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The 365 Days of Astronomy

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The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast launched in 2009 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. This community podcast continues to bring you day after day of content across the years. Everyday, a new voice, helping you see the universe we share in a new way. This show is managed by Avivah Yamani, edited by Richard Drumm. This podcast is funded through Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX and produced out o... more

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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

This month in episode 528 we talk about 3 Comets, ... more

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Hosted by Fraser Cain.

From May 21, 2019.

On Monday, May 13, 2019, NASA declared: "We are going to the Moon to stay" by 2024. It's an exciting announcement; the return to a place humans haven't set fo... more

Today's guest: Dr. Richard Tresch Fienberg, astronomer and science communicator, recently served as the Expert Astronomer for Sky & Telescope's September 2025 Astronomy Tour. In our interview, we explore "Galileo's Italy" with him. Though enjoying re... more

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Hosted by: Fraser Cain ( @frasercain ) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay ( @CosmoQuest )

Streamed live on Mar 23, 2026.

The theory of evolution how life takes on its wildly different forms. But how did life get s... more

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Listener and guest sharing observatory progress and plans
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Episode: Travelers in the Night Eps. 863 & 864: Space Elevator & Lunar Debris
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Dr. Richard Tresch Fienberg
Former Press Officer for the American Astronomical Society and science communicator
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Hosts

Dr. Pamela Gay
Senior Scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and Director of CosmoQuest.
Dr. Jacinta Delhaize
Host of The Cosmic Savannah.

Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars from 588 ratings
  • I don't care for all the tfake

    giggling and banter

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    User1234
    3 months ago
  • Relaxing, Easy on the ears

    I love the story-telling feel to this podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
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    coolfactor
    Canada8 months ago
  • Unsubscribing Forever

    Pamela, please leave your political views out of a science podcast. You have lost a +5 year subscriber forever.

    Apple Podcasts
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    el_Bofo
    Canadaa year ago
  • over your head

    stick to what you know, go to behind the black website to get the real story

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    hamniko
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NOIRLab - Results From Six Years of the Dark Energy Survey
Q: How will these results influence future dark energy research?
They will continue to inform and constrain future surveys and analyses, with upcoming projects like the Legacy Survey of Space and Time expected to extend the legacy with even larger datasets and improved methods.
NOIRLab - Results From Six Years of the Dark Energy Survey
Q: What are some major findings from the Dark Energy Survey and what do they tell us about dark energy?
A major finding is that a cosmological constant explains the observations well and provides precise constraints; DES results align with other analyses like DESI, while leaving room to explore evolving dark energy scenarios in future analyses.
NOIRLab - Results From Six Years of the Dark Energy Survey
Q: Could you tell us about the Dark Energy Survey and how it's conducted? What types of probes did you use?
The DES mainly takes wide-field images of the sky and uses multiple probes, including geometry measurements from supernovae and BAO-like signals, as well as structure growth analyses to understand how matter clumps over time under gravity and dark energy.

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