Astronomy Cast
Astronomy Cast offers you a fact based journey through the cosmos. Each week Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela Gay (SIUE / Slacker Astronomy) take on topics ranging from the nearby planets to ubiquitous dark matter.
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Episode 55: The Asteroid Belt
In the last few weeks we've had many emails saying ...
In the last few weeks we've had many emails saying that our tour of the solar system would not be complete without a show on the asteroid belt. Your wish is our command! We talked about Mars in episode 52, and now that we're back on track our next stop is
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Episode 54: Questions Show #6
It's been a while, so let's catch up with the ...
It's been a while, so let's catch up with the listener questions. We've got some easy ones, some hard ones and probably some impossible ones. We talk about our universe as a black hole, tidal locking of planets like Uranus, colours of stars at different a
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Episode 53: Astronomy in Science Fiction
This is a very different episode of Astronomy Cast. As ...
This is a very different episode of Astronomy Cast. As we mentioned last week, Pamela recently attended the Dragon*Con science fiction convention in Atlanta, Georgia. While she was there, she participated in a special live edition of Astronomy Cast with s
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Special Episode: Panspermia
As a reward to the all the dedicated fans who ...
As a reward to the all the dedicated fans who completed our demographic survey, we released this special episode of Astronomy Cast. As promised, we're now releasing this episode to all of our subscribers. Panspermia is a controversial theory that life on
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Episode 52: Mars
Today we consider Mars, the next planet in our journey ...
Today we consider Mars, the next planet in our journey through the Solar System. Apart from the Earth, it's the most explored planet in our Solar System. Even now there are rovers crawling the surface, orbiters overhead, and a lander on its way. It's a co
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Episode 51: Earth
So, another week, another planet. Last week we discussed Venus, ...
So, another week, another planet. Last week we discussed Venus, and that means this week it is time for our home planet - Earth.
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Episode 50: Venus
Last week we talked about Mercury, so this week our ...
Last week we talked about Mercury, so this week our planetary parade proceeds to Venus. It's the brightest object in the sky, the hottest object in the solar system, and it's probably one of the most deadly places to go and visit.
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Episode 49: Mercury
We're still digging through the thousands of comments and suggestions ...
We're still digging through the thousands of comments and suggestions from the listener survey but we hear your requests and suggestions, and now you get to start reaping the benefits. Today we start our survey of the solar system with Mercury. What myste
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Episode 48: Tidal Forces Across the Universe
Last week we talked about tidal forces within our solar ...
Last week we talked about tidal forces within our solar system. This week we're going to expand our view and encompass the entire universe. Some of the most dramatic events originate from tidal forces caused by gravity: other worlds, galaxies, black holes
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Episode 47: Tidal Forces
Consider the following: we've got tides here on Earth, the ...
Consider the following: we've got tides here on Earth, the Moon only shows one face to the Earth, we've got volcanoes on Io, and ice geysers on Enceladus. All these phenomena originate from a common cause: the force of gravity stretching across space to t
