This week on Radio Astronomy, hosts Brianna Smart and Zach Pace break down the discovery of the source of neutrinos. The source of these tiny, neutral, almost massless particles has […]
Hydrogen cloud found in Whirlpool Galaxy
Radio Astronomy hosts Zach Pace and Brianna Smart share why UW-Madison researchers were in southern Arizona to do some research. Aaron Watkins from Case Western Reserve University was looking at the […]
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 […]
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 […]
