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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.
October 02, 2023Object 108: Objects in the Mirror May Be More Complicated Than They AppearThe protostellar object PDS 70 has a very complicated protoplanetary system that includes a disk of gas and dust and two protoexoplanets....more11minPlay
September 18, 2023Object 107: The Red RectangleThe Red Rectangle (yes, the Red Rectangle) is a uniquely weird protoplanetary nebula formed by a uniquely weird binary star system....more11minPlay
September 04, 2023Object 106: A Tale of Two Binary Star SystemsWhile some astronomers are interested the globular cluster NGC 6712 because it appears to have been severely tidally disrupted by orbiting too close to the center of the Milky Way, other astronomers are interested in the cluster because it contains a couple of weird yet similar binary star systems....more13minPlay
August 21, 2023Object 105: Super-Slow Star FormationLocated at the edge of the Local Group, the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy has some of the stars with the fewest elements other than hydrogen or helium in the known universe....more12minPlay
August 07, 2023Object 104: Going Cross Country for a Supermassive Black HoleObservations with a telescope as large as the Untied States were needed to prove that J16021+3326 is a blazar, a type of galaxy containing a supermassive black hole....more10minPlay
July 24, 2023Object 103: The Pulsar within the Cosmic HandPSR B1509-58 is a relatively young pulsar that sits within a supernova remnant that looks like a giant hand....more9minPlay
July 10, 2023Object 102: Another Ring ThingThe spiral galaxy NGC 7552 is best known for its relatively small but bright starburst ring....more8minPlay
June 26, 2023Object 101: Warm and ColdThe star Eta Corvi is surrounded by a disk of dust with a rather complex structure and rather complex origin....more12minPlay
June 12, 2023Object 100: The Self-Descriptive NebulaThe Taurus Molecular Cloud is exactly what it sounds like it is, a cloud made of mulecular gas (mostly molecular hydrogen) in the constellation Taurus, but it is also much more than that....more14minPlay
May 27, 2023Object 99: No References to the Six Wives of Henry VIIIAbell 514 is a cluster of galaxies that contains six radio galaxies, and the polarized radio emission from those six radio galaxies can be used to probe the magnetic fields within the cluster....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.