Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Space Odyssey
One of these rocks is not like the other. One is a meteorite, and one is an asteroid, and we know that meteorites come from asteroids. So how come th…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Hottest Year in a Row!
Venus continues its record-setting warm streak now at over 1 billion years and counting, while the Earth just set its own modest record for the hotte…
9 years, 7 months ago
Walk About the Great Big Group of Stars
In this piece of time of "Walk About the Great Big Group of Stars" we talk about two stars that will run into each other and make a big bright red th…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Fartological Cycle
The astroquarks examine new observations of the rate of expansion of the universe and its consequences for Dark Energy, the mysterious force that is …
9 years, 8 months ago
Three Quarks for JJ Abrams!
The astroquarks are back with a wide-ranging discussion from actual quarks to exoplanets with rain of molten glass and clouds of vaporized rock, as w…
9 years, 9 months ago
I Dub Thee Egotron
The astroquarks, Josh, Addie and Jim, return from a break to catch up on the latest planetary and galactic news. There is new indirect evidence that …
9 years, 10 months ago
To Boldly Go!
The astroquarks commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. New this episode is the discovery of the Philae lander's final resting place on a come…
9 years, 11 months ago
Extraterrestrials: Are They a Thing Yet?
With a new "Earth-like" planet orbiting the nearest star to our Sun and frequent headlines popping up about interesting signals from SETI programs, a…
9 years, 11 months ago
StarzaniTrekWars!
The astroquarks delve into the critical issues facing our world: what reboot is more awesome or more terrible: Star Trek, Star Wars, or Tarzan? Also,…
10 years ago
For The World Is Not Hollow
NASA's Juno spacecraft is orbiting the largest planet with the primary goal of understanding its internal structure. It will do this through a clever…
10 years, 1 month ago