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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 165 episodes available.
October 14, 2024Object 135: Feedback TimeNGC 3801 is one of the very few nearby galaxies where astronomers can see jets from an active galactic nucleus disrupting star formation in the galaxy in a process known as feedback....more10minPlay
September 30, 2024Object 134: Not Dead YetThe star at the center of the planetary nebula NGC 7094 is almost but not quite a white dwarf, making it a rather unusual object for astronomers to look at....more8minPlay
September 16, 2024Object 133: Strong Arm TacticsOne of the spiral arms in the galaxy NGC 3110 is producing unusually huge amounts of new stars as well as unusually huge amounts of infrared emission....more10minPlay
September 02, 2024Object 132: I Need a 2002 Pop Culture ReferenceThe radio source PMN J0134-0931 created a lot of excitement in 2002 when people discovered that it was a quasar gravitationally lensed by another galaxy in front of it, they were really excited....more12minPlay
August 19, 2024Object 131: Get To Know Your Ultrafaint NeighborsHydrus I is a very small, ultrafaint dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way that was accidentally (or, to use the technical term, serendipitously) found by the Dark Energy Survey....more10minPlay
August 05, 2024Object 130: Putting It All TogetherNGC 4261 was made famous when Hubble Space Telescope observations in the 1990s showed that this elliptical galaxy contains a supermassive black hole....more8minPlay
July 22, 2024Object 129: Rinky-DinkThe very small Pyxis Cluster orbits the Milky Way in such an extremely extended orbit that it travels further away than many of the dwarf galaxies orbiting our galaxy....more10minPlay
July 08, 2024Object 128: The Dwarf Living Inside the BridgeThe NGC 6221/NGC 6215 Group of galaxies contains a bridge-like structure of hydrogen gas connecting the two spiral galaxies within the group as well as a dwarf galaxy that looks like it formed within the bridge....more7minPlay
June 24, 2024Object 127: The Nebraska Blue Straggler SpecialThe open cluster NGC 188 is peculiar not only because it is very old for an open cluster but also because it contains an unusual number of blue stars for a cluster of its age....more13minPlay
June 10, 2024Object 126: Do Not Mention Exoplanet b AgainHD 181433 has three exoplanets, two of which are gas giants with very unusually elongated orbits that have been very challenging to properly measure....more11minPlay
FAQs about George's Random Astronomical Object:How many episodes does George's Random Astronomical Object have?The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.