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129 AWAT - FTL neutrinos (or not) - 10 November 2011 Updated: 2011-11-10 13:32:00 Description: A cheap shot at the Gran Sasso results. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 128 Questions from Class 2R - 27 October 2011 Updated: 2011-10-27 13:32:00 Description: Don't stop asking questions. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 127.1 STS 127 - Just another Space Shuttle mission - 20 October 2011 Updated: 2011-10-20 13:32:00 Description: Is there really such a thing as just another space shuttle mission? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 127 Why the LHC won't kill you - 13 October 2011 Updated: 2011-10-13 13:32:00 Description: We've got bigger things to worry about. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 126 Don Quijote - 6 October 2011 Updated: 2011-10-06 13:32:00 Description: Tilting at windmills. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 125 Carnival of space #215 - 22 September 2011 Updated: 2011-09-22 13:32:00 Description: So many science blogs, so little time. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 124 Astronomy outreach - 8 September 2011 Updated: 2011-09-08 13:32:00 Description: Cheap Astronomy catches up with the Ordinary Guy from the Brains Matter podcast to talk about saving the world and stuff. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 123 Fobos-Grunt - 1 September 2011 Updated: 2011-09-01 13:32:00 Description: Cheap Astronomy delivers a podcast on a new Russian interplanetary mission with grunt - that's Fobos-Grunt. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 122. AWAT - Small bangs - 18 August 2011 Updated: 2011-08-18 13:32:00 Description: Not your average gamma ray bursts. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 121. Equivalence - 11 August 2011 Updated: 2011-08-11 13:32:00 Description: Einstein in four dimensions. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 120.3 Apollo 11 3of3 Getting back again (the remake) - 4 August 2011 Updated: 2011-08-04 13:32:00 Description: Reunited, the three intrepid explorers turn their ship for home (again). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 120.2 Apollo 11 2of3 The landing (the remake) - 31 July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-31 13:32:00 Description: Everything is going just great, that is until Neil and Buzz attempt the landing (again). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 120.1 Apollo 11 1of3 Getting there (the remake) - 28 July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-28 13:32:00 Description: Celebrating the 42th anniversary of the first Moon landing - Neil, Buzz and Mike get strapped in for a re-run of their historic mission (again). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 120. The dark side - 21 July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-21 09:49:21 Description: The whole idea of the term 'dark' is that we don't know what we are talking about. So can we stop sounding like we do? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 119. More awesome Space Shuttle missions - 10 July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-11 09:49:21 Description: A bit of reminiscing as the last Space Shuttle mission is underway. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 120. More awesome Space Shuttle missions - 10 July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-11 09:49:21 Description: A bit of reminiscing as the last Space Shuttle mission is underway. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 118.1 Critical density (the remake) - 6 July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-07 09:49:21 Description: Not too much, not too little - just critical (again). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 118. Wavelengths 2of2 The long and the short of it - 30 June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-30 09:49:21 Description: A quick summary of what can be observed - even though we can only see a tiny bit of it. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 119. The dark side - 30 June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-30 09:49:21 Description: The whole idea of the term 'dark' is that we don't know what we are talking about. So can we stop sounding like we do? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 117. Wavelengths 1of2 More than meets the eye - 23 June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-23 09:49:21 Description: If you are convinced that seeing is believing, astronomy may not be the science for you. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 116. Private space - 9 June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-09 09:49:21 Description: It's about time we outsourced. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 115. Spot that planet - 2 June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-02 09:49:21 Description: Here's an endeavour to reassure us that we are actually living in the 21st century. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 114. The Moon does not spin on its axis - 19 May 2011 Updated: 2011-05-19 09:49:21 Description: Heresy and controversy on the cheap. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 113. AWAT - Dark statistics - 5 May 2011 Updated: 2011-05-05 09:49:21 Description: Could there be even more dark stuff? Well, probably not. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 112. Our inferred universe - 28 April 2011 Updated: 2011-04-28 09:49:21 Description: We have a fair idea of how old it is - but that's about all. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 111. The first three minutes revisted - 21 April 2011 Updated: 2011-04-21 09:49:21 Description: Protons are hadrons, electrons are leptons and photons are bosons. OK? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 110. Testing Einstein - 7 April 2011 Updated: 2011-04-07 09:49:21 Description: It takes astronomy to really test Einstein. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 109. Arms around the galaxy - 17 March 2011 Updated: 2011-03-17 09:39:21 Description: If it wasn't for ice skaters pulling their arms in, astronomers really could be baffled. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 108. Carnival of space #187 - 10 March 2011 Updated: 2011-03-10 09:39:21 Description: A podcast where other people write the script. Yay. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 107. Situation cloudy - 3 March 2011 Updated: 2011-03-03 09:39:21 Description: You don't always need a telescope to find an astronomical conundrum. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 106. Forbidden planets - 24 February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-24 09:39:21 Description: Exo no no. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 105. AWAT - Time freeze - 17 February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-17 09:39:21 Description: Can you really make time stand still? Nnnnnnn.... ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 104. Alien biology 2of2 - The case for carbon - 3 February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-03 09:39:21 Description: If we meet anything we can shake hands with, it'll probably be carbon-based. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 103. Alien biology 1of2 - The case for water - 27 January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-27 09:39:21 Description: Life? Just add water. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 102. Superluminal motion - 20 January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-20 09:39:21 Description: Kind of, sort of, but not really - faster than light. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 101. Untangling the entanglement - 8 January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-08 09:39:21 Description: Is all this indeterminant killing of cats really necessary? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 100. Episode 100 - 30 December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-30 09:39:21 Description: We might be cheap, but we are persistent. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 99.1 AWAT - Warp drive on paper - 23 December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-23 09:39:21 Description: Pretty much everything you could possibly want can be made to work on paper. If it ever starts working off paper, you may really have something. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 99. Black holes 2of2 - The supermassive ones - 16 December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-16 09:39:21 Description: Lots of galaxies have SMBHs at their centres. Coincidence? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 98. Black holes 1of2 - Everyones favorite physics problem - 9 December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-09 09:39:21 Description: You can say any old todge about what's inside a black hole - and no-one can prove you wrong. OK then. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 97. 21st century thinking - 2 December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-02 09:39:21 Description: A kind of decadal survey - done on the cheap of course. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 96. The origin of the oceans - 25 November 2010 Updated: 2010-11-25 09:39:21 Description: Surfs up. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 95. Panspermia or not - 18 November 2010 Updated: 2010-11-18 09:39:21 Description: Occams razor says not. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 94. Powering deep space missions - 8 November 2010 Updated: 2010-11-08 09:39:21 Description: Unless you have a very long extension lead, these are your current options... pardon the pun. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 93. Jets - 4 November 2010 Updated: 2010-11-04 09:39:21 Description: Puzzling protrusions. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 92. Dishes - 28 October 2010 Updated: 2010-10-28 09:39:21 Description: More proof that everything is linked to astronomy. This time - geometry and death rays. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 91.1 AWAT - Brown dwarfs are magnetic too - 21 October 2010 Updated: 2010-10-21 09:39:21 Description: Its the little ones you should watch out for. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 91. Getting it together - 14 October 2010 Updated: 2010-10-14 09:39:21 Description: Another puzzling conundrum of existence. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 90. The age of the universe - 7 October 2010 Updated: 2010-10-07 09:39:21 Description: Age is relative. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 89. Space elevators - 30 September 2010 Updated: 2010-09-30 09:39:21 Description: Going up? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 88. More Australian archaeoastronomy - 21 September 2010 Updated: 2010-09-21 09:39:21 Description: A story about a couple of crows and a supernova impostor. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 87. Wurdi Youang - 16 September 2010 Updated: 2010-09-16 09:39:21 Description: Few things in astronomical research are ever set in stone. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 86. Supernovae 2of2 - Nucleosynthesis - 9 September 2010 Updated: 2010-09-09 09:39:21 Description: Now this is creation science. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 85. Supernovae 1of2 - The types - 2 September 2010 Updated: 2010-09-02 09:39:21 Description: Destruction comes in many forms. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 84.1 AWAT - More than meets the eye - 26 August 2010 Updated: 2010-08-26 09:39:21 Description: Funnily enough, this is a story about astronomy without a telescope. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 84. The robots are coming - 19 August 2010 Updated: 2010-08-19 09:39:21 Description: What was that first law of robotics again? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 83. Astronomy for non-human life forms - 10 August 2010 Updated: 2010-08-10 09:39:21 Description: OG from Brains Matter engages in a cheap discourse on animal astronomy. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 82. Its all downhill from here - 5 August 2010 Updated: 2010-08-05 09:39:21 Description: Things can only get blander. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 81. The Venera missions - 29 July 2010 Updated: 2010-07-29 09:39:21 Description: Never say nyet. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 80. Stellar archaeology 2of2 Digging deeper - 22 July 2010 Updated: 2010-07-22 09:39:21 Description: OK, so your spade keeps melting - but it's interesting. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 79. Stellar archaeology 1of2 - 15 July 2010 Updated: 2010-07-15 09:39:21 Description: A podcast for people who really dig astronomy. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 78.1 AWAT - Much ado about nothing - 8 July 2010 Updated: 2010-07-08 09:39:21 Description: Trial run of an emergency back up podcast - just think of it as a stitch in time. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 78. My favorite Space Shuttle missions - 27 June 2010 Updated: 2010-06-27 09:39:21 Description: A brief retrospective with help from Nancy Atkinson of Universe Today. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 77. Off-world weather report - 24 June 2010 Updated: 2010-06-24 09:39:21 Description: Now that we've found exoplanets, let's think about exo-weather. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 76. The other Lagrange points - 17 June 2010 Updated: 2010-06-17 09:39:21 Description: Most people get Lagrange point 1 - the others, not so much. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 75. Hyabusa - 10 June 2010 Updated: 2010-06-10 09:39:21 Description: JAXA is in our inexpensive spotlight again. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 74.1 Two minute promo - 28 May 2010 Updated: 2010-05-28 09:39:21 Description: This is just cheap, shoddy advertising. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 74. Watch this space - 28 May 2010 Updated: 2010-05-28 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy is skeptical that this podcast will be a hit. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 73. Cheap Astronomy - Live in Andalucia! - 27 May 2010 Updated: 2010-05-27 09:39:21 Description: Vamos a Cordoba. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 72. In transit - 20 May 2010 Updated: 2010-05-20 09:39:21 Description: What a cheap astronomer does after 24 hours flying economy class. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 71. A multiple payload - 13 May 2010 Updated: 2010-05-13 09:39:21 Description: It's not all about NASA. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 70. How to build a solar system - 6 May 2010 Updated: 2010-05-06 09:39:21 Description: The secret is to bang the rocks together. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 69. The shape of stuff - 28 April 2010 Updated: 2010-04-29 09:39:21 Description: The range of shapes that massive objects can adopt in our universe is surprisingly limited. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 68. The solar cycle - 21 April 2010 Updated: 2010-04-22 09:39:21 Description: The things you see when you look at a star up close. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 67. A planetary defence system - 12 April 2010 Updated: 2010-04-12 09:39:21 Description: Incoming! ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 66. The shape of space 2of2 The mathematics of De Sitter space-time - 8 April 2010 Updated: 2010-04-08 09:39:21 Description: Einstein admitted he got it wrong - but, here in the 21st century, have we really got it right? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 65. The shape of space 1of2 Dark energy or geometry? - 1 April 2010 Updated: 2010-04-01 09:39:21 Description: A plausible alternative to the elephant in the room of cosmology. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 64. What can the dark matter be? - 23 March 2010 Updated: 2010-03-23 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy tries to shine a light on dark matter - but that doesn't seem to achieve much. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 63. The interplanetary transport network - 18 March 2010 Updated: 2010-03-18 09:39:21 Description: Want to tour the solar system on the cheap? Welcome to the ITN. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 62. The stay-at-homes guide to the galaxy - 11 March 2010 Updated: 2010-03-11 09:39:21 Description: Tour the galaxy at 220 kilometres a second from your own backyard. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 61. The Mars Science Laboratory - 4 March 2010 Updated: 2010-03-04 09:39:21 Description: Cats beware. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 60. Ceres - 27 February 2010 Updated: 2010-02-27 09:39:21 Description: Dwarf planet or very big asteroid? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 59. On being a black hole - 18 February 2010 Updated: 2010-02-18 09:39:21 Description: Now you can't see it - now you don't. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 58. Light 2of2 Wibbly-wobbly spacey-timey stuff - 11 February 2010 Updated: 2010-02-11 09:39:21 Description: All this happens before your very eyes. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 57. Light 1of2 Light and a bit of dark - 4 February 2010 Updated: 2010-02-04 09:39:21 Description: We don't call it electromagnetic radiation for nothing. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 56. The Dreamtime meteor crater - 29 January 2010 Updated: 2010-01-29 09:39:21 Description: An interview with Duane Hamacher. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 55. Spacecraft navigation - 21 January 2010 Updated: 2010-01-21 09:39:21 Description: It's not rocket science - oh hang on, actually it is. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 54.1 Blooper - 14 January 2010 Updated: 2010-01-14 09:39:21 Description: A very brief out-take from next week's podcast - made me laugh. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 54. How far is far? - 14 January 2010 Updated: 2010-01-14 09:39:21 Description: My telescope might be cheap, but it can look back in time. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 53. What's on in 2010 - 7 January 2010 Updated: 2010-01-07 09:39:21 Description: Hoping you'll join us for another solar orbit. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 52. Astronomy 2.0 - 31 December 2009 Updated: 2009-12-31 09:39:21 Description: How to do an international year of astronomy on the cheap. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 51. Galaxy Formation - 18 December 2009 Updated: 2009-12-18 09:39:21 Description: Astronomy podcast, special guest star. It makes sense. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 50. Anomalies - 15 December 2009 Updated: 2009-12-15 09:39:21 Description: Things that keep rocket scientists up at night. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 49. Your stellar neighbourhood - 10 December 2009 Updated: 2009-12-10 09:39:21 Description: Sometimes it's good just to take stock, see where we are and put things in context. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 47. Finishing the ISS - 26 November 2009 Updated: 2009-11-26 09:39:21 Description: The science fiction movie 2010, released in 1984, had people flying to Jupiter... for the second time. Oh well, at least we'll have nearly finished the space station by then. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 46. Go up and turn right - 22 November 2009 Updated: 2009-11-22 09:39:21 Description: Planning a mission to Mars is a piece of cake on paper. Actually doing it - well, not so much. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 45. The week after Carl Sagan Day - 16 November 2009 Updated: 2009-11-16 09:39:21 Description: Billions and billions. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 44. Greenhouse Earth 2of2 The restless planet - 12 November 2009 Updated: 2009-11-12 09:39:21 Description: On Earth, the only thing constant is change. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 43. Greenhouse Earth 1of2 The inconstant sun - 5 November 2009 Updated: 2009-11-05 09:39:21 Description: More proof that pretty much everything in life is linked to astronomy. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 42. The Deep Space Network - 29 October 2009 Updated: 2009-10-29 09:39:21 Description: When our plucky robot ambassadors, out there exploring the solar system and beyond, need to phone home - who's there to listen? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 41. The TDRS system - 25 October 2009 Updated: 2009-10-25 09:39:21 Description: You know how when you're in space, you can just go 'Ah Houston...' and there's a team of people with PhDs ready to solve all your problems? This is how that works. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 40. Galileoscope - 15 October 2009 Updated: 2009-10-15 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy checks out the latest contender for the title of world's cheapest telescope. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 39. The outer limits - 8 October 2009 Updated: 2009-10-08 09:39:21 Description: The little dent in space-time made by our Sun extends out to about two light years. And we're only just starting to learn what's out there near the back fence. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 38. Kepler's laws of planetary motion - 1 October 2009 Updated: 2009-10-01 09:39:21 Description: Oh come on, there's only three of them. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 37. Old balding astronomers feel good knowing mnemonics - 24 September 2009 Updated: 2009-09-24 09:39:21 Description: Often banal and factually greivous kitsch message. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 35. The celestial sphere - 17 September 2009 Updated: 2009-09-17 09:39:21 Description: Here at Cheap Astronomy, we would never dream of boring you with tedious explanations of how telescope mounts work (and next week's podcast is awesome). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 34. Project Constellation 2of2 The manned spacecraft - 10 September 2009 Updated: 2009-09-10 09:39:21 Description: Really hoping some of these things might fly one day. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 33. Project Constellation 1of2 The launch systems - 3 September 2009 Updated: 2009-09-03 09:39:21 Description: A peek under the hood of Project Constellation finds a mix of do-able and aspirational components. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 32. The ups and downs of space advocacy - 27 August 2009 Updated: 2009-08-27 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy rants about space advocacy and tries to tell a joke to an alien. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 31. Analemmas and the equation of time - 20 August 2009 Updated: 2009-08-20 09:39:21 Description: What sounds like a great title for a Doctor Who episode ends up being a podcast about sundials. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 30. Cosmos 1 - 13 August 2009 Updated: 2009-08-13 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy puts a baseball cap on backwards and goes sailing on the seas of space-time. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 29. No place like home - 06 August 2009 Updated: 2009-08-06 09:39:21 Description: If there was a planet somewhere in the universe able to support life, what would it be like? Hmmm... ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 28. A sidewalk astronomer - 30 July 2009 Updated: 2009-07-30 09:39:21 Description: A long overdue podcast about one of the world's best known cheap astronomers. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 27. The Southern Cross - 25 July 2009 Updated: 2009-07-25 09:39:21 Description: A detailed expose on this iconic feature of the southern hemisphere's night sky. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 23. Making things shorter and slower - 09 July 2009 Updated: 2009-07-09 09:49:21 Description: Understanding special relativity is as easy as taking a train ride. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 22. Phobus-Grunt - 02 July 2009 Updated: 2009-07-02 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy provides a podcast on a new Russian interplanetary mission with grunt - that's Phobos-Grunt. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 21. A hard rains a-gonna fall - 25 June 2009 Updated: 2009-06-25 09:39:21 Description: This podcast reviews recent theories about the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago and finds more smoking guns than a Dallas motorcade. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 20. Webb, James Webb - 18 June 2009 Updated: 2009-06-18 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy asks just who the heck is James Webb and why are we naming an infra-red space telescope after him? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 19. GPS - 11 June 2009 Updated: 2009-06-11 09:39:21 Description: If that gadget stuck to your dashboard doesn't instantly get you thinking about astronomy, it's time to think again. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 18. Why we need neutrino telescopes - 03 June 2009 Updated: 2009-06-03 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy says 'yes we can' to all those skeptics who doubt the universe's one second old baby photo can ever be observed directly. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 17. Cheap Astronomy - Live in LA! - 28 May 2009 Updated: 2009-05-28 09:39:21 Description: Cheap Astronomy visits La-La land and goes all starry eyed. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 16. Big Bang 2of2 When the dust settled - 21 May 2009 Updated: 2009-05-21 09:39:21 Description: Further courses are served in the ultimate free lunch. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 15. Big Bang 1of2 One crowded second - 14 May 2009 Updated: 2009-05-14 09:39:21 Description: A whole bunch of stuff appears out of nowhere. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 14. What's in a day? - 09 May 2009 Updated: 2009-05-09 09:39:21 Description: Every night our night sky orientates itself to the previous night's configuration 4 minutes earlier than our clocks say it should. Cheap Astronomy explores this puzzling conundrum without ever once using the word sidereal. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 13. A day on the ISS - 30 April 2009 Updated: 2009-04-30 09:39:21 Description: Our future in space means adjusting to daily life in microgravity - so... just how hard is that? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 12. Moonlight - 23 April 2009 Updated: 2009-04-23 09:39:21 Description: If you don't find this interesting, it's about time you asked yourself why you keep downloading astronomy podcasts. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 11. Sunshine - 16 April 2009 Updated: 2009-04-16 09:39:21 Description: A hot, bright thing in the sky that is responsible for a population of beings who invented the words hot and bright. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 10. Your first cheap telescope - 11 April 2009 Updated: 2009-04-11 09:39:21 Description: There's only one first time... ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 9. Chicks in space - 03 April 2009 Updated: 2009-04-03 09:39:21 Description: So... hands up who wants to share a five year mission to seek out new life and new civilisations with a bunch of guys. OK then. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 8. The Space Shuttle Enterprise - 26 March 2009 Updated: 2009-03-26 09:39:21 Description: The line between astronomy and science fiction frequently blurs. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 7. How general relativity can improve your love life - 19 March 2009 Updated: 2009-03-19 09:39:21 Description: You might think it's all about being on time, but being 'in space' is also pretty essential. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 6. Indigenous Australian astronomy - 15 March 2009 Updated: 2009-03-15 09:39:21 Description: A brief outline of what is still remembered from Indigenous Australians observations of the night sky. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 5. Talking to the aliens - 10 March 2009 Updated: 2009-03-10 09:39:21 Description: You've probably heard of SETI, but it takes two to have a conversation. Some clever astronomers have been working hard to ensure the full richness of human culture and society is represented by more than just old episodes of I Love Lucy. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 4. Rocks in his head - 26 February 2009 Updated: 2009-02-26 09:39:21 Description: Geology might seem like a completely different science to astronomy, but nope, not really. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 3. How the sky works - 19 February 2009 Updated: 2009-02-19 09:39:21 Description: If you've ever wandered home late at night, fallen head over heels and laid there in the gutter wondering why the sky looks so different, this podcast is for you. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 2. Gravity wells and how to get out of them - 12 February 2009 Updated: 2009-02-12 09:39:21 Description: The only way is up baby, but managing that is no straight forward matter. Not killing yourself in the process is even more difficult. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 1. Space race - 3 February 2009 Updated: 2009-02-03 09:39:21 Description: A brief history of early manned spaceflight - including other primate and dog-based endeavours. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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