Andromeda Galaxy
Two-and-a-half million years ago, Earth was going through some big changes. It was the start of the Pleistocene epoch – a period of major ice ages. And the ancestors of modern humans were just appearing.
That timescale puts a little perspective on the distance to M31, the Andromeda Galaxy – the cl…
This Week in Space 74: Adrift in the Kuiper Belt?
For decades, all the planets of the solar system had been reconnoitered—except Pluto. That last planetary body had been seen, at best, as just a faint smudge by the Hubble Space Telescope. Then, in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto, sending back a swath of exciting images and science …
Was the Nuclear Bomb Inevitable? With Frank Close
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How did the most powerful force in history begin with a faint smudge on a photographic plate?
In this episode, Adam McCauley speaks to physicist and award-winning science write…
Lost Cluster
It might seem hard to lose a star cluster. But that’s what happened with Messier 48. It was cataloged by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1771. When other astronomers looked for it, though, they couldn’t find it. In the early 1780s, Johann Bode and Caroline Herschel did see a cluster five degre…
TWiS 74: Adrift in the Kuiper Belt? - Alan Stern of the New Horizons Mission
For decades, all the planets of the solar system had been reconnoitered—except Pluto. That last planetary body had been seen, at best, as just a faint smudge by the Hubble Space Telescope. Then, in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto, sending back a swath of exciting images and science …
Christmas Tree
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
How lovely are your branches!
That’s certainly true for the branches of the Christmas Tree star cluster – a family of young stars in the constellation Monoceros, the unicorn. The cluster’s brighter stars form the outline of a Christmas tree. Other stars look lik…
Andromeda and the Milky Way: A Collision Course with Destiny | Cosmos in a Pod S01E34
Welcome back to Cosmos in a Pod! I’m Amitesh, your guide to the wonders of the universe. Today, we’re diving into the story of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)—our closest galactic neighbor and the future dance partner of the Milky Way. With its majestic spiral arms and rich history, Andromeda offers a g…
Actual Astronomy - Messier Objects for August
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and showing the public views through their telescopes. actualastronomy@gmail.com
On Episode 547 of Actual Astronomy, hosts Chris and Shane guide listeners through observing an ar…
The Largest Galaxy in the Universe, Measured at Last
Astronomy Daily · S05E157 · “The Edge of Everything” · Monday 3 August 2026
In this episode • The largest galaxy, measured at last. Ultra-deep imaging of IC 1101 in the Abell 2029 cluster has traced its outer edge for the first time: an edge radius of ~260 kpc, a diameter near 520 kpc (~1.7 mill…
The Long Echo: Sealed Orders and Faint Smudges
Today's broadcast turns on the strange authority of the ledger: the lists we make to erase our debts, map our capitals, and catalog what we think is worth ignoring. From Philip IV's dawn sweep against his lenders to Charles Messier mistaking colliding galaxies for sky-clutter, the day reveals how h…
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