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Deep Astronomy

Welcome to Deep Astronomy, a podcast dedicated to helping us understand our place in the universe.

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JWST Update w/ NASA's Jon Gardner & Paul Geithner

JWST Update w/ NASA's Jon Gardner & Paul Geithner

The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is making progress. The James Webb Space Telescope has suffered many cost ov... Read more

13 Sep 2018

1hr 1min

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Just How Fast is the Universe Expanding EXACTLY? ...and how do we know this?

Just How Fast is the Universe Expanding EXACTLY? ...and how do we know this?

We've known since Edwin Hubble's time that the universe has been expanding.  What we've only recently learned (like, in ... Read more

1 Apr 2019

1hr 1min

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Life in the Universe? We May Be It!

Life in the Universe? We May Be It!

I'm not convinced that life is everywhere in the cosmos.  It is entirely possible, based on what we know today, that we ... Read more

28 Mar 2019

35mins

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Have Astronomers Found Vulcan?

Have Astronomers Found Vulcan?

What would the planet Vulcan be like? It might be like the "super-Earth" planet orbiting a nearby star (16 light years) ... Read more

28 Sep 2018

1hr 3mins

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Women in Science w/ Carol Christian

Women in Science w/ Carol Christian

Welcome to the first in a series of monthly discussions about topics in astronomy with Carol Christian, a colleague and ... Read more

21 Mar 2019

1hr 11mins

Ranked #6

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The Origin of Life w/ PZ Myers

The Origin of Life w/ PZ Myers

Had a great discussion yesterday with biologist PZ Myers about the origin of life on Earth. What is our current knowledg... Read more

29 Nov 2018

1hr 3mins

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The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)

The next generation of world-class ground based observatories are being built right now.  Among them, The Giant Magellan... Read more

23 Jan 2019

1hr 1min

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Possible Exomoon Around Kepler-1625b

Possible Exomoon Around Kepler-1625b

This week we are talking with Alex Teachey from Columbia University whose recent paper using observations from the Hubbl... Read more

12 Oct 2018

1hr 4mins

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Building Huge Telescopes in Space Using Robots

Building Huge Telescopes in Space Using Robots

Astronomy’s Future Will Be Built: New Capabilities to Assemble in Space the Largest Observatories. Scientific performanc... Read more

18 Jan 2019

58mins

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Amazing Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory

Amazing Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been on the forefront of astronomy discovery for decades. They operate teles... Read more

12 Nov 2018

1hr

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Clarke Exobelts: A Technosignature for finding Alien Civilizations

Clarke Exobelts: A Technosignature for finding Alien Civilizations

Clarke Exobelts, appropriately named after Arthur C. Clarke, are belts of satellites around and exoplanet that are in a ... Read more

25 Oct 2018

1hr 4mins

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NASA's New Gateway to Human Space Exploration

NASA's New Gateway to Human Space Exploration

The International Space Station (ISS) has been the first successful step in long-duration human operations in space. If ... Read more

10 Sep 2018

59mins

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The Square Kilometer Array: The Largest Radio Telescope in the World

The Square Kilometer Array: The Largest Radio Telescope in the World

The Square Kilometer Array is currently being designed and construction will start soon on a radio telescope that promis... Read more

20 Sep 2018

57mins

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Making Mars Easier

Making Mars Easier

Detailed scenarios for human exploration of Mars have been developed and debated for decades, although many of them have... Read more

18 Sep 2018

1hr 2mins

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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)

Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole?  Right now, astronomers arou... Read more

21 Dec 2018

1hr 6mins

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