Ep. 191: Chandrasekhar

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) The first half of the 20th Century was a productive time for astronomy, with theorists working out much of the science that we take for granted today. One of these astronomy stars was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who determined the maximum mass of a white...

Ep. 189: Johannes Kepler and His Laws of Planetary Motion

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Nicolaus Copernicus changed our understanding of the Universe when he rearranged the Solar System to put the Sun at the center, with the Earth becoming just another of the planets orbiting it. But the movement of the planets didn’t really match the...

Ep. 188: The Future of Astronomy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) We spent 5 episodes telling the story of astronomy so far, how we got from the work of the Babylonians to the modern discoveries made in the last decade. But now we want to look forward, studying the current space missions and experiments to uncover the...

Ep. 187: History of Astronomy, Part 5: The 20th Century

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Many of the modern ideas in astronomy happened in just the 20th century: dark matter, the Big Bang, inflation, quasars, black holes. So many discoveries in one important century. Download Ep. 187: History of Astronomy, Part 5: The 20th Century Jump to...

Ep. 186: History of Astronomy, Part 4: The Beginning of Modern Astronomy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) With our proper place in the Universe worked out, and some powerful telescopes to probe the cosmos, astronomers started making some real progress. The next few hundred years was a time of constant refinement, with astronomers discovering new planets, new...

Ep. 185: History of Astronomy, Part 3: The Renaissance

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Now we reach time with names that many of you will be familiar: Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus. This is an age when the biggest names in astronomy used the best tools of their time to completely rearrange their understanding of the Universe, putting the Earth...