Astronomy Cast
Podcast: The Life of Other Stars
[/caption] Last week we looked at the complete life of the Sun, birth to death. But stars can be smaller,…
Podcast: Running Out of Gravitons and Hitting the Brakes at Light Speed
[/caption] Another week, another roundup of your questions. This week listeners asked: if forces are communicated through particles, can we…
Podcast: The Life of the Sun
[/caption] We've talked about the Sun before, but this time we're going to look at the entire life cycle of…
Podcast: Questions Show – Light speed, Andromeda Galaxy, Dark Matter and Black Holes
[/caption] Another week, another roundup of your questions. This week listeners asked: will reaching light speed destroy the Universe? When…
Podcast: Nucleosynthesis: Elements from Stars
[/caption] Look around you. Breathe in some air. Everything you can see and feel was formed in a star. Today…
Podcast: Black Hole Surfaces, Magnetic Field Strengths, and the Speed of Gravitons
[/caption] As you know, we wanted to answer listener questions regularly, but we found it was taking away from the…
Podcast: The Search for the Theory of Everything
[/caption] At the earliest moments of the Universe, there were no separate forces, energy or matter. It was all just…
Podcast: The Strong and Weak Nuclear Forces
[/caption] After a quick Dragon*Con break, we're back to our tour through the fundamental forces of the Universe. We've covered…
Podcast: Science Fiction at Dragon*Con with Plait and Grazier
[/caption] Pamela left Fraser behind (with sorrow) and took on Dragon*Con and the facts (or lack there of) in Science…
Podcast: Advanced Propulsion Systems
[/caption] Last week we talked about rockets. How they work and their limitations. This week we're going to look at…