Astronomy Cast

Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely

By susie on October 12, 2018 in Planets

How do you know what something is made of if you can’t reach out and touch it? How do we know what planets lights years away have in their atmosphere? What about the rocks all around Curiosity? Or the geysers coming out of Europa and Enceladus? Scientists have a few handy tricks. This episode was […]

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Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited

By susie on October 5, 2018 in Planetary Science

We’re not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. Good news, there are hundreds, if not thousands of times more of them than worlds like Earth. Bad news, they’re locked in ice. What have we learned about water worlds and their potential for […]

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Ep. 500: Live Celebration!

By susie on September 12, 2018 in Live Shows, Meetups, The Show

Welcome to episode 500 of Astronomy Cast. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we’re going to look back 500 years into the past to see what we learned about the Universe. And then we’re going to look 500 years into the future. Astronomy Cast celebrated their 500th episode on Sept 15-16, 2018. We broadcast from our […]

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Ep. 499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law?

By susie on September 10, 2018 in Astronomy, Meetings, People

We started out Astronomy Cast with the controversal decision to de-planet Pluto. And here we are, more than a decade later, at the brink of recording our 500th episode when another big decision is coming down from the IAU: whose name goes on the concept that our Universe is expanding: Hubble or Lemaître? It’s a […]

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Astronomy Cast’s Dr. Pamela Gay inducted into 2018 Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame

By susie on July 24, 2018 in People, The Show

The 2018 Hall of Fame inductees will be inducted on July 24 at the Academy of Podcasters’ Hall of Fame Ceremony, during the Podcast Movement Conference in Philadelphia. CosmoQuest’s own principal investigator Dr. Pamela Gay will be inducted for her work over the past decade plus with the Astronomy Cast podcast, which will be celebrating […]

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Astronomy Cast: On Hiatus until September 2018

By susie on July 1, 2018 in Astronomy, The Show

Astronomy Cast will be on hiatus for July and August. Don’t worry, we’ll be back in September, and will be gearing up for our 500th episode! Astronomy Cast will be celebrating their 500th episode the weekend of Sept 15-16, 2018. Want to join us in Edwardsville, Il? Check out our AC500 site here to find […]

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Ep. 498: Dwarf Galaxy Update

By susie on June 28, 2018 in Astronomy, Galaxies

The Milky Way has gobbled up dozens of dwarf galaxies and added them to its structure. Today we’re going to look at the ongoing hunt for the wreckage of past mergers. And what we’ve discovered about dwarf galaxies in general. Welcome to our last episode before our summer hiatus! Don’t worry, we’ll be back in […]

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Ep. 497: Update on Globular Clusters

By susie on June 22, 2018 in Galaxies, Nebulae, Planetary Science

Is it globular clusters or is it globeular clusters? It doesn’t matter, they’re awesome and we’re here to update you on them. Astronomy Cast will be celebrating their 500th episode the weekend of Sept 15-16, 2018. Want to join us in Edwardsville, Il? Check out our AC500 site here to find out how! We usually […]

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Ep. 496: Update on Stellar Populations (I, II, & III)

By susie on June 15, 2018 in Astronomy, Observing, Stars, Stellar Evolution

Another update show, this time on the various generations of stars, let’s get into it. Astronomy Cast will be celebrating their 500th episode the weekend of Sept 15-16, 2018. Want to join us in Edwardsville, Il? Check out our AC500 site here to find out how! We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 […]

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Ep. 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining

By susie on June 7, 2018 in Astronomy, Our Solar System, Planetary Science

Our knowledge of space is starting to match up with our ability to get out there an explore it. There are several companies working on missions and techniques to harvest minerals from asteroids. What other resources are out there that we can use? Astronomy Cast will be celebrating their 500th episode the weekend of Sept […]