Astronomy Podcasts

https://www.youtube.com/live/H0qVigc9gnQ Hosted by: Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) Book Talk with Dr. Kimberly K. Arcand & Megan Watzke. Streamed live on Feb 6, 2026. When some of our favorite people have a new book on...

The Flight Dynamics Facility provides tracking data on spacecraft including the Orion crew capsule and the Roman Space Telescope. The facility’s history stretches back to the earliest days of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.

Written & hosted by our Director, Avivah Yamani. Why do astronomers call oxygen and carbon metals? Explore how stars created the elements that formed planets, and eventually, us!   We've added a new way to...

Hosted by Steve Nerlich. Who knew? Dear Cheap Astronomy – Do gravitons exist? Once again we’re dealing with something hypothetical here – so much like virtual particle pairs that pop out of nowhere and can...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK6w8ZHm8UM Streamed live 18 Oct 2026. Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (@CosmoQuest) Today we continue looking at space exploration technologies. This time we will examine thrusters, which can reorient a...

Dr. 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 May 2026. Today's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvSNWnHZpjc Hosted by: Fraser Cain (@frasercain) From Oct 4, 2016. Black holes are the most impressive objects in the Universe, but when happens when they crash into each other is absolutely mind-bending. They distort space...

The CHAPEA 2 crew shares final reflections from inside their simulated Mars mission, and principal investigator Grace Douglas discusses the study as its conclusion approaches. Episode 442.