Fraser Cain
Weekly Space Hangout – June 23, 2017: NEOShield-2 Project Team
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week's special guests are the NEOShield-2 Project Team. NEOShield-2 is a 100% European…
Is Human Hibernation Possible? Going to Sleep for Long Duration Spaceflight
We know trips in space will take a long time. Can we go to sleep for the journey and then…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 453: Favorite Things We’ve Done These 10 Years
10 years of Astronomy Cast... wow. It's been a long, fun journey. What are some of our favorite episodes and…
Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 16, 2017: Dr. Natalie Batalha and NASA’s NExSS
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Natalie Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and project scientist…
Flying Into the Sun? NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Mission
NASA is planning a mission to get as close as possible as we can to the Sun and reveal its…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 452: Summer Observing Challenges
Summer is almost here, and for the northern hemisphere, that means warm nights for observing. But what to observe? We're…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 9, 2017: Dr. Jeffrey Forshaw Presents “Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Forshaw is a British particle physicist with an interest in quantum chromodynamics…
Construction Tips from a Type 2 Engineer: Collaboration with Isaac Arthur
Fraser Cain and Isaac Arthur team up again to bring you another epic collaboration. This time, it’s construction tips from…
How Do We Know the Universe is Flat? Discovering the Topology of the Universe
Cosmologists tell us that the Universe is flat. It sure feels like 3-dimensions. What does this even mean, and how…