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The 365 Days of Astronomy

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The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast launched in 2009 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This community podcast continues to bring you day after day of content across the years. Everyday, a new voice, helping you see the universe we share in a new way. This show is managed by Avivah Yamani, edited by Richard Drumm. This podcast is funded through Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX and produced out of the Planetary Science Institute.

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06:39

Deep Astronomy - The Triangulum Galaxy: The Most...

The 365 Days of Astronomy ·

2026/09/16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmzJj2i81H0 Hosted by Tony Darnell. From Nov 7, 2017. Have you ever wondered what the most distant object we can see with our naked eyes is? The answer is The Triangulum Galaxy some three million light years from Earth. This galaxy, along with the Great Andromeda Galaxy will collide with our Milky Way in about four billion years. This galaxy collision will herald in a new era for our home galaxy The Milky Way. We will transform into an entirely new galaxy with

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15:04

Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA # 139: Clearing the...

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2026/09/15

Saving the world on a tight budget. Hosted by Steve Nerlich. Dear Cheap Astronomy – Can we clear all the PHOs from around Earth? A key feature of Cheap Astronomy's CSOTM (Crash Shirt On The Moon) proposal is that the most readily available source of shirt to crash are near Earth asteroids and a small number of comets. This has the double benefit of putting all the raw materials in one place, plus you are clearing out potentially hazardous objects that could collide with Earth at some time in the

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40:27

Astronomy Cast Ep. 800: The Beginning & End of...

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2026/09/14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDFCqCj0ofk Streamed live on Sep 7, 2026. Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) This show is supported through people like you on Patreon.com/AstronomyCast To celebrate our 20th season, we thought we'd go back right to the beginning… of everything. Let's wind the clock back to the earliest moments of the Universe, where we'll measure time in fractions of a second. As the foundational laws of physics were laid down and we experience

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06:05

Travelers in the Night Eps. 375 & 376:...

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2026/09/13

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From February 2026. Today's 2 topics: - In an area which is about 1/400th of the entire sky, the NASA Kepler spacecraft has discovered 30 Earth like planets which are likely to have liquid water on their surfaces orbiting distant stars. These planets are likely to represent a tiny sample of the

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18:40

NOIRLab - The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

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2026/09/12

Hosted by Rob Starks. The newest DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys map, 13 years in the making, covers three-quarters of the sky and catalogs nearly four billion objects. This treasure trove is available to all and contains stars, galaxies, supernovae, gravitational lenses, and much more. Two NSF NOIRLab facilities contributed data to the map: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Mayall telescope and the NSF Blanco telescope, equipped with the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated DECam. In this

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23:03

EVSN - Newly Discovered Solar System Object is...

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2026/09/11

From February 15, 2021. A newly found object nearly four times farther out from the Sun than Pluto now holds the record for the farthest observed in our solar system. Plus, forming Super Earths, finding potentially habitable planets, jellyfish galaxies, the Crab Nebula, and this week's What's Up. D100 in the Coma Cluster: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/h-alpha-tail-of-d100/ We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just

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08:23

Guide To Space - Universe Today News: 7 Stage Journey...

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2026/09/10

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/7-stage-journey-reveals-how-falling-space-rocks-survive-air By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - August 31, 2026. Recorded by our Editor, Richard Drumm. At least once in our lives, we've all seen a bright streak of light briefly blaze across the sky and have quickly referred to it as an asteroid, meteor, shooting star, comet, or some other whimsical name we've heard others use to describe it. For those calling it a meteor, you would be correct, but we'll touch upon

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51:45

Big Impact Astronomy - Inspiring the World Through...

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2026/09/09

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6lOpIWbly4 From July 23, 2026. Hosted by Mike Simmons. Episode 19. https://astro4equity.org - Visit our website! Dr. Kelly Blumenthal is an astrophysicist and science communicator who has lived in and worked with many communities across the United States and worldwide. These experiences have shaped Kelly's perspectives on the importance of astronomy communication in building STEM opportunities for under-resourced people worldwide and its role in science generally

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31:10

Ask A Spaceman Ep. 279: What Can We Actually Find on...

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2026/09/08

Mapping Alien Worlds! Hosted by Dr. Paul M. Sutter. Just how hard are exoplanets observations? What kind of telescope will it take to find life? And how much information can we get out of a single pixel of light? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/pmsutter All episodes: http://www.AskASpaceman.com Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/PaulMSutter Read a book: https://www.pmsutter.com/books Keep those questions about space,

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58:16

Astronomy Cast Ep. 53: Astronomy in Science Fiction

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2026/09/07

From September 10, 2007. Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) This is a very different episode of Astronomy Cast. As we mentioned last week, Pamela recently attended the Dragon*Con science fiction convention in Atlanta, Georgia. While she was there, she participated in a special live edition of Astronomy Cast with special guest Dr. Kevin Frazier. Kevin is a NASA scientist, and the science consultant for the TV shows Battlestar Galactica and Eureka. He and Pamela

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06:05

Travelers in the Night Eps. 373 & 374: Plant...

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2026/09/06

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From January & February 2026. Today's 2 topics: - On Earth, human life is enabled by plants which provide us with calories, vitamins, fuel, medicines, and oxygen to breathe. In addition, recent scientific studies indicate that plant cultivation reduces anxiety and depression and has a positive

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09:09

Equatorial Sky Guide - September

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2026/09/05

Hosted by our Director, Avivah Yamani. September's equatorial sky features Venus, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, dark Milky Way nights, the September equinox, and a lunar occultation of Venus. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you

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12:04

EVSN - On Background: The Anatomy of a Comet

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2026/09/04

Hosted by: Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) From September 1, 2026. In this special episode, funded by the National Science Foundation, we're taking a break from the headlines to study the changing anatomy of a comet. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit

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26:49

Actual Astronomy - The Observer's Calendar for September

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2026/09/03

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and showing the public views through their telescopes. actualastronomy@gmail.com In Episode 549 of Actual Astronomy, hosts Chris and Shane present the Observer's Calendar for September 2026, highlighting key celestial events for amateur astronomers throughout the month. Highlights include the Sept 1 Aurigids meteor shower peak, a Venus-Spica conjunction on Sept 2, two regional star

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59:21

Awesome Astronomy - Holy Flipping Galaxies Batman!

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2026/09/02

September Part 1! Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer "Dr. Dust" Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. So it turns out… -The Milky Way may have done a back flip… -News about the Swift telescope, -NASA raiding its bare cupboards, and -A super fast star. -A nova in Sagitta! Also… -Our usual skyguide and wittering. -Oh, and a song. You will be full of antici……….pation! We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production

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06:27

Deep Astronomy - The Most Distant Galaxy Ever Measured

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2026/09/01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frcLSXuzzyY Hosted by Tony Darnell. From October 24, 2010. On Oct 19, 2010, astronomers announced the measurement of a redshift of 8.6 for one of the galaxies in the Ultra Deep Field. That corresponds to a galaxy seen just 600 million years after the Big Bang! Here's the news release from ESO's website: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1041/ The Nature paper: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1041/eso1041.pdf We've added a new way to

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26:26

Astronomy Cast Ep. 8: Meteor Showers. Yes, the Sky is...

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2026/08/31

http://www.astronomycast.com/archive/ Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) From October 30, 2006. Dress warmly, gather some friends and family, and head outside to watch sand burn in the upper atmosphere. There's nothing like a good meteor shower. Fraser and Pamela explain this beautiful phenomenon: what causes them, the best storms and showers to watch for, and different types of meteors you might see. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to

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06:05

Travelers in the Night Eps. 371 & 372: Kiwi Nights &...

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2026/08/30

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From January, 2026. Today's 2 topics: - New Zealand's 4.5 million people are concentrated in three major population centers which to various degrees suffer from the modern plague of light pollution. However, most of New Zealand's large rural areas and land reserves, covering an area as large as the

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07:06

Space Stories - Syzygy, When Worlds Line Up

The 365 Days of Astronomy ·

2026/08/29

Hosted by our Director, Avivah Yamani. What is a syzygy? Explore one of astronomy's strangest words and discover how the Sun, Earth, Moon, eclipses, transits, and tides are all connected by cosmic alignment. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank

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50:32

EVSN - After Hours #8: Making Moons & Getting...

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2026/08/28

Hosted by: Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) From August 13, 2026. Across a long career, Dr. William Hartmann has done everything from innovating how the Moon was formed to founding the Planetary Science Institute to defining space art for a new generation; a generation that included host Pamela Gay. Tune in to hear about science, art, and how they can mix as individuals both make new discoveries, and the illustrations to accompany them! We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to

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