Astronomy Minute

A brief description of the origin of the chemical elements seen in the periodic table.

A brief description of what a brown dwarf is and how it's formed.

A brief description of what science is and how it works.

A very brief description of how we measure distances of celestial objects. This is truly a 30,000 foot view of a very complicated subject. 

A brief description of what a quasar is and what we think they represent.

This episode explains how astronomy is a science of extremes.

A brief description of the celestial sphere and how astronomers precisely locate objects in the sky.

This episode describes how the science of astronomy deals with the extremes of nature.

A brief description of the basic property of a black hole.

A brief description of the basic definition and properties of a pulsar.