Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA 131: What's The Poi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xryd9cC8ZWU Hosted by Fraser Cain. From Jul 4, 2018. For the first time ever, astronomers have captured a direct image of a newly forming planet orbiting around a newly forming star. It's a stunning photograph, not only for the science and what was ...  Show more

April Part II. Paul Hill & Dr. Jenifer "Dr. Dust" Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce. This month what else can we chat about? Paul and Jeni talk Artemis II. In this chatty news episode we chat about more Artemis mission shenanigans. We've added ...  Show more

Astronomers' newest telescope, JWST, just discovered galaxies that formed earlier than previously thought possible. What does this discovery mean for our understanding of the early universe?

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Space Nuts Episode 491: The Windiest Planet, Martian Mysteries, and Light Pollution Concerns
Join Andrew Dunkley and Professor Jonti Horner in this captivating episode of Space Nuts, where they explore some of the most fascinating cosmic discoveries of our time. From ...  Show more

When Wanda Diáz-Merced lost her sight as a college student, she thought her dreams of becoming an astronomer were over — until she learned to listen to space instead. Wanda is one of several pioneering scientists listening to space. For this episode, we also spoke to Robert Wilso ...  Show more

The Gaia spacecraft stopped collecting data this January after about 11 years and more than three trillion observations. Senior space and physics editor Lee Billings joins host Rachel Feltman to review Gaia’s Milky Way–mapping mission and the tidal streams, black holes and astero ...  Show more