Mike Mongo has spent nearly two decades telling young people something he wishes someone had told him growing up: you have permission to imagine an extraordinary future.Today on A Heart for Space, Dr. Eiman Jahangir welcomes author and self-described “Astronaut Teacher” Mike Mongo for an energetic conversation about childhood dreams, unconventional careers, and inspiring the next generation to see themselves as part of humanity's future in space. Mike shares how watching the Moon landing

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and Beijing Normal University have developed a new way to investigate dark matter by simulating its behavior as a wave.Their 3D models of “fuzzy” dark matter reproduced the gravitational lensing of a distant quasar more accurately than previous approaches, revealing interference patterns that could help distinguish wave-like dark matter from conventional models. The work offers a new way to probe what may make up most of the universe’s matter.Thank you

We’ve always been told that black holes are the ultimate, eternal prisons of the universe—but what if the math is hiding something much worse? In this episode, we discard the comforting illusion of stable atomic matter and stare into the true absolute ground state of the cosmos: Strange Quark Matter. We explore how a single microscopic droplet, known as a strangelet, could silently transmute an entire planet or star in a runaway, inescapable chain reaction. From there, we journey to the dawn of time

How does an observatory thrive amidst urban lights?Charting the CourseExplore the challenges and triumphs of the University of New Mexico Observatory, nestled in the heart of Albuquerque. Observatory Director Jessica Dowell and her husband, Jayce Dowell discuss the observatory's history, outreach efforts, and the quest for a darker sky site."The goal is to give them the experience I had as an undergrad, which inspired me to be an astronomer." - Jessica DowellWaypoints00:02:53 - The

Astronomers using the XRISM X-ray observatory have captured rare details of a neutron star feeding on the powerful stellar wind of a massive blue hypergiant 13,000 light-years away.The observations reveal plasma racing toward the neutron star at about 335,000 mph, creating intense X-ray flares and a turbulent accretion disk. The discovery offers an unprecedented look at how matter behaves under extreme gravity and how some of the universe’s mostThank you for listening to Bedtime Astronomy — your

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE If we, or any conscious being is around to witness the very distant future our galaxy, what will they see? How long will life persist as the stars begin to die? Subscribe to Hot Mess: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12fkSEYdw You can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get your own Space Time t­-shirt at

Fascinating Frontiers🚀 Fascinating Frontiers - Space & Astronomy News NASA will pay Boeing three hundred fifty nine million dollars to return Starliner to flight and certify a new rocket. Boeing Receives Three Hundred Fifty Nine Million Dollars for Starliner Return — Ars Technica NASA will pay Boeing three hundred fifty nine million dollars to facilitate Starliner's return to flight. ... Sources: arstechnica.com · spaceflightnow.com · spacepolicyonline.com · spacewatch.global · plus.nasa.gov ·

SpaceX DailyStarlink secured an internet provider license in Bosnia and Herzegovina, opening service rollout in the coming weeks. Top News Starlink gains regulatory approval for Bosnia and Herzegovina The Communications Regulatory Agency issued the license to Starlink Director Rebecca Slick Hunter after months of negotiations. Starlink BH was incorporated locally as part of the process. Service is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. ... Sources: telecompaper.com · theaircurrent.com ·

Two bright planets await you tonight. Saturn glows in the south after dark, and Jupiter rises in the east, outshining everything around itPortions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.Also check out UFO Sightings Today to see what else is happening in the skies.

In this week's episode, Michelle and NEWLY MINTED PhD, Dr Nicole, discuss papers including predictions for 10-metre plus asteroid impact rates on Earth and other planets, the abundance of life-critical Phosphorus in Galactic stars, age dating giants with the carbon-to-Nitrogen ratio and whether quasi-stars can explain the properties of little red dots! Tune in below, or on Spotify and Apple.Check out this weeks papers belowStellar ages from [C/N] in giant stars: applicability and limitations - Giada

In this episode, we dive into the release of the Fourth Catalog of Hard Fermi-LAT Sources (4FHL). Utilizing 16 years of continuous data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, this catalog provides the deepest and most detailed survey of the universe in the 50 GeV to 2 TeV energy range. We explore how astronomers detected 673 extreme cosmic sources—nearly doubling previous surveys—and what these findings reveal about particle acceleration, supermassive black holes, and cosmic ray

Ancient records from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Guatemala, and South Asia repeatedly connect divine beings with the heavens. For ancient-astronaut theorists, that recurrence may preserve fractured memories of contact with advanced visitors who arrived from the sky, shaped humanity, and were later remembered as gods.This investigation follows the surviving evidence itself: Old Kingdom Pyramid Texts carved into Egyptian royal tombs at Saqqara; Mesopotamian accounts involving the Anunna, Enki, and the

Help us keep Astronomy Cast ad-free: https://patreon.com/astronomycast We removed all ads from the show. We need to get to 1500 patrons to keep it this way. We need your support! Streamed live on Sep 21, 2026 Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay Today we begin a new series on rockets and spacecraft, dealing with each of their components. It's a big job, so it'll take us a bunch of episodes to get through. Today let's do an introduction about what we're gonna talk about in this series:

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.Jonathan Ward is a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador and the author of four books, most recently Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew. Currently, Jonathan is the resident astronomer and enrichment speaker for Atlas Ocean Voyages, serving as an expedition guide on many of their voyages. On his most recent outing, Jonathan journeyed to Iceland, serving as the guide for the 2026 total solar eclipse

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE The great advances in any science tend to come in sudden leaps. April 25th of 2018 marks the beginning of just such a leap for much of astronomy. In the early hours of the morning, the Gaia mission’s second data release dropped. Our understanding of our own galaxy will never be the same again. You can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Get

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW_eLqrmjZ4 Streamed live on Sep 21, 2026 Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) Today we begin a new series on rockets and spacecraft, dealing with each of their components. It's a big job, so it'll take us a bunch of episodes to get through. Today let's do an introduction about what we're gonna talk about in this series: rockets from tip to tail, soup to nuts.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support

In this episode, Brandon Williamson discusses his innovative work on Vaxon Space, exploring the challenges and opportunities of VERY low Earth orbit propulsion, space environment sensing, and the future of satellite technology. We discuss the fascinating and dynamic environment at very low altitudes and how that creates novel challenges and opportunities for propulsion and long term operation. Of particular interest is how much the earth's atmosphere varies in density and even altitude in this