Podcasts
Podcast: Death of a Spacecraft
In the end, everything dies, even plucky space robots. Today we examine the last days of a series of missions.…
Podcast: Planetary Motions in the Sky
Even the ancient astronomers knew there was something different about the planets. Unlike the rest of the stars, the planets…
New Podcast Series: Space Stations
Sometimes a trilogy needs four parts! The Astronomy Cast team of Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay have taken a look…
Podcast: The Arecibo Observatory
The mighty Arecibo Radio Observatory is one of the most powerful radio telescopes ever built – it’s certainly the larger…
Enjoy Several New Podcasts at Astronomy Cast
Astronomy Cast has recently uploaded several new podcasts, and while we normally post them separately here on Universe Today, since…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 282: Seasons
Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. These are the seasons we experience here on Earth as our planet completes an orbit…
Podcast: Explosions in Space
We’ve all seen the classic science fiction space explosions, full of flames and loud sounds. Beautiful on the screen but,…
Podcast: Cosmological Constant
In order to allow for a static Universe, Albert Einstein introduced the concept of the Cosmological Constant Lambda to make…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 279: The Hubble Constant
When Edwin Hubble observed that distant galaxies are speeding away from us in all directions, he discovered the reality that…
Podcast: Orbit
When an object is orbiting the Earth, it’s really falling. The trick, described in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,…