Astronomy Cast Ep. 716 - The God**** Particle - Remembering Peter Higgs by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Apr 15, 2024. Last week, we learned about the death of Peter Higgs, a physicist and discoverer of the particle that bears h

Astronomy Cast Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse

17 days ago 32m 18s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live April 1, 2024. NO JOKES! How to watch a solar eclipse and do some science! The next great eclipse is upon us, w

Astronomy Cast Ep. 714: Orbital Resonances

24 days ago 27m 56s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 714: Orbital Resonances by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 25, 2024. Several of the planets and moons in the Solar System are in orbital resonance, orbiting in a geometric lockstep. And not just the Solar Sy

Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes

1 month ago 34m 21s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 18, 2024. Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcem

Astronomy Cast Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails

Mar 18th, 2024 39m 5s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Mar 11, 2024. You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review has

Astronomy Cast Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)

Mar 11th, 2024 31m 55s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live March 4, 2024. NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive t

Astronomy Cast Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program

Mar 4th, 2024 35m 55s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 26, 2024. In the olden days, NASA developed its missions using a variety of in-house engineers and external sup

Astronomy Cast Ep. 709: Space Weapons

Feb 26th, 2024 32m 17s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 709: Space Weapons by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 19, 2024. [My apologies for Fraser’s audio dropouts. We’re not sure how it happened as it wasn’t happening at his studio. Audio is a black art, IMHO. Ric

Astronomy Cast Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?

Feb 19th, 2024 36m 40s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live Feb 12, 2024. Last week we talked about sample return missions from the Moon and Mars, but scientists have retr

Astronomy Cast Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars

Feb 12th, 2024 32m 43s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Feb 5, 2024. We’ve sent robots to other worlds, but the amount of science we can deploy to another planet can’t compare

Astronomy Cast Ep. 706: China’s Space Program

Feb 5th, 2024 38m 23s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 706: China’s Space Program by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Jan 30, 2024. We’re so familiar with NASA’s exploration efforts in space, but you might be surprised to learn that China launches almost as many rock

Astronomy Cast Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth

Jan 22nd, 2024 32m 25s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 705: Water Worlds - Looking For Life Beyond Earth by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live January 17, 2024. Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe

Astronomy Cast Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images

Jan 15th, 2024 29m 56s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 704: NASA's Juno Releases New Images by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live January 8, 2024. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed dozens of flybys of Jupiter, seeing the planet from many angles and delivering some of t

Astronomy Cast Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe

Jan 8th, 2024 32m 59s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 703: Solar Maximum of Doom? Maybe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 20, 2023. Solar cycle 25 is shaping up to be a doozy, with plenty of flares and coronal mass ejections blasting off the Sun. As the solar

Astronomy Cast Ep. 702: Moonshot 2024 - Go or No Go?

Dec 18th, 2023 32m

Astronomy Cast Ep. 702: Moonshot 2024 - Go or No Go? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 11, 2023. With Artemis 1 completing its robotic flight around the Moon, we know that the SLS works. Next comes Artemis 2, with a crew of a

Astronomy Cast Ep. 701: Space Science We Look Forward to in the Next 700 Episodes

Dec 11th, 2023 33m 11s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 701: Space Science We Look Forward to in the Next 700 Episodes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Dec 4, 2023. Last week we looked back at some of the ideas that science has changed its mind about. This week we

Astronomy Cast Ep. 700: The Things We Got Wrong

Dec 4th, 2023 29m 23s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 700: The Things We Got Wrong by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 27, 2023. Astronomers talk about all the amazing discoveries they’re making but sometimes, it turns out, they were wrong. After decades and cen

Astronomy Cast Ep. 699: Holiday Gift Giving Ideas for Astronomy and Space Fans

Nov 27th, 2023 32m 25s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 699: Holiday Gift Giving Ideas for Astronomy and Space Fans by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 20, 2023. Just a warning, the holidays are rapidly approaching. It’s time, once again, to think about what to bu

Astronomy Cast Ep. 698: Insights Into the Universe

Nov 20th, 2023 31m 43s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 698: Insights Into the Universe by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay From Nov 5, 2023. How the time flies. It’s been over a year since JWST went operational, with other missions joining the fun. What new insights have we gained ab

Astronomy Cast Ep. 697: Mission Roll Call Part 6: The Outer Solar System and Beyond

Nov 13th, 2023 30m 44s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 697: Mission Roll Call Part 6: The Outer Solar System and Beyond by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live November 4th, 2023.. Finally, we reach the end of our tour through the missions in the Solar System. Out beyond Ma

Astronomy Cast Ep. 696: Mission Roll Call Part 5: The Science at Mars

Nov 6th, 2023 40m 16s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 696: Mission Roll Call Part 5: The Science at Mars by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 30, 2023. Another week, another review of space missions in the Solar System. Today we set our sights on the red planet.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 695: Mission Roll Call Part 4: Lunar Exploration

Oct 30th, 2023 35m 45s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 695: Mission Roll Call Part 4: Lunar Exploration by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 23, 2023. Our journey through missions continues, this time we focus on the Moon. There are many nations on the Moon, near

Ep. 694: Mission Roll Call Part 3: Sun, Mercury, and Venus

Oct 23rd, 2023 33m 53s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 694: Mission Roll Call Part 3: Sun, Mercury, and Venus by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 16, 2023. Our journey through space missions continues. Now we move away from the Earth to the rest of the solar syst

Ep. 693: Mission Roll Call Part 2: Looking Outward from Earth

Oct 16th, 2023 29m 54s

Astronomy Cast Episode 693: Mission Roll Call, Part 2: Looking Outward from Earth by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 9, 2023. Last week, we brought you up to speed on the spacecraft which are helping to study Earth from above.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 692: Mission Roll Call Part 1: Earth Orbit

Oct 9th, 2023 29m 35s

Astronomy Cast Ep. 692: Mission Roll Call Part 1: Earth Orbit by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay It’s time for another series! This time we’re gonna look at the missions that’re currently in place across the solar system. Today we’ll start with th