Radio Astronomy

By Erin Boettcher, Jacqueline Goldstein, Diego Casanova, Zach Pace, Erika K. CarlsonNews Music

Radio Astronomy episodes

November 27, 2019 Radio Astronomy: Meteor Showers
A fireball lit up Madison’s skies this November! What are meteors, and where do they come from?
The post Radio Astronomy: Meteor Showers appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
6 min
October 29, 2019 Radio Astronomy: DESI First Light
The newest, largest survey of the visible universe has hit a critical milestone with the deployment of a huge spectrograph at the 4-meter Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak in Arizona. Learn more on this episode of Radio Astronomy!
The post Radio Astronomy: DESI First Light appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
6 min
September 03, 2019 Radio Astronomy: Kilonovas and Cosmic Gold
What do gamma ray bursts and gold have in common? Join Andrew Nine and Zach Pace today on Radio Astronomy to find out!
The post Radio Astronomy: Kilonovas and Cosmic Gold appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
5 min
August 06, 2019 Radio Astronomy: Hot Subdwarf Pulsators
When do stars not follow the rules? When those stars have friends! Join Andrew Nine and Zach Pace for a quick taste of some stellar pulsation astrophysics!
The post Radio Astronomy: Hot Subdwarf Pulsators appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
5 min
July 02, 2019 Radio Astronomy: NASA Dragonfly Probe
NASA is sending a dual-rotor helicopter probe to Titan, a moon of Saturn. If this doesn’t make you click, we’re not sure what will.
The post Radio Astronomy: NASA Dragonfly Probe appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
4 min
May 07, 2019 Radio Astronomy: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star?
Do stars really twinkle? And if so, why?
The post Radio Astronomy: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
4 min
April 16, 2019 Radio Astronomy: More About the Event Horizon Telescope
Last week, Diego and Andrew hinted of an upcoming announcement that astronomers had imaged the immediate vicinity of a black hole. We figured it would be the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, but really, it was one in a nearby galaxy. Join us today, and learn more about how this fantastic image was made.
The post Radio Astronomy: More About the Event Horizon Telescope appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.
16 min
March 20, 2018 Hawking Radiation
Jacqueline Goldstein talk’s about Hawking Radiation in honor of the late Stephen Hawking, the world renown theoretical physicist, popular scientists, and disability activist who died last week on March 14th.
Learn more: https://phys.org/news/2018-03-black-holes-totally-insights-stephen.html
7 min
March 07, 2018 First Observations of the Earliest Stars
Erika K. Carlson and Brianna Smart discuss the recent announcement of the first observations made of the universe’s earliest stars.
Sources: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/fingerprinting-the-very-first-stars
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-discover-long-sought-evidence-of-first-stars-1823388372
5 min
February 07, 2018 Saturn’s Moon Titan has a Sea Level
Erika K. Carlson and Zach Pace discuss Saturn’s moon Titan and its lakes of methane and ethane. According to data from the Cassini mission, Titan appears to have a sea level, like Earth does.
Source: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/01/cassini-uncovers-a-sea-level-on-titan-similar-to-earth
5 min