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Ask a Spaceman! Episode Archive


Ask a Spaceman!

You've got questions and astrophysicist Paul Sutter has the answers - every episode you will come closer to COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE!

AaS! 238: What Makes the Sun’s Corona So Dang Hot?

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AaS! 238: What Makes the Sun’s Corona So Dang Hot?

December 17, 2024

How can the solar corona be hotter than the surface? What has the Parker Solar probe learned so far? What do magnetic fields have to do with all this?

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AaS! 237: Could Any Supernova Harm the Earth?

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AaS! 237: Could Any Supernova Harm the Earth?

December 3, 2024

Are we “in range” of any potential supernovae? Has the Earth ever been hit in the past? And what about gamma-ray bursts from across the galaxy, are we safe from those?

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AaS! 236: How Exactly Do Black Holes Merge?

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AaS! 236: How Exactly Do Black Holes Merge?

November 19, 2024

How do black holes get close enough to merge? What causes them to emit gravitational waves, and where do the waves come from? What does the merger process look like?

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AaS! 235: Is it Time to Redefine the Planet?

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AaS! 235: Is it Time to Redefine the Planet?

November 5, 2024

How did Pluto get demoted? What makes a planet a planet anyway? Why do we now have so many different kinds of planets, and should we make things simpler?

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AaS! 234: How Could We Turn the Sun into a Telescope?

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AaS! 234: How Could We Turn the Sun into a Telescope?

October 15, 2024

How do gravitational lenses work? Where would a spacecraft need to be to use the Sun’s gravity as a telescope? What could we learn about exoplanets with this on weird trick?

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