Podcasts
Podcast: Questions Show #4
We know there's matter, and we know there's anti-matter. If there's dark matter, is there an anti-dark matter? How come…
Podcast: Discovering Another Earth
What a week! Astronomers announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the nearby star Gliese 581. We talk about…
Podcast: Choosing and Using a Telescope
Buying your first telescope can be a nerve-wracking experience filled with buyer's remorse. This week we discuss the basics of…
Podcast: The Search for Neutrinos
Trillions of neutrinos are produced in our Sun through its nuclear reactions. These particles stream out at nearly the speed…
Podcast: String Theory, Time Travel, White Holes, Warp Speed, Multiple Dimensions, and Before the Big Bang
We get questions every week about string theory and topics popularized by science fiction. Here's the problem. There's just no…
Podcast: The Sun, Spots and All
It's Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means the Sun is back. But it's more than just a free…
Podcast: Asteroids Make Bad Neighbours
This week we're talking about asteroids. And not just any asteroids, but Near Earth Objects. How do astronomers find these…
Podcast: The Third Question Show
The questions are piling up, so it's time to get through them. We've got a great collection this week. How…
Podcast: The Largest Structures in the Universe
This week we continue the story of galaxy formation, learning how groups of galaxies come together to form the biggest…
Podcast: The Story of Galaxy Evolution
Our Milky Way is a complex and majestic barred spiral galaxy. But 13.7 billion years ago it began, like all…