
Jun 28, 2012
Ep. 266: Archimedes
Jun 26, 2012
265: Arthur Eddington
Jun 24, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - June 21, 2012
Jun 22, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - June 14, 2012
Jun 22, 2012
AstronomyCast 264: The Hazards of Space Flight
Jun 20, 2012
AstronomyCast 263: Radioactive Decay
Jun 14, 2012
AstronomyCast 262: Solar Sails
Jun 14, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - June 7, 2012
Jun 07, 2012
AstronomyCast 261: Lasers & Masers in Astronomy
Jun 05, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - May 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
AstronomyCast 260: Lasers & Masers
May 28, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - May 17, 2012
May 23, 2012
AstronomyCast 259: The Exploration of Venus
May 07, 2012
AstronomyCast 258: Viking Landers
May 04, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - May 3, 2012
May 04, 2012
AstronomyCast 257: Viking Orbiter
Apr 06, 2012
AstronomyCast 256: Resolution
Mar 14, 2012
AstronomyCast 254: Reflection & Refraction
Mar 09, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Mar. 8, 2012
Mar 08, 2012
AstronomyCast 255: Observing Hydrogen
Mar 08, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Mar. 1, 2012
Mar 02, 2012
AstronomyCast 253: Rayleigh Scattering
Feb 26, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 23, 2012
Feb 24, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 16, 2012
Feb 16, 2012
AstronomyCast 251: Messier Objects
Feb 14, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 9, 2012
Feb 13, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Feb. 2, 2012
Feb 13, 2012
AstronomyCast 252: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Feb 13, 2012
AstronomyCast 250: Precision
Feb 09, 2012
AstronomyCast 249: Schrödinger's cat
Feb 01, 2012
AstronomyCast 248: The Carina Constellation
Jan 31, 2012
Weekly Space Hangout - Jan. 26, 2012
Jan 26, 2012
AstronomyCast 247: The Ages of Things
Jan 23, 2012
AstronomyCast 246: What If Something Was Different
Jan 20, 2012
AstronomyCast 245: Calendars
Jan 09, 2012
Discovery of Earth-Sized Planets - Google+ Hangout
Dec 22, 2011
AstronomyCast 244: Io
Dec 20, 2011
AstronomyCast 243: The Tunguska Event
Dec 19, 2011
AstronomyCast 242: The Turino Scale
Dec 04, 2011
AstronomyCast 241: Astrophotography | Pt. 3: Image Processing
Dec 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 240: Astrophotography | Pt. 2: Techniques
Nov 27, 2011
AstronomyCast 239: Astrophotography | Pt. 1: The Gear
Nov 19, 2011
AstronomyCast 238: Solar Activity
Nov 08, 2011
AstronomyCast 237: Spooky Space Sounds
Nov 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 236: Einstein Was Right
Oct 24, 2011
AstronomyCast 235: Einstein
Oct 17, 2011
AstronomyCast 234: Lunar Phases
Oct 10, 2011
AstronomyCast 233: Radar
Oct 04, 2011
AstronomyCast 232: Galileo Spacecraft
Sep 29, 2011
AstronomyCast: Live at Dragon*Con
Sep 26, 2011
AstronomyCast 231: Galileo Galilei
Sep 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 230: Christiaan Huygens
Aug 31, 2011
AstronomyCast 229: The Cassini Mission
Aug 28, 2011
AstronomyCast 228: Giovanni Cassini, Pt. 1
Jul 27, 2011
AstronomyCast 227: The Big Dipper
Jul 25, 2011
AstronomyCast 226: Weather
Jul 21, 2011
AstronomyCast 225: Ice in Space
Jul 16, 2011
AstronomyCast 224: Orion
Jun 26, 2011
AstronomyCast 223: The Transit of Venus
Jun 22, 2011
AstronomyCast 222: The Decadal Survey
May 26, 2011
AstronomyCast 221: Geomorphology
May 12, 2011
AstronomyCast 220: Mass Extinction Events
Apr 10, 2011
AstronomyCast 219: The Planck Mission
Apr 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 217: Stellar Classification
Apr 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 218: Max Planck Pt. 1
Mar 29, 2011
AstrnomyCast 216: Archeo-Astronomy
Mar 03, 2011
AstronomyCast 215: Light Echoes
Mar 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 214: Space Tourism
Feb 26, 2011
AstronomyCast 213: Supermassive Black Holes
Feb 09, 2011
AstronomyCast 212: GPS Navigation
Feb 02, 2011
AstronomyCast 211: Celestial Navigation
Jan 01, 2011
AstronomyCast 210: The Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit & Opportunity
Dec 29, 2010
AstronomyCast 209: Exotic Life
Dec 13, 2010
AstronomyCast 208: The Spitzer Space Telescope
Nov 22, 2010
AstroCast 207: Lyman Spitzer
Nov 19, 2010
AstronomyCast 206: Fission
Nov 13, 2010
AstronomyCast 205: Fusion
Nov 09, 2010
AstronomyCast 204: Temperature
Oct 25, 2010
AstronomyCast 203: Europa
Oct 19, 2010
AstronomyCast 202: The Planets at Gliese 581
Oct 11, 2010
AstronomyCast 201: Titan
Oct 04, 2010
AstronomyCast 200: The Mariner Program
Sep 27, 2010
AstronomyCast 199: The Voyager Program
Sep 20, 2010
AstronomyCast 198: How is a Space Mission Chosen?
Sep 16, 2010
AstronomyCast 196: Luminosity & Magnitude
Sep 13, 2010
Astronomy Cast 197: Live from Dragon*Con 2010
Sep 08, 2010
AstronomyCast 195: Planetary Rings
Aug 03, 2010
AstronomyCast 194: Dwarf Planets
Jul 30, 2010
AstronomyCast 193: Astronomy with the Unaided Eye
Jul 06, 2010
AstronomyCast 192: The Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Jun 29, 2010
AstronomyCast 191: Chandrasekhar
Jun 29, 2010
AstronomyCast 190: The Kepler Mission
Jun 29, 2010
AstronomyCast 189: Johannes Kepler and His Laws
Jun 29, 2010
AstronomyCast 187: The History of Astronomy | Pt. 5, The 20th Century
Jun 14, 2010
AstronomyCast 188: The Future of Astronomy
Jun 14, 2010
AstronomyCast 186: History of Astronomy | Pt. 4, Beginning of Modern Astronomy
May 27, 2010
Audible Ad: AstroCast 185
May 25, 2010
AstronomyCast 185: History of Astronomy | Pt. 3, The Renaissance
May 25, 2010
AstronomyCast 184: History of Astronomy | Pt. 2, The Greeks
May 07, 2010
AstronomyCast 183: History of Astronomy | Pt. 1, The Ancient Astronomers
May 07, 2010
AstronomyCast 182: Astrometry
Apr 28, 2010
AstronomyCast 181: Rotation
Apr 21, 2010
AstronomyCast 180: Albedo
Apr 17, 2010
AstronomyCast 179: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 2
Apr 10, 2010
AstronomyCast 178: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 1
Apr 07, 2010
AstronomyCast 84: Getting Around the Solar System
Mar 24, 2010
AstronomyCast 177: Mysteries of the Milky Way, pt. 2
Mar 17, 2010
AstronomyCast 176: Mysteries of the Milky Way, pt. 1
Mar 10, 2010
AstronomyCast 175: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 2
Mar 02, 2010
AstronomyCast 174: Mysteries of the Universe, pt. 1
Feb 24, 2010
AstronomyCast 173: The Herschel Space Observatory
Feb 17, 2010
Ep. 26: The Largest Structures in the Universe
Feb 11, 2010
AstronomyCast 172: William Herschel
Feb 10, 2010
AstronomyCast 171: Solar System Movements & Positions
Feb 10, 2010
AstronomyCast 170: Coordinate Systems
Feb 02, 2010
AstronomyCast 169: The Fermi Mission
Feb 01, 2010
AstronomyCast 168: Enrico Fermi
Jan 26, 2010
Ep. 15: Listener Questions Answered
Dec 18, 2006