Astronomy Podcasts
This page only lists the most recent astronomy and space exploration podcasts from a variety of sources.
Deep Astronomy - Vega: The Second Most Important Star in Our Sky
9 Jun 2026 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NEnjp1I6GQ
Hosted by Tony Darnell.
From Sep 7, 2017.
Vega, or alpha lyrae, is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra the Harp and it is the fifth brightest star overall in our night sky. It is also the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisph...
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Listen to the Podcast Astronomy Cast Ep. 796: Oceans & Organics on Mars
8 Jun 2026 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCk5uldz4g
Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest)
Streamed live on Jun 1, 2026.
Mars is cold & dry today, but the evidence is growing that it used to be warmer & wetter. with seas & oceans that covered large parts of its surface. ...
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8 Jun 2026 at 4:05amSelf-driving cars, once a thing of science fiction, have become a reality in a handful of cities across the country. As our vehicles gain autonomy, they may provoke a profound shift not unlike the introduction of the first car in the late1800s and raise the question of whether the human driver wi... Read more...
Listen to the Podcast Travelers in the Night Eps. 887 & 888: Apophis Bound & Investigating the Myst...
7 Jun 2026 at 11:00amDr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org
From February 2026.
Today's 2 topics:
- In April 2029 on one of the luckiest Friday the 13th...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast Equatorial Sky Guide - June Episode
6 Jun 2026 at 11:00amHosted by our Director, Avivah Yamani.
Mercury reaches its best evening appearance of the year, Venus and Jupiter meet in twilight, the Moon visits the planets, and the Milky Way shines brightly over equatorial skies. Join us for a tour of the June 2026 night sky.
Clear skies!
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Read more... Listen to the Podcast EVSN - After Hours: Crowdsourcing Innovation with Trisha Epp
5 Jun 2026 at 11:00amFrom May 27, 2026.
Trisha Epp joins us to talking about NASA's collaboration with Freelancer, and how Innovation is now getting crowdsourced. Join in to learn how to launch your own Moonshot! Guest Trisha Epp is a Physicist, Philosopher, and Futurist with a Masters in Geophysics from CalTech and ...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast Guide To Space - Lunar Rovers, From Apollo to Artemis
4 Jun 2026 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larzCw9Vn-w
From Jul 21, 2020.
When the Apollo astronauts first landed on the Moon, they couldn’t go far on foot. That’s why the three final missions were equipped with Lunar Roving Vehicles, or Moon buggies, which allowed the astronauts to cover much more ground a...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast Awesome Astronomy - June Part 1: Objects In the Golden Mirror May Be Closer
3 Jun 2026 at 11:00amPaul Hill and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host.
Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.
This month a bit of a JWST fest with news about the cosmic Web (Webb?! ) and those little red dots that seem to be breaking cosmology. There is also our normal skyguide and moon guide.
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Listen to the Podcast Astronomy Cast Ep. 795: Expanse Science
1 Jun 2026 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n14RYk2qFtc
Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest)
Streamed live on May 10, 2026.
This is the final episode of our series on sci-fi universes. And this week we will tackle “The Expanse”. Now we’ve got fusion drives, Proto-matter, g...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast Travelers in the Night Eps. 885 & 886: Dark Sky Network & Aviation and Space ...
31 May 2026 at 11:00amDr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org
From February 2026.
Today's 2 topics:
- Around the world those who value the natural night s...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast UNAWE Space Scoop - Story Of the Sun’s ‘Road Trip’ Through the Milky Way With...
30 May 2026 at 11:00amhttps://spacescoop.org/en/scoops/2605/story-of-suns-road-trip-through-the-milky-way-with-friends/
Did you know that our Sun and its many, uh, childhood friends were all born at a place much closer to the center of our Galaxy? Over the years, our Sun and its friends have been on sort of a speedy ...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast EVSN - Astronomers: Improbability Finders
29 May 2026 at 11:00amFrom May 20, 2026.
Pamela is on the road in this episode as we look at how (and why) astronomers keep finding the improbable, follow the evidence to possible sources of little red dots, study the power of big star clusters to move gas, and examine the merger history of little black holes into big...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast H’ad astra historia - Ep. 303: A Review of This Month in Astronomical History
28 May 2026 at 11:00amToday’s ‘guest’ is HAD’s This Month in Astronomical History. I’ll be reading two essays from the archives: Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau’s Aug 2018 essay titled, “The Mysterious Wow! Signal” and Dr. Richard Fienberg’s May 2022 essay titled, “The First Telescope on the Moon.” This Month in Astronomical ...
Read more... Listen to the Podcast Space Stories - Exoplanets
27 May 2026 at 11:00amHosted by our Director, Avivah Yamani!
Today we are traveling beyond our solar system to talk about one of the most exciting discoveries in modern astronomy. Exoplanets!
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Read more... Listen to the Podcast Exoplanet Radio - The First Exoplanet Of JWST
26 May 2026 at 11:00amHosted by Tony Darnell.
From July 17, 2023.
The James Webb Space Telescope Has confirmed its first exoplanet, LHS 475 b, in the southern constellation Octans, using the transit technique. The TESS satellite detected the possible presence of it and JWST’s NIRSpec instrument has confirmed the obser...
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