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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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14:21

Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA Ep. 118: Reflections

The 365 Days of Astronomy ·

2025/05/29

Self-consciousness. Dear Cheap Astronomy – Selfies in space. Buzz Aldrin claims to have taken the first selfie in space in 1966, where he fixed a Hasselblad camera on the hull on Gemini 12 and then leant back before triggering the camera. Later on, in 1969, Neil Armstrong took an accidental selfie – the only still photo of him on the Moon where he and his camera are reflected in Buzz Aldrin’s visor. Dear Cheap Astronomy – Is Hawking Radiation real? Long-term listeners are probably familiar with

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47:32

Big Impact Astronomy - Atiyah Alhasadi Interview

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2025/05/28

Atiyah Alhasadi of Derna, Lybia, is the STEM Projects Trainer and Chairman of Roaya for the Astronomy and Space Applications Foundation. He is an experienced teaching assistant with a demonstrated history of working in higher education. Skilled in English, teamwork, Physics, Research, and Astronomy. He is a strong education professional with a Bachelor of Science - BS focused in Physics from Omar Al Mukhtar University. Mike Simmons is the founder of Astronomy for Equity (

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07:00

Exoplanet Radio - Biosignatures: The Search for Life...

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2025/05/27

From September 20, 2023. Hosted by Tony Darnell. Episode 39. In recent years, scientists have made great strides in the search for extraterrestrial life. They have discovered thousands of exoplanets. And some of them are located in the habitable zone of their star, which means that liquid water could exist on their surface and is essential for life as we know it. The search for life however, is a little more involved than finding planets, measuring their location and distance around the star and

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33:46

Astronomy Cast Ep. 757: CubeSats

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2025/05/26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhkGB7FsMeA Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay Streamed live on May 19, 2025. Computers are getting smaller, faster and more capable, which has enabled an entirely mew class of satellites: CubeSats. A mission small enough that you can hold it in your hands, and yet powerful enough to even travel to other planets and send messages home. Every year, our electronics seem to get smaller and more powerful, with today's smart watches being more fully featured

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06:05

Travelers in the Night Eps. 795 & 796: Spiral Comet &...

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2025/05/25

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 May, 2024. Today's 2 topics: - Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes near the Sun once every 71 years. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean Louis Pons at Marseilles, France and then rediscovered by American Astronomer William Robert Brooks in 1883. Electronic cameras reveal this comet's nucleus has jets

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31:35

Cosmic Savannah Ep. 70: Season 5 in Review

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2025/05/24

Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize, Dr. Tshiamiso Makwela & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. The band is back together! In this episode Jacinta, Tshia and Dan sit together in the cupboard once again to catch up and to reflect on Season 5. Dan discusses his travels to Ethiopia while Tshia regales us with tales of her VIP treatment on her visit to China. Jacinta impresses with her carbon conscious travels to the Garden Route. During the episode the hosts discuss their favorite episodes from the season as well as

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36:03

EVSN - Cosmic Mystery Solved & Stellar Missing Link...

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2025/05/23

From November 19, 2020. Today’s top story focuses on the Blue Ring Nebula, which researchers say is the phase of a star merger never seen before, providing the missing link for merger progression. Plus, stories on Mars, laboratory supernovae, Steve (no, really), JUICE, gravity waves and Enceladus. 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

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15:09

Guide to Space - What Has The Curiosity Rover...

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2025/05/22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIPNXF6Kxc From Feb 20, 2018. All Hail Curiosity! Consider the fact that right now, there’s an SUV-sized rover crawling around the surface of Mars, zapping rocks with its laser, scooping and sampling material, and generally giving us the best view we’ve ever seen from the surface of the Red Planet. NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been on the surface of Mars since 2012, following the story of water. When did it first show up on Mars, and was it there long enough to

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16:36

Awesome Astronomy - JWST & Square Kilometre Array...

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2025/05/21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeOVh7ck3D821 Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. From Dec 28, 2021. Our chat with Dr. Chris North from our live show to ease the boredom of covid lockdowns. We ask Chris astronomy questions from our listeners: • Why are astronomers so sure that the recent interstellar comet came from outside the solar system • Which is going to be the most exciting telescope, the James Webb

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32:30

Ask A Spaceman Ep. 248: What’s Going On Inside...

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2025/05/20

What’s inside a neutron star? What strange states of matter do we encounter? And what mysteries will we find deep in the core? 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: http://www.pmsutter/book Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, physics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE

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28:58

Astronomy Cast Ep. 756: SphereX

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2025/05/19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72JAZYgqchs Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay Streamed live on May 12, 2025. NASA’s newly launched SphereX mission is up & operational and has completed its initial checkout and “first light”. Everything looks good! And now it’s starting its science operations. And that’s good enough for Pamela! And THAT means we can talk about it. So let’s do that! There's a new space telescope in town (or at least in LEO). Let's check out what it's looking at and looking

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06:05

Travelers in the Night Eps. 793 & 794: Close Space...

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2025/05/18

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 April 2024. Today's 2 topics: - Perhaps the most dangerous Amor asteroid is 2006 HZ51 .It was discovered by my team the Catalina Sky Survey. Fortunately the closest 2006 HZ51 will come to our home planet is June 11 of 2116 when it will pass us harmlessly 26 times the distance to our moon away

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09:13

ASTROMAN: The Dark Sky Guardian - Aurora Hunting in...

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2025/05/17

“ASTROMAN: the Dark Sky Guardian” is a podcast channel that aims to explore popular science in multiple disciplines and research on interdisciplinary approaches, such as sustainability, dark-sky protection, astrophotography, space exploration, astronomy innovation, inclusive science communication, and STEAM Education by integrating science and arts. Exodus CL Sit, also known as the ASTROMAN, is a transmedia astronomy educator, popular science author, STEAM educator, and science communicator in

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23:50

EVSN - Iceland Has a New Volcanic Fissure Erupting in...

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2025/05/16

From March 30, 2021. After much “will it / won’t it” over the last few weeks in the wake of increased (and then decreased) seismic activity, an eruption in Iceland finally started with a brand new fissure near Fagradalsfjall. No lives are threatened, so Pamela is ecstatic. Plus, arctic methane, a new basalt type, spiders on Mars, Titan’s atmosphere, and an interview with PSI scientists Dr. Nick Castle and Dr. Georgiana Kramer about volcanoes. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of

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Actual Astronomy - Affordable Wide Field with Brian...

The 365 Days of Astronomy ·

2025/05/15

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com Episode 483! Today we have a returning Special Guest, though it’s been a while. Dr. Brian Ventrudo is author the Cosmic Pursuits web page and a contributing editor for S&T. He has a Ph.D in Laser Spectroscopy and helped measure the fingerprints of the molecules found in interstellar space and planetary atmosphere. In an email Brian mentioned the TV NP127 being a dream scope…which is

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09:33

Guide to Space - What If We Do Find Aliens? How...

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2025/05/14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtz1wQT1wO8 From Nov 24, 2016. We've been so busy wondering how we'll find aliens that we never stopped to consider what we'll do if we actually encounter them. How does an alien discovery get communicated to the media? Who's responsible to craft a response? 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

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05:56

Exoplanet Radio Ep. 36: A Glimpse into the Early...

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2025/05/13

From September 14, 2023. Hosted by Tony Darnell. Deep in the cosmos, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered four new worlds orbiting a pair of young stars. These planets are providing scientists with a glimpse into a little-understood stage of planetary evolution - the time when atmospheres are being formed. 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

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 755: Intermediate Mass Black Holes

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2025/05/12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaMNrTyBIWk Streamed live on May 5, 2025. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. There are stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. But very little evidence of anything in between. Where are all the intermediate-mass black holes that should be the building blocks of the biggest ones? Actually, the science has been accelerating rapidly and we now know of hundreds of them. The question marks in our understanding are slowly getting replaced with data. Let's

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06:05

Travelers in the Night Eps. 791 & 792: A Fireball and...

The 365 Days of Astronomy ·

2025/05/11

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 April 2024. Today's 2 topics: - It all started when Krisztián Sárneczky at the Konkoly Observatory near Budapest, Hungary reported the position and brightness of an unknown asteroid rapidly moving through the constellation of Lynx. Three hours later , the object, now called 2024 BX1 exploded

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14:42

Cheap Astronomy - Dear Cheap Astro #117: The Dark Side

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2025/05/10

Hosted by Steve Nerlich. Stumbling around in the dark again. What is the latest on dark matter? Well, there’s not much new to report here. The nature and composition of dark matter remains unknown, but the likelihood that there is vast amount of non-interacting, invisible and gravity-inducingly material remains high. Are black holes the source of dark energy? To give you the full story, someone sent a link to an article that claims that black holes are the source of dark energy, along with their

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