Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Pulsating Star and a Salty Asteroid
The astroquarks take a social distancing break from each other, but not from you, with our first remote recording. We have all the Walkabout goodness…
6 years, 5 months ago
It's That Time of the Solar Cycle
Professor Yan Fernandez, Principal Scientist of the Arecibo Observatory, joins Josh and Addie to talk about the unique capabilities of this enormous …
6 years, 5 months ago
Gravitational Waves Rumbling Through the Universe
Episode 187
When regular run-of-the-mill black holes spiral into a deathly embrace, a gravitational chirp spreads across the universe, but when the behemoths in …
6 years, 6 months ago
All The Galaxy's a Stage And We Are Merely Astroquarks
Episode 186
In this special Elizabethan episode of Walkabout, we check out the tired, battered, and bruised asteroid Pallas, one of the largest in the asteroid b…
6 years, 6 months ago
Things That Go Burst in the Night
Episode 185
We have an interesting new clue about what causes the ridiculously power phenomena known as Fast Radio Bursts (or at least about what doesn't cause t…
6 years, 6 months ago
Sexaquark!
Episode 184
The astroquarks discover their new favorite thing in the universe. They'll tell you all about it and why we all have to hope it's a real thing. Also …
6 years, 6 months ago
The Mysterious Case of the Dragging Frame
Episode 183
Would you rather go ice fishing on an alien moon or bungee jumping on Mars? Either way, you definitely want to hear about the mysterious way matter t…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Asteroid versus the Volcanoes
Episode 182
Volcanoes on ancient Earth and not-so-ancient Venus are the main topics for the astroquarks, with planetary trivia, and a giant gassy wave moving thr…
6 years, 7 months ago
Lucy, TESS, and the Dark Energy Mess
Season 7 Episode 181
The astroquarks explore our origins with from the ancient fossil Lucy to the upcoming asteroid mission of the same name. They then head for the stars…
6 years, 7 months ago
Hashtag Fundamental
Season 7 Episode 1
The title has nothing to do with the episode except what could be more fundamental than simply measuring how far away something is? The astroquarks t…
6 years, 7 months ago