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Dec 30, 2019

553: What To Look Forward To In 2020

Astronomy Cast 553: What To Look Forward To In 2020

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

It's hard to believe it, but we survived another trip around the Sun. Now it's time to take the whole journey all over again, but with new news. Let's take a look at some of the space and...


Dec 23, 2019

552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars)

Astronomy Cast 552: Boyajian's star (and other strange stars)

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

Huge surveys of the sky are finding more and more planets, stars and galaxies. But they're also turning up strange objects astronomers have never seen before, like Boyajian's star....


Dec 20, 2019

Hi everyone, Producer Susie here. This weekend, December 21-23, 2019, we will be having our CosmoQuest Hangoutathon. 

For 40 straight hours, our team will be bringing you guests, science and fun live on our channel. We are raising money to pay for our team to continue to bring you science, and for us to continue our...


Dec 16, 2019

551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR

Astronomy Cast 551: Missing Epochs - Observing before the CMBR

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is the earliest moment in the Universe that we can see with our telescopes, just a few hundred thousand years after the Big Bang itself....


Dec 7, 2019

550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages

Astronomy Cast 550: Missing Epochs - Observing the Cosmic Dark Ages

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

Powerful observatories like Hubble and the Very Large Telescope have pushed our vision billions of light-years into the Universe, allowing us to see further and...