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Ep. 509: Fiction to Fact: 3D Printers

By susie on December 7, 2018 in Physics, Science

The technology of 3D printing is taking off. From tiny home-based 3D printers to larger manufacturing. And of course, 3D printing is going to space with the International Space Station and beyond. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EDT / 12:00 pm PDT / 19:00 UTC. You can watch us live […]

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Ep 490: What’s New with Supernovae

By susie 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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Astronomy Cast Special: Q & A with Dr. Pamela Gay

By susie on February 8, 2018 in Astronomy, Questions Shows, Science, Your Questions

Pamela will be on to answer your space and astronomy questions live, as Fraser enjoys auroras in Iceland this week! And please check out how you can help us by answering some surveys for CosmoQuest here. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST / 20:00 UTC. You […]

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Updated Audio: Ep. 475: Fast Radio Bursts

By susie on January 29, 2018 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics, Science

If you got the previous version of Ep. 475 with bad audio, here’s the fixed version! You know what’s fun? Mysteries. Here’s one: fast radio bursts. Astronomers have been detecting mysterious one-time signals from across the sky. What’s causing them? Nobody knows for sure, but the search is on to get to the bottom of […]

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We Can Use Your Help!

By susie on January 24, 2018 in Astronomy, Doing Astronomy, People, Science

Hey Astronomy Cast listeners, As you know, Pamela is the director of CosmoQuest, which does citizen science projects. We are asking for your input through a series of three surveys, each of which is targeting a specific aspect of CosmoQuest and what we do: We are once again asking for your input through a series […]

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Ep. 475: Fast Radio Bursts

By susie on January 19, 2018 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics, Science, Sky Phenomena

The initial release of this audio was glitchy. We’ve fixed it now, so please re-download. You know what’s fun? Mysteries. Here’s one: fast radio bursts. Astronomers have been detecting mysterious one-time signals from across the sky. What’s causing them? Nobody knows for sure, but the search is on to get to the bottom of them. […]

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Ep. 473: Remembering the Best Space Science of 2017

By susie on January 5, 2018 in Astronomy, History, Physics, Planetary Science, Science

2017 was a crazy year for, well, you know. But, it was a great year for space science, a kilonova, extrasolar planets, reusable rockets and more. Let’s look back at the year that was and remember our favorite space science. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST […]

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Ep. 472: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 4: Bioscience

By susie on December 29, 2017 in Chemistry, People, Science

What happens when the future meets biology? Bioscience science fiction, of course. And that’s our focus today as we continue our journey though science-based science fiction. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST / 20:00 PM UTC. You can watch us live on here on AstronomyCast.com, or […]

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Ep. 471: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 3: Human Computer Relations

By susie on December 22, 2017 in Doing Astronomy, People, Science

It’s time to talk computers, and how we’re going to be dealing with them in the future. In our next segment on modern sci-fi, we talk about the future of the human-computer interface. We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST / 20:00 PM UTC. You can watch […]

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Ep. 470: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 2: 3D Printing

By susie on December 15, 2017 in Chemistry, Science

Our journey through interesting science fiction, this time we talk about speculative fiction dealing with materials science, nanotechnology and 3D printing. It’s a staple in Star Trek, but what other stories deal with it? We usually record Astronomy Cast every Friday at 3:00 pm EST / 12:00 pm PST / 20:00 PM UTC. You can […]