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Astronomy Cast brings you a weekly fact-based journey through the cosmos.
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Ep. 162: Edwin Hubble

Nov 1, 2009
You might know the name "Hubble" because of the Hubble Space Telescope. But this phenomenal observatory was named after one of the most influential astronomers in modern history. Hubble discovered that galaxies are speeding away from us in all...

Ep. 161: Launch Facilities

Oct 25, 2009
Launching a rocket into space requires a big effort on the ground. Space agencies have built up huge infrastructures to store, prepare and launch rockets. Let's take a look at what's involved on the ground at a place like Cape Canaveral. What happens...

Ep. 160: Eclipses

Oct 18, 2009
Every now and then, the Moon destroys the Sun. Okay, not destroys, covers. Well, not really covers, but from here on Earth, sitting inside the shadow of the Moon, that's what it sure looks like. These events are called eclipses, or more precisely,...

Ep. 159: Planet X

Oct 11, 2009
Astronomers have been searching for the mysterious Planet X for hundreds of years. It was the search for a theoretical planet beyond Uranus that turned up Neptune, and then again for Pluto. And even now there are some astronomers who think there's a...

Ep. 158: Pulsars

Oct 4, 2009
Imagine an object with the mass of the Sun, crushed down to the size of Manhattan. Now set that object spinning hundreds of times a second, blasting out powerful beams of radiation like a lighthouse. That's a pulsar, one of the most exotic objects in...


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James C.
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  The best written podcast about astronomy that is out there. Factual and accurate, but also fun.Each podcast is about 30 min. long
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