Fraser Cain

Astronomy Cast Ep. 441: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 5: Continental Drift

Want to travel the world but you don't have a lot of money? No problem, your continent is drifting across…

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – February 17, 2017: Samuel Mason, Director of the Tesla Science Foundation

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Samuel Mason is the Director of the Tesla Science Foundation, NJ Chapter. The mission…

8 years ago

Astronomy Cast Ep. 440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes!

There are regular volcanoes, and then there are the supervolcanoes. Massive calderas of hot magma of incomprehensible size. Bad news,…

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – February 10, 2017: Weekend Eclipse, Occultation and Comet 45P!

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg) Dave Dickinson (www.astroguyz.com /…

8 years ago

Can We Launch Nuclear Waste Into the Sun?

We've got all this nuclear waste to dispose of, and we've got this superheated fusion ball in the sky. Couldn't…

8 years ago

Astronomy Cast Ep. 439: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 3: How Do We Terraform Earth?

We always want to talk about how we can make Mars more Earth like, but the reality is that we're…

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – February 3, 2017: Meredith Rawls & the LSST

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Meredith Rawls Meredith is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the…

8 years ago

What’s That Bright Star in the Sky?

What's that bright light in the sky? How come I never noticed it before? That's not a star at all,…

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – January 27, 2017: Kimberly Cartier & Exoplanet WASP 103b

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Kimberly Cartier ( KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) (more…)

8 years ago

Astronomy Cast Ep. 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering

So if you've been to Yellowstone National Park, you've seen one of the most amazing features of the natural world…

8 years ago