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The Cosmic Companion - Astronomy, Space, Technology Advancing Humanity

Exploring the wonders of the Cosmos, one mystery at a time

Astronomy, space, and science news and education delivered in a fun, friendly format! Short form Astronomy Minutes and full-length episodes featuring interviews with some of the top scientists, authors, and developers around the globe! aicreatorhouse.substack.com

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27:57

BepiColombo to Mercury with Mark McCaughrean ESA -...

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2021/12/14

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Mark McCaughrean, Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency, to the show. We'll talk about the European Space Agency's BepiColombo mission to Mercury.We're also going to look at Comet Leonard as it makes its closest approach to Earth this week, and we'll tell you how to find it in the night sky. We're going to hear about an odd finding from a Chinese lunar rover on the far side of the Moon, and we look

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2:49

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon line Up on...

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2021/12/10

The three brightest planets in the Solar System - Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, together with the Moon - will all line up tonight just after sunset.Here's a look at what's happening, and how to get the most out of this dazzling display!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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2:49

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon line Up on...

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2021/12/09

On 10 December, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon will all line up just after sunset. Here's a look at what's happening, and how to get the most out of this dazzling display!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecosmiccompanion.substack.com/subscribe

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23:52

Sylvia Earle Guides Us Through the Oceans - The...

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2021/12/07

Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion. This week, we are delighted to be joined by one of the world's most renowned oceanographers, Dr. Sylvia Earle. She's here to talk to us about her new book, National Geographic Ocean | A Global Odyssey. We're going to get an in-depth look at the oceans of our home world.We're also going to take a look up in the sky, as a trio of planets line up with the Moon, and the Geminid meteor shower aims to delight skygazers. And, we look in on an odd planet that is

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4:36

Geminid Meteor Shower 2021 - How to View These...

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2021/12/03

The Geminid meteor shower arrives on the night of 13 December 2021. We take a look at how to view this display, where to look in the sky, and we take a glimpse at an alignment of planets happening on the other side of the sky. Cats may be involved for video viewers.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access

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27:20

Matthew Bothwell on The Invisible Universe - The...

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2021/12/01

Matthew Bothwell, author of The Invisible Universe, discusses the 93% of "ordinary" matter we cannot see with the human eye - radio, infrared, ultraviolet astronomy, and more... This week on Astronomy News with the Cosmic Companion, we also look at how machine learning recently discovered hundreds of unknown planets, we explore a massive world hotter than some stars, and Dart lifts off on a mission that could help us save the planet.--- Send in a voice message:

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37:20

Five Missions to Asteroids - Dart, Lucy, Psyche,...

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2021/11/23

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we take a close-up look at asteroids – those lumps or rock, metal, and ice racing around our solar system. We're going to examine five major missions happening right now, examining asteroids, and potentially, saving us from the fate of the dinosaurs.Bill Bottke, Director of Space Studies at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) joins us talking about the Psyche mission, exploring a metal-rich asteroid for the first time.We will also be joined

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29:27

Is M51-ULS-1b the First Planet Seen in Another...

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2021/11/09

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dr. Rosanne Di Stefano from the Center for Astrophysics to the show, talking about her work finding the first planet yet seen in another galaxy.We also look in on the ailing Hubble Space Telescope, as that famed instrument unexpectedly shuts down. We're going to examine the first signs of water within a galaxy in the ancient Cosmos, and we will look up in the night sky as Uranus offers amateur astronomers a prime chance to view that

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22:09

Exploring ASKAP J173608.2–321635 Radio Signals with...

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2021/11/02

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, Dr. Tara Murphy from the University of Sydney joins us, looking at an odd radio burst seen near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.We will also look at a possible discovery of a planet in another galaxy, and examine a massive solar flare that nearly missed Earth over the weekend. Finally, we will head out to Jupiter, where NASA's Juno spacecraft made some intriguing new findings, before welcoming our special guest.--- Send in a voice message:

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27:49

The Science of Halloween featuring Erika Engelhaupt,...

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2021/10/26

The Science of Halloween featuring Erika Engelhaupt, author of Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science. Plus - Would Aliens Eat Humans? Extinction from an Asteroid, and the Scariest Objects in the Night Sky!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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44:51

Jenifer Millard on Becoming a Science Journalist,...

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2021/10/19

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dr. Jenifer Millard to the show. She is a science journalist and co-presenter of the Awesome Astronomy podcast, and we will talk about amateur astronomy and bringing science to the masses. We're also going to hear from Dr. Tara Murphy of the University of Sydney about her recent discovery of strange radio signals coming from near the center of the Milky Way.In addition, we learn of a solar system that looks much like our own family

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0:42

Jenifer Millard from the Awesome Astronomy podcast...

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2021/10/15

Next week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion: Dr. Jenifer Millard, host of The Awesome Astronomy Podcast, talks about astronomy, star parties, and the wonder of science. Listen to the sneak preview! plus Esen Ercan Alp of Argonne National Laboratory – one of the few people to have seen samples from the asteroid Ryugu!Full interview drops 19 October.Future episodes:26 October (s5/e16): Halloween Special! The science of Halloween with Erika Engelhaupt, author of Gory Details.2 November

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0:56

ASKAP J173608.2-321635 - The Strange Radio Burst Seen...

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2021/10/13

What is ASKAP J173608.2-321635 - the strange radio burst from near the center of the Milky Way? We talk with Professor Tara Murphy of the University of Sydney, who helped lead this discovery. Here's a sneak preview - enjoy!Full interview drops 2 November. Follow or subscribe today and never miss an episode.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss

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40:27

Homer Hickam "Don't Blow Yourself Up" - Astronomy...

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2021/10/12

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome NASA legend Homer Hickam to the show. The inspiration for the movie October Sky talks about growing up in a West Virginia coal-mining town, his new book, Don’t Blow Yourself Up, and... teaching David Letterman how to SCUBA dive? But first, we look in on an extreme exoplanet where iron rains down from the sky, we join NASA as they ready to deflect an asteroid for the first time, and we will join a Russian film crew which recently

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2:00

The Night Sky in October - Amateur Astronomy in...

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2021/10/06

Amateur astronomers have a lot to look up to in October 2021. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and the Moon all put on dazzling shows, plus a pair of meteor showers!Listen to the podcast here, or watch the video version of this guide to the night sky at: https://youtu.be/-9a9klMgJ2o--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-cosmic-companion/support This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or

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26:34

Robots in Space - Astrobees and Beyond - Astronomy...

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2021/10/05

A look at robotics and artificial intelligence in space as NASA's Trey Smith and Jose Benavides visit Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion! But first, we look at a triple star system that may be home to an odd exoplanet, we ride along with the BepiColombo craft exploring Mercury, and we talk about what's coming to the night sky in October! Listen to the podcast here, or watch the video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/PrqyFLHvbaw--- Send in a voice message:

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30:33

Roman Chiporuhka, Space VIP, talks Private...

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2021/09/28

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we talk with Roman Chiporuhka, CEO of Space VIP, about the future of private spaceflight, and what it could mean for the future of humanity. We'll also take a look at the VIPER spacecraft which will soon scout locations for the return of humans to the Moon. Then, we'll head out to Mars, hearing about a new study showing water on Mars may have been doomed from the start. We're also going to take a look at light from a distant galaxy, seen as an

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22:04

Dillon Dong, Caltech Graduate Student, Talks About an...

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2021/09/21

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dillon Dong, a graduate student at Caltech to the show. We're going to talk about his work discovering a previously-unseen type of supernova eruption. But first, we learn about a supernova due for a return engagement, we hear how Steve Wozniak could be entering the space salvage business, and we will look in on Inspiration 4, the first all-civilian flight to space.--- Send in a voice message:

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23:57

Cathy Olkin of SwRI - The Lucy mission to Jupiter's...

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2021/09/14

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Dr. Cathy Olkin from the Southwest Research Institute to the show. We will talk about Lucy – the first mission to explore the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter. But first, we look in on an unusual radio signal coming from near the center of our galaxy. Next, we journey out to the International Space Station, where a signal from a smoke alarm caused concern prior to a spacewalk. Finally, we explore the Cosmos in the most-detailed virtual

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22:26

What are Fast Radio Bursts? With Kaitlyn Shin, CHIME...

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2021/09/07

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome CHIME member Kaitlyn Shin to the show, and she's going to teach us about fast radio bursts coming from space.But first, we look at a new study showing that stars eating planets may be more common than we thought, a new type of supernova is seen by astronomers as a black hole or neutron star collides with its parent star, and China takes the first steps toward building a space station a kilometer long.Listen to the podcast here, or

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