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I See a Big Moon Rising and a Bright Radio Sky
Episode 427
Published 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Description
The astroquarks examine the oft-asked question of why the Moon sometimes looks huge and other times, not so much, and we take a look at the cool mission to grapple and boost the NASA Swift space telescope into a higher orbit. Plus, new observations reveal that the sky is much brighter at radio wavelengths than previously assumed, teaching us something about the population of free electrons. Join us for all this, space trivia, and more.