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Ep. 492: Comets, Asteroids and KBO’s

By on May 18, 2018 in Astronomy, Observing, Sky Phenomena

Another topic with plenty of updates. Since we started Astronomy Cast we’ve visited many smaller objects in the Solar System up close, from Ceres and Vesta to Pluto, not to mention a comet. What have we learned? We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EDT / 12:00 pm PDT / 19:00 UTC. […]

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Ep 491: Exoplanet Update 2018

By on May 11, 2018 in Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Galaxies, Interplanetary Bodies, Planetary Science, Planets

Finally, a big update. Have there been news in the realm of exoplanets? More news that we can possibly cover. But we’ll try our best. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EDT / 12:00 pm PDT / 19:00 UTC. You can watch us live on here on AstronomyCast.com, or the AstronomyCast […]

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Ep 490: What’s New with Supernovae

By on May 4, 2018 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Galaxies, Physics, Science, Stars

Time for another update, this time we’re going to look at what’s new with supernovae. And once again, we’ve got good news, lots of new stuff to report. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EDT / 12:00 pm PDT / 19:00 UTC. You can watch us live on here on AstronomyCast.com, […]

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Ep 489: Black Hole Update

By on April 27, 2018 in Astronomy

Another update episode, this time we look at what’s new and changed in the research of black holes. And it’s here that we find a lot of substantial new discoveries in the field, so much has been discovered since we first covered black holes a decade ago. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at […]

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Ep 488: Dark Energy: 2018 Edition

By on April 19, 2018 in Cosmology, Forces, Galaxies, Particles, Physics

The updates continue. Last week we talked about dark matter, and this week we continue with its partner dark energy. Of course, they’re not really partners, unless you consider mysteriousness to be an attribute. Dark energy, that force that’s accelerating the expansion of the Universe. What have we learned? This show was recorded Monday, 4/23/2018. […]

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Ep 487: Dark Matter: 2018 Edition

By on April 13, 2018 in Cosmology, Forces, Particles, Physics, Relativity

Last week, we gave you an update in particle physics. This week it’s time to see what’s new in the world of dark matter. Spoiler alert, we still have no idea what it is, but maybe a few more ideas for what it isn’t. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EDT […]

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Ep 486: Particle Physics Update

By on April 5, 2018 in Particles, Physics

It’s time for a news update. This time from the field of particle physics. It turns out there have been all kinds of new and interesting particles discovered by the Large Hadron Collider and others. Let’s get an update from Pamela. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EDT / 12:00 pm […]

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Ep 485: Docking, Refueling, and Transferring

By on March 19, 2018 in Forces, Missions, Physics, Space Flight

This episode was recorded on Wednesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm EDT / 3:3 pm PDT / 22:30 UTC. It’s one thing to get to space. But once you’ve made it there, what do you want to do? You’ll probably want to dock with another space ship, deliver cargo, refuel. Today we’ll talk about how […]

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Ep 484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists

By on March 19, 2018 in Forces, Missions, Physics, Space Flight

This episode was recorded on Tuesday, March 20 at 8 pm EDT / 5 pm PDT / 0:00 UTC Wednesday. If you want to get around in the Solar System, you’ll want to take advantage of natural gravitational speed boosts and transfer orbits. Whether you’re heading to the outer Solar System or you want to […]

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Astronomy Cast now available via Amazon’s Alexa!

By on March 15, 2018 in The Show

You can now enable the Amazon Astronomy Cast skill on your Alexa enabled device (in the US now, Canada soon)! You just log into your Alexa dashboard, go to the Skills, and look for “Astronomy Cast.” Or, even easier than that, just say “Alexa, enable Astronomy Cast!” You can tell Alexa to skip episodes, back […]

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