Sep 30, 2019
540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form?
Astronomy Cast 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form?
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
As astronomers started to discover planets orbiting other stars, they immediately realized that their expectations would need to be tossed out. Hot jupiters? Pulsars with...
Sep 23, 2019
539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings
Astronomy Cast 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
How old are Saturn's rings? They could be brand new, or they could be as ancient as the Solar System itself. Planetary scientists thought they knew...
Sep 16, 2019
538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System
Astronomy Cast 538: Asteroids: Rubble piles of the Solar System
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Thanks to all the work from Hayabusa 2 and OSIRIS-REx, astronomers are getting a much better look at the smaller asteroids in the Solar System. It turns out, they're piles of ...
Sep 9, 2019
537: Reusable Rocket Revolution
Astronomy Cast 537: Reusable Rocket Revolution
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
We took a hiatus this summer, but SpaceX sure didn’t, with the tests of the Starhopper prototype. Today we’re going to talk about the revolution in reusable rocketry and quest to build a fully reusable...