Astronomy Cast
Astronomy Cast Ep. 504: Radar, Lidar, and Sonar
To really study something, you want to reach out and touch it. But what can you do if you're separated…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 503: Gravity Mapping
The Earth looks like a perfect sphere, but down here on the surface we see that there are mountains, rivers,…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds Remotely
We're not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited
We're not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 500: 500th Episode!
We're not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 499: What is the proposed Hubble-Lemaitre Law?
We started out Astronomy Cast with the controversal decision to de-planet Pluto. And here we are, more than a decade…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 498: Dwarf Galaxy Update
The Milky Way has gobbled up dozens of dwarf galaxies and added them to its structure. Today we're going to…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 497: Update on Globular Clusters
Is it globular clusters or is it globeular clusters? It doesn't matter, they're awesome and we're here to update you…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 496: Update on Stellar populations (I, II, & III)
Another update show, this time on the various generations of stars, let's get into it. We usually record Astronomy Cast…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining
Our knowledge of space is starting to match up with our ability to get out there an explore it. There…