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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 of the Planetary Science Institute.

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The 365 Days of Astronomy episode promises to explore weather across multiple domains—terrestrial, exoplanetary, and space weather—in a 22-minute format. The title "Cloudy With a Chance of Brown Dwarfs" suggests a playful approach to atmospheric phenomena, with the brown dwarf reference hinting at substellar objects…

Worth it if you enjoy quick astronomy overviews and want a playful introduction to atmospheric science across different worlds.

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This is a 7-minute monthly sky guide for October 2026, hosted by Avivah Yamani (the podcast's director). The episode promises to cover equatorial skies during October, highlighting four main astronomical events: Saturn at opposition, Mercury visible at dusk, the Orionid meteor shower, and lunar occultations or close…

Worth it if you're an amateur astronomer in the equatorial region looking for a quick monthly observing checklist for October 2026.

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The 365 Days of Astronomy's October installment, hosted by Paul Hill and Dr. Jennifer "Dr. Dust" Millard, surveys recent astronomical discoveries and ongoing missions. The episode covers six main topics: a newly discovered baby planet, the SMILE mission (a joint ESA-Chinese collaboration studying Earth's…

Worth it if you want a monthly astronomy news digest covering recent space missions and discoveries without requiring deep technical knowledge.

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Dr. Paul M. Sutter hosts this episode of Ask A Spaceman, focusing on the scattered disk—the region of icy bodies beyond Neptune that represents some of the solar system's most chaotic and poorly understood territory. The episode promises to explore three main questions: how the scattered disk formed, what kinds of…

Worth it if you're curious about the outer solar system's structure and formation, or enjoy Dr. Sutter's conversational astronomy explanations.

Astronomy Cast Episode 803 continues the Mission Tech series with a focused exploration of rocket engines and stages. Hosted by Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay, the episode dives into the fundamental physics and engineering that enable spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity and venture into deep space. The central…

Worth it if you're following the Mission Tech series, have baseline astronomy knowledge, and want to understand the physics and engineering behind rocket propulsion.

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