Radio Astronomy Podcast
1) Radio Astronomy: Neutron Star Surface Mapping
In this week’s episode we dive into the latest mystery uncovered about neutron stars. The NICER X-Ray telescope on-board the International Space Station delivered the first ever map of the surfa...Show More
2) Radio Astronomy: Evaporating Planets
This week on Radio Astronomy, Zach Pace and Melissa Morris talk about a recent discovery of a white dwarf star with an evaporating planet orbiting it.
3) Radio Astronomy: Solar System Categorization and Minimoons
What makes something a moon or a planet? Learn more on this week’s episode of Radio Astronomy!
4) Radio Astronomy: Meteor Showers
A fireball lit up Madison’s skies this November! What are meteors, and where do they come from?
5) Radio Astronomy: DESI First Light
The newest, largest survey of the visible universe has hit a critical milestone with the deployment of a huge spectrograph at the 4-meter Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak in Arizona. Learn more on this e...Show More
6) Radio Astronomy: Kilonovas and Cosmic Gold
What do gamma ray bursts and gold have in common? Join Andrew Nine and Zach Pace today on Radio Astronomy to find out!
7) Radio Astronomy: Hot Subdwarf Pulsators
When do stars not follow the rules? When those stars have friends! Join Andrew Nine and Zach Pace for a quick taste of some stellar pulsation astrophysics!
8) Radio Astronomy: NASA Dragonfly Probe
NASA is sending a dual-rotor helicopter probe to Titan, a moon of Saturn. If this doesn’t make you click, we’re not sure what will.
9) Radio Astronomy: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star?
Do stars really twinkle? And if so, why?
10) Radio Astronomy: More About the Event Horizon Telescope
Last week, Diego and Andrew hinted of an upcoming announcement that astronomers had imaged the immediate vicinity of a black hole. We figured it would be the black hole at the center of the Milky Way,...Show More