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Astronomy Cast

New Podcast Series: Space Stations

May 28, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Sometimes a trilogy needs four parts! The Astronomy Cast team of Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay have taken a look at the history and modern era of space stations, as well as peering into the future at some space station concepts [...]

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Enjoy Several New Podcasts at Astronomy Cast

April 15, 2013

Astronomy Cast has recently uploaded several new podcasts, and while we normally post them separately here on Universe Today, since there are a number of them arriving at once, here’s a list of the new ones: Earthquakes The Oort Cloud Shockwaves Failed Stars Cherenkov Radiation Phases of Matter E= mc2   We’ve recently had a [...]

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Podcast: The Hubble Constant

December 10, 2012

When Edwin Hubble observed that distant galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, he discovered the reality that we live in an expanding Universe. Hubble worked to calculate exactly how fast this expansion is happening, creating the Hubble constant – which astronomers continue to refine and reference in their research. Click here to [...]

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Podcast: Orbit

November 6, 2012

When an object is orbiting the Earth, it’s really falling. The trick, described in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. There are several different kinds of orbits, and they are good for different reasons. From suborbital jumps to geostationary orbit, time to learn everything there [...]

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Podcast: Io

December 23, 2011

If you want to see one of the strangest places in the Solar System, look no further than Io, Jupiter’s inner Galilean moon. The immense tidal forces from Jupiter keep the moon hotter than hot, with huge volcanoes blasting lava hundreds of kilometers into space. Click here to download the episode. Or subscribe to: astronomycast.com/podcast.xml [...]

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