Feb 17, 2020
559: The Surface of the Sun
Astronomy Cast 559: The Surface of the Sun
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
A brand new telescope has completed on Maui's Haleakala, and it has just one job: to watch the Sun in unprecedented detail. It's called the Daniel K. Inouye telescope, and the engineering involved to get this telescope...
Feb 10, 2020
558: Supernova SN 2006gy
Astronomy Cast 558: Supernova SN 2006gy
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
We've been following this story for more than a decade, so it's great to finally have an answer to the question, why was supernova 2006gy so insanely bright? Astronomers originally thought it was an example of a supermassive...
Feb 3, 2020
557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe
Astronomy Cast 557: Red Dwarfs: Friend or Foe
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
On the one hand, red dwarfs are the longest lived stars in the Universe, the perfect place for life to hang out for trillions of years. On the other hand, they're tempestuous little balls of plasma, hurling out...
Jan 27, 2020
556: Multi Messenger Astronomy
Astronomy Cast 556: Multi Messenger Astronomy
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
For the longest time astronomers could only study the skies with telescopes. But then new techniques and technologies were developed to help us see in different wavelengths. Now astronomers can study objects in...
Jan 19, 2020
555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy
Astronomy Cast 555: Satellite Constellations and the Future of Astronomy
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
The other big issue at the AAS was the challenge that astronomy is going to face from all the new satellite constellations coming shortly. There are already...