StarDate Podcast

Arcturus

The star Arcturus is a little bit heavier than our own star, the Sun. Yet that small difference...

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• Hoy

Moon and Gemini

The Moon creeps up on the twin stars of Gemini this evening. As night falls, Pollux and Castor...

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• Ayer

Vanishing Hunter

This time of year is pretty inviting for some evening skywatching. The evening hours are warm but...

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• 2 días

Vaporized Planets

Planetary systems can be violent. In our own solar system, for example, the Moon probably was...

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• 3 días

Vaporizing Planet

Planets like Earth live in the “Goldilocks zone” — the region around a star where conditions are...

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• 4 días

Seeing Giants

If you heat up some alphabet soup, you shouldn’t end up with all the letters clumped together —...

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• 5 días

Moon and Planets

Europa is one of the more intriguing bodies in the solar system — and one that scientists are...

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• 6 días

Future Eclipses

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a big event this afternoon — a total eclipse of the Sun....

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• 7 días

Total Eclipse

It’s almost time for the year’s big celestial event: a total eclipse of the Sun. Tomorrow...

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• 8 días

Eclipse Flights

In the mythology of ancient Egypt, Apep was the serpent god — the rival of Re, the sun god. He...

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• 9 días

Eclipse Animals

Colonial orb-weaver spiders may have some extra work to do on Monday, during a total solar...

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• 10 días

Eclipse Legends

A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, briefly blocking it from...

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• 11 días

Eclipse Forecasts

The Great North American Eclipse is coming up on Monday. The Moon will briefly cover the Sun....

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• 12 días

Corona

On Monday, millions of people will see something they’ve never seen before: the Sun’s corona —...

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• 13 días

Solar Eclipse

Many people dread Mondays and the start of the new work week. But there’s something to look...

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• 14 días

The Cup

In Greek mythology, you didn’t have to actually do anything to incur the wrath of the gods. One...

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• 15 días

The Crow

The stories behind the constellations don’t always match the pictures we see in the sky. Consider...

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• 16 días

Mars Simulations

No one knows for sure what living on Mars might be like. The planet is bitterly cold and almost...

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• 17 días

Mars on Earth

A couple of dozen missions have studied Mars. And they’ve told us a lot about the history of the...

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• 18 días

Struggling Mars

Mars is working hard to climb into view in the dawn sky. But for much of the country, it’s not...

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• 19 días