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Episode 95
What if the problem isn’t the sky, but our expectations?
In this episode we step back from targets, charts, and techniques to talk about something eve…
4 months, 1 week ago
Choreography of the Cosmos: Why the Sky Never Stands Still
Episode 94
In this episode, we continue our January series for new stargazers by exploring one of the most quietly mind-bending truths in astronomy: everything …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Night of the Hunter: A Deep Dive into Orion
Episode 93
This week we slow down and spend the night with one of the sky’s most iconic constellations: Orion. We'll use the mighty hunter as a guide, learning …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Begin (or Begin Again) With the Night Sky
Episode 92
The first episode of a new year is a good time to slow down, zoom out, and reset. In this episode, we welcome new and returning listeners alike for a…
5 months ago
Winter’s Beacons (And a Holiday Gift)
Episode 91
As the year winds down, we make one last stop beneath the night sky for the week of December 21–27, marking the arrival of the winter solstice, the l…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Build a Time Machine
Episode 90
For the season finale of Star Trails, we’re building a “time machine” the only way we know how: with physics, not plot holes. Drew takes a tour throu…
6 months, 1 week ago
Eras of the Universe (Taylor’s Version)
Episode 89
This week, we’re doing something chaotic: we’re mapping the entire history of the universe onto the musical eras of Taylor Swift. And yes, the scienc…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Sad Astronomy: Reflections on Distance, Death, and Meaning
Episode 88
This episode begins with auroras and interstellar objects and ends somewhere much closer to the heart. After catching up on the week’s sky – dark moo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Playing Dice with the Universe
Episode 87
This week on Star Trails, we let the universe decide.
We fire up a real quantum computer to generate pure randomness — the seed for a million-universe…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
A Postcard to the Cosmos: Recreating the Arecibo Signal
Episode 86
This week on Star Trails, we explore the messages written across the cosmos — from faint comets in our own skies to the coded signals we’ve sent into…
7 months ago