Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Planetary Science Institute), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported thru patreon.com/AstronomyCast.
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The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.
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The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast launched in 2009 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This community podcast continues to bring you day after day of content across the years. Everyday, a new voice, helping you see the universe we share in a new way. This show is managed by Avivah Yamani, edited by Richard Drumm. This podcast is funded through Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX and produced out of the Planetary Science Institute.
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This is the full live stream audio of the Astronomy Cast episodes. The first half hour is the regular episode, and the second half hour is a Q&A session with questions submitted by live viewers and email.
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Conversations about stories that matter from the University of Montana and beyond. New episodes release every other Monday. A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, University of Montana’s independent, student-run newspaper.
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We believe that George R. R. Martin has put a lot of effort and thought into creating a deeper dimension of archetype and symbol in his writing. He’s created connections between past and future, between sky and ground. He’s built on classic figures from world mythology and twisted them around in new and incredible ways to fashion his own archetypal characters whose divine roles are played out by the characters in the story. He’s done all of this not only to be artistic and clever, but becaus ...
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Bite-sized clips with TED level top thinkers, founders and scientists on how advances in biotech & genomics, space travel, IoT, AI and other exponential tech converge to create our collective future and what we can do, from a research and policy perspective to shape the trends, technologies and societal norms for a better world. Main Podcast: https://disruptors.fm/itunes If in-depth, unscripted conversations with the researchers, startups and future thinkers transforming the future of all of ...
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Transmission is a distributed mixed reality podcast and performance series premiering in Edinburgh in 2017. This companion Podcast speculates on the possibility of life on Proxima b - the closest planet outside of our solar system that has the potential to support life - and whether civilizations like our own could live there. What if we received their television and radio broadcasts? How would we listen in? Could we translate them? How could we communicate back? Hosted by Cecilia Lynn Jacob ...
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Books and Ideas is hosted by Dr. Ginger Campbell, an emergency physician who is best known for the highly regarded Brain Science Podcast. On Books and Ideas Dr. Campbell explores a wide range of topics ranging from science fiction to the philosophy of science. The show is no longer in regular production, but occasional special episodes may be published.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 731: Neil Gehrels By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 21, 2024. Last week we talked about the Neil Gerhels Swift Telescope, this week we’ll be talking about the man behind the mission. Gerhels was the principle investigator behind many missions, including Swift. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. SUPPO…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv1Ngx8Pcqw Streamed live on Oct 21, 2024. Let's look at the man whose name is carried by the Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. SUPPORTED BY YOU! This Episode is made possible thanks to our Patrons on Patreon. Join at the Galaxy Group level or higher to be listed in our YouTu…
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The Observer: A Glimpse of Astronomy at UM
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Deep in the mountains south of Missoula at the Blue Mountain Observatory, astronomers from the University of Montana are exploring space in our solar system and beyond. For one of these observers, finding their place atop Blue Mountain took a lifetime of experiences. Episode by Chandler Lieb / Montana Kaimin Full transcripts of this episode and all…
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George’s Random Astronomical Object #136: Barium
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George’s Random Astronomical Object presents HD 11397. This Sun-like star might seem ordinary, but it actually contains abnormally large amounts of heavy elements, most notably barium, that it could not have formed itself. Brief biography: Dr. George Bendo is an astronomer who specializes in studying interstellar dust and star formation in nearby g…
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Awesome Astronomy - Predicting Supernovas
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYLtwPRhnU8 Ralph Wilkins hosts. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Oct 21, 2022. This show is all about Betelgeuse and supernovas (supernovae? Let's call the whole thing off). What will happen to Betelgeuse? How bright will it get? When will it go supernova? Will we get to see it? How do …
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Daenerys is Azor Ahai & TPTWP - A Song of Ice and Fire - Game of Thrones - House of the Dragon
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The definitive case for Daenerys Targaryen being the fulfillment of the prophecies of Azor Ahai's rebirth and The Prince That Was Promised, and detailed foreshadowing of her endgame (which will mostly be very different from the Game of Thrones ending!)Por David Lightbringer
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Streamed live on Oct 21, 2024. Let's look at the man whose name is carried by the Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay.
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Extreme heat is taking its toll on the natural world. We use words like “heat domes” and “freakish” to describe our everyday existence. These high temperatures aren’t only uncomfortable - they are lethal to humans, animals, and crops. In search of an answer to our episode’s question, we discuss the dilemma of an ever-hotter world with an author who…
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 757 & 758: Alien Signals & Weird Supernova
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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - Project Breakthrough Listen is spending $100 million over 10 years so that radio telescopes can search for signals which may …
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The Cosmic Savannah - Ep. 62: Behind the Scenes of the SKAO with Phil Diamond
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Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize, Dr. Tshiamiso Makwela & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. Part 3 – SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony In the third and final part of the SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony series, Jacinta sits down with Professor Phil Diamond, the Director-General of the SKAO to discuss his thoughts and feelings around the construction c…
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EVSN - Bumper Crop of Gravitational Wave Events Detected!
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From October 30, 2020. Today’s top story brings us 39 new gravitational wave detections of black holes and neutron stars, courtesy of the LIGO and VIRGO detectors. Also, it’s Titan’s turn for interesting molecules in the atmosphere, and researchers examined impact craters to see what might lie beneath Titan’s surface. Plus, Hayabusa2’s impact on Ry…
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H’ad Astra Historia Ep. 106: Astronomy Oral History Project Part 2
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Dr. Jarita Holbrook continues with her story of the AAS’ Astronomy Oral History Project. Dr. Holbrook (Harvard Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics, Univ. of Edinburgh, Univ of the Western Cape) continues with her story of the AAS’ Astronomy Oral History Project. You’ll learn about her favorite interviews, and she gives me some advice for future podca…
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Cheap Astronomy - Implausible Engineering Ep. 2: Embracing Your Inner Robot
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Robots Like Us... Implausible Engineering – Episode 2a: Brain in a robot In a step towards technoevolution and potential immortality that some future generation of humanity will develop the ability to transfer their brains into robot bodies and hence have prolonged if not immortal lives. Various complications arise in trying to engineer this. Assum…
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Exoplanet Radio Ep. 28: How Starshades Can Help Find New Worlds
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From August 28, 2023. Most of the 5,000 exoplanets discovered so far have been found using methods that don’t actually see the planet at all. Brightness dimmings and star wobbles only get us so far. They limit our ability to study them in detail and astronomers are working on gigantic starshades to resolve planets directly! We've added a new way to…
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Ep. 730: The Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope
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Streamed live October 15, 2024. Let's look over the long life of the Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope as it watches for the multi-spectral flashes of high energy explosions.
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As a crucial election nears, University of Montana students still have time to register to vote in person. College students who move from home, to the dorms, to an apartment or house have a unique challenge in updating their voter registration or utilizing an absentee ballot. Episode by Bayliss Flynn / Montana Kaimin Full transcripts of this episod…
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 730: The Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXEOjeE6VZw Streamed live October 15, 2024. Let's look over the long life of the Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope as it watches for the multi-spectral flashes of high energy explosions. This Episode is made possible thanks to our Patrons on Patreon. Join at the Galaxy Group level or higher to be listed in our YouTube vid…
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They look like a cross between a beaver and a duck, and they all live Down Under. The platypus may lay eggs, but is actually a distant mammalian cousin, one that we last saw, in an evolutionary sense, about 166 million years ago. Genetic sequencing is being used to trace that history, while scientists intensify their investigation of the habits and…
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 291E & 292E: Tiny Atira & Ethics and Mars
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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - Atira, named for the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the Morning and Evening Star orbits the Sun inside of our path. Atira, the f…
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Guide To Space - What Are Quark Stars? Searching For These Exotic Objects
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLKco7pC4qI From Jul 25, 2016. Astronomers have theorized there could be an intermediate stage between neutron stars and black holes called quark stars. Are they out there? Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain Jason Harmer - @jasoncharmer Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com Created by: Fraser Cain and Jason Harmer Edited by: Cha…
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EVSN - Neutron Star in Supernova 1987A May Have Been Found
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From March 1, 2021. Scientists have been looking for the reclusive neutron star expected to be at the center of supernova 1987A for over thirty years, and they may have finally found it in new images from the Chandra and NuSTAR observatories. Plus, a look at conflicting papers on the object that wiped out the dinosaurs, a roundup of news, and this …
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The Chaos Ladder Never Ends: The Littlefinger Story - A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones
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@girlnettles and @GreyWasteTim join me to break down the many schemes of Petry Baelish, known as Littlefinger, from his provoking of wars to his use of people as pawns to his towering resentments and his embrace of greed and corruption. Lots of Lysa in here too, some Sansa and Cat and Hoster, and of course we'll talk about Littlefinger's future pla…
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Actual Astronomy Ep. 452: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas
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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, beer, turkey, bacon and observing. Did you buy that 17”? Had some notes and a photo from Wade in Australia where the comet has been Have you seen the comet? Clark wrote of his success on October 3rd. Concluding Lis…
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Spotlight on SETI ep 2: Nathalie Cabrol
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What is life? Even as the search for life in the universe evolves, surprisingly, there is no consensus on what life is. We must consider hunting for life not as we know it. The existence of extremophiles on Earth has broadened the types of environments in which we might look for life elsewhere in our solar system. And recent missions to dwarf plane…
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George’s Random Astronomical Object Ep. 135: NGC 3801
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Welcome to episode 135 of George’s Random Astronomical Object, or, if you prefer Roman numerals, episode CXXXV. Every episode, I run a random number generator to select random astronomical coordinates in the sky, and I then search for an astronomical object near those coordinates and talk about what makes that object so interesting to astronomers. …
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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 234: How Could We Turn the Sun Into a Telescope?
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How do gravitational lenses work? Where would a spacecraft need to be to use the Sun’s gravity as a telescope? What could we learn about exoplanets with this on weird trick? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/spaceman and get on your way …
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 70: How To Win a Nobel Prize
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http://www.astronomycast.com/archive/ From January 7, 2008. Now that you’ve got your career in astronomy, obviously the next goal is to win a Nobel prize. We’re here at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, which is just one tiny step that a person has to take before you get that Nobel prize. Before you get that call in the middle of…
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The idea that the universe is made of tiny vibrating strings was once the science theory du jour. String theory promised to unite the disparate theories describing particles and gravity, and many people, not just scientists, were optimistic that a theory of everything might be within our grasp. But here we are, many years later, and string theory d…
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 289E & 290E: Murky & Egg Rock
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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - It was murky cloudy night on Mt. Lemmon where I was trying to find Earth approaching objects with the Catalina Sky Survey 60 …
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Project ASTRO was started by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1994 and expanded to NSF NOIRLab (formerly the National Optical Astronomy Observatory) in 1996. This podcast tells the story of how Project ASTRO has been working to improve science education for almost 30 years at NSF NOIRLab. Hosted by Rob Sparks of the Communications, Educat…
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EVSN - SpaceX vs FAA & EPA & Cards Against Humanity
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From October 2, 2024. This week we’re doing something we’ve never done before; we’re dedicating the majority of the show to a single story: SpaceX’s recurring failure to follow the rules, regulations, and norms of international spaceflight. We have the receipts, and we hope that you will hear us out before you hit that comment button. We've added a…
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Cheap Astronomy - Implausible Engineering Episode 1: How To Live Longer & Talk To Aliens
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Hosted by Steve Nerlich. Episode 1a: The Relativity Vault We’re all going to die. But let’s say you’re going to die from some incurable disease – or even just from ageing – and you’ve got some time to plan ahead. One option is to assume that future science could save you. A common strategy to access this option is to get yourself frozen – or even j…
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Awesome Astronomy - October Part 1
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Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month the episode comes from the dark skies of Wales as it is AstroCamp time! Discussion of Hera and Europa Clipper probes, comet news and the live recording of the Astrocamp panel! Enjoy www.awesomeastronomy.com Bio - Awesome Astronomy…
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Exoplanet Radio - How the Roman Space Telescope Will Revolutionize Our Understanding of Exoplanets
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4DAVgeCVsI Hosted by Tony Darnell. From Aug 25, 2023. The next big milestone in our study of exoplanets is a telescope that can see beyond the limits of our eyes, beyond the boundaries of our solar system, beyond the frontiers of our knowledge. A telescope that can reveal the secrets of the stars and the mysteries o…
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Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope
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Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024. Let's talk about that giant telescope that's changing everything. We have been waiting our entire careers to make this episode on the James Webb Space Telescope, AKA the JWST. This historic Observatory was launched just a couple of years ago and it's already overturning our understanding of the early Universe star for…
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Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024. Let's talk about that giant telescope that's changing everything. We have been waiting our entire careers to make this episode on the James Webb Space Telescope, AKA the JWST. This historic Observatory was launched just a couple of …
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 729: The James Webb Space Telescope
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd21ZBju3Kg Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024. Let's talk about that giant telescope that's changing everything. We have been waiting our entire careers to make this episode on the James Webb Space Telescope, AKA the JWST. This historic Observatory was launched just a couple of years ago and it's already overturning our …
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Imagine tapeworms longer than the height of an adult human. Or microbes that turn their hosts into zombies. If the revulsion they induce doesn’t do it, the sheer number of parasites force us to pay attention. They are the most abundant form of animal life on Earth. Parasites can cause untold human suffering, like those that cause African River Blin…
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Travelers in the Night Eps. 755 & 756: Geyser of Life – Maybe & Nice PHA
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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From July 28 & August 4, 2023. Today's 2 topics: - In 2023 the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a geyser of water vapor extending more than 80%…
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