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Episode 85
As Halloween approaches, we drift into one of astronomy’s most haunting questions: if life in the universe is so likely, where is everybody? This wee…
7 months, 1 week ago
Echoes from the Cosmic Graveyard
Episode 84
The veil between life and death is thin in late October, and not just on Earth. This week on Star Trails, we take a haunting journey through The Cosm…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mid-October Sky and The House of a Thousand Mirrors
Episode 83
The nights are growing longer, the air is sharpening, and the Moon is finally stepping aside. In this week’s episode, we look to the skies from Octob…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos (and a Supermoon Too)
Episode 82
The Harvest Supermoon rises over crisp autumn nights as Saturn reigns in the southeast and Pegasus climbs the eastern sky. In this week’s episode of …
8 months ago
Star Trails will return on October 5
Episode 81
It’s been a short break due to technical issues, travel, and life in general, but the show is far from gone. Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking a…
8 months, 1 week ago
Tempus Fugit: Time in Space and Sky
Episode 80
This week we explore both the night sky and the cosmic tick-tock of time itself. The Moon waxes from half-lit to nearly full, while Saturn shines gol…
9 months, 1 week ago
A Dark Sky for Us, and a New Moon for Uranus
Episode 79
This week we head outward to the seventh planet, where the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a brand-new moonlet orbiting Uranus. Barely six mi…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Black Moon & the Milky Way’s Hidden Companions
Episode 78
Under a rare seasonal Black Moon, this week’s sky rewards early risers and deep-sky wanderers alike. We start with a whisper-thin crescent slipping c…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Perseids, Planets, and the Smell of Space
Episode 77
This week we’re chasing Perseids and planetary pairings while the Moon slowly makes room for darker skies. We’ll explore which constellations are hid…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Sturgeon Moon and the Fossil in the Dark
Episode 76
This week we bask in the glow of the bright Sturgeon Moon, trace the shifting positions of planets from twilight to dawn, and watch as a few late-sea…
10 months ago