Astronomy Podcasts
This page only lists the most recent astronomy and space exploration podcasts from a variety of sources.
Guide to Space - What Has The Curiosity Rover Discovered? A Collaboration Wit...
22 May 2025 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIPNXF6Kxc
From Feb 20, 2018.
All Hail Curiosity!
Consider the fact that right now, there’s an SUV-sized rover crawling around the surface of Mars, zapping rocks with its laser, scooping and sampling material, and generally giving us the best view we’ve ever seen ...
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Awesome Astronomy - JWST & Square Kilometre Array with Chris North
21 May 2025 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeOVh7ck3D821
Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer “Dr. Dust” Millard host.
Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.
From Dec 28, 2021.
Our chat with Dr. Chris North from our live show to ease the boredom of covid lockdowns.
We ask Chris astr...
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Ask A Spaceman Ep. 248: What’s Going On Inside Neutron Stars?
20 May 2025 at 11:00amWhat’s inside a neutron star? What strange states of matter do we encounter? And what mysteries will we find deep in the core? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/pmsutter
All episodes: http://www.AskASpaceman.com
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Ep. 756: SphereX
19 May 2025 at 8:00pmAstronomy Cast Ep. 756: SphereX By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 12, 2025. NASA’s newly launched SphereX mission is up & operational and has completed its initial checkout and “first light”. Everything looks good! And now it’s starting its science operations. And that’s good e... Read more...

Astronomy Cast Ep. 756: SphereX
19 May 2025 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72JAZYgqchs
Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay
Streamed live on May 12, 2025.
NASA’s newly launched SphereX mission is up & operational and has completed its initial checkout and “first light”. Everything looks good! And now it’s starting its science oper...
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Touching a Nerve
19 May 2025 at 4:05amSome call it your sixth sense. You refer to it when you have a “gut feeling.” With a vast fiber network running throughout your body, the vagus nerve knows about and helps regulate every critical function in it, from heart rate to digestion to your immune system. Now bioelectric medicine is tappi... Read more...

Travelers in the Night Eps. 793 & 794: Close Space Rock & An Apollo Space Roc...
18 May 2025 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 April 2024.
Today's 2 topics:
- Perhaps the most dangerous Amor asteroid is 2006 HZ51 ....
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ASTROMAN: The Dark Sky Guardian - Aurora Hunting in the Polar Regions During ...
17 May 2025 at 11:00am“ASTROMAN: the Dark Sky Guardian” is a podcast channel that aims to explore popular science in multiple disciplines and research on interdisciplinary approaches, such as sustainability, dark-sky protection, astrophotography, space exploration, astronomy innovation, inclusive science communication...
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EVSN - Iceland Has a New Volcanic Fissure Erupting in Fagradalsfjall
16 May 2025 at 11:00amFrom March 30, 2021.
After much “will it / won’t it” over the last few weeks in the wake of increased (and then decreased) seismic activity, an eruption in Iceland finally started with a brand new fissure near Fagradalsfjall. No lives are threatened, so Pamela is ecstatic. Plus, arctic methane, a...
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Actual Astronomy - Affordable Wide Field with Brian Ventrudo
15 May 2025 at 11:00amHosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com
Episode 483!
Today we have a returning Special Guest, though it’s been a while.
Dr. Brian Ventrudo is author the Cosmic Pursuits web page and a contributing editor for S&T. He has a Ph.D in...
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Guide to Space - What If We Do Find Aliens? How Prepared Is Earth For Meeting...
14 May 2025 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtz1wQT1wO8
From Nov 24, 2016.
We've been so busy wondering how we'll find aliens that we never stopped to consider what we'll do if we actually encounter them. How does an alien discovery get communicated to the media? Who's responsible to craft a response?
We'...
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Exoplanet Radio Ep. 36: A Glimpse into the Early Stages of Planetary Evolution
13 May 2025 at 11:00amFrom September 14, 2023.
Hosted by Tony Darnell.
Deep in the cosmos, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered four new worlds orbiting a pair of young stars. These planets are providing scientists with a glimpse into a little-understood stage of planetary evolution - the...
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Ep. 755: Intermediate Mass Black Holes
12 May 2025 at 8:00pmAstronomy Cast Ep. 755: Intermediate Mass Black Holes By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on May 5, 2025. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. There are stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. But very little evidence of anything in between. Where are all the intermediate-ma... Read more...

Astronomy Cast Ep. 755: Intermediate Mass Black Holes
12 May 2025 at 11:00amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaMNrTyBIWk
Streamed live on May 5, 2025.
Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay.
There are stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. But very little evidence of anything in between. Where are all the intermediate-mass black holes that should be the building...
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NASA Under the Axe
12 May 2025 at 4:05amThe White House has proposed unprecedented cuts to NASA’s budget - the largest in the agency’s history. If approved, this withdrawal of funding would force the cancellation of many major programs, including the long anticipated Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as well as others involved in the s... Read more...
