Best Free Astronomy Public Lectures Podcasts

Ranked #1

CosmoQuest: Science inside (powered by you!) (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Pamela Gay on 13th September 2013.In order to handle the onslaught of data coming from space and ground-... Read more

12 Sep 2013

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1hr 7mins

Ranked #2

Gravitational Lensing: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Professor Richard Ellis on 7th September 2010.In 1919, Arthur Eddington demonstrated Einsteins's prediction... Read more

16 Sep 2010

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58mins

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The Secret Life of an Elliptical Galaxy (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Christina Blom-Smith on 12 June 2012.Despite their uniform appearance elliptical galaxies often have comple... Read more

11 Jun 2012

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1hr

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Cosmic mirages: seeing dark matter with gravitational lenses (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Prof. Mike Hudson on 16th March 2018. Most of the matter in the Universe is dark matter: an elusive particl... Read more

15 Mar 2018

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56mins

Ranked #5

The role of hydrogen in the evolution of galaxies (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Assoc Prof. Virginia Kilborn on 7th November 2014. Hydrogen gas is one of the main components in a galaxy l... Read more

6 Nov 2014

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1hr

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A Tour of the Universe (and Selected Cosmic Mysteries) (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Katherine Mack on 7th December 2014.Everything humanity has ever seen or experienced represents a tiny s... Read more

6 Dec 2014

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59mins

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The vivid lives of stars (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Poojan Agrawal on the 21st June 2019. Beyond the twinkling dots in the night sky, there are all sorts of st... Read more

21 Jun 2019

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57mins

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Into the heart of darkness: Supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies - 2014 (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Associate Professor Darren Croton on 19th September 2014.Black holes are amongst the most bizarre objects p... Read more

17 Sep 2014

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1hr 8mins

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Into the heart of darkness: supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies - 2016 (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Prof. Darren Croton on 21 October 2016.Black holes are among the most bizarre objects predicted by Einstein... Read more

20 Oct 2016

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1hr 13mins

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Learning about the sub-atomic world from observations to the edge of the Universe (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Assoc. Prof. Chris Blake on 18th April 2012.Scientists have been trying to understand the building blocks o... Read more

17 Apr 2012

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1hr

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Breakthrough! The detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star merger (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Assoc. Prof. Tara Murphy on 23 November 2018. On August 17th 2017 the LIGO-Virgo interferometer detected gr... Read more

26 Nov 2018

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54mins

Ranked #12

Cosmology: from the Big Bang to the formation of atoms (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Assoc. Prof. Emma Ryan-Weber on 10 February 2017.The whole Universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly 1... Read more

28 Mar 2017

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53mins

Ranked #13

From Games to Galaxies (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Christopher Fluke on 20th August 2010.Advancements in modern astronomy are increasingly dependent on acc... Read more

19 Aug 2010

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1hr 3mins

Ranked #14

Planets: From our Solar System to new Exoworlds (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented on 18 March 2016 by Elodie Thilliez and Matthew Agnew.The Solar system is a remarkable place filled with wonde... Read more

17 Mar 2016

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1hr 4mins

Ranked #15

Heavy elements in Red Giant Stars (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented on 20 May 2016 by Amanda Karakas. Most of the elements in the periodic table heavier than hydrogen and helium ... Read more

11 Aug 2016

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44mins

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The most ancient spiral galaxies seen through nature's largest telescopes (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Tiantian Yuan on Friday 29 September 2017.One of the most prominent features of galaxies today is the ma... Read more

28 Sep 2017

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54mins

Ranked #17

Discovering the unexpected: Pulsars, fast radio bursts and aliens?

Presented by Prof. Matthew Bailes on 30 September 2016. Almost 50 years ago Jocelyn Bell built a new telescope with her ... Read more

29 Sep 2016

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1hr 21mins

Ranked #18

The fast radio burst mystery (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Emily Petroff on 9 February 2018.Most things in the universe happen over millions or even billions of ye... Read more

8 Feb 2018

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1hr 3mins

Ranked #19

Einstein and Astronomers: An Ongoing Cosmic Saga (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Presented by Dr Eyal Kazin on 8th November 2013.Astronomers and Physicists have an interesting ongoing relationship. Nor... Read more

7 Nov 2013

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1hr 2mins

Ranked #20

State of the Universe V - The Spectrum Strikes Back (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)

Celebrate the International Year of Light and National Science Week 2015 with Assoc. Prof. Chris Fluke, as he hosts his ... Read more

18 Aug 2015

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51mins