The 365 Days of Astronomy

Travelers in the Night Eps. 881 & 882: Dangerous Comets & David's Goliath PHA

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus [https://twitter.com/Nmcanopus] ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org [http://travelersinthenight.org] From December 2025 & January 2026. Today's 2 topics: - It is possible the object creating the Tunguska event in Russia 1908 which knocked down 80 million trees over an area about twice the size of New York City was a fragment of a comet or asteroid. The International Asteroid Warning Network 2025 campaign to track Comet 3I/Atlas prepares the world's observatories for the eventual time when a comet fragment has our number on it. - My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the evening twilight with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon Arizona when he spotted an unknown object in the constellation of Lyra. The largest telescopes on Earth will likely track David's discovery until it becomes too faint to observe in 2027 and catch it again when it again becomes bright enough to track in 2050. Fortunately it is extremely unlikely that it will strike Earth when it again comes close to our home planet in 2052. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy [https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy] and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop [http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop] for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate] This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate]!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu [http://www.psi.edu] Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org [http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org/] or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org [info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org].

ASTROMAN - B for Big Dipper

Learn how the Big Dipper can guide you to the North Star and why this famous star pattern has helped travelers navigate for centuries. "ASTROMAN: the Dark Sky Guardian" is a podcast channel that aims to explore popular science in multiple disciplines and research on interdisciplinary approaches, such as sustainability, dark-sky protection, astrophotography, space exploration, astronomy innovation, inclusive science communication, and STEAM Education by integrating science and arts. Exodus CL Sit, also known as the ASTROMAN, is a transmedia astronomy educator, popular science author, STEAM educator, and science communicator in Hong Kong. He is recently the National Astronomy Education Coordinator (Chair of Hong Kong, China) of the International Astronomical Union and President of Starrix. He was also an International Committee Member of the Dark Sky International, regularly organizing public lectures at the Hong Kong Space Museum and the Hong Kong Science Museum. He was also the author of a popular science book "Decoding the Starry Night: A Guide to Stargazing and Astrophotography". We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy [https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy] and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop [http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop] for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate] This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate]!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu [http://www.psi.edu] Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org [http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org/] or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org [info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org].

EVSN - Uranus' Odd Tilt Possibly Explained By New Model

From April 6, 2020. Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers have published a model that seems to explain Uranus' bizarre tilt - a collision between a young Uranus and a massive ice world that could have both tipped Uranus over, and also formed its rings and its 27 moons in the process. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy [https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy] and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop [http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop] for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate] This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate]!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu [http://www.psi.edu] Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org [http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org/] or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org [info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org].

Space Stories - Shooting Stars

Hosted by our Director, Avivah Yamani! Discover the science behind shooting stars, from meteors and meteor showers to the cosmic debris constantly entering Earth's atmosphere. We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy [https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy] and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop [http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop] for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate] This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate]!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu [http://www.psi.edu] Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org [http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org/] or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org [info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org].

Guide To Space - Finally! An Explanation for One of the Most Powerful Supernovae Ever Seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEZu3pXAFWY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEZu3pXAFWY] Hosted by Fraser Cain. From Jan 31, 2020. In 2006, astronomers spotted the telltale sign of a supernova detonating in the galaxy NGC 1260, located about 240 million light-years away in the constellation of Perseus. As telescopes around the world turned their collective light-gathering power on the expanding explosion designated as SN 2006gy, they realized they were seeing something very unusual. This clearly wasn't a regular supernova. It grew to be 100 times brighter than the typical stellar explosion and lasted much much longer. More than a decade after that cosmic explosion, astronomers finally think they know what series of events led to the release of this much energy, now called a superluminous supernova. A red giant ate a white dwarf. An event so rare it probably accounts for only 1 in 1,000 supernovae! We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy [https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy] and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop [http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop] for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate] This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click [http://cosmoquest.org/Donate]!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu [http://www.psi.edu] Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org [http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org/] or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org [info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org].