Astronomy Cast
Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay
Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Planetary Science Institute), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported thru patreon.com/AstronomyCast.
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Episodes (683)
CosmoQuest Hangoutathon Promo
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Ep. 551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR
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Ep. 550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages
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Ep. 549: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In and on and around dead stars
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Ep. 548: Stellar nucleosynthesis revisited: In stellar cores & atmospheres
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Ep. 547: Why Astronomy Still Needs Humans
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Ep. 546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration
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Ep. 545: Weird Issues: Are comets asteroids or are asteroids comets?
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Ep. 544: Weird Issues: Biosignatures
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Halley's Meteor Shower and Two spacecraft updates
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Ep. 543: Weird Issues: The Habitable Zone
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Ep. 542: Weird Issues: The Age of the Universe
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Ep. 541: Weird Issues: Expansion Rate of the Universe
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Ep. 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form?
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Ep. 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings
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Ep. 538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System
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Ep. 537: Reusable Rocket Revolution
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Libsyn Survey Request
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Astronomy Cast on Hiatus until Sept 2019
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Ep. 536: Everyday Relativity
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Ep. 535: Astronomy-Related Things To Do This Summer
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Ep. 534: Modern South African Astronomy
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Ep. 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy
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Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia
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Ep. 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy
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Ep. 530: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 2
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Ep. 529: Astronomy of the Andes - Then and Now Pt. 1
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Ep. 528: Modern Astronomy of the American Southwest
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Ep. 527: Ancient Astronomy of the American Southwest
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Ep. 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87
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Ep. 525: 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union
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Ep. 524: Judging Age & Origins, part 3 - Beyond Our System
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Ep. 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System
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Ep. 522: Judging Age & Origins, part 1 - Earth Rocks
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Bonus Episode: Dust with Dr. Paul Sutter
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Ep. 521: The Deep Space Network
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Ep. 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter, Part 2
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Ep. 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter
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Ep. 518: When the Universe tried to Declare War
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Ep. 517: Fritz Zwicky and the Zwicky Transient Facility
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Ep. 516: Polar Vortices
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Ep. 515: Space Radiation
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Ep. 514: Planetary Protection Protocols
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Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion
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Ep. 512: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets
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Ep. 511: Predictions for 2019
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Ep. 510: 2018 - Year in Review
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Ep. 509: Fiction to Fact: 3D Printers
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Ep. 508: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide
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507: From Fiction to Fact: Ion Drive
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