Radio Astronomy
UW-Madison’s very own observatory and the history behind it
In this episode, Brianna Smart and Zach Pace keep their discussion terrestrial and tell us about UW-Madison’s history in studying astronomy. The Washburn observatory was created in 1877. Just a […]
Radio Telescope on the moon
Radio Astronomy co-hosts Brianna Smart and Diego Casanova explain why astronomers want a radio telescope on the moon. The hope for the radio telescope is that it will be placed […]
Stephen Hawking’s last paper
Radio Astronomy’s Diego Casanova explains what Stephen Hawking’s last paper said and why it’s so important. Stephen Hawking passed away this spring. Before passing away, Hawking was in the process […]
Gaia, ESA’s New Star Catalog
Radio Astronomy host Aaron Lopez tells us about how scientists might use Gaia Data Release 2. The Gaia Data Release 2 is a star catalog that came from the European […]
Hubble Telescope uses “Facial Recognition” For Photos
Radio Astronomy co-hosts Diego Casanova and Brianna Smart explain the technology that astronomers use to sort though the 120 gigabytes of Hubble images a week. With Hubble having so many […]
NASA’s New Spacecraft: TESS
Radio Astronomy co-hosts Aaron Lopez and Brianna Smart discuss TESS or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which is NASA’s new spacecraft. They are using it as a follow up to the Kepler […]
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