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George's Random Astronomical Object is a biweekly astronomy podcast featuring science discussions about astronomical objects at randomly selected locations in the sky. The wide range of topics discus... more
FAQs about George's Random Astronomical Object:How many episodes does George's Random Astronomical Object have?The podcast currently has 178 episodes available.
June 22, 2026Object 178: As Flat as the Argentinian PampasThe Fourcade-Figueroa Galaxy is another example of a very flat disk galaxy seen edge-on from Earth, but that's not the only thing that makes this galaxy unusual....more9minPlay
June 08, 2026Object 177: LowThe gravitationally lensed quasar SBS 1520+530 has been used in a unique way to measure the Hubble constant, but the derived value is rather low....more11minPlay
May 25, 2026Object 176: The Star Hidden Behind the Interstellar Equivalent of Complicated Tax FormsHD 210121 is a fairly ordinary blue star located behind a relatively thick cloud of interstellar gas and dust, providing astronomers with a unique opportinity to study that dust....more8minPlay
May 11, 2026Object 175: Counterintuitive Supernova ExplosionsThe Cepheus Flare is a nearby regions where a series of supernova explosions have counterintuitively triggered the formation of stars....more10minPlay
April 27, 2026Object 174: Toy ExoplanetsThe red dwarf TOI-700 has at least four exoplanets orbiting it, and two of them are Earth-sized exoplanets lying within the star system's habitable zone....more11minPlay
April 13, 2026Object 173: The Hot CalibratorG191-B2B is a hot white dwarf with a layer of nearly pure oxygen that has been used as a flux calibration source for one particularly famous telescope....more11minPlay
March 30, 2026Object 172: Lego Minifigures with MasersVY Canis Majoris is not only much, much larger than the Sun but is also ejecting blobs of gas that are forming molecules and dust....more10minPlay
March 16, 2026Object 171: Guess Again3C 324 was once identified as a possible gravitational lens where one galaxy was bending the light from a galaxy behind it, but it turned out to be something different....more9minPlay
March 02, 2026Object 170: Don't Forget the FeedbackNGC 2639 may look like an ordinary spiral galaxy, but it contains an active galactic nucleus with jets of gas that have emerged from that nucleus in four different directions, which is, to use the technical term, quite weird....more9minPlay
February 16, 2026Object 169: No Longer a SuspectLGS 3 (also known as the Pisces Dwarf Galaxy) is a nearby but faint dwarf galaxy that has provided some interesting clues as to how stars formed in the early universe....more10minPlay
FAQs about George's Random Astronomical Object:How many episodes does George's Random Astronomical Object have?The podcast currently has 178 episodes available.