Ep. 237: Spooky Sounds From Space

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) To help you out with your halloween parties, we’ve collected together the spooky sounds of space. Every piece of audio we’re about to play might sound like it comes from a terrifying nightmare dimension, but it’s really just a natural...

Astronomy Cast at Dragon*Con 2011: Strange Stuff in Space

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) This is an impromptu episode of Astronomy Cast that we recorded during Dragon*Con 2011. Pamela was scheduled to speak with a panel about strange things in space, but she ended up being the only person there. So Fraser jumped in, and this was what we did. We...

Ep. 234: Lunar Phases

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) The Moon is a stark reminder that we actually live in a Universe filled with stars and planets and moons. The changing phases of the Moon show us the relative positions of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon as they interact with one another. Let’s learn...

Ep. 233: Radar

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Radar is one of the those technologies that changed everything: it allows boats and aircraft to “see” at night and through thick fog. But it also changed astronomy and ground imaging, tracking asteroids with great accuracy, allowing spacecraft...

Ep. 227: The Big Dipper

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) We wanted to spend a few shows talking about some of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky. We’ve chatted about Orion the Hunter, but now we’re going to talk about the Big Dipper, also known as Ursa Major, or the Great Bear...

Ep. 226: Weather

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) How’s the weather? Maybe a better question is… why’s the weather? What is it about planets and their atmospheres that create weather systems. What have planetary scientists learned about our Earth’s weather, and how does this relate...