Episodes
12
Feb. 8, 2019
New Twists In The Expansion Of the Universe
Astronomers have uncovered what appears to be a glitch in the early expansion of the universe – beyond that predicted by the standard model of cosmology.
11
Feb. 7, 2019
New Insights Into Exploding Stars
Astronomers have experienced the most detailed observations ever undertaken of the first moments of the death of a star as a thermonuclear supernova.
16
Feb. 1, 2019
The First Supermassive Black Holes
A new study suggests that the very early universe – just after the big bang 13.82 billion years ago – may have seen conditions in which normal star formation was overtaken by the birth of monstrous black holes instead.
12
Jan. 31, 2019
Some of Earth’s Oldest Rocks Found on the Moon
Some of the oldest rocks on Earth have been discovered among lunar rock samples brought back to Earth from the Moon.
8
Jan. 25, 2019
08: Are Fast Radio Bursts Generated by Flaring Magnetars?
Scientists have developed a new hypothesis to try and explain mysterious cosmic energy blasts know as Fast Radio Bursts.
7
Jan. 24, 2019
07: Strange New Phenomenon Cowers Astronomers
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
6
Jan. 18, 2019
06: Brightest Quasar In the Early Universe
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
5
Jan. 16, 2019
05: A Second Repeating Fast Radio Burst Detected
The world’s premier astronomy and space science news podcast.
4
Jan. 11, 2019
04: The First Clue To The Makeup of Dark Matter
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
3
Jan. 9, 2019
03: New Horizon’s Reveals A New Kind of World
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
2
Jan. 4, 2019
02: Fuzz On An Expanding Bubble?
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
1
Jan. 2, 2019
01: The Most Distant World Ever Visited
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
103
Dec. 28, 2018
103: Saturn’s Rings Are Disappearing
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
101
Dec. 21, 2018
101: Water Discovered on Asteroid Bennu
The world's premiere Astronomy and Space Science News podcast...
100
Dec. 19, 2018
100: Largest Black Hole Collision Ever Observed
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
98
Dec. 12, 2018
98: First Sounds From the Martian Surface
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
97
Dec. 7, 2018
97: A Very Bright Cannibal
The most luminous galaxy ever seen is eating its neighbours
96
Dec. 5, 2018
96: Astronomers find a star almost identical to the Sun
The world’s premier astronomy and space science podcast.
95
Nov. 30, 2018
95: Ticking Time Bomb In Our Stellar Backyard
Astronomers have discovered a unique nearby triple star system containing a pair of massive ‘Wolf-Rayet’ stars which are about to explode as supernovae...
93
Nov. 24, 2018
93: Micro-quasar Blasting Gamma Rays Towards Earth
Plus - Alien asteroid Oumuamua posing new mysteries