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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 164 episodes available.
August 23, 2021Object 54: Build Your Own Hypothesis At HomeJets of gas that are several light years long are emerging from the blue supergiant MWC 137, and no one knows why....more11minPlay
August 09, 2021Object 53: Fortified with IronMost globular clusters are among the first stars to form in the universe, but the globular cluster NGC 6352 seems abnormally young in comparison....more10minPlay
July 26, 2021Object 52: The 10 Year Long DiscoveryIt took 10 years of observations for astronomers to determine that the star HD 154345 had a Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting it....more11minPlay
July 12, 2021Object 51: Swipe Right for Gamma RaysWhile the gamma ray burst GRB 090926A itself might be interesting to some astronomers (particularly desperate gamma ray astronomers), the interstellar gas between the burst and Earth may be even more interesting....more10minPlay
June 28, 2021Object 50: It's Blue but not BlueberryIC 10 is a nearby starburst, a type of galaxy that is forming stars at a very high rate (for its size) that should not be confused with the fruit flavored candy....more12minPlay
June 14, 2021Object 49: Big in the SouthThe cluster of galaxies Abell S1063 was only reported as a discovery in the 1980s, but it has attracted a lof of attention because of how it gravitationally distorts the light of galaxies behind it....more9minPlay
May 31, 2021Object 48: It's Too Obvious To Say It's ComplexThe S254-S258 Complex is a chain of ionized gas bubbles connected by a filament of cold interstellar gas and dust where star are forming in a complicated (or possibly complex) way....more10minPlay
May 17, 2021Object 47: BYOBNGC 3504 contains three rings, two bars, and a supermassive black hole but no locations licensed to sell alcohol (as far as astronomers know)....more10minPlay
May 03, 2021Object 46: Stability within a CataclysmAn exoplanet has managed to stay in a stable orbit around LX Serpentis despite the fact that it is a cataclysmic binary star system with a chaotic past....more10minPlay
April 19, 2021Object 45: Try Turning it Off and On AgainMarkarian 590 contains an active galactic nucleus with a supermassive black hole, and the region around the black hole has strangely changed in brightness a couple of times in the past 50 years....more9minPlay
FAQs about George's Random Astronomical Object:How many episodes does George's Random Astronomical Object have?The podcast currently has 164 episodes available.