Ranked #1
JWST Update w/ NASA's Jon Gardner & Paul Geithner
JWST Update w/ NASA's Jon Gardner & Paul Geithner
The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is making progress. The James Webb Space Telescope has suffered many cost ov... Read more
13 Sep 2018
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1hr 1min
Ranked #2
Just How Fast is the Universe Expanding EXACTLY? ...and how do we know this?
Just How Fast is the Universe Expanding EXACTLY? ...and how do we know this?
We've known since Edwin Hubble's time that the universe has been expanding. What we've only recently learned (like, in ... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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1hr 1min
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Ranked #3
Life in the Universe? We May Be It!
Life in the Universe? We May Be It!
I'm not convinced that life is everywhere in the cosmos. It is entirely possible, based on what we know today, that we ... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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35mins
Ranked #4
Have Astronomers Found Vulcan?
Have Astronomers Found Vulcan?
What would the planet Vulcan be like? It might be like the "super-Earth" planet orbiting a nearby star (16 light years) ... Read more
28 Sep 2018
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #5
Women in Science w/ Carol Christian
Women in Science w/ Carol Christian
Welcome to the first in a series of monthly discussions about topics in astronomy with Carol Christian, a colleague and ... Read more
21 Mar 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #6
The Origin of Life w/ PZ Myers
The Origin of Life w/ PZ Myers
Had a great discussion yesterday with biologist PZ Myers about the origin of life on Earth. What is our current knowledg... Read more
29 Nov 2018
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #7
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)
The next generation of world-class ground based observatories are being built right now. Among them, The Giant Magellan... Read more
23 Jan 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #8
Possible Exomoon Around Kepler-1625b
Possible Exomoon Around Kepler-1625b
This week we are talking with Alex Teachey from Columbia University whose recent paper using observations from the Hubbl... Read more
12 Oct 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #9
Building Huge Telescopes in Space Using Robots
Building Huge Telescopes in Space Using Robots
Astronomy’s Future Will Be Built: New Capabilities to Assemble in Space the Largest Observatories. Scientific performanc... Read more
18 Jan 2019
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58mins
Ranked #10
Amazing Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory
Amazing Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been on the forefront of astronomy discovery for decades. They operate teles... Read more
12 Nov 2018
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1hr
Ranked #11
Clarke Exobelts: A Technosignature for finding Alien Civilizations
Clarke Exobelts: A Technosignature for finding Alien Civilizations
Clarke Exobelts, appropriately named after Arthur C. Clarke, are belts of satellites around and exoplanet that are in a ... Read more
25 Oct 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #12
NASA's New Gateway to Human Space Exploration
NASA's New Gateway to Human Space Exploration
The International Space Station (ISS) has been the first successful step in long-duration human operations in space. If ... Read more
10 Sep 2018
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59mins
Ranked #13
The Square Kilometer Array: The Largest Radio Telescope in the World
The Square Kilometer Array: The Largest Radio Telescope in the World
The Square Kilometer Array is currently being designed and construction will start soon on a radio telescope that promis... Read more
20 Sep 2018
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57mins
Ranked #14
Making Mars Easier
Making Mars Easier
Detailed scenarios for human exploration of Mars have been developed and debated for decades, although many of them have... Read more
18 Sep 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #15
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Right now, astronomers arou... Read more
21 Dec 2018
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1hr 6mins