The Science Scholars Podcast

The Science Scholars Podcast

By Caleigh Azumaya and Katie MartinComedyMedicineNatural Sciences
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The Science Scholars Podcast episodes

  • Episode 82: Space Jam (Part 5)
    This week, we continue on our journey through the Solar System, flying by the gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn. This episode we focus on natural satellites - discussing Jupiter and Saturn’s moons and rings at length. Jupiter is famous for its large mass (2 times the mass of all the other planets combined!), Great Red Spot, and plentiful moons (53 current, but awaiting approval of 26 more). Galileo discovered Jupiter’s most famous moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The Voyager missions (NASA, 1979) discovered Jupiter’s faint rings, several new moons, and Io’s volcanic activity. The most recent mission to Jupiter (Juno, NASA, 2011) discovered wave trains and weird lightning on Jupiter. Europa is the target of the next major mission and is thought to potentially be able to sustain life. Saturn has just as many moons (53 confirmed, 9 pending approval), but is more famous for its rings. Unfortunately, Saturn will likely lose its rings over the next few million years.
    57 min
  • Episode 78: Space Jam (Part 1)

    This week, we launched our miniseries on space, starting things off with the Sun. Before we start discussing the Sun, we talk UVA basketball and the NCAA tournament (thanks to everyone that created a bracket!!!). We begin generally, defining stars and galaxies. The light and heat from stars comes from nuclear fusion (which we do our best to describe). Then, we transition to describing different types of stars and what type of star our Sun is (yellow main sequence star). We discuss where stars come from (super cool gases condensing and collapsing on itself), which was best described in a University of Oregon astronomy class. We move on to stats about our own Sun - chemical composition, size, and energy - and then discuss our Sun’s cool magnetic fields. These magnetic fields are related to sunspots, which were first discovered in 800 BC. People are still doing active research about how these sunspots are formed. Sunspots can be used as a proxy to estimate solar weather.

    1 hr

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We are two graduate students who break down science, so you don't have to. We discuss life in science, primary literature and pop topics.