Fraser Cain
What’s This Ridge on Iapetus?
The strangest feature on Iapetus is the equatorial ridge. What could possibly create a feature like this? To paraphrase the…
How Could We Destroy the Moon?
What would it take to destroy our moon, and eliminate the enemy of stellar astronomy for all time? In the…
How Fast is Gravity?
How long would it take for the gravitational well created by the Sun to disappear, and the Earth and the…
Why Don’t We Send Probes “Up” In The Solar System?
Wouldn't it be easier to see what’s outside the solar system if we just send out probes straight up? Dammit,…
How Do Astronauts Avoid Debris?
So, just how do we keep our space stations, ships and astronauts from being riddled with holes from all of…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 383: Approaches to Absolute Zero
The coldest possible theoretical temperature is Absolute Zero, this is the point at which no further energy can be extracted…
What is the Habitable Zone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6g7c00v_nY We've found hundreds of exoplanets in the galaxy. But only a few of them have just the right combination…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 26, 2015: Paul Sutter, CCAPP Visiting Fellow
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Paul Sutter, the CCAPP Visiting Fellow who works on the…
Will We Ever Reach Another Star?
We hear about discoveries of exoplanets every day. So how long will it take us to find another planet like…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 382: Degenerate Matter
In some of the most extreme objects in the Universe, white dwarfs and neutron stars, matter gets strange, transforming into…