exocast

By exocast

The exoplanet podcast... more

4.7

3535 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about exocast:

How many episodes does exocast have?

The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.

exocast episodes:

October 05, 2018Exocast-28b: Special guest Daniel Angerhausen, SOFIA, technosignatures, news, HD 209458b
On the 28th episode of Exocast, returning from a month’s break:
Hugh is joined by Daniel Angerhausen from the University of Bern/Blue Marble Space to talk exoplanet science with SOFIA and high-altitude balloon experiments.
Andrew introduces the concept of technosignatures in time for the first NASA Technosignatures Workshop, held at the end of September, and chats a little more with Daniel who will be taking part in the meeting.
Hannah takes a look at the exoplanet news for the past two months, and there’s a lot to discuss!
And Daniel adds the ‘standard candle’ Hot Jupiter HD 209458 b to our collection of Adopted Planets
Also, EXOCUP is back!
...more
1h 10min
August 02, 2018Exocast-27b: special guest Michael Gully-Santiago, K2, Exoplanet meetings, news, HAT-P-11b
In the 27th episode of Exocast:
Michael Gully-Santiago joins Andrew for a chat about his work on instrumentation, and with the K2 guest observer office (https://keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov/).
Hannah reports back from the Exoplanets II meeting in Cambridge (https://www.exoplanetscience2.org/), where she takes to the conference floor to speak to the attendees about some of their favourite exoplanet facts.
Hugh covers all the exoplanet news and views from the last month;
And Gully adds HAT-P-11b to our Adopted Planets
...more
1h 3min
July 02, 2018Exocast-26b with Natasha Batalha, PandExo, RVs, and HAT-P-26b
In the 26th episode of Exocast:
Natasha Batalha joins Hannah for a chat about PandExo (the Exoplanet ETC for HST and JWST) and her work on Martian climate modelling.
Hugh discusses all things radial velocity: history, current, and future prospects.
Andrew covers all of June’s exoplanet news;
And Natasha adds “Hannah’s special planet” HAT-P-26b to our gang of Adopted Planets
...more
1h 7min
May 28, 2018Exocast-25b: Exoplanetary Helium (with guest Jess Spake), plus the “Shadow Biosphere”
In the 25th episode of Exocast:
Jessica Spake joins us to chat about the first detection of exoplanetary Helium – around the planet Wasp-107b
Andrew covers whether alien biology could exist in a Shadow Biosphere here on Earth.
Hannah covers all of May’s exoplanet news;
And Jess invites an old friend to the exocast adopted planets – 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet detected around a sun-like star.
...more
58min
April 30, 2018Exocast-24b: Special guest Rus Belikov, direct imaging, Alpha Can, Titan, news, Ross-128b
In the 24th episode of Exocast:
Andrew chats with special guest Rus Belikov about direct imaging and Alpha Cen ;
Hannah dives into the lakes of Titan to take us on a scuba diving adventure through alien worlds;
And Hugh takes us through the latest in Exoplanet news;
Finally, as always, we adopt a planet into our exocast family. This week selected by our guest Rus who chose Ross-128b, welcome to the family.
...more
1h 9min
April 01, 2018Exocast-23b: special guest Jayne Birkby, UKExoM, Gaia, news, WTS-2b
In the 23rd episode of Exocast:
Hannah and Hugh join us from the UK Exoplanet Meeting;
Hannah chats with special guest Dr Jayne Birkby about her work on high resolution spectroscopy;
Hugh talks about the Gaia mission and what it means for exoplanets;
Andrew covers all of this months exciting exoplanet news;
And we invite our guest to add to the exocast adopted planets, so welcome WTS-2b to the exocast family.
...more
52min
February 28, 2018Exocast-22b: panspermia, exoplanet phases, news, Kepler-167e
In the 22nd episode of Exocast:
Andrew talks about the concept of panspermia;
Hugh discusses how astronomers can observe the changing phases of exoplanets;
And Hannah covers the exoplanetary news including discoveries from K2 and new open-source science for exoplanet spectroscopy.
And Hugh adds the cold transiting jupiter Kepler-167 e as the newest adopted Exocast planet.
...more
48min
January 30, 2018Exocast-21b: planet formation, habitability of eccentric planets, news, Kepler-21b
In the 21st episode of Exocast:
Hannah talks about planet formation;
Andrew discusses the potential habitability of planets on eccentric orbits;
Hugh disseminates a backlog of exciting exoplanet news from the past two months including discoveries, planet characterization, and community debate;
Andrew adds the eponymous Kepler-21b as the newest member of the Exocast adopted planets gang;
...more
1h
December 09, 2017Exocast-20b: The ExoCup
In the 20th episode of Exocast we discuss all things #ExoCup
What is the ExoCup? How was it conceived? What was the result? Why was it so stressful for the Exocast crew?
We take a voxbox from some members of the exoplanet community on their opinions of the ExoCup (inc. Dr. Jessie Christiansen, Dr. Nikole Lewis, Dr. Natalie Batalha, Dr. Abhi Rajan);
Andrew reports on the months interesting exoplanetary news that was still churning out planets during the cup;
Hannah adopts runner up GJ 1214b into the Exocast family to join winner Kepler-10b.
Big thank you to all who joined us on twitter for the ExoCup and explored 32 alien worlds with us.
...more
1h 1min
October 30, 2017Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b
In the 19th episode of Exocast:
Andrew continues his 2-parter on research into the origins of life;
Hugh details all the numerous way that computers & software is used in astronomy, from Microsoft to MCMC to Machine Learning;
Hannah reports on two whole months worth of interesting exoplanetary news;
Hugh adopts Proxima Centauri b, the solar system’s closest cousin, into the Exocast family;
And we announce the start of the first Exocast #ExoCup!
...more
57min

FAQs about exocast:

How many episodes does exocast have?

The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.

More shows like exocast

The Astrophysics Podcast by Paul Duffell

The Astrophysics Podcast

53 Listeners