Podcast Episodes
Back to Search[Urdu/Hindi] Imaging the Black Hole in the Milky Way
Black holes are the strangest objects in the universe. Astronomers have known for some time about the existence of a supermassive black hole at the c…
3 years ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Why are Uranus and Neptune Blue?
Ice giants Uranus and Neptune have beautiful blue colors. Why are they blue, when Jupiter and Saturn are not? Please join astrophysicist Salman Hamee…
3 years ago
[English] Chai with Ann Druyan: Creating TV Series Cosmos
Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" is the most-watched science documentary ever! Ann Druyan co-wrote the original Cosmos with her late husband, Carl Sagan. She wa…
3 years ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Chai with Umer Piracha: Music, Wonder, and Astronomy
How does a sense of wonder translate into music? Many of you like the Kainaat Theme music for Kainaati Gup Shup. It is by Umer Piracha, who is also t…
3 years ago
[Urdu/Hindi] This is the Farthest Star in the Universe
Which is the farthest star in the universe? Sometimes astronomers get lucky. Recently astronomers have detected a star names Earendel, whose light st…
3 years, 1 month ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Lucy Mission to Trojan Asteroids
Season 1 Episode 47
There is a fantastic new mission to Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. It is called Lucy, named after the famous 3.2 million year old skeleton that has h…
4 years ago
[Urdu/Hindi] Chai with Dr. Prajval Shastri about Galaxies and Pakistan-India Collaborations
Season 1 Episode 46
Why are jets coming out close to the central black holes of galaxies? What can be done to improve gender equity in the sciences? How can India and Pa…
4 years ago
44. [Urdu] Eta Carinae: A Supernova in the Making
Season 1 Episode 44
This podcast may be better seen as a video: https://youtu.be/TeBsGpw1cJ0
If you want to bet on the next big supernova, then I would suggest that name …
4 years, 1 month ago
45. [Urdu] Russia's War and International Space Station
Season 1 Episode 45
What happens on the International Space Station (ISS) when a war breaks out on Earth? This is not just a scenario from science fiction film. Rather, …
4 years, 1 month ago
42. [Urdu] Ocean on Jupiter's Moon Europa
Season 1 Episode 42
How come there is an ocean on Jupiter's moon, Europa? Jupiter after all is five times further away than the Earth is from the Sun. It is not even clo…
4 years, 2 months ago