https://deepastronomy.com/deepastronomy.xml All content created by Deep Astronomy en tdarnell@deepastronomy.com Copyright 2023 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-closest-known-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-closest-known-black-hole Lone black holes drifting through interstellar space are impossible to unless we can observe the effect they have on things nearby that we can see. What is the closest known black hole? Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:26:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hellscape-of-55-cancri-e https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hellscape-of-55-cancri-e 55 Cancri e is an exoplanet so close to its it's entire year is only a few hours. 55 Cancri e is a planet that can only be described as a hellscape. Astronomers believe that this planet is rocky and a little larger than the Earth. It is in a system that is 41 light years away. Fri, 12 Aug 2022 21:58:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-cartwheel-galaxy-from-webb-space-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-cartwheel-galaxy-from-webb-space-telescope NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. This image provides a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:23:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-relieved-are-we-that-james-webb-space-telescope-doesnt-suck https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-relieved-are-we-that-james-webb-space-telescope-doesnt-suck Now that the James Webb Space Telescope is launched, deployed and working well, let's not deny that getting here wasn't fun. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:44:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-up-with-artemis https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-up-with-artemis It looks like it's going to take longer to get to the Moon than NASA had planned. Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:50:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-exoplanets-of-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-exoplanets-of-jwst As commissioning of James Webb Space Telescope winds down, we are starting to turn our attention to the first year of science observations! One area of intense intense interest will be exoplanet targets. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:38:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-images-of-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-images-of-jwst In May of 2022, NASA released the first high definition engineering images from NIRCam, the Near-Infrared Camera. As part of the commissioning process, James Webb Space Telescope looked at part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/landing-on-mars-is-a-distraction https://deepastronomy.com/article/landing-on-mars-is-a-distraction I never thought I would be that guy who harumphed about why we should attempt a landing on Mars, I've long dreamed of the day humanity stepped foot on another planet. It is just that going to Mars now seems so irrelevant and uninteresting when we may not have a planet to come back to. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:37:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/extraordinary-video-from-nasas-juno-mission https://deepastronomy.com/video/extraordinary-video-from-nasas-juno-mission NASA's Juno Spacecraft has been flying around Jupiter since 2016 and has given us views of Jupiter that are the most stunning ever taken of the largest planet in our solar system Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:20:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/apophis-asteroid https://deepastronomy.com/video/apophis-asteroid Scientists are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the asteroid Apophis in 2029. This close encounter promises to be an amazing event for the entire world Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:42:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/goodbye-spitzer-space-telescope-was-it-worth-it-what-s-going-to-happen-to-it https://deepastronomy.com/video/goodbye-spitzer-space-telescope-was-it-worth-it-what-s-going-to-happen-to-it NASA will shut down one of its most prolific space telescopes this week. The Spitzer Space Telescope will be decommissioned on Jan 30, 2020 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:47:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/losing-the-nobel-prize-cosmology-bicep-and-bicep2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/losing-the-nobel-prize-cosmology-bicep-and-bicep2 First Astro Coffee of the year! Today I'm talking with Dr Brian Keating, a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego; a Fellow of the American Physical Society; a commercially rated pilot; and the director of the Simons Observa Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:38:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-mission-confident-of-march-2021-launch-tony-gets-a-call-from-nasa https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-mission-confident-of-march-2021-launch-tony-gets-a-call-from-nasa At a town hall held on the first day of AAS meeting, NASA program managers and scientists express confidence that the James Webb Space Telescope will launch as currently scheduled in March 2021. Also, I got more feedback from my JWST reporting, this Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:50:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/stellina-telescope-review-the-amateur-astronomer-s-antidote-to-light-pollution https://deepastronomy.com/video/stellina-telescope-review-the-amateur-astronomer-s-antidote-to-light-pollution The new telescope from Stellina has great promise for the amateur living under light polluted skies Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:58:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-happens-to-jupiter-saturn-neptune-when-our-sun-dies https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-happens-to-jupiter-saturn-neptune-when-our-sun-dies This SFN Sponsored by Mova Globes: http://bit.ly/deepastronMOVAGlobes Get GREAT Telescope Gear from a GREAT company OPT Telescopes (aff link): http://bit.ly/2Wq0BO8 Ever wonder what’s going to happen to the outer planets of our solar system whe Sat, 14 Dec 2019 06:46:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-role-in-jwst-problems-the-first-telescopes-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-role-in-jwst-problems-the-first-telescopes-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon Please check out the wonderful Mova Globes Here: http://bit.ly/2PkznFQ I have some further comments about some SFN feedback I got on my last JWST Video and in addition to that, it looks like we finally have some telescopes operating on the far side Sat, 07 Dec 2019 06:18:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-case-for-the-carl-sagan-space-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-case-for-the-carl-sagan-space-telescope Some astronomers are building a case to launch a space telescope in honor of Carl Sagan Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:15:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-tess-finishes-first-year-of-exoplanet-science-operations https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-tess-finishes-first-year-of-exoplanet-science-operations Looking to purchase some telescope gear? Support Deep Astronomy by checking out OPT Telescopes, a great resource for all amateur astronomy stuff: http://bit.ly/2Wq0BO8 NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has completed it's first year of sc Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:35:19 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-isro-be-able-to-communicate-with-chandrayaan-2-vikram-lander https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-isro-be-able-to-communicate-with-chandrayaan-2-vikram-lander Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: http://bit.ly/2Wq0BO8 #ISRO #VikramLander #SpaceFanNews On September 7, 2019 the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) lost contact with the Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander as it ma Thu, 07 Nov 2019 01:36:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-many-worlds-quantum-mechanics-is-like-intelligent-design-and-sets-a-dangerous-precedent https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-many-worlds-quantum-mechanics-is-like-intelligent-design-and-sets-a-dangerous-precedent The Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics sets a dangerous precedent in science. We are openly advocating theories in science that have no hope of contacting the real world with data and observations Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:33:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-jwst-finally-ready https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-jwst-finally-ready The long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope has finally been completed and is undergoing final testing before being made ready for launch in March 2021 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 01:19:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-will-nasa-s-lunar-gateway-habitat-look-like https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-will-nasa-s-lunar-gateway-habitat-look-like Future in Space Hangouts are sponsored by the American Astronautical Society, consider becoming member: https://astronautical.org/member A critical part of NASA's plan to get to Mars and the Moon include the development and construction of a gatewa Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:12:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-watches-a-star-getting-devoured-by-a-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-watches-a-star-getting-devoured-by-a-black-hole Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy In this episode, our favorite exoplanet hunting space telescope, known as TESS, has managed to capture a black hole tearing a star apart. Not only is TESS fin Sat, 05 Oct 2019 07:06:24 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/using-nuclear-propulsion-for-deep-space-exploration https://deepastronomy.com/video/using-nuclear-propulsion-for-deep-space-exploration Future in Space Hangouts are sponsored by the American Astronautical Society. Become a member today: https://astronautical.org/membership Today’s advances in materials, testing capabilities, and reactor development are providing impetus for NASA Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:52:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:55:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-day-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-day-2 Sponsored by the American Astronautical Society, become a member: https://astronautical.org/membership Here is day two of the Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium. Today's session starts at 8:30am CT and will last until noon. Check out the schedul Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:28:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-1 Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:27:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-afternoon-session https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-afternoon-session Brought to you by the American Astronautical Association: https://astronautical.org The Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium is an annual event that features panel discussions and guest speakers reflecting government, industry, academia, business an Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:07:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-morning-session https://deepastronomy.com/video/2019-wernher-von-braun-memorial-symposium-morning-session Brought to you by the American Astronautical Association: https://astronautical.org The Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium is an annual event that features panel discussions and guest speakers reflecting government, industry, academia, business an Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:03:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-weather-and-the-perils-for-humans-in-space https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-weather-and-the-perils-for-humans-in-space Future in Space Hangouts are sponsored by the American Astronautical Society: https://astronautical.org Space Weather is the study of the interactions of the solar heliosphere with the rest of the solar system. in addition to bathing us with life-s Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:52:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/ultramassive-black-hole-measured-in-elliptical-galaxy-holm-15a-second-largest-ever-seen https://deepastronomy.com/video/ultramassive-black-hole-measured-in-elliptical-galaxy-holm-15a-second-largest-ever-seen Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Earlier this month astronomers revised some mass estimates of a black hole at the center of the elliptical galaxy Holmberg 15A, an enormous galaxy 700 million Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:11:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-habitable-exoplanet-hunting-project https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-habitable-exoplanet-hunting-project Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy We are looking for more observatories and amateur astronomers who might want to join the project. The Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project is a worldwide network Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:31:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/india-s-chandrayaan-2-on-its-way-to-lunar-south-pole-but-why https://deepastronomy.com/video/india-s-chandrayaan-2-on-its-way-to-lunar-south-pole-but-why Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: http://bit.ly/2Qkb62E The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched Chandrayaan-2 a mission designed to land on and study the south pole of the Moon. The s Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:15:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/observing-the-night-sky-w-kelly-beatty-of-sky-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/observing-the-night-sky-w-kelly-beatty-of-sky-telescope Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The hobby of amateur astronomy has been a major part of my life, I've been observing since I was in high school and accompanying me throughout these years on my journey Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:17:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jfk-wanted-out-of-apollo-moon-landing-goal https://deepastronomy.com/video/jfk-wanted-out-of-apollo-moon-landing-goal Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://deepastronomy.com/DeepAstronomy It’s July and that means space fans everywhere are taking time out to remember the Apollo 11 landing on the moon on July 20th, 1969. This year it’s a Sat, 20 Jul 2019 02:32:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/spektr-rg-space-telescope-mission-puts-russia-and-germany-at-the-forefront-of-x-ray-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/video/spektr-rg-space-telescope-mission-puts-russia-and-germany-at-the-forefront-of-x-ray-astronomy Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: http://bit.ly/2Qkb62E Russia successfully launches Spekra-RG, a dual space telescope designed to map the sky in X-rays. This mission, in collaboration with Germany’s eRosita Syste Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:30:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/neutron-decay-and-parallel-universes-upcoming-experiment-explained https://deepastronomy.com/video/neutron-decay-and-parallel-universes-upcoming-experiment-explained In SFN #266 I reported about an experiment being planned at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that attempts to test an idea about parallel universes to help explain the difference in decay rates of neutrons from rest vs. those created in a beam from fiss Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:53:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/apollo50th-makes-me-feel-really-old https://deepastronomy.com/video/apollo50th-makes-me-feel-really-old big week for Apollo 11 fans. This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing... And I'm feeling really old right about now. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:15:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-day-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-day-2 Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ #GlennSymposium2019 Today is day two of the Glenn Memorial Symposium. Join us to talk about going to the stars. Please use Discord for our live chat: https://discord.gg/K9BuW2U We are in the livestream-ch Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:51:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-day-2-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-day-2-1 #GlennSymposium2019 Today is day two of the Glenn Memorial Symposium. Join us to talk about going to the stars. Please use Discord for our live chat: https://discord.gg/K9BuW2U We are in the livestream-chat channel! Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:34:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-afternoon-pt-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-afternoon-pt-2 #GlennSymposium2019 Today and tomorrow, Deep Astronomy will be onhand to chat during a symposium dedicated to John Glenn and advancing aviation and space flight. Please use Discord for our live chat: https://discord.gg/K9BuW2U We are in the livest Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:02:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-afternoon https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-afternoon Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ #GlennSymposium2019 Today and tomorrow, Deep Astronomy will be onhand to chat during a symposium dedicated to John Glenn and advancing aviation and space flight. Please use Discord for our live chat: https: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:42:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ #GlennSymposium2019 Today and tomorrow, Deep Astronomy will be onhand to chat during a symposium dedicated to John Glenn and advancing aviation and space flight. Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:28:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars https://deepastronomy.com/video/powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:33:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-1 Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK The inaugural Glenn Symposium will focus on advancements in aerospace technology including power and propulsion, communications, hypersonics, and more. Discussion will also encompass policy a Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:53:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/physicists-hunt-for-mirror-universe-to-explain-neutron-decay-mystery-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/physicists-hunt-for-mirror-universe-to-explain-neutron-decay-mystery-dark-matter Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: http://bit.ly/2Qkb62E A physicist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is making a serious effort to open a portal to a parallel universe! It turns out that there’s a weird anomal Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:28:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-selects-quadcopter-dragonfly-to-go-to-titan https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-selects-quadcopter-dragonfly-to-go-to-titan We are going to Titan! Yesterday NASA announced a new mission, called Dragonfly, a rotorcopter New Frontiers Mission designed to go to Saturn’s moon Titan. Sat, 29 Jun 2019 07:40:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-elon-musk-ruining-our-night-sky https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-elon-musk-ruining-our-night-sky With the proposed launch of tens of thousands of satellites, is SpaceX and Elon Musk ruining our night sky? Fri, 28 Jun 2019 06:21:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/glenn-memorial-symposium-powering-innovation-from-the-sky-to-the-stars-1 Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ Whenever bandwidth permits, Deep Astronomy will be live streaming from the John Glenn memorial Symposium. Please use Discord for our live chat: https://discord.gg/K9BuW2U We are in the livestream-chat chann Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:25:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-nasasocial https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-nasasocial Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook. Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:19:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-kennedy-space-center-nasasocial https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-kennedy-space-center-nasasocial Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook. Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:33:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-kennedy-space-center-nasasocial-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-kennedy-space-center-nasasocial-1 Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: https://www.facebook. Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:19:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mystery-of-ultra-diffuse-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter-solved https://deepastronomy.com/video/mystery-of-ultra-diffuse-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter-solved Remember that ultra diffuse galaxy I told you about in SFNs 226 and 232? You know, the one with NO dark matter? Well turns out there is dark matter there. Sat, 08 Jun 2019 07:45:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/biological-time-and-the-drake-equation https://deepastronomy.com/video/biological-time-and-the-drake-equation Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Today's guest is Bernie Taylor and we'll be talking about the Drake Equation and the commonality of life in the universe. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @Deep Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:21:19 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-we-see-the-pillars-of-creation-with-amateur-astronomy-telescopes https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-we-see-the-pillars-of-creation-with-amateur-astronomy-telescopes In the late spring skies in the northern hemisphere, looking towards the southeast in the hours after midnight, there is a region of star formation that right now, is home to newborn stars: The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:08:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-juno-finds-great-blue-spot-affects-jupiter-s-entire-magnetic-field https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-juno-finds-great-blue-spot-affects-jupiter-s-entire-magnetic-field NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter finds that the Great Blue Spot affects the entire magnetic field Sat, 25 May 2019 00:15:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-atlases-planispheres-w-wil-tirion https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-atlases-planispheres-w-wil-tirion Star atlases are an essential tool for use in amateur astronomy. Although most people use them in digital or App form, there is still room on our bookshelves for some old-school printed maps. Tue, 14 May 2019 19:43:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-the-southern-crab-nebula https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-the-southern-crab-nebula Every year, in celebration of another monumental anniversary of observations and discovery, the astronomers operating the Hubble Space Telescope release an annual image highlighting the beauty of our cosmos. Sat, 11 May 2019 01:50:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-measure-exoplanet-transit-light-curves-w-amateur-telescopes https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-measure-exoplanet-transit-light-curves-w-amateur-telescopes Off the shelf telescopes and cameras for amateur astronomy are now sensitive enough that you can actually measure exoplanets from your backyard! This hangout features a discussion with Jerry Hubbell from Explore Scientific. Tue, 07 May 2019 20:33:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-constant-isn-t https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-constant-isn-t The Big Bang description of our universe is heavily based on mathematical models that do not seem to stand up well to observations. Is the Big Bang Model doomed? Fri, 03 May 2019 06:50:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-era-of-direct-imaging-of-exoplanets-has-arrived https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-era-of-direct-imaging-of-exoplanets-has-arrived In this episode, astronomers are finally starting to get direct images of planets around other stars, and not only that, for the first time, ground-based telescopes are actually getting measurements of the atmospheres of these galactic neighbors. Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:43:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/was-the-eht-black-hole-image-a-waste-of-time https://deepastronomy.com/video/was-the-eht-black-hole-image-a-waste-of-time Was the Event Horizon Telescope Black Hole image a waste of time? Astronomy research has a lot to teach us about our cosmos. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 02:11:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-panoptes-project-measure-exoplanets-from-your-backyard https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-panoptes-project-measure-exoplanets-from-your-backyard Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Project PANOPTES is a citizen science project that aims to make it easy for anyone to build a low cost, robotiic observatory that can be used to detect transiting exopla Thu, 18 Apr 2019 18:26:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-large-millimeter-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-large-millimeter-telescope Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB This week's Telescope Talk PRO hangout features science and technology from the Large Millimeter Telescope. Our guests Nat Denigris and David Sanchez will be on hand to Thu, 18 Apr 2019 18:12:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/adaptive-optics-at-the-extremely-large-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/adaptive-optics-at-the-extremely-large-telescope Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The Extremely Large Telescope is a 40 meter segmented primary mirror telescope being built right now high in the mountains of Chile. The telescope will become the large Thu, 11 Apr 2019 02:34:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/event-horizon-telescope-first-results-space-fan-news https://deepastronomy.com/video/event-horizon-telescope-first-results-space-fan-news First results from the worldwide collaboration of telescopes known as the Event Horizon Telescope will be live streamed here. Join our Chat on Discord here: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://pa Wed, 10 Apr 2019 02:48:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-junk-podcast-does-new-york https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-junk-podcast-does-new-york Space Junk Podcast is in New York and ready to some Astronomy. Tomorrow we setup in Times Square to image from one of the most light polluted areas in the world to highlight that the night sky is available to everyone. We're recording an episode of Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:47:56 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astro-imaging-from-times-square https://deepastronomy.com/video/astro-imaging-from-times-square Sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Using the Triad filter designed and manufactured by OPT, we'll be imaging the night sky from one of the most light polluted areas in the world: Times Square. The idea is to show that the stars are Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:08:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-update-first-results-from-event-horizon-telescope-next-week https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-update-first-results-from-event-horizon-telescope-next-week The European Southern Observatory is announcing first results from the Event Horizon Telescope next week! Read the announcement here; https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19018/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 01:23:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-exoplanet-mission-cheops-is-ready-for-launch https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-exoplanet-mission-cheops-is-ready-for-launch Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, the European Space Agency revealed earlier this month that the upcoming CHEOPS mission designed to study the structure of exoplanets smaller t Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:00:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-constant-measurements-from-type-1a-supernovae-from-the-dark-energy-survey https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-constant-measurements-from-type-1a-supernovae-from-the-dark-energy-survey Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:26:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-podcast-life-in-the-universe-we-might-be-it https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-podcast-life-in-the-universe-we-might-be-it Check out the Deep Astronomy Podcast, available on all podcast aggregators. Today I'm trying an experiment to stream the recording I was going to make today. Might be good for live chat feedback. Today's episode is based on my opinions of why ther Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:27:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-constant-measurments-from-type-1a-supernovae-from-the-dark-energy-survey https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-constant-measurments-from-type-1a-supernovae-from-the-dark-energy-survey The Dark Energy Survey looked at 5000 square degrees of the southern skies in an attempt to characterize dark energy but the observations taken are also very useful for supernovae research. By measuring the standard candles known as Type 1a Supernov Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:24:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/stargazing-from-times-square-april-3-7 https://deepastronomy.com/video/stargazing-from-times-square-april-3-7 Deep Astronomy and OPT Telescopes are going to setup telescopes in Times Square to demonstrate that light pollution doesn't have to preclude enjoyment of the night sky. Join us on April 3-7th as we'll be in the area also attending NEAF. #stargazing Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:26:27 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/standard-sirens-to-the-rescue-ligo-gets-an-upgrade https://deepastronomy.com/video/standard-sirens-to-the-rescue-ligo-gets-an-upgrade Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The LIGO gravitational observatory collaboration receives new funding to upgrade it’s amazing facilities. This should allow astronomers to get more informat Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:18:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/albedo-0-52-images-of-jupiter-from-juno https://deepastronomy.com/video/albedo-0-52-images-of-jupiter-from-juno One of my favorite composers is Vangelis and for people who like old school Cosmos, you know what I'm talking about. I've been thinking about making a tribute to Albedo 0.39 for a while and all of the amazing Junocam images of Jupiter inspired me. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:30:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-selects-spherex-to-study-the-early-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-selects-spherex-to-study-the-early-universe Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, NASA has added a really cool new mission that will explore the early universe and it is designed to help astronomers understand how our univer Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:00:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-forming-where-planet-should-be-in-mysterious-star-system https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-forming-where-planet-should-be-in-mysterious-star-system Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Astronomers using the ALMA telescope high in the Chilean Andes have observed a star forming where planets are normally thought to be born. Please join Tony Darnell as h Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:21:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-first-discoveries-planets-and-so-much-more https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-first-discoveries-planets-and-so-much-more NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an exciting mission anticipated to deliver a new catalog of extra-solar planets, many of them likely a few times the size of the Earth. Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:49:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-forming-where-planet-should-be https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-forming-where-planet-should-be Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this episode, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array have discovered a star forming in a brand new solar system in a spot where Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:00:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/women-in-science https://deepastronomy.com/video/women-in-science Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Today, Carol and Tony discuss women in science in our first astro chat hangout. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server fo Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:00:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/andromeda-galaxy-collision-revised-by-esa-s-gaia-spacecraft https://deepastronomy.com/video/andromeda-galaxy-collision-revised-by-esa-s-gaia-spacecraft Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Background image by Rogelio Sat, 09 Feb 2019 04:51:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/patreon-science-talk-the-universe-expansion-controversy https://deepastronomy.com/video/patreon-science-talk-the-universe-expansion-controversy TIme for our next Patreon Science Talk! This week, let's discuss the recent controversies surrounding the Hubble Constant and the expansion rate of the universe. There's been new measurements by the Dark Energy Survey and others that have astronome Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:40:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-review-celestron-nexstar-5se https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-review-celestron-nexstar-5se Finally getting a chance to review products, something I've always wanted to do. Here I'll tell you what I think of the Celestron Nexstar 5SE telescope. Is it a good first scope? Is it good for advanced amateurs? Watch the Celestron Nexstar 5SE S Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:21:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-exolife-finder-telescope-elf-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-exolife-finder-telescope-elf-update Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB It's time to check back in with our friends from the PLANETS Foundation to see how things are going with the Exolife Finder Telescope. Don't know what that is? Don't w Tue, 05 Feb 2019 20:51:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-hangout-schedule-and-other-things https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-hangout-schedule-and-other-things Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy People have been asking about the hangouts, here's what's going on for the coming year. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on F Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:45:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-disappearing-rings-of-saturn https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-disappearing-rings-of-saturn Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy New NASA research indicates that Saturn’s iconic rings are not only younger than previously thought, but also that these rings are actually disappearing. The r Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:55:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-disappearing-rings-of-saturn-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-disappearing-rings-of-saturn-1 Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy New NASA research indicates that Saturn’s iconic rings are not only younger than previously thought, but also that these rings are actually disappearing. The r Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:38:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/setting-up-the-celestron-nexstar-5se-goto-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/setting-up-the-celestron-nexstar-5se-goto-telescope The Video was sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB This video will show you how to setup your Celestron Nextstar 5SE Telescope from opening the box to going outside. Watch the Skyalign How To video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:21:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/chang-e-4-see-you-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon-corrected https://deepastronomy.com/video/chang-e-4-see-you-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon-corrected Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy The first video incorrectly used the Sun-Earth L2 Point in the diagram, not the Earth-Moon L2 Point. This video corrects that mistake. On January 3rd 2019 a spa Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:59:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/chang-e-4-see-you-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon https://deepastronomy.com/video/chang-e-4-see-you-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon On January 3rd 2019 a spacecraft launched by the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program or CLEP, touched down on the far side of the Moon. This event marks the first time humans have softly landed in this lunar realm. Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:19:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-giant-magellan-telescope-gmt https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-giant-magellan-telescope-gmt Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The Giant Magellan Telescope will be one member of the next class of giant ground-based telescopes that promises to revolutionize our view and understanding of the unive Mon, 21 Jan 2019 19:46:46 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/building-huge-telescopes-in-space-using-robots https://deepastronomy.com/video/building-huge-telescopes-in-space-using-robots Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Astronomy’s Future Will Be Built: New Capabilities to Assemble in Space the Largest Observatories. Scientific performance of telescopes depend strongly upon t Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:35:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-search-for-dark-energy-w-des-decam https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-search-for-dark-energy-w-des-decam Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB There are multiple searches underway to try and find the characteristics of the stuff that is causing the universe to accelerate as it expands. Astronomers call this st Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:45:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-use-sky-align-on-your-celestron-nexstar-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-use-sky-align-on-your-celestron-nexstar-telescope This Video was sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB In this video, we'll teach you how to align your Celestron Nexstar 5SE telescope with the night sky using the Sky Align Feature. If you'd like to get a discount on your purchase of Sat, 12 Jan 2019 06:10:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/premier-camera-wfc3-goes-offline-on-hubble-space-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/premier-camera-wfc3-goes-offline-on-hubble-space-telescope Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Earlier this week, NASA posted an alert stating that on January 8, the premier camera on the Hubble Space Telescope experienced an anomaly, raising fears (at l Fri, 11 Jan 2019 04:25:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-government-shut-down-affect-nasa-s-jwst-schedule-what-about-tess-and-juno-ops https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-government-shut-down-affect-nasa-s-jwst-schedule-what-about-tess-and-juno-ops Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB As I’m sure you know by now, the partial government shutdown has affected NASA employees. Many are at home waiting for it to end, but will this shutdown cau Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:38:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/review-of-astro-news-from-the-superbowl-of-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/video/review-of-astro-news-from-the-superbowl-of-astronomy Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Join Tony Darnell, Carol Christian and Alberto Conti as they discuss the week's discoveries announced at the super bowl of Astronomy: the Winter meeting of the A Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/osiris-rex-and-new-horizons-ultima-thule-set-records-during-busy-first-week-of-2019 https://deepastronomy.com/video/osiris-rex-and-new-horizons-ultima-thule-set-records-during-busy-first-week-of-2019 This year is starting off with a bang (astronomically speaking). In the first week we have OSIRIS_Rex in orbit around the asteroid Bennu and New Horizons Flies Past Ultima Thule Sat, 05 Jan 2019 05:11:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/ultimaflyby-live-streaming-event-watch-ultimathule-ultimalive https://deepastronomy.com/video/ultimaflyby-live-streaming-event-watch-ultimathule-ultimalive Teaming up with Launchpad Astronomy and TMRO, we are live streaming the #UltimaThule Flyby in a special 24 hour event. Tony Darnell, Christian Ready and a host of interesting people will be onhand to talk all about this historic flyby. Like this co Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:03:46 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/watch-our-new-horizons-ultima-thule-live-stream-new-years-eve-2018 https://deepastronomy.com/video/watch-our-new-horizons-ultima-thule-live-stream-new-years-eve-2018 In partnership with Launchpad Astronomy and TMRO, we will be streaming live for the New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby for (gulp) 24 hours straight! ★ Launchpad Astronomy - https://www.youtube.com/ChristianReady ★ TMRO - http://youtube.com/tmro W Thu, 27 Dec 2018 06:50:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-a-christmas-comet https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-a-christmas-comet In the waning months of 2018, we are treated to a comet in our night sky: Comet 46P/Wirtanen Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:37:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/junocam-shines-at-halfway-point-of-juno-mission-to-jupiter https://deepastronomy.com/video/junocam-shines-at-halfway-point-of-juno-mission-to-jupiter NASA’s Juno Mission to Jupiter reaches the midpoint of its mission and has far exceeded expectations. There’s also a lesson here for NASA: always include a camera in your space probes to planets! Wed, 19 Dec 2018 23:55:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/from-the-moon-to-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/from-the-moon-to-mars Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Join our free Discord server for always-on chat action! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:51:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-event-horizon-telescope-eht-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-event-horizon-telescope-eht-1 Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:57:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-event-horizon-telescope-eht https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-event-horizon-telescope-eht NEW STREAM: GO HERE INSTEAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J02ph1Jd1Q Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Did you know there is an effort underway to actually see the event horizon of a black hole? Ri Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:56:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-universe-explained-a-cosmic-q-a-w-heather-couper-and-nigen-henbest https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-universe-explained-a-cosmic-q-a-w-heather-couper-and-nigen-henbest Astro Coffee Hangouts are sponsored and endorsed by the American Astronomical Society. https://aas.org Over the course of their illustrious work in astronomy, Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest collected hundreds of the most popular astronomy questio Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:39:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/amateur-astronomy-round-table https://deepastronomy.com/video/amateur-astronomy-round-table Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Join us for a round table discussion with some of our amateur astronomers who've contributed to Telescope Talk this past year. Like this content? Please consider becomi Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:08:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/using-resources-in-space-to-sustain-human-exploration https://deepastronomy.com/video/using-resources-in-space-to-sustain-human-exploration Is it easier to bring resources with us or use what's there when going to the moon and Mars? NASA thinks it's easier to use what's there. Learn more about NASA's thinking with in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:59:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-eyepieces-with-david-nagler https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-eyepieces-with-david-nagler Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Eyepieces are essential components of your telescope. They allow you to actually focus the light coming through your telescope and provide key optics for getting a good Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:36:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-thirty-meter-telescope-tmt https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-thirty-meter-telescope-tmt Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB The largest ground-based telescope is now being built on the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a new class of extremely large telescopes t Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:30:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-insight-landing-marco-steals-the-show https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-insight-landing-marco-steals-the-show Space Fan News is Sponsored by OPT Telescopes and Patreon Patrons: https://optcorp.com/?utm_source=deepastronomy&utm_medium=telescopetalk&utm_campaign=home In this episode NASA successfully puts another lander on the Red Planet. Earlier this week, Sat, 01 Dec 2018 07:17:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/all-about-lsst-science-and-engineering https://deepastronomy.com/video/all-about-lsst-science-and-engineering Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Sub to Launchpad Astronomy: https://www.youtube.com/ChristianReady The Large Synoptic Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious ground-based astronomy surveys ever concei Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:30:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-origin-of-life-with-pz-myers https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-origin-of-life-with-pz-myers Subscribe too PZ Myers Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/user/pzamyers The origin of life on Earth is still being hotly studied. Is life inevitable? If conditions are right, does life in fact, pop right up? Please join Tony Darnell and PZ Mye Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:35:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-the-super-earth-around-barnard-s-star https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-the-super-earth-around-barnard-s-star Located in the constellation Ophiuchus, there is an unremarkable red dwarf star some six light years away. After the three stars of the Alpha Centauri system, this is the closest star to us. Known as Barnard’s star, it is invisible to the unaided Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:27:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/professional-off-the-shelf-astronomy-gear https://deepastronomy.com/video/professional-off-the-shelf-astronomy-gear What gear do professional astronomers use that is available commercially? OPT Telescopes has a professional division dedicated to the professional astronomer. But that doesn't mean amateurs can't get access to it as well! Telescope Talk Hangouts Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:32:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-care-and-feeding-of-black-hole-sagittarius-a https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-care-and-feeding-of-black-hole-sagittarius-a New observations from the GRAVITY and SINFONI instrument on the Very Large Telescope have given us unprecedented observations of material falling into the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Sat, 10 Nov 2018 01:57:22 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanets-don-t-like-heavy-metals https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanets-don-t-like-heavy-metals Studies of planetary systems have indicated that star systems with high metallicity (think iron - actually anything heavier than helium) may preferentially form planets,but a new survey suggests there are many compact, multiple-planet systems for whi Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:44:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-and-outreach-with-ian-lauer https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-and-outreach-with-ian-lauer Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:17:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanets-don-t-like-heavy-metals-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanets-don-t-like-heavy-metals-1 Studies of planetary systems have indicated that star systems with high metallicity (think iron - actually anything heavier than helium) may preferentially form planets,but a new survey suggests there are many compact, multiple-planet systems for whi Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:05:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-at-the-european-southern-observatory-eso https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-at-the-european-southern-observatory-eso Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://bit.ly/2SwhmVB Some of the most exciting astronomical discoveries and observations are being done at the cutting-edge observatories operated by ESO. The European Southern Observatory Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:24:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/as-mission-dies-gaia-revises-kepler-earth-sized-exoplanet-count https://deepastronomy.com/video/as-mission-dies-gaia-revises-kepler-earth-sized-exoplanet-count As NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope ends its mission once and for all, ESA’s GAIA Space Telescope data shows that some Kepler planets need revising. Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:41:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/five-most-popular-telescopes-for-amateur-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/video/five-most-popular-telescopes-for-amateur-astronomy Telescope Talk Hangouts are sponsored by OPT Telescopes: https://optcorp.com/?utm_source=deepastronomy&utm_medium=telescopetalk&utm_campaign=home Are you looking to buy a telescope as a gift or for yourself? This hangout will discuss the five most Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:35:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-method-for-finding-stellar-sized-black-holes https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-method-for-finding-stellar-sized-black-holes New method for detecting black holes in orbit around other stars looks very promising. Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:06:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-space-telescope-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-space-telescope-update The mission engineers and scientists for the Hubble Space Telescope have been working to correct some technical issues with the gyros that point the venerable space telescope. Hubble went into safe mode a couple of weeks ago and now seems to be back Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:48:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/getting-started-in-astrophotography https://deepastronomy.com/video/getting-started-in-astrophotography If you'd like to get started in taking images with your telescope, then this is the hangout for you! Experts at OPT Telescopes will be discussing the right way to get started in this wonderful and amazing aspect of amateur astronomy. Watch this han Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:45:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/luvoir-from-big-bang-to-biosignatures-a-flagship-observatory-in-nasa-s-future https://deepastronomy.com/video/luvoir-from-big-bang-to-biosignatures-a-flagship-observatory-in-nasa-s-future NASA will soon wrap up four concept studies of major space observatories that could launch sometime in the coming couple decades. One of these is the Large UV/optical/IR (LUVOIR) Surveyor. LUVOIR is a concept for a highly capable, multi-wavelength ob Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:49:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/clarke-exobelts-a-possible-alien-technosignature https://deepastronomy.com/video/clarke-exobelts-a-possible-alien-technosignature Finding life in the universe is one of humanity's biggest goals, but it's not an easy task. We are now building giant, ground-based telescopes that will be able to make detailed analyses of the atmospheres of exoplanets and much more. To find a tec Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:05:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/our-space-telescopes-are-dying https://deepastronomy.com/video/our-space-telescopes-are-dying Think about it: Hubble is down to one gyro, maybe two; Kepler is in safe mode; and today, the Chandra X-ray telescope went into safe mode; Spitzer has run out of coolant what's going to replace these observatories? Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:54:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-evidence-for-a-large-exomoon-around-kepler-1625b https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-evidence-for-a-large-exomoon-around-kepler-1625b Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope data have new observations of a candidate exomoon associated with Kepler-1625b. If confirmed, this exomoon would be quite large, with a mass and radius similar to Neptune. The exoplanet Kepler-1625b is itsel Wed, 10 Oct 2018 03:21:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-space-telescope-goes-into-safe-mode-beginning-of-the-end https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-space-telescope-goes-into-safe-mode-beginning-of-the-end The venerable Hubble Space Telescope has been put into safe mode by mission managers. One gyro has failed and another is malfunctioning. Only two directional gyros remain. Tue, 09 Oct 2018 03:28:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/habex-and-living-earths-the-astronomical-answer-to-are-we-alone https://deepastronomy.com/video/habex-and-living-earths-the-astronomical-answer-to-are-we-alone The discovery over the past few years that stars in the Milky Way may each be orbited by at least one planet suggests that among these numerous planetary systems may reside planets similar to Earth, perhaps even harboring life. The HabEx concept is i Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:34:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-dkist-solar-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-dkist-solar-telescope The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is currently under construction on Haleakala in Hawaii. This ground-based flagship observatory promises to shed light on the fundamental physical processes that govern the behavior of the Sun and many oth Mon, 01 Oct 2018 21:24:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/best-astronomy-equipment-w-opt-telescopes https://deepastronomy.com/video/best-astronomy-equipment-w-opt-telescopes Welcome to a special edition of Telescope Talk. Today we'll discuss equipment for astronomy with Dustin Gibson, owner of Oceanside Equipment and Telescope in California. Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/Deep Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:18:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/first-light-from-nasa-s-parker-solar-probe https://deepastronomy.com/video/first-light-from-nasa-s-parker-solar-probe Earlier this month, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) sent back its first data and images from all four science instruments onboard. Fri, 28 Sep 2018 06:50:47 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/have-astronomers-found-vulcan https://deepastronomy.com/video/have-astronomers-found-vulcan Live chat on Discord! https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK What would the planet Vulcan be like? It might be like the "super-Earth" planet orbiting a nearby star (16 light years) called HD 26965. The planet is only 2 times the size of Earth and the parent sta Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:00:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-a-star-party-and-is-there-any-beer https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-a-star-party-and-is-there-any-beer Main Chat on Discord: https://discord.gg/nqGpvtK Have you ever been to a star party? Ever wonder what goes on there? Is "what happens at the star party stays at the star party" true? Join us as we talk about all things amateur astronomy and get a Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:46:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasasocial-event-live-streaming-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasasocial-event-live-streaming-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch Multistreaming with https://restream.io/ Deep Astronomy will be live streaming throughout the day June 24th 2019 from the #NASASocial Event of the #FalconHeavy Launch. Ring the bell to be notified when a live stream starts. Please use Discord for Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:42:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-two-worlds-of-tess https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-two-worlds-of-tess Get ready for the avalanche folks! TESS is starting to return science data and already they've discovered two exoplanets. In this episode, I'll let you know more about them. Sat, 22 Sep 2018 06:37:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-first-light-the-search-for-exoplanets-has-begun https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-first-light-the-search-for-exoplanets-has-begun TESS the transiting exoplanet survey satellite, has taken its first science image. This image is the first in the first sector of the southern hemisphere and shows both LMC and SMC Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:10:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-lynx-space-telescope-a-flagship-concept-to-probe-the-energetic-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-lynx-space-telescope-a-flagship-concept-to-probe-the-energetic-universe Lynx is one of four flagship concepts for the next great space telescope. NASA has funded a series of studies of four concepts that will in less than a year's time produce candidate designs for a major space observatory to begin construction later Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:59:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-square-kilometer-array-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-square-kilometer-array-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope Welcome to our inaugural Telescope Talk - Professsional Version Hangout! Today we learn about the Square Kilometer array being built in South Africa and Western Australia The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to buil Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:08:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/telescopes-for-viewing-deep-space-objects-nebulea-clusters-galaxies https://deepastronomy.com/article/telescopes-for-viewing-deep-space-objects-nebulea-clusters-galaxies The most common mistake among beginners is choosing a telescope that is suitable for bright sky objects thinking that they can also peer into deep space. In this article, we will talk about the gear you'll need in order to observe deep sky objects. Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-talk-hangout-w-thomas-pickett https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-talk-hangout-w-thomas-pickett Join us for a newly revamped hangout series on all things amateur astronomy! This week, we're talking with Tom Pickett, an advanced amateur with decades of experience that has been sharing his work to all who want to enjoy. Follow Tom on Facebook Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:25:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-warmer-with-water-was-it-once-closer-to-the-sun https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-warmer-with-water-was-it-once-closer-to-the-sun The study of planetary systems around other stars suggests that planets can migrate closer or farther from their parent star, not staying in the orbit where they originally formed. Traces of water on Mars suggests that it may have been wetter, and pe Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:06:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cosmic-bell-test-of-entanglement-using-distant-quasars https://deepastronomy.com/video/cosmic-bell-test-of-entanglement-using-distant-quasars In this episode, we’re going to take on the topic of quantum entanglement. That feature of quantum mechanics that Einstein called a spooky action at a distance. Well last month astronomers used very distant quasars to remove a possible bias in a Sat, 08 Sep 2018 05:47:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-james-webb-space-telescope-the-next-great-observatory https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-james-webb-space-telescope-the-next-great-observatory For more than two decades, the series of NASA Great Observatories may have revealed more about the secrets of the cosmos than had been accomplished in the preceding history of astronomical exploration. The next great history-making observatory, the J Fri, 31 Aug 2018 22:45:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/live-vlog-where-to-start-your-search-for-your-astronomy-career https://deepastronomy.com/video/live-vlog-where-to-start-your-search-for-your-astronomy-career I've been doing these posts long enough to start getting questions, today I'll take one about where to start searching. There are several good websites I'll go over in this stream: http://www.aura-astronomy.org/jobs/ https://jobregister.aas.org/ ht Wed, 29 Aug 2018 21:36:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-earth-as-an-exoplanet https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-earth-as-an-exoplanet What would Earth look like as an exoplanet? How would Earth appear to our space telescopes looking for worlds like ours? Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:41:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/climate-change-on-alien-worlds-a-possible-great-filter-pt-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/climate-change-on-alien-worlds-a-possible-great-filter-pt-2 Is climate change inevitable on worlds with technological civilizations? Is planetary feedback from such a civilization a great filter? Our guest Dr Adam Frank will discuss his paper on the effects of planetary feedback on any possible alien civiliz Tue, 21 Aug 2018 22:38:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-gateway-for-human-space-exploration-the-next-step-after-iss https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-gateway-for-human-space-exploration-the-next-step-after-iss The International Space Station (ISS) has been the first successful step in long-duration human operations in space. If astronauts are to travel to Moon, Mars, and deep space, we need more technical capabilities like a deep space gateway. Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:36:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-we-find-exoplanets-using-gravitational-waves https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-we-find-exoplanets-using-gravitational-waves Is it possible to find exoplanets using their gravitational wave signatures? If the orbit of the planet is close enough and short enough to the host star, then yes it is. But boy what a system it would need to be! Sat, 11 Aug 2018 02:30:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/are-exomoons-a-better-place-to-look-for-life https://deepastronomy.com/video/are-exomoons-a-better-place-to-look-for-life Let’s talk about ExoMoons, you know, those moons in orbit around other planets around other stars in our galaxy. Is it possible that they might be better harbors for life? Thu, 09 Aug 2018 03:29:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/finding-neutrinos-with-an-icecube https://deepastronomy.com/video/finding-neutrinos-with-an-icecube Super energetic neutrinos can be formed in exotic places, for example the accelerators in the core of galactic supermassive black holes. The IceCube neutrino detector array was built and deployed at the South Pole. The detectors are designed and posi Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:17:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/upcoming-hangout-series-ground-based-astronomy-and-observatories https://deepastronomy.com/video/upcoming-hangout-series-ground-based-astronomy-and-observatories We are still coming up with a name, but this hangout will introduce a new hangout series on Deep Astronomy that will highlight the advances, technology and discoveries in astronomy from ground-based observatories around the world. Tony Darnell and C Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:23:27 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-is-now-a-fully-armed-and-operational-exoplanet-finder https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-is-now-a-fully-armed-and-operational-exoplanet-finder After launch on April 18th of this year onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the next generation of space telescopes to look for exoplanets, in our galaxy, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite starts science mission Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:33:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-cool-is-that-observing-the-low-temperature-universe-with-origins-space-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-cool-is-that-observing-the-low-temperature-universe-with-origins-space-telescope What is the status of the ORIGINS Space Telescope? One of four mission concepts being considered as a followup to WFIRST. Tue, 31 Jul 2018 04:46:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-wfirst-suffer-because-of-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-wfirst-suffer-because-of-jwst In this episode, we’ve all heard about the delays and cost overruns of NASA’s flagship observatory, JWST. How will it affect upcoming large space telescope missions, like WFIRST? Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:20:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/climate-change-on-alien-worlds-a-possible-great-filter https://deepastronomy.com/video/climate-change-on-alien-worlds-a-possible-great-filter While our search is still in its infancy, we haven't yet found any obvious signs of intelligent life in our galaxy. One reason could be that any aliens out there may not have made it past a stage in its development where climate change wipes them out Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:03:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-climate-change-a-great-filter https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-climate-change-a-great-filter Astronomers from the University of Rochester has recently published a paper that studies whether a civilization on the level of ours could survive self-imposed changes to the planet’s climate due to rapidly expanding technological progress. Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:37:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-imaging-with-jason-major https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-imaging-with-jason-major Eventually, everyone wants to take pictures of the night sky with their telescopes. It's not exactly a beginner activity, but it is one of the most rewarding feelings when you've processed an image you took yourself. We also live in an age when you Tue, 17 Jul 2018 22:01:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-future-of-space-exploration-belongs-to-our-robot-partners https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-future-of-space-exploration-belongs-to-our-robot-partners No one is any longer surprised at the number of sophisticated robots in a modern factory, although many people may be surprised at how robots are becoming an attractive option for complex operations in space, including construction, servicing, and re Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:49:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-k2-mission-coming-to-an-end https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-k2-mission-coming-to-an-end As Kepler/K2 runs low on critical hydrazine fuel, NASA has put Kepler spacecraft in safe mode until August 2 2018 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 02:08:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/eta-carinae-the-enigmatic-explosive-star-probed-by-nasa-nustar https://deepastronomy.com/video/eta-carinae-the-enigmatic-explosive-star-probed-by-nasa-nustar Eta Carinae, is a well known massive, luminous star system located about 7,500 light-years away from the Earth. It is in the southern constellation of Carina, and produced an outburst in the 19th century making it the second-brightest star in the sky Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:38:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-juno-mission-extended https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-juno-mission-extended In this episode, NASA extends Juno’s mission to Jupiter, a mission that has shown us some amazing features of the largest planet in our solar system and is also teaching us a lot about what lies beneath those stunning cloud formations. Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:24:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nothing-is-easy-about-humans-to-mars-but-what-about-making-it-easier https://deepastronomy.com/video/nothing-is-easy-about-humans-to-mars-but-what-about-making-it-easier Detailed scenarios for human exploration of Mars have been developed and debated for decades, although many of them have been too technically challenging or unambiguously unaffordable. However, are there scenarios that are specifically developed to b Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:15:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-jwst-launch-date-budget-set-by-nasa https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-jwst-launch-date-budget-set-by-nasa In this episode, the verdict is in. After reading and responding to the independent review of the JWST mission, NASA announced today a new launch date and an updated cost analysis. It looks like JWST will launch on March 30, 2021 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:44:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-off-axis-telescope-design-for-amateurs https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-off-axis-telescope-design-for-amateurs How would you like to own a telescope that has the same design as some of the world's best observatories? The off-axis telescope is unique in that there is no secondary obstruction to mess up your image but the mirror configuration is not easy to co Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:23:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-live-the-first-astronomers https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-live-the-first-astronomers Naturalist and author Bernie Taylor presents an origin to modern astronomy in European Paleolithic caves from 34,000 years ago that connects with global myths of hunter-gatherers and the ancients in the Mediterranean region. Taylor proposes that astr Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:50:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/lost-in-space-not-sex-and-gender https://deepastronomy.com/video/lost-in-space-not-sex-and-gender Female and male astronauts adapt differently to space where small changes have significant impact. These issues are extremely important as we plan for exploration to the Moon and Mars as well as for commercial space travel. Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:51:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/amateur-astronomy-as-a-hobby https://deepastronomy.com/video/amateur-astronomy-as-a-hobby Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy After a bit of a haitus, we're back. We've retooled a little bit and we're going to try a new format. Today, Tony, Adam, John and Alex will be answering questi Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:33:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/alternative-explanation-for-kbo-orbits-doesn-t-need-planet-9 https://deepastronomy.com/video/alternative-explanation-for-kbo-orbits-doesn-t-need-planet-9 We've been looking for planet 9 but haven't found it yet. Perhaps it isn't there? New ideas for what may be causing strange KBO orbits in outer solar system. Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:07:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/does-some-dark-matter-have-an-electric-charge https://deepastronomy.com/video/does-some-dark-matter-have-an-electric-charge Evidence for dark matter has been known for some time, and it is expected that it interacts with the familiar luminous matter that we see in the universe in some normal way. Sun, 10 Jun 2018 18:58:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/electric-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/electric-dark-matter Is it possible that dark matter, or at least some of it, has an electric charge? That would explain a lot if it did. Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:37:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-global-space-exploration-roadmap https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-global-space-exploration-roadmap The Global Exploration Roadmap reaffirms the interest of 14 space agencies to expand human presence into the Solar System, with the surface of Mars as a common driving goal. It reflects a coordinated international effort to prepare for space explorat Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:24:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/event-horizon-telescope-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/event-horizon-telescope-update Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! If you’re a space fan like me (and I know you are cuz you’re here), then you’re very interested in keeping up to Fri, 01 Jun 2018 01:25:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/faint-galaxy-w-zero-dark-matter-finding-draws-heated-criticism https://deepastronomy.com/video/faint-galaxy-w-zero-dark-matter-finding-draws-heated-criticism When astronomers announced that the faint galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 had no dark matter, many astronomers felt they were being premature. In fact, the assumptions may have been bad science. Thu, 31 May 2018 05:55:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/europa-plumes-looking-at-past-galileo-data https://deepastronomy.com/video/europa-plumes-looking-at-past-galileo-data Astronomers were enthusiastic but cautious about the Hubble observations that suggested Europa had water plumes ejected from its icy surface. Fri, 18 May 2018 16:24:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-we-can-get-there-but-how-do-we-land https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-we-can-get-there-but-how-do-we-land Surprisingly, it may be easier to get to Mars orbit one day with astronauts than it will be to actually land: safely landing on the Red Planet poses some major challenges yet to be overcome. So far, many Mars landers and rovers have used a variety o Wed, 16 May 2018 17:37:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-search-for-planet-9-so-where-is-it-audio-remix https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-search-for-planet-9-so-where-is-it-audio-remix Astronomers believe there is an undiscovered super-Earth Sized planet lurking in our outer solar system. If it exists, then astronomers think it would have an estimated mass of ten Earths. So, where is it? Fri, 11 May 2018 03:49:19 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/more-troubles-for-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/more-troubles-for-jwst In this episode, more bad news coming out of the James Webb Space Telescope Mission, screws and washers from sun shield cover were found on the floor. Fri, 04 May 2018 23:48:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-s-the-difference-between-an-astronomer-and-an-astrophysicist https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-s-the-difference-between-an-astronomer-and-an-astrophysicist Have you ever wondered what the difference was between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? You're not alone. I get this question all the time and I'll have the answer in this astronomy vlog post. Wed, 02 May 2018 23:08:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-may-be-closer-than-you-think-propelling-humans-to-the-red-planet https://deepastronomy.com/video/mars-may-be-closer-than-you-think-propelling-humans-to-the-red-planet Like this content? Please consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Some propulsion technologies proposed to take astronauts and future generations of robotic explorers to Mars seem almost science fiction. But that’s hardly the Wed, 02 May 2018 00:47:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-technique-for-finding-dyson-spheres-in-gaia-data-release-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-technique-for-finding-dyson-spheres-in-gaia-data-release-2 SETI Astronomers have worked out a plausible way to find Dyson Spheres by using Parallax measurements from Gaia. Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:53:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-how-many-planets-will-be-found https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-how-many-planets-will-be-found The recently launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was designed to find Earth - sized planets around other stars. How many exoplanets are we expected to find? Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:48:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/top-10-tips-buying-your-first-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/article/top-10-tips-buying-your-first-telescope Stare into the night sky often enough, admire it for enough nights, and a fuse will be lit. It'll only a matter of time before you buy a telescope. What are the criteria for making a selection? Here are 10 tips to get you started. Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/let-s-watch-the-tess-launch https://deepastronomy.com/video/let-s-watch-the-tess-launch Quickly setting up to watch the TESS Launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Let's watch together Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:16:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-parker-solar-probe-our-first-mission-to-touch-the-sun https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-parker-solar-probe-our-first-mission-to-touch-the-sun In just a few short months, NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe, a mission designed to get the closest we've ever been to the Sun. Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:54:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/as-tess-launch-approaches-kepler-mission-ending-as-fuel-runs-low https://deepastronomy.com/video/as-tess-launch-approaches-kepler-mission-ending-as-fuel-runs-low Bad news from NASA regarding the venerable Kepler/K2 mission: it is running out of fuel and preparations are being made for the final end - for real this time - of the mission that showed us there were more planets in our galaxy than stars. Fri, 13 Apr 2018 21:00:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/moons-and-exoplanets-the-same-or-different-species https://deepastronomy.com/video/moons-and-exoplanets-the-same-or-different-species Researchers using a new model are looking at what the second largest moon in our Solar System, Titan, would be like if it was in orbit around a Sun-like or Dwarf Star. How much would Titan change? Could it harbor life? Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:01:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-observations-hint-that-life-is-not-common-in-the-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-observations-hint-that-life-is-not-common-in-the-galaxy New observations of two supernovae: The Crab Nebula and Cassieopia A show wildly differing amounts of a vital component for life to thrive: Phosphorus. Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:00:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-mars-insight-lander-ready-to-study-the-heart-of-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-mars-insight-lander-ready-to-study-the-heart-of-mars InSight is scheduled to launch from the California coast to the plains of Mars on May 5, 2018. This is the first launch to another planet from the West Coast. Wed, 04 Apr 2018 19:16:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/launch-date-set-for-transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite-tess https://deepastronomy.com/video/launch-date-set-for-transiting-exoplanet-survey-satellite-tess Launch Date set for TESS: April 16, 2018, 6:32pm ET. TESS is designed to scan the entire sky over two years to find as many exoplanets as it can among the closest and brightest stars to Earth. Wed, 04 Apr 2018 05:12:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/backyard-observatories-and-viewer-questions https://deepastronomy.com/video/backyard-observatories-and-viewer-questions Have you ever thought of building an observatory on to house your new telescope? Watch this hangout to learn about the characteristics of a good backyard amateur observatory including where to build it. Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:04:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/after-dragonfly-44-astronomers-now-find-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/after-dragonfly-44-astronomers-now-find-galaxy-with-no-dark-matter In this episode, the case for proving that there is no such thing as dark matter just got a lot harder. After announcing the discovery of an ultra-diffuse galaxy made up of 99.99 percent dark matter. Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:43:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-jwst-delayed-till-mid-2020-failure-is-not-an-option https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-jwst-delayed-till-mid-2020-failure-is-not-an-option Looks like NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed until mid-2020. There will likely be budget overruns which threaten the life of the mission. Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:44:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-space-fan-news-updates https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-space-fan-news-updates Since it has been a few weeks since I've uploaded an episode of Space Fan News, I thought I'd take a moment to share what I've been doing with that time. Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:33:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/shock-waves-from-the-sun-space-weather-in-3d https://deepastronomy.com/video/shock-waves-from-the-sun-space-weather-in-3d Eruptions from the Sun cause Aurora and are the drivers of space weather throughout the solar system. These eruptions can create beautiful night time displays and interesting features in the atmospheres of the outer planets. Thu, 22 Mar 2018 04:28:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/diy-nasa-data-processing-for-fun-and-profit https://deepastronomy.com/video/diy-nasa-data-processing-for-fun-and-profit This week, we re-visit processing data from NASA missions yourself. Our guest this week is Kevin M. Gill, a very talented image processor who's work has included working with data from many NASA datasets. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:05:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-dark-galaxy-dragonfly-44-a-galaxy-almost-entirely-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-dark-galaxy-dragonfly-44-a-galaxy-almost-entirely-dark-matter Relatively nearby at 300 million light years from Earth, the dark galaxy Dragonfly 44 had been missed by astronomers for decades because it was dim. This galaxy had too few stars. Astronomers suspected it was mostly dark matter. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 05:29:27 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exolife-hangout-happy-pi-day https://deepastronomy.com/video/exolife-hangout-happy-pi-day This week we'll talk about Pi Day, Stephen Hawking's death, the GAO report on the JWST mission and much, much more. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:25:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-s-so-great-about-schmidt-cassegrain-telescopes https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-s-so-great-about-schmidt-cassegrain-telescopes Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes are among the most popular telescopes among amateur astronomers and have been around for decades in the commercial market. Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:32:56 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-faintest-galaxies-what-are-they https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-faintest-galaxies-what-are-they We live in a time when searching for and finding the faintest galaxies in the universe is possible. So, where are they? Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:27:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/looking-up-at-the-night-sky https://deepastronomy.com/article/looking-up-at-the-night-sky Our predilection to look to the sky, to feel what we feel and to find fascination where we treasure it, is a curiosity. Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/tess-mission-update https://deepastronomy.com/article/tess-mission-update The Transiting Exoplanet Serve Satellite (TESS) is slated on the launch from Earth, no earlier than mid-April 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. From this amazing mission, we hope to find thousands or Earth-sized worlds. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/finding-earth-2-0 https://deepastronomy.com/video/finding-earth-2-0 Finding another planet like Earth outside of our solar system is now a possibility like never before. More than at any other time in human history, we have to tools to begin finding Earth's twin. Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:38:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-arrives-in-florida-nasa-insight-launches-may-hubble-s-new-exp-rate-amateur-records-supernova https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-arrives-in-florida-nasa-insight-launches-may-hubble-s-new-exp-rate-amateur-records-supernova TESS Arrives in Florida | NASA InSight Launches May | Hubble's New Expansion Rate | Amateur Astronomer Records Supernova Sat, 24 Feb 2018 06:18:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/worldwide-telescope-astronomy-image-contest https://deepastronomy.com/video/worldwide-telescope-astronomy-image-contest I had this idea for a contest as I was trying to add images to the Worldwide Telescope Client. I need your help! Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:10:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/forget-backyard-imaging-use-nasa-telescopes-yourself https://deepastronomy.com/video/forget-backyard-imaging-use-nasa-telescopes-yourself Why go through all the trouble and expense of buying and learning to use your own imaging equipment when you have access to ACTUAL NASA Space Telescope data? Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:37:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/probing-our-dynamic-outer-solar-system https://deepastronomy.com/video/probing-our-dynamic-outer-solar-system The outskirts of our solar system is a region dominated by the solar wind flowing away from the Sun and encountering the interstellar material (ISM) in space. Solar wind is also magnetized and creates a heliosphere, around our planetary system. Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:59:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-update-with-sara-seager-and-natalia-guerrero https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-update-with-sara-seager-and-natalia-guerrero The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is scheduled to launch later this year. Where does the mission stand? Join us as we take a look at the status of the TESS mission and discuss some of the amazing science it is designed to accomplish. Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:52:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/falconheavy-launch-planets-from-another-galaxy-jwst-goes-to-california-sfn-223 https://deepastronomy.com/video/falconheavy-launch-planets-from-another-galaxy-jwst-goes-to-california-sfn-223 Falcon Heavy launch 2018 | Astronomers make the strange leap from smeared light from a distant galaxy | JWST is making it's way to California Sat, 10 Feb 2018 05:04:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/at-falconheavy-launch https://deepastronomy.com/video/at-falconheavy-launch Live vlog from the first ever Falcon Heavy launch. Join me to see what's happening as everybody gets excited for the biggest rocket launch since the Saturn V. Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:20:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/going-to-the-falcon-heavy-launch-vlog-6 https://deepastronomy.com/video/going-to-the-falcon-heavy-launch-vlog-6 Wanted to let you guys know I'm going to the Falcon Heavy Launch tomorrow at Kennedy Space Center, provided it's not cancelled. Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:15:22 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/5-alien-worlds-planetary-system-around-k2-138 https://deepastronomy.com/video/5-alien-worlds-planetary-system-around-k2-138 Over the three years of the K2 mission, 287,309 stars have been observed, and tens of thousands more roll in every few months. So how do astronomers sift through all that data? A new discovery of a planetary system around the star K2-138 containin Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:12:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/making-contact-with-dr-jill-tarter https://deepastronomy.com/video/making-contact-with-dr-jill-tarter This hangout features a giant in the field of SETI research: Dr. Jill Tarter. In this ExoLife Hangout we invite Dr. Jill Tarter, co-founder of the SETI Institute, to talk about her new book Making Contact. Tarter’s work has brought her wide recogn Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:16:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/trappist-1-habitability-possible-lisa-passes-milestone-super-blue-blood-moon-next-week-sfn-222 https://deepastronomy.com/video/trappist-1-habitability-possible-lisa-passes-milestone-super-blue-blood-moon-next-week-sfn-222 Astronomers publish a paper claiming the two of the earth-sized planets around TRAPPIST-1 are potentially habitable; the LISA Mission passes a critical Mission Design Readiness Review; and next week when Space Fans look up, superbluebloodmoontime! Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:43:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-you-need-to-take-images-through-your-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-you-need-to-take-images-through-your-telescope So, you want to take images with your telescope? Watch this hangout and we'll tell you what you need to get started! Taking images through your telescope is perhaps one of the hardest things you can do. It is an advanced activity that usually nee Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:40:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cruising-the-solar-system-try-pulsar-navigation https://deepastronomy.com/video/cruising-the-solar-system-try-pulsar-navigation What do you do when you're out of range of the global GPS system? Use Pulsars! Satellites must have a means to navigate in order to be useful for science, communications and technology. Once satellites move away from the proximity of Earth, and t Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:30:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/atlas-v-sbirs-geo-flight-4-live-launch-broadcast-scrubbed https://deepastronomy.com/video/atlas-v-sbirs-geo-flight-4-live-launch-broadcast-scrubbed Just thought I'd take a look at the live stream of tonight's launch. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:49:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-case-for-k-dwarf-stars https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-case-for-k-dwarf-stars What types of stars are most likely to have planets that harbor complex life? Astronomers (and everyone else for that matter) are very interested in finding out if there is life in the universe besides our own. One area of inquiry has been about Mon, 15 Jan 2018 06:11:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/aas231-superbowl-of-astronomy-roundup-des-data-jwst-update-distant-galaxy-found-citizen-science https://deepastronomy.com/video/aas231-superbowl-of-astronomy-roundup-des-data-jwst-update-distant-galaxy-found-citizen-science This video series was started in January 2011 during the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Well this week finished the one for 2018 and here is a roundup of stories we found most interesting. Sat, 13 Jan 2018 04:11:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-amazing-orion-nebula-as-seen-by-hubble-and-spitzer-space-telescopes https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-amazing-orion-nebula-as-seen-by-hubble-and-spitzer-space-telescopes On January 2017, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescope missions released an amazing flythrough of the Orion Nebula, or M42. Never before have we had such an amazing view in the infrared of this stunning stellar nursery. Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:36:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-narrows-down-next-planet-mission-grav-waves-observed-in-radio-direct-imaging-of-star-surface https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-narrows-down-next-planet-mission-grav-waves-observed-in-radio-direct-imaging-of-star-surface Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! We close out 2017 by reporting that NASA is showing its commitment to astrobiology by selecting two mission concepts f Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:44:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/winter-night-skies-the-best-time-of-the-year https://deepastronomy.com/video/winter-night-skies-the-best-time-of-the-year As we approach the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere, we talk about some of the best things you can see all year! Join us for the last Deep Astronomy Hangout of 2017 and let's talk about the wonders of the night sky during the l Wed, 20 Dec 2017 21:06:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/stars-forming-precariously-close-to-the-galaxy-s-supermassive-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/stars-forming-precariously-close-to-the-galaxy-s-supermassive-black-hole The environment around a supermassive black hole at the centers of galaxies are turbulent and dangerous places for stars to reside. Surprisingly, it appears that stars can survive and actually be formed near a super massive black hole despite the Thu, 14 Dec 2017 21:50:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2-rocky-earth-like-worlds-most-distant-quasar-found-in-reionization-era-espresso-better-than-harps https://deepastronomy.com/video/2-rocky-earth-like-worlds-most-distant-quasar-found-in-reionization-era-espresso-better-than-harps Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! This week, astronomers at ESO find yet another system with rocky, earth-sized planets; the most distant quasar from the Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:38:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/iss-the-first-essential-step-to-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/iss-the-first-essential-step-to-mars What role will the ISS Play in getting us to Mars? Human exploration of Mars present many technological, management, political, and engineering challenges. The International Space Station (ISS) offers today an essential initial demonstration site Wed, 06 Dec 2017 22:50:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cozy-exoplanet-around-quiet-red-dwarf-we-re-losing-our-night-sky-mond-not-dead-yet https://deepastronomy.com/video/cozy-exoplanet-around-quiet-red-dwarf-we-re-losing-our-night-sky-mond-not-dead-yet Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In this episode, astronomers using ESO’s HARPS instrument find a new Earth-sized exoplanet around the inactive red dwar Sat, 25 Nov 2017 02:19:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/cool-astronomy-gifts-for-christmas-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/article/cool-astronomy-gifts-for-christmas-2017 Are you looking for a cool gift this year for the astronomy enthusiast in your life? Check out our suggestions. Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:29:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cool-astronomy-gifts-for-christmas-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/cool-astronomy-gifts-for-christmas-2017 Looking for some really neat gifts for the astronomy buff in your life? Today we'll share with you some of our favorite gifts for the space fan in your life. While there's no shortage of telescopes and accessories out there, and those will be very Wed, 22 Nov 2017 18:53:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/epigenetics-and-evolution-w-dr-peter-ward https://deepastronomy.com/video/epigenetics-and-evolution-w-dr-peter-ward Epigenetics gives humanity the incredible power to increase our lifespan and alter resistance to disease and illnesses like cancer and alzheimer's disease. Coined by British scientist C. H. Waddington, epigenetics is the study of changes in organi Wed, 15 Nov 2017 04:28:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-results-from-gravitational-wave-astronomy-and-nasa-s-suite-of-observatories https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-results-from-gravitational-wave-astronomy-and-nasa-s-suite-of-observatories What were 20% of the astronomers and observatories in the world doing on August 25, 2017? Coordinating observations for the fifth gravitational wave event! One of the most exciting astrophysics results of the past few years has been the detection Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:50:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mercury-and-venus-the-innermost-planets-of-our-solar-system https://deepastronomy.com/video/mercury-and-venus-the-innermost-planets-of-our-solar-system Help support Deep Astronomy by getting a month's free trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://thegreatcourses.com/DeepAstronomy This month offers some good glimpses of the innermost planets in our solar system: Mercury and Venus. To see them, you' Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:13:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/one-star-blows-up-twice-giant-magellan-telescope-update-alma-observes-how-our-sun-will-die https://deepastronomy.com/video/one-star-blows-up-twice-giant-magellan-telescope-update-alma-observes-how-our-sun-will-die Help support Deep Astronomy by getting a month's free trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In t Sat, 11 Nov 2017 03:30:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-triangulum-galaxy-the-most-distant-naked-eye-object https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-triangulum-galaxy-the-most-distant-naked-eye-object Help support Deep Astronomy by getting a month's free trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Have you ever wonder Wed, 08 Nov 2017 03:19:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/raining-sunscreen-the-atmosphere-of-kepler-13ab https://deepastronomy.com/video/raining-sunscreen-the-atmosphere-of-kepler-13ab Kepler-13Ab is one of the hottest known planets, with a dayside temperature of nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit and is located 1,730 light-years from Earth. It has an unusual atmosphere that appears to contain titanium oxide (like sunscreen). The sci Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:35:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/top-5-telescopes-for-amateur-astronomy-under-500 https://deepastronomy.com/video/top-5-telescopes-for-amateur-astronomy-under-500 Looking to buy your first telescope? This hangout will let you know the best telescopes for under $500 Looking to get started in amateur astronomy but are confused about the telescope to start off with? Our advice has always been to never spend m Tue, 07 Nov 2017 03:15:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-propulsion-getting-to-mars-is-half-the-fun https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-propulsion-getting-to-mars-is-half-the-fun Human exploration of Mars present many technological and engineering challenges, including propelling the crew from the Earth-Moon system. What technologies are being developed to get us out to the planets in our solar system? Thu, 02 Nov 2017 23:03:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/should-the-singularity-be-something-to-fear https://deepastronomy.com/video/should-the-singularity-be-something-to-fear Help support Deep Astronomy by getting one month free trial of The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 Whether you believe in the singularly or not, there’s one thing that everyone agrees on, the rapid improvement and pace of all our tech Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:08:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-halloween-skies-and-happy-dark-matter-day https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-halloween-skies-and-happy-dark-matter-day Help support Deep Astronomy by getting a month's free trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Happy Dark Matter Da Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:54:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/neutron-stars-merge-kilonova-observed-speed-of-gravity-confirmed-mond-dead-too-much-antimatter https://deepastronomy.com/video/neutron-stars-merge-kilonova-observed-speed-of-gravity-confirmed-mond-dead-too-much-antimatter Go to The Great Course Plus and get one month free trial (and support Deep Astronomy!): http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US mar Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:20:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-orionid-meteor-shower https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-orionid-meteor-shower Please visit The Great Courses Plus to get one free month trial: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 The highlight for this weekend will the the peak of the amazing Orionid Meteor Shower. It will be at its best viewing tonight through Sunday and should provi Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:25:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-do-we-make-future-space-astronomy-missions-happen https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-do-we-make-future-space-astronomy-missions-happen The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. How was that mission chosen over all the others? NASA has begun four concept studies of exciting major space observatories that could launch sometime in the coming coup Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:11:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-process-images-taken-through-your-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-process-images-taken-through-your-telescope So you've spent the money, installed the equipment, hit the 'Take Image' button and you have a computer full of images. Now what? In this hangout, we continue diving into the complex topic of astro-imaging for the amateur astronomer. Taking imag Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:35:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-we-find-life-in-exoplanet-atmospheres https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-we-find-life-in-exoplanet-atmospheres Join us for the latest in our ExoLife Hangouts! When astronomers build telescopes to find life on nearby exoplanets, they're built with a wide range of capabilities including analyzing atmospheres for life signs. By using polar spectrometers they Thu, 19 Oct 2017 01:12:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/black-holes-may-sterilize-exoplanets-missing-matter-found-darkest-exoplanet-found-sfn-215 https://deepastronomy.com/video/black-holes-may-sterilize-exoplanets-missing-matter-found-darkest-exoplanet-found-sfn-215 Get a free one month trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In this episode, supermassive black ho Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:47:47 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/voyager-40-years-of-solar-system-discoveries https://deepastronomy.com/video/voyager-40-years-of-solar-system-discoveries This hangout celebrates 40 Years of Voyager! Voyager 1 and 2 Spacecraft are twin spacecraft launched into the Solar System 40 years ago to fly by Jupiter, Saturn and beyond. The amazing discoveries from their travels include 23 moons around the gi Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:09:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-find-the-great-andromeda-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-find-the-great-andromeda-galaxy Get a free one month trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US market. The Great Courses Plus is cur Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:17:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-i-overcame-my-math-blocks-vlog-5 https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-i-overcame-my-math-blocks-vlog-5 Get one month free trial at The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/AVDF30fiZ33 The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US market. The Great Courses Plus is curren Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:21:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/socioeconomic-policy-and-ethical-implications-of-mars-human-exploration https://deepastronomy.com/video/socioeconomic-policy-and-ethical-implications-of-mars-human-exploration What are the implications for going to Mars? This hangout will cover the details! Human travel to and exploration of Mars presents many challenges. So far, we addressed the physical and environmental risks to the explorers and settlers. Novel tec Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:09:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-we-ever-find-life-on-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/will-we-ever-find-life-on-mars Want some great online courses in astronomy? Check out The Great Courses Plus, get one month free trial here: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/DeepAstronomy Mars is the closest planet to Earth and the most likely candidate to find life in the s Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:12:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-telescope-accessories-do-you-need https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-telescope-accessories-do-you-need So now you have a telescope, what telescope accessories do you need for it? Most telescopes, when you buy them, unbox them and take stock of what came with them, you notice you probably one got one eyepiece. That will get you started in the begin Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:14:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-launch-delayed-new-ligo-gw-event-parker-solar-probe-update-surprise-from-esa-s-rosetta https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-launch-delayed-new-ligo-gw-event-parker-solar-probe-update-surprise-from-esa-s-rosetta Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Looks like the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed for 5-8 months. As sad as that makes me, I'm o Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:12:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-nova-rediscovered-after-600-years https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-nova-rediscovered-after-600-years Recent observations confirm a nova seen 600 years ago. The diligence of experienced star gazers can stand the test of time, in this case 600 years later. Korean astrologers in Seoul almost 600 years ago observed a bright new star in the tail of th Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:09:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/osiris-rex-flyby-over-earth-vla-gets-an-upgrade-new-horizon-s-primordial-black-holes-explained https://deepastronomy.com/video/osiris-rex-flyby-over-earth-vla-gets-an-upgrade-new-horizon-s-primordial-black-holes-explained Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! In this episode, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft flies by Earth to get a gravity-assist boost to get the asteroid Bennu; T Sat, 23 Sep 2017 02:00:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-habex-mission-and-living-earths-the-astronomical-answer-to-are-we-alone https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-habex-mission-and-living-earths-the-astronomical-answer-to-are-we-alone The Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx) is a concept for a mission to directly image planetary systems around Sun-like stars. HabEx will directly image Earth-like exoplanets, and characterize their atmospheric content. NASA has begun four Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:09:56 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/detecting-stellar-civilizations-using-waste-heat-signatures https://deepastronomy.com/video/detecting-stellar-civilizations-using-waste-heat-signatures Can we find stellar civilizations by looking for their waste heat? New research suggests that it is possible, and practical. Earth-like civilizations generate heat from the energy that they utilize. The thermal radiation from this heat can be a t Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:12:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/vega-the-second-most-important-star-in-our-sky https://deepastronomy.com/video/vega-the-second-most-important-star-in-our-sky If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Vega, or alpha lyrae, is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra the Harp and it is the fifth brightest star overall in our night Fri, 08 Sep 2017 02:10:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-scientism-harming-science https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-scientism-harming-science What is Scientism? This idea is not new and has been around for hundreds of years, but it may be having an adverse effect on how science is perceived by the general public. This hangout will discuss the effects of scientism on science, and we wil Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:04:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-constrains-water-on-trappist-1-jwst-safe-after-harvey-large-asteroid-over-earth-tonight https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-constrains-water-on-trappist-1-jwst-safe-after-harvey-large-asteroid-over-earth-tonight Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Here are the Links to Sat, 02 Sep 2017 01:48:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-globular-clusters-harbor-interstellar-civilizations https://deepastronomy.com/video/can-globular-clusters-harbor-interstellar-civilizations Can Globular Clusters Harbor Ancient Civilizations? Globular clusters are a spherical collection of stars very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. In 2016 Dr. Rosanne Di Stefano co-aut Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:14:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-problems-with-nasa-s-space-launch-system-sls-robert-zubrin https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-problems-with-nasa-s-space-launch-system-sls-robert-zubrin This is an excerpt from our Exolife hangout, watch the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZfGQmSnoC0&t=356s&list=PLqUxw0yinjbpfEG1u4DhL14YXQx8inKam&index=6 Please consider supporting this content by becoming a Patreon Patreon: https: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:26:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/wasp-121b-a-scorching-hot-atmosphere https://deepastronomy.com/video/wasp-121b-a-scorching-hot-atmosphere What is the atmosphere of the hot-Jupiter Exoplanet Wasp-121b like? We know that for planets close to their parent stars, the temperature is very high and can heat and even dissipate atmospheres. For example, if the planetary atmosphere is retain Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:08:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-antares-a-giant-in-our-summer-skies https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-antares-a-giant-in-our-summer-skies If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy New observations of the supergiant star Antares have given us the most detailed image ever taken of a star other than our Sun. Read mor Thu, 24 Aug 2017 02:22:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/dr-robert-zubrin-some-reasons-why-nasa-has-problems-getting-us-to-mars-exolife-hangout-excerpt https://deepastronomy.com/video/dr-robert-zubrin-some-reasons-why-nasa-has-problems-getting-us-to-mars-exolife-hangout-excerpt We have been releasing segments from our weekly live hangouts held on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This hangout originally aired on June 7th, 2017. The Exolife Hangout is held every Wednesday at 5pm ET. Please subscribe to this channel and activate n Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:33:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-cosmic-lens-used-on-black-holes-so-many-tidally-locked-exoplanets-how-old-is-trappist-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-cosmic-lens-used-on-black-holes-so-many-tidally-locked-exoplanets-how-old-is-trappist-1 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Lots of cool stuff: Gr Sat, 19 Aug 2017 05:19:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-can-the-moon-move-east-during-a-solar-eclipse https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-can-the-moon-move-east-during-a-solar-eclipse If you like this content, please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy There is an eastward component to the Moon's motion across the sky. This is in addition to the normal, daily motion of the moon, stars Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:09:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-lynx-space-telescope-our-next-flagship-to-probe-the-x-ray-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-lynx-space-telescope-our-next-flagship-to-probe-the-x-ray-universe Lynx will take X-ray astronomy to new levels by combining a large gain in collecting area over Chandra and XMM, an angular resolution of 1/2 arcsecond, and high-throughput spectroscopy over a large field of view. NASA has begun a series of studies Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:11:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-is-the-solar-eclipse-of-2017-moving-from-west-to-east https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-is-the-solar-eclipse-of-2017-moving-from-west-to-east Why is the eclipse moving eastward even though the Sun and Moon rise in the East? The answer is in this video. Please consider supporting Deep Astronomy by becoming a Patreon Patron: https://www.patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Listen to Deep Astronomy Sun, 13 Aug 2017 18:10:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-the-perseid-meteor-shower https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-the-perseid-meteor-shower It's been reported that the 2017 Perseid Meteor Shower will be the brightest ever recorded, and some are even saying you can see it during the day! Sadly, this is fake news. If anything this year's shower will be less dramatic, with fewer meteors s Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:18:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-solar-corona-what-shape-wilt-have-during-the-2017-eclipse https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-solar-corona-what-shape-wilt-have-during-the-2017-eclipse In the United States, there will be an opportunity on August 21st 2017 to see a total or partial solar eclipse. Eclipses offer a rare opportunity to see the thin atmosphere around the Sun, known as the Corona. The moon moves in front of the sun f Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:07:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/eclipse-2017-is-almost-here-how-should-you-view-it https://deepastronomy.com/video/eclipse-2017-is-almost-here-how-should-you-view-it One of the most highly anticipated solar eclipses is happening this year, August 21. What can you expect? How can you safely watch it? There are so many ways to enjoy a solar eclipse and this one is going to be one of the best in a long time. In Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:38:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-easy-way-to-find-the-north-star-polaris https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-easy-way-to-find-the-north-star-polaris Have you ever wondered how to find the North Star? Did you know it is not one of the brightest stars in the sky? Polaris is actually quite dim and finding it is not easy. Unless you know the trick, that is! Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: h Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:26:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/societal-and-biomedical-implications-of-mars-settlement https://deepastronomy.com/video/societal-and-biomedical-implications-of-mars-settlement The Mars environment presents many challenges to human survival and long-term residence. In addition to microgravity health impacts, radiation, unbreathable atmosphere, and dust storms, surviving alien microorganisms can present a health risk. Eac Sat, 05 Aug 2017 06:06:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-exoplanet-cameras-out-of-focus-des-makes-new-dark-matter-map-new-neptune-storm-eclipse-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-exoplanet-cameras-out-of-focus-des-makes-new-dark-matter-map-new-neptune-storm-eclipse-2017 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Links to this week's stories: TESS Cameras Focus Problems: http://spacenews.com/cameras-on-nasa-exoplanet-spacecraft-sl Sat, 05 Aug 2017 01:24:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-august-2-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-august-2-2017 Let's go South and look at the southern skies. Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: ht Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:35:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-31-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-31-2017 What is the Moon up to this week? Let's take a look, since it is so bright that we're going to have a hard time looking at much else this week! Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:42:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-bookshelf-universal-a-guide-to-the-cosmos-by-brian-cox-jeff-foreshaw https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-bookshelf-universal-a-guide-to-the-cosmos-by-brian-cox-jeff-foreshaw "Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos" by Brian Cox & Jeff Foreshaw is an excellent introduction to many of the more difficult concepts related to the latest science of discoveries in this Golden Age of Astronomy. The book is very accessible to people w Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:02:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-27-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-27-2017 Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Lots of cool Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:55:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mercury-bombarded-by-many-tiny-meteoroids https://deepastronomy.com/video/mercury-bombarded-by-many-tiny-meteoroids Does Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun in our solar system, have an atmosphere? How is that possible? It has been known for a long time that Mercury, the innermost planet in the solar system does not have much of an atmosphere. This variable Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:07:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/breakthrough-starshot-updates-w-avi-loeb https://deepastronomy.com/video/breakthrough-starshot-updates-w-avi-loeb My Mic echo goes away about three minutes in. I figured out the cause and fixed it. Can we really travel to other stars? Can Breakthrough Starshot meet its goals? Breakthrough Starshot aims to demonstrate proof of concept for ultra-fast light-dri Thu, 27 Jul 2017 04:49:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/goto-telescope-mounts-what-are-they-and-do-you-really-need-one https://deepastronomy.com/video/goto-telescope-mounts-what-are-they-and-do-you-really-need-one There are a lot of affordable computerized telescopes out there, but should you get one? What are the advantages? GOTO Telescopes have been around since the early nineties for amateur astronomy. Starting with the Meade LX series and the Celestron Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:05:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-25-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-25-2017 Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Just after s Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:55:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-24-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-24-2017 Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Tonight just Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:02:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-22-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-22-2017 Listen to Deep Astronomy on Anchor: https://Anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ The rest of this month offers a great time to find the International Space Station in the Northern Hemisphe Sat, 22 Jul 2017 20:48:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-turns-off-lisa-pathfinder-juno-flies-over-red-spot-nasa-hangs-jwst-out-to-dry-sfn-209 https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-turns-off-lisa-pathfinder-juno-flies-over-red-spot-nasa-hangs-jwst-out-to-dry-sfn-209 Consider supporting Space Fan News and Deep Astronomy: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! the European Space Agency has turned off the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft after its successful missio Sat, 22 Jul 2017 05:35:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-on-anchor-vlog-4 https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-on-anchor-vlog-4 I've been considering doing some audio-only content for a while and I'm going to try the Anchor App on Android to kick start me. This video will describe what I will use Anchor for and how it will integrate with other Deep Astronomy content online. Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:19:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-21-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-21-2017 Listen to DeepAstronomy on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/DeepAstronomy Created with Stellarium Open Source Software: http://www.stellarium.org/ Original Music - Mark C. Petersen, Lochness Productions: https://www.lochnessproductions.com/ Tonight we t Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:57:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-20-2017 https://deepastronomy.com/video/your-sky-tonight-july-20-2017 Support Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Do you guys want to see more of this type of video? Please let me know in the comments, etc! Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like DeepAstronomy on Facebook: htt Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:47:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/from-the-big-bang-to-biosignatures-a-flagship-observatory-in-nasa-s-future https://deepastronomy.com/video/from-the-big-bang-to-biosignatures-a-flagship-observatory-in-nasa-s-future LUVOIR is a concept for a highly capable, multi-wavelength observatory with ambitious science goals and is one of NASA's future flagship space observatories. NASA has begun four concept studies of major space observatories that could launch someti Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:08:56 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-probability-of-other-technological-species https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-probability-of-other-technological-species Can there be other technological civilizations in our Milky Way Galaxy? Tune in this week as we discuss with Dr. Adam Frank the cosmic frequency of technological species in the Universe. Recent advances in exoplanet studies provide strong constrai Thu, 20 Jul 2017 04:10:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-mounts-and-eyepieces https://deepastronomy.com/video/telescope-mounts-and-eyepieces Are you confused about the purpose of telescope mounts? What about eyepieces? What are they for? Watch today's hangout to learn more! As with any hobby, there's never any shortage of choices for accessories and amateur astronomy is no different. Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:13:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-results-are-in https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-results-are-in Thanks to all who responded and provided input for helping decide what to do with Space Fan News. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News The Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:58:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-dark-energy-survey-more-than-just-dark-energy https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-dark-energy-survey-more-than-just-dark-energy The Dark Energy Survey is looking at 5000 square degrees of sky in the southern hemisphere for 525 nights in an attempt to understand mysterious Dark Energy. But that's not all the collaboration is doing. Members of the Dark Energy Survey are usin Fri, 14 Jul 2017 00:10:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/refractors-vs-reflectors-which-one-is-best https://deepastronomy.com/video/refractors-vs-reflectors-which-one-is-best In the programming world, it's spaces vs tabs. In amateur astronomy, the never-ending debate is: Refractors vs Reflectors. Which one is best? What can you see from each type of telescope? Why are refractors so expensive for their size? How c Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:54:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/planetary-environments-and-health-risks https://deepastronomy.com/video/planetary-environments-and-health-risks If we send humans to Mars, will they be able to survive? How hostile is the solar system for human exploration? The Mars environment presents many challenges to human survival and long-term residence. In addition to radiation, unbreathable atmosp Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:10:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-faces-cancellation-input-needed https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-faces-cancellation-input-needed Hi All, SFN hasn't seen the kind of support/viewership I'd hoped for and given that I have other content that is being supported, I'm at a crossroads with respect to Space Fan News. Please give me your thoughts on how valuable SFN is to you and pro Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:59:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-are-distant-galaxies-aligned https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-are-distant-galaxies-aligned The Hubble Space Telescope has observed massive, ancient galaxies in alignment in the distant universe. What is the significance of this alignment and why do these distant galaxies do that? We think that galaxies are scattered in the universe wit Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:08:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/von-neumann-probes-and-the-fermi-paradox https://deepastronomy.com/video/von-neumann-probes-and-the-fermi-paradox Can the galaxy be colonized in a reasonable time using Von Neumann probes? Named after the Hungarian-born American mathematician John von Neumann, a Von Neumann probe is a self-replicating device that could, one day, be used to explore every facet o Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:12:22 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/best-first-telescope-for-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/video/best-first-telescope-for-astronomy Are you thinking of purchasing a telescope but don't know where to start? Watch this week's Telescope Talk Hangout for expert advice! Everybody needs to start somewhere in amateur astronomy and the decision to buy a telescope is a big one. In th Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:10:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-tale-of-two-hot-jupiters-cloudy-and-clear https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-tale-of-two-hot-jupiters-cloudy-and-clear What are Hot Jupiters? How do these giant planets around other stars affect solar system formation? Planets about the size of Jupiter and orbiting very close to their parent stars are called "hot Jupiters". It is thought that like Jupiter, they f Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:09:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/colossus-finding-alien-life-with-a-new-type-of-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/colossus-finding-alien-life-with-a-new-type-of-telescope The PLANETS Foundation is currently building a prototype for a revolutionary new type of large-scale telescope called Colossus, designed to find and characterize life on the nearest 300 star systems within 70 light years of Earth. The PLANETS Foun Thu, 22 Jun 2017 04:13:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/getting-started-in-amateur-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/video/getting-started-in-amateur-astronomy Want to learn more about amateur astronomy? What telescopes and equipment should you get? How do you get started in this amazing hobby? Join us for the inaugural hangout dedicated to amateur astronomy! Each week amateur astronomy experts, Tony D Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:13:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-trappist-1-system-and-the-nasa-search-for-habitable-worlds https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-trappist-1-system-and-the-nasa-search-for-habitable-worlds What is NASA doing to help us understand the TRAPPIST-1 system? NASA’s Kepler mission breathtakingly revealed that our galaxy was filled with stars surrounded by planetary systems of all kinds. The search for planets includes seeking planets that Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:10:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-s-so-great-about-trappist-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-s-so-great-about-trappist-1 Since the discovery of this system of seven terrestrial planets around an obscure, cool, red-dwarf star some 40 light years away, astronomers and the public have become very excited. Why? What's so great about this system? Located only 40 light-y Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:17:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-first-results-from-jupiter-ligo-grav-waves-pt-3-red-dwarf-flares-wfirst-cost-troubles https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-first-results-from-jupiter-ligo-grav-waves-pt-3-red-dwarf-flares-wfirst-cost-troubles This week, the first science results from the Juno spacecraft around Jupiter are in; the LIGO collaboration has discovered its third gravitational wave event; astronomers warn that flares from red dwarf stars may threaten any life on exoplanets in or Sat, 10 Jun 2017 06:54:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/europa-clipper-does-europa-have-a-sea-harboring-life https://deepastronomy.com/video/europa-clipper-does-europa-have-a-sea-harboring-life Could there be life under the frozen surface of Jupiter's Moon Europa? What are NASA's plans to find out? Europa is an intriguing icy moon that orbits Jupiter. It is a little bit smaller than the Earth's moon but may have an ocean of water under Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:08:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-colonize-mars-w-dr-robert-zubrin https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-colonize-mars-w-dr-robert-zubrin Can we REALLY colonize Mars or is this a pipe-dream? How will we get there? The presence of water on Mars makes it arguably the most hospitable of the planets in the Solar System, but how will we colonize it? Is the colonization of Mars an achieva Thu, 08 Jun 2017 04:26:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronaut-demographics-and-space-travel https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronaut-demographics-and-space-travel What are the influences that sex and gender have on physiological and psychological or behavioral changes that occur during space flight? The US Congress has directed NASA to plan for a human mission to Mars. A critical element of the planning i Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:14:27 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-life-common-in-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-life-common-in-the-universe How ubiquitous is life in the universe? Can life form easily from nothing or is it very difficult? Is life strewn throughout the cosmos? Watch this hangout to explore these questions and many more! The question of the commonality of life in the Thu, 01 Jun 2017 04:16:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cassini-a-remarkable-journey https://deepastronomy.com/video/cassini-a-remarkable-journey Cassini began it's Grand Finale last month. Learn how this spectacular mission will end! Cassini is a NASA mission, launched in 1997, designed to study the planet Saturn and its moons. This mission has produced astonishing imagery, a multitude o Fri, 26 May 2017 00:09:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-great-silence-where-is-everybody https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-great-silence-where-is-everybody Sooo the live stream was really messed up and we had to send people over to Twitch, which streamed beautifully. This video was messed up afterward, but now appears fine, so I made it public again. So strange. Where is everybody? Why haven't we hea Thu, 25 May 2017 04:49:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/largest-map-of-the-universe-made-w-quasars-proxima-b-habitability-looking-good-spacex-iss https://deepastronomy.com/video/largest-map-of-the-universe-made-w-quasars-proxima-b-habitability-looking-good-spacex-iss The more we keep looking up, the more we learn about the universe. This week, astronomers measure the redshifts of 147,000 quasars to build the largest map of the universe so far. Also, astronomers and meteorologist were playing around with some of Sat, 20 May 2017 05:48:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-cool-is-that-exploring-the-low-temperature-universe-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-cool-is-that-exploring-the-low-temperature-universe-1 The low-temperature universe is a very hot topic in astronomy. Watch this month's Future in Space Hangout to find out why! Although cataclysmic explosions and the fiery furnaces of massive stars are attention-grabbers, many of the most critically Fri, 19 May 2017 00:10:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-future-of-seti-w-ground-based-telescopes https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-future-of-seti-w-ground-based-telescopes Where are we in our search for extraterrestrial life? What is the future and how will ground-based telescopes help? The first modern SETI experiment was created by Frank Drake in 1960 with Project Ozma. Over 50 years later, we still haven't heard Thu, 18 May 2017 04:22:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-euclid-gets-detectors-from-nasa-spacex-nails-it-at-ksc-houston-we-have-a-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-euclid-gets-detectors-from-nasa-spacex-nails-it-at-ksc-houston-we-have-a-jwst NASA has sent the European Space Agency the first of the detectors it is building for the Euclid mission designed to characterize dark energy; SFN Correspondent Chris Marshall reports on the latest launch from SpaceX and the James Webb Space Telescop Sat, 13 May 2017 05:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-gravitationally-lensed-type-1a-supernova-multiple-images-and-highly-magnified https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-gravitationally-lensed-type-1a-supernova-multiple-images-and-highly-magnified What does a gravitationally-lensed supernova look like? Turns out there can be many of them as the light is split into multiple images. A gravitational lens is created by a very massive object in space, causing the space to be warped or curved aroun Fri, 12 May 2017 00:14:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exolife-communication https://deepastronomy.com/video/exolife-communication How can we ever hope to communicate with any life in the universe if we find it? What are the methods available? What are the challenges? Is it even possible? Life in the universe may be common or it may be rare, we don't know yet. For all we know, Thu, 11 May 2017 04:14:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cosmic-dawn-the-science-of-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/cosmic-dawn-the-science-of-jwst In October 2018, humanity will launch the largest and most powerful telescope ever put into space which will provide a new set of eyes on the cosmos that promises to engrave humanity's understanding of our place in the universe forever. There are fo Wed, 10 May 2017 04:33:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/keeping-humans-productive-in-space https://deepastronomy.com/video/keeping-humans-productive-in-space What are the biggest human health and performance issues in long duration space travel? Can they be overcome? Senior NASA leadership has frequently observed that humans are closer to their first mission to Mars than ever before in history. Critic Fri, 05 May 2017 00:15:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/chances-of-life-on-the-closest-exoplanets https://deepastronomy.com/video/chances-of-life-on-the-closest-exoplanets Support and learn more about the PLANETS Foundation here: https://www.planets.life/ Of the 50 exoplanets closest to Earth, which ones are most likely to harbor life? We now know there are more planets in our galaxy than there are stars. On average Thu, 04 May 2017 04:25:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cassini-shoots-the-saturn-ring-gap-and-lives-u-s-astronaut-sets-an-iss-record-sfn-has-new-stuff https://deepastronomy.com/video/cassini-shoots-the-saturn-ring-gap-and-lives-u-s-astronaut-sets-an-iss-record-sfn-has-new-stuff Please visit our contest sponsor Displate.com here: http://bit.ly/2nDu88V They have some really cool space pics to choose from. Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news Sat, 29 Apr 2017 07:21:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-cosmic-optical-background-new-horizons-probes-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-cosmic-optical-background-new-horizons-probes-the-universe Researchers have cleverly used data from the New Horizons mission to look at the light from distant galaxies. The universe is filled with galaxies light up the cosmos, but too faint to see with the naked eye. Can we measure it? How bright is it? Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:09:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/imaging-the-surface-of-proxima-centauri-b https://deepastronomy.com/video/imaging-the-surface-of-proxima-centauri-b Is it possible to directly image the surface of Proxima Centaur b? Watch this hangout and find out! 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Lots of great news if you're interested in cool things in our solar system. NASA held a press conference where they discussed water in our solar syst Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:12:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-aloft-the-sofia-airborne-observatory https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomy-aloft-the-sofia-airborne-observatory SOFIA is the an airplane and an astronomical observatory, the largest of its type in the world. It is starting to make some of the most amazing observations of the universe in the infrared. These observations cannot be done by ground based telescopes Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:07:27 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/atmosphere-around-gj-1132b-detected-what-will-event-horizon-telescope-see-jupiter-in-opposition https://deepastronomy.com/video/atmosphere-around-gj-1132b-detected-what-will-event-horizon-telescope-see-jupiter-in-opposition Thanks to all for letting me know you wanted to learn more about the atmosphere detection around GJ 1132b and I also wanted to delve a bit more into the amazing observations going on this week around the world by the Earth-sized Event Horizon Telesco Sat, 08 Apr 2017 07:24:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-submission-guide https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-submission-guide Would you like to submit a video story for inclusion in our weekly Space Fan News show? Please follow these guidelines and let's get started! Hope to see your story soon. 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Join Tony Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:13:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/spacex-hits-a-milestone-no-need-for-dark-energy-sfn-goes-to-washington https://deepastronomy.com/video/spacex-hits-a-milestone-no-need-for-dark-energy-sfn-goes-to-washington This week, SpaceX completes an important milestone it is quest to make rocket launches into Earth orbit cheaper; astronomers have found a way to have an accelerating universe without dark energy; and Space Fan News goes to Washington to march for sci Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:03:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/black-hole-gets-kicked-around-by-gravitational-waves-pt-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/black-hole-gets-kicked-around-by-gravitational-waves-pt-2 Download the DeepAstronomy App and stay current on all content: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.dwnld.vrf985&hl=en_GB Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deep-astronomy/id1098749154?ls=1&mt=8 Follow DeepAstronomy on Twi Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:27:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/monster-black-hole-gets-kicked-out-of-home-galaxy-by-gravitational-wave https://deepastronomy.com/video/monster-black-hole-gets-kicked-out-of-home-galaxy-by-gravitational-wave Watch this video to finish where this discussion got cut off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKgUtBj-Cw What happens if two black holes collide? Scientists have found evidence that such an event took place during the merging of two galaxies. The r Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:13:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-event-horizon-telescope-nasa-s-swift-finds-a-star-falling-in-a-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-event-horizon-telescope-nasa-s-swift-finds-a-star-falling-in-a-black-hole Astronomers from around the world are collaborating to make a direct image of the event horizon of a black hole. This worldwide effort will make a telescope the size of the Earth that will have the resolution to look at the black hole at the center Sat, 25 Mar 2017 05:46:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/water-on-the-exoplanet-51-pegasi-b https://deepastronomy.com/video/water-on-the-exoplanet-51-pegasi-b The first exoplanet ever discovered orbiting another normal star was 51 Peg b, named after its parent star, 51 Pegasus. It is a Jupiter-sized planet which orbits around its star in 4 days! This discovery had challenged the understanding of planet fo Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:13:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/monster-black-hole-found-in-early-cosmos-dark-matter-in-early-galaxies-super-close-to-a-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/monster-black-hole-found-in-early-cosmos-dark-matter-in-early-galaxies-super-close-to-a-black-hole Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Links to this week's s Sat, 18 Mar 2017 06:40:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-mission-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-tess-mission-update NASA’s Kepler mission breathtakingly revealed that our galaxy was filled with stars surrounded by planetary systems of all kinds. Our search for planets will not end with the Kepler mission, but will go on. Join Tony Darnell, Alberto Conti, and Har Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:23:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-future-of-sfn-take-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-future-of-sfn-take-2 OK so this is the second try. I had some technical issues on the last stream which I appear to have resolved. See you soon and let's talk about Space Fan News! Download the DeepAstronomy App and stay current on all content: Android: https://play. Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:45:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-going-to-europa-are-we-building-a-lunar-orbiting-habitat-jwst-and-trappist-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-going-to-europa-are-we-building-a-lunar-orbiting-habitat-jwst-and-trappist-1 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! 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Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Here are the links to Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:57:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-curiosity-of-martian-mud-cracks https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-curiosity-of-martian-mud-cracks Here is a link to the press release we're talking about today: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6721 NASA's Curiosity rover certainly has uncovered unusual features of Mars. Recently the rover was used by scientists to take a closer loo Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:07:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-trump-going-to-service-hubble-nasa-juno-stays-put-sfn-195 https://deepastronomy.com/video/is-trump-going-to-service-hubble-nasa-juno-stays-put-sfn-195 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! 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I'll tell you the story of how I got hired in my first astronomy j Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:37:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-to-get-a-job-in-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-to-get-a-job-in-astronomy Job in astronomy | Get a job as an astronomer | A scientific career in deep astronomy is not all about getting a PhD | Support or project scientist? Wed, 25 Jan 2017 01:59:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-wfirst-elt-updates-age-of-moon-older-than-thought-sfn-191 https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-wfirst-elt-updates-age-of-moon-older-than-thought-sfn-191 This Week's Sponsor: .SPACE Domains, get your .space domain name for $2.99 and help support SFN here: https://goo.gl/IXY2Xa Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each we Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:46:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-less-than-2-years-away https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-james-webb-space-telescope-is-less-than-2-years-away Hangout Sponsor: .SPACE Domains. Click on the link to get your .space domain for $2.99: https://goo.gl/e2b5HB With the Hubble Space Telescope still going strong, astronomers around the world are growing increasingly excited about the prospect of it Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:10:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/huygens-probe-on-titan-cassini-s-final-year-milky-way-ripping-off-neighbors-sfn-190 https://deepastronomy.com/video/huygens-probe-on-titan-cassini-s-final-year-milky-way-ripping-off-neighbors-sfn-190 Thanks to this week's sponsor .SPACE Domains. 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Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:09:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/fast-radio-burst-found-new-galaxy-type-discovered-jwst-testing-resumes-sfn-189 https://deepastronomy.com/video/fast-radio-burst-found-new-galaxy-type-discovered-jwst-testing-resumes-sfn-189 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com It's AAS Week here at Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:39:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/before-the-first-bootprints-on-mars-some-critical-steps-before-sending-any-astronauts https://deepastronomy.com/video/before-the-first-bootprints-on-mars-some-critical-steps-before-sending-any-astronauts Live Chat Here: http://deepastronomy.com/live PPT File used in discussion: http://bit.ly/2jfsqIk There is much work required to identify, select, and prepare (using autonomous robotics) a site for safe habitation and crew operations long before the Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:14:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2016-a-golden-year-in-the-golden-age-of-astronomy-sfn-188 https://deepastronomy.com/video/2016-a-golden-year-in-the-golden-age-of-astronomy-sfn-188 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com This year saw some ama Sat, 31 Dec 2016 06:26:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-evolvable-space-telescope-there-is-more-than-one-way-to-build-a-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-evolvable-space-telescope-there-is-more-than-one-way-to-build-a-telescope Hangout made possible by .SPACE Domains: https://goo.gl/j6BgTp Although there are several space telescopes currently in operation, most people may think that the iconic Hubble Space Telescope is the way that they should all appear. Not so! Multiple Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:06:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/dark-matter-clumpiness-dispute-esa-funds-exomars-2020-sfn-187 https://deepastronomy.com/video/dark-matter-clumpiness-dispute-esa-funds-exomars-2020-sfn-187 Consider supporting Space Fan News: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy to ensure you get current space & astronomy news each week! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Astronomers at the Eur Sat, 10 Dec 2016 06:35:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/dragonfly-44-a-mysterious-galaxy-made-of-mostly-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/dragonfly-44-a-mysterious-galaxy-made-of-mostly-dark-matter Hangout made possible by .SPACE Domains: https://goo.gl/j6BgTp If dark matter is, well, dark how can it be found? Remarkably, a team of astronomers found a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter by using several powerful telescopes. The galaxy i Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:06:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/evidence-that-vacuum-of-space-not-empty-ligo-gets-ready-for-more-sfn-186 https://deepastronomy.com/video/evidence-that-vacuum-of-space-not-empty-ligo-gets-ready-for-more-sfn-186 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Thanks to https://planets.life for sponsoring this week's episode! Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Here are the links to this Sat, 03 Dec 2016 05:42:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-will-the-resources-of-mars-make-human-missions-possible https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-will-the-resources-of-mars-make-human-missions-possible NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has often observed that humans are closer to their first mission to Mars than ever before in history. In our next Hangout we will explore how the resources in place on Mars will make possible long-term human explor Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:08:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/alma-explores-hubble-ultra-deep-field-new-clues-to-massive-star-formation-sfn-185 https://deepastronomy.com/video/alma-explores-hubble-ultra-deep-field-new-clues-to-massive-star-formation-sfn-185 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Thanks to PLANETS Foundation for sponsoring: http://planets.life Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Links to this week's stories Sat, 19 Nov 2016 04:42:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-planets-foundation-looking-for-life-in-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-planets-foundation-looking-for-life-in-the-universe PLANETS Foundation: https://planets.life SETI isn't the only game in town that is dedicated to searching for and finding life in the universe. An international team of professors, astrophysicists, engineers and scientists from 6 countries around th Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:06:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-assembly-complete-watch-out-for-supermoon-geeky-cuteness-sfn-184 https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-assembly-complete-watch-out-for-supermoon-geeky-cuteness-sfn-184 Thanks to the Planets Foundation for sponsoring SFN this month: https:/planets.life JWST Complete: http://www.space.com/34593-james-webb-space-telescope-complete-2018-launch.html http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-completes-webb-telescope Sat, 12 Nov 2016 01:13:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-gamma-ray-binary-in-another-galaxy-a-massive-object-paired-with-a-crushed-stellar-core-remnant https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-gamma-ray-binary-in-another-galaxy-a-massive-object-paired-with-a-crushed-stellar-core-remnant Download all visuals here: http://bit.ly/2g1EQlo A search for binary stars that emit gamma-rays using NASA’s Fermi satellite turned up a luminous object in another galaxy. These objects are characteristically variable. Using additional telescopes Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:07:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-face-for-dark-matter-where-will-thirty-meter-telescope-be-built-sfn-183 https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-face-for-dark-matter-where-will-thirty-meter-telescope-be-built-sfn-183 Special thanks to the Planets Foundation for sponsoring SFN this week: https://planets.life Links to this week: Dark Matter Energies: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/dark-matter-supercomputer http://www.space.com/34595-dark-matter-search-axion-mass. Sat, 05 Nov 2016 06:06:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/footsteps-to-mars-was-the-desert-world-once-an-ocean-planet https://deepastronomy.com/video/footsteps-to-mars-was-the-desert-world-once-an-ocean-planet NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has often observed that humans are closer to their first mission to Mars than ever before in history. In this current series of Hangout discussions, we will hear from experts on robotic exploration of the Red Planet, Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:07:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-data-challenge-accelerating-universe-pluto-data-in-new-clues-to-mars-lander-sfn-182 https://deepastronomy.com/video/new-data-challenge-accelerating-universe-pluto-data-in-new-clues-to-mars-lander-sfn-182 Official SFN Patreon Patron: The PLANETS Foundation https://planets.life Dedicated to finding life in the universe. Thank you! Links to this week's stories: Challenge to universal acceleration: http://phys.org/news/2016-10-universe-rateor.html Pl Sat, 29 Oct 2016 06:30:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/latest-results-from-nasa-s-new-horizon-pluto-mission https://deepastronomy.com/video/latest-results-from-nasa-s-new-horizon-pluto-mission NOTE: Due to the poor video quality, the audio portion has been posted on the TWiST Podcast Stream here: http://deepastronomy.com/podcast/34/ep-31-pluto-new-horizons-latest. Here is a link to the graphics discussed: http://bit.ly/2f5jn8f Apparentl Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:15:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exomars-lander-lost-nasa-s-juno-switches-off-sfn-181 https://deepastronomy.com/video/exomars-lander-lost-nasa-s-juno-switches-off-sfn-181 Please consider supporting Space Fan News by becoming a Patreon patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the Space Fan News! channel. New episodes are uploaded every Friday. Sat, 22 Oct 2016 05:48:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/future-in-space-beautiful-ballooning-and-more https://deepastronomy.com/video/future-in-space-beautiful-ballooning-and-more Live chat will be here when live: http://deepastronomy.com/live While the world’s space agencies extend humanity’s reach into space with science satellites of all kinds, generations of scientists have carried out cutting-edge research from high in t Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:09:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2-trillion-galaxies-decam-finds-3-new-dwarf-planets-and-get-ready-for-lsst-sfn-180 https://deepastronomy.com/video/2-trillion-galaxies-decam-finds-3-new-dwarf-planets-and-get-ready-for-lsst-sfn-180 Support Space Fan News on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Get the latest astronomy news every week. Apologies for the audio, the mic died while filming (truth be told, the Zoom SD card filled up - Doh!). Here are the links to this week's Sat, 15 Oct 2016 05:19:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-suggests-water-plumes-over-europa-esa-s-rosetta-mission-ends-sfn-179 https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-suggests-water-plumes-over-europa-esa-s-rosetta-mission-ends-sfn-179 Please consider supporting Space Fan News by becoming a Patreon patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Patrons receive the weekly episode on Wednesday and can suggest stories to be covered on SFN. Thanks to all of you who have already supported! Sat, 01 Oct 2016 03:13:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-confirm-more-than-100-exoplanets-at-once-keck-observatory-and-k2-mission-results https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-confirm-more-than-100-exoplanets-at-once-keck-observatory-and-k2-mission-results Joins us for live chat here: http://deepastronomy.com/live An extraordinary discovery of numerous exoplanets was made by combining NASA's K2 mission data with follow-up observations by ground-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory and Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:06:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-gaia-maps-a-billion-stars-nasa-likes-lisa-again-china-launches-2nd-space-station-sfn-178 https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-gaia-maps-a-billion-stars-nasa-likes-lisa-again-china-launches-2nd-space-station-sfn-178 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Here are the links to this week's stories: GAIA Makes First All-Sky Map of a Billion Stars Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:00:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-freezing-of-io-s-atmosphere-during-eclipses-of-the-sun-by-jupiter https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-freezing-of-io-s-atmosphere-during-eclipses-of-the-sun-by-jupiter Io is a moon of Jupiter which is volcanically active and, in fact, is the most active object in the solar system. This strong volcanism is stimulated by the gravitational interaction between Io and Jupiter. Not only that, Io’s volcanoes emit plumes Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:06:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-comet-lander-found-rosetta-gets-ready-to-crash-spacex-readies-for-launches-sfn-177 https://deepastronomy.com/video/esa-s-comet-lander-found-rosetta-gets-ready-to-crash-spacex-readies-for-launches-sfn-177 Thanks for supporting SFN via Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Here are the links for this week's stories: Philae Lander Found: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/58221-philae-found/ Rosetta gets ready to crash: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/58248-r Sat, 17 Sep 2016 03:00:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sofia-s-flight-to-the-stars-nasa-s-airborne-astronomy-program https://deepastronomy.com/video/sofia-s-flight-to-the-stars-nasa-s-airborne-astronomy-program Sign up for our newsletter to be notified of future hangouts: http://deepastronomy.com/ Track SOFIA on Flight Aware: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA747 SOFIA STEM Outreach: https://www.sofia.usra.edu/public Topic: While the world’s space Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:05:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-nearest-earth-sized-planet-discovered-around-proxima-centauri https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-nearest-earth-sized-planet-discovered-around-proxima-centauri Live chat at http://deepastronomy.com/live Also ask questions here: http://goo.gl/slides/nj9g8s ESO Press Release: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1629/ Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, is about 4 light-years from the Solar System. Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:07:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-makes-1st-flyby-of-jupiter-osiris-rex-still-on-after-spacex-explosion-sfn-176 https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-makes-1st-flyby-of-jupiter-osiris-rex-still-on-after-spacex-explosion-sfn-176 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Download the DeepAstronomy App and stay current on all content: Android: https://play.google Sat, 03 Sep 2016 02:43:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-next-footsteps-to-mars-a-base-camp-in-the-mars-system https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-next-footsteps-to-mars-a-base-camp-in-the-mars-system NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has often observed that humans are closer to their first mission to Mars than ever before in history. In this current series of Hangout discussions, we will hear from experts on breaking the gravitational reins to Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:07:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/planet-around-proxima-centauri-esa-s-euclid-mission-ghost-galaxy-99-99-dark-matter-sfn-175 https://deepastronomy.com/video/planet-around-proxima-centauri-esa-s-euclid-mission-ghost-galaxy-99-99-dark-matter-sfn-175 Looks like there is a planet around the nearest stars to us! Here are the links to this week's stories: Exoplanet Around Proxima Centauri: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1629/ http://www.ice.cat/personal/iribas/Proxima_b/ ESA’s Euclid Mission: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 06:02:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/living-earths-the-astronomical-answer-to-are-we-alone https://deepastronomy.com/video/living-earths-the-astronomical-answer-to-are-we-alone NASA has begun four concept studies of major space observatories that could launch sometime in the coming couple decades. In this fourth in our series on these studies, we discuss the Habitable Exoplanet (HabEx) concept. HabEx is a design for a high Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:27:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/osiris-rex-heading-to-the-asteroid-bennu-is-life-on-earth-premature-sfn-174 https://deepastronomy.com/video/osiris-rex-heading-to-the-asteroid-bennu-is-life-on-earth-premature-sfn-174 Here are the links to this week's stories: OSIRIS-Rex: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-to-map-asteroid-bennu-from-the-ground-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu Palermo Scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo_Technical_I Sat, 13 Aug 2016 04:01:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-human-missions-to-mars-ii-next-steps-in-the-footsteps-to-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-human-missions-to-mars-ii-next-steps-in-the-footsteps-to-mars NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has often observed that humans are closer to their first mission to Mars than ever before in history. In this current series of Hangout discussions, we will hear from experts on long-duration space habitation, who ha Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:08:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/unusual-cosmic-weather-around-black-hole-observed-dark-energy-mapped-juno-update-sfn-173 https://deepastronomy.com/video/unusual-cosmic-weather-around-black-hole-observed-dark-energy-mapped-juno-update-sfn-173 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Here are the links to this week's stories: Black Hole Feeding on Cold Intergalactic Gas: http Sat, 30 Jul 2016 03:01:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-104-worlds-of-k2-hubble-the-final-frontier-field-sfn-172 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-104-worlds-of-k2-hubble-the-final-frontier-field-sfn-172 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Here are the links to this week's stories: K2’s First 104 Exoplanets: http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/entry/more_than_100_planets_confirmed_in_single_trove http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ Sat, 23 Jul 2016 04:43:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/rr-245-new-distant-dwarf-planet-found-eso-s-deepest-image-of-orion-nebula-sfn-171 https://deepastronomy.com/video/rr-245-new-distant-dwarf-planet-found-eso-s-deepest-image-of-orion-nebula-sfn-171 Thanks to Patreon Patrons who make SFN Possible! A new dwarf planet has been added to our inventory of distant solar system objects. RR 245 is one of the largest in our solar system. Here are the links to today's stories: RR 245: Newest Dwarf Pla Sat, 16 Jul 2016 06:28:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/cosmic-birth-and-living-earths-a-flagship-observatory-in-nasa-s-future https://deepastronomy.com/video/cosmic-birth-and-living-earths-a-flagship-observatory-in-nasa-s-future Sat, 16 Jul 2016 00:11:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-jupiter-solving-the-quasar-seed-problem-hitomi-s-dying-breath-captures-awesome-sfn-170 https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-jupiter-solving-the-quasar-seed-problem-hitomi-s-dying-breath-captures-awesome-sfn-170 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Space Fan News Theme by Stephen Dubois available for download here: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Links to this week's stories: Juno gets to Jupiter: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?rel Sat, 09 Jul 2016 18:23:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-human-missions-to-mars-i-when-and-how https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-human-missions-to-mars-i-when-and-how NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has often observed that humans are closer to their first mission to Mars than ever before in history. In the first in a series of Hangout discussions, we will hear from scientific and technical experts who have been Sat, 02 Jul 2016 00:07:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/eso-s-visir-gets-ready-for-juno-india-sets-launch-record-china-launches-new-rocket-sfn-169 https://deepastronomy.com/video/eso-s-visir-gets-ready-for-juno-india-sets-launch-record-china-launches-new-rocket-sfn-169 Consider supporting SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Space Fan Theme by Stephen Dubois: http://ancienteyesmusic.com Here are the link to this week's stories: VLT Images Jupiter: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1623/ India Launch http://www. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:01:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-channel-trailer-2016 https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-channel-trailer-2016 Deep Astronomy is celebrating 10 years of astronomy videos on YouTube. If you love space, exoplanets, black holes and learning about your place in the universe, then you have found your home. Subscribe now to feed your brain and keep up to date with Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:14:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-approaches-jupiter-eso-s-gravity-ready-to-go-5-more-years-of-hubble-sfn-168 https://deepastronomy.com/video/juno-approaches-jupiter-eso-s-gravity-ready-to-go-5-more-years-of-hubble-sfn-168 SFN Theme: Stephen Dubois http://ancienteyesmusic.com NASA's Juno mission is getting close, set to arrive late on July 4th, 2016. Here are the links to this week's stories: NASA’s Juno Mission: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-15 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:29:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/black-dwarf-stars-corpses-of-creation https://deepastronomy.com/video/black-dwarf-stars-corpses-of-creation Original Music Available from Stephen Dubois: http://www.ancienteyesmusic.com This space documentary was inspired by conversations with Space Fans from Patreon. I realized then that I should make a video on black dwarf stars. These stellar remnant Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:59:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/ripples-in-space-gravitational-waves-in-our-future https://deepastronomy.com/video/ripples-in-space-gravitational-waves-in-our-future After decades of effort, the era of gravitational wave astronomy is finally here. Ground-based instruments like LIGO have opened up humanity's ears to the ripples of spacetime. But the LIGO results represent just one slice of the gravitational wave Sat, 18 Jun 2016 00:13:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-age-of-gravitational-waves-is-here-fu-orionis-is-a-pig-exomars-first-light-sfn-167 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-age-of-gravitational-waves-is-here-fu-orionis-is-a-pig-exomars-first-light-sfn-167 New website is up! Visit the new and improved http://DeepAstronomy.com and let me know what you think. New content every week. Here are the links to this week's stories: LIGO Detects more gravitational waves: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo Fri, 17 Jun 2016 21:21:47 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/lisa-pathfinder-a-success-new-ideas-on-elliptical-galaxy-formation-sfn-166 https://deepastronomy.com/video/lisa-pathfinder-a-success-new-ideas-on-elliptical-galaxy-formation-sfn-166 Please join us for our next Future in Space Hangout to discuss these LISA Pathfinder results with Dr. Ira Thorpe from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yd_RIBQAyQ Also, here are the links to thi Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:10:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-start-your-career-in-astronomy-deep-astronomy-vlog https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-to-start-your-career-in-astronomy-deep-astronomy-vlog Here is some starting advice for those interested in pursuing a career in astronomy. I'll present new vlog posts each week. Some job sites to get you started: https://jobregister.aas.org/ https://keckobservatory.applicantpro.com/jobs/ http://subar Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:23:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/predicted-encounter-w-milky-way-black-hole-missed-universe-is-accelerating-faster-sfn-165 https://deepastronomy.com/video/predicted-encounter-w-milky-way-black-hole-missed-universe-is-accelerating-faster-sfn-165 Download the DeepAstronomy App and stay current on all content: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.dwnld.vrf985&hl=en_GB Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deep-astronomy/id1098749154?ls=1&mt=8 Links to this week's storie Fri, 03 Jun 2016 19:41:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-birth-mystery-solved-jwst-isim-installed-strange-hypernova-observed-sfn-164 https://deepastronomy.com/video/star-birth-mystery-solved-jwst-isim-installed-strange-hypernova-observed-sfn-164 Here are the links for this week's episode: Astronomers discover how star formation turns off: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/uoo-sdh051916.php JWST Instruments installed: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/science-instruments Fri, 27 May 2016 20:35:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-did-i-leave-my-dream-job-vlog-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-did-i-leave-my-dream-job-vlog-1 Over the years, I've done a great many things and have accomplished much of what I wanted professionally. When I left the Institute last October, I received a very poignant comment from a viewer. This is my response. Download the DeepAstronomy App Tue, 24 May 2016 17:10:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-mesmerizing-universe-x-ray-vision-for-the-stars https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-mesmerizing-universe-x-ray-vision-for-the-stars NASA has begun a series of studies of four concepts that will in a few years’ time produce candidate designs for a major space observatory to begin construction later next decade. One of these is the X-Ray Surveyor. The X-Ray Surveyor mission will p Sat, 21 May 2016 00:09:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-163-kepler-confirmed-exoplanets-doubled-here-s-how-they-did-it https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-163-kepler-confirmed-exoplanets-doubled-here-s-how-they-did-it On May 10th, the team from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope announced a whopping 1,284 new confirmed exoplanets from the Kepler Dataset. Usually this happens one or two at a time, how do we suddenly get 1,284 all at once? SFN Theme by Stephen Dubois, Fri, 20 May 2016 21:54:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/whose-bugs-avoiding-planetary-contamination-in-the-scientific-exploration-of-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/whose-bugs-avoiding-planetary-contamination-in-the-scientific-exploration-of-mars Scientists have been exploring the surface of Mars with increasingly sophisticated missions ever since NASA's Viking missions in 1976. Each successful mission has revealed even more mysteries of the Red Planet. Now, as future missions may be closing Sat, 07 May 2016 00:03:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-162-jwst-mirrors-uncovered-k2-is-back-to-science-where-are-hubblehangouts https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-162-jwst-mirrors-uncovered-k2-is-back-to-science-where-are-hubblehangouts Download the DeepAstronomy App and stay current on all content: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.dwnld.vrf985&hl=en_GB Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deep-astronomy/id1098749154?ls=1&mt=8 Here's the links to this we Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-journey-into-a-black-hole-collision https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-journey-into-a-black-hole-collision Black holes have been largely theoretical until the LIGO observations announced earlier this year. Thanks to those observations, we now have another way to study and observe these amazing celestial objects. Original Music by Mark C. Petersen, Loch Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:52:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-161-hubble-turns-26-nasa-s-fermi-may-have-seen-the-ligo-event-space-fans-haz-an-app https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-161-hubble-turns-26-nasa-s-fermi-may-have-seen-the-ligo-event-space-fans-haz-an-app Happy Birthday Hubble, here's to another 26 years! Thanks to all Patreon Supporters of SFN. Please consider supporting if you like SFN: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy SFN Theme Music: http://www.ancienteyesmusic.com/ Here are the links to thi Fri, 22 Apr 2016 23:45:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-160-nanoprobes-to-the-stars-kepler-has-a-problem-more-water-on-europa https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-160-nanoprobes-to-the-stars-kepler-has-a-problem-more-water-on-europa Like the Space Fan News Facebook page for exclusive SFN Minute Updates: https://facebook.com/SpaceFanNews Like SFN? 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To continue watching, please subscribe to the Space Fan News Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSpaceFanNews Here is the subscribe url: https://www.youtube.com/subscr Sat, 09 Apr 2016 21:16:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-158-black-hole-telescope-goes-missing-did-jupiter-have-an-impact-alma-images-nearby-disk https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-158-black-hole-telescope-goes-missing-did-jupiter-have-an-impact-alma-images-nearby-disk Starting April 22, SFN will be uploaded ONLY to the SFN Channel, subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheSpaceFanNews or https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSpaceFanNews Please consider supporting SFN on Patreon: https:/ Sat, 02 Apr 2016 00:41:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/scientific-exploration-of-mars-and-human-spaceflight https://deepastronomy.com/video/scientific-exploration-of-mars-and-human-spaceflight Scientists have been exploring Mars with increasingly sophisticated missions ever since NASA's Mariner 4 mission in 1964. Each successful mission has revealed even more mysteries of the Red Planet. Now, with space agencies and industrial partners dev Sat, 02 Apr 2016 00:10:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/wfirst-a-wider-gaze-on-the-cosmos https://deepastronomy.com/video/wfirst-a-wider-gaze-on-the-cosmos The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope was listed in the Astronomer's 2010 Decadal Survey as the number one instrument they'd like to see built and launched after JWST. It is currently being planned and designed with a launch goal sometime in the Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:41:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-157-did-exomars-have-a-mishap-kepler-finds-a-supernova-shockwave-ula-sends-cubesats-to-iss https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-157-did-exomars-have-a-mishap-kepler-finds-a-supernova-shockwave-ula-sends-cubesats-to-iss Hey Space Fans, help me choose another tagline! "Keep Looking Up" is getting kinda crowded :-) Like SFN? Consider becoming a Patreon Supporter: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Links to this week's Stories: ExoMars Near Miss: http://exploration.e Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:14:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-156-kepler-s-second-chance-to-shine https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-156-kepler-s-second-chance-to-shine Thanks to all SFN Patreon Supporters for making SFN better: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Got captivated by all the great work being done with Kepler after it's reaction wheel failure in May 2013. I'm amazed at what Kepler (now called K2) is do Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:40:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/science-projects-on-the-iss-nicer-cats https://deepastronomy.com/video/science-projects-on-the-iss-nicer-cats Have you ever wondered how science missions are selected for operation on the International Space Station? What are the technical challenges for building projects that will be operated onboard and why is the ISS important for their success? Join Ton Fri, 18 Mar 2016 23:11:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-155-hubble-finds-most-distant-galaxy-ligo-gamma-rays-get-ready-for-exomars https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-155-hubble-finds-most-distant-galaxy-ligo-gamma-rays-get-ready-for-exomars Apologies for the sound, a critical mic failed during recording and I simply didn't have time to re-do the episode. Here are the links for this week's stories: Hubble's Distant Galaxy: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/07/ Gam Sat, 05 Mar 2016 04:12:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/curiosity-and-future-mars-robots https://deepastronomy.com/video/curiosity-and-future-mars-robots This month's hangouts sets the stage for the future of humans going to Mars. We talk with Dr. Ashwin Vasavada to discuss latest results from the surface of Mars and Dr. Jim Garvin to discuss plans for future robotics missions to Mars. We hope you c Sat, 05 Mar 2016 00:19:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-juno-mission-to-jupiter-investigating-a-colossus https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-s-juno-mission-to-jupiter-investigating-a-colossus NASA's Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on July 4th, 2016. This video outlines some of the exciting things we hope to learn about our solar system's largest planet from the first spacecraft to visit since the Galileo Spacecraft Visit NASA.gov to lear Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/ninth-planet-beyond-neptune https://deepastronomy.com/video/ninth-planet-beyond-neptune Konstantin Batygin & Mike Brown have recently uncovered evidence that a giant planet in the outer reaches of our solar system is pushing around the orbits of the most distant objects known beyond Neptune. The orbits of these distant objects, in what Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:30:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-154-1st-super-earth-atmosphere-lisa-pathfinder-update-chandra-finds-jet-from-early-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-154-1st-super-earth-atmosphere-lisa-pathfinder-update-chandra-finds-jet-from-early-universe Thanks to all Patreon Patrons! Your support is helping make SFN a regular feature on DeepAstronomy. Please consider supporting here if you find SFN useful: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Here are the links to this week's stories: First detecti Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:38:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/ligo-gravitational-waves https://deepastronomy.com/video/ligo-gravitational-waves Gravitational waves have been predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity for 100 years and have never been found. Scientists have been searching for them using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) located in Hanfo Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:41:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-153-gravitational-waves-found-close-asteroid-flyby-march-5th https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-153-gravitational-waves-found-close-asteroid-flyby-march-5th Thanks to all Patreon Supporters for helping make SFN better! https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Here are the links to this week's stories: Gravitational Waves: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20160211 https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-P150914/public Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:20:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/where-will-we-first-land-with-humans-on-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/where-will-we-first-land-with-humans-on-mars Join us for our inaugural Footsteps to Mars Hangout. On the first Friday of the month, Tony Darnell, Alberto Conti and Harley Thronson discuss the challenges, science and mission progress of a human presence on the Red Planet, Mars. This week, we'l Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:19:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-152-colossal-cloud-over-milky-way-omegacam-views-ic-1613-new-astronomy-content https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-152-colossal-cloud-over-milky-way-omegacam-views-ic-1613-new-astronomy-content Here are the links to this week's stories: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/04/ http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1603/ Get notified of live events via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepAstronomy/events TWiST Podcast on Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-live-the-great-filter-followup https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-live-the-great-filter-followup The last Deep Astronomy Live! broadcast generated a lot of great discussion in the comments and I want to take come time to respond to many of them specifically, such as these (and many more): "You're making too many assumptions" "We haven't been ar Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:04:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-151-9th-planet-not-so-fast-lisa-pathfinder-at-l1-new-dark-matter-insights https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-151-9th-planet-not-so-fast-lisa-pathfinder-at-l1-new-dark-matter-insights Thanks to all SFN Patreon Supporters! Please consider supporting SFN if you find it valuable: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Links to this week's stories: Not so fast Planet 9: http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/01/20/not-so-fast Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-150-ninth-planet-brightest-galaxy-found-ripping-itself-apart-brightest-eruption-ever-seen https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-150-ninth-planet-brightest-galaxy-found-ripping-itself-apart-brightest-eruption-ever-seen Thank you Patreon Supporters, your contributions are helping make SFN better! Like SFN? Please consider supporting by becoming a Patreon Patron: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy Links for today's episode: Ninth Planet: http://aasnova.org/2016/01/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-live-why-i-hope-we-don-t-find-life-on-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-live-why-i-hope-we-don-t-find-life-on-mars Welcome to the inaugural episode DeepAstronomy podcast! Some links for further reading: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html http://www.nickbostrom.com/ http://www.nickbostrom.com/extraterrestrial.pdf http://www.scientificamerican.com/art Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:26:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-149-wfirst-is-go-massive-early-galaxy-cluster-weighed-gravity-first-light https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-149-wfirst-is-go-massive-early-galaxy-cluster-weighed-gravity-first-light This week, WFIRST is GO!, Astronomers identify and characterize the most distant galaxy cluster found yet and a new black hole telescope see first light. Links for this week: WFIRST: http://www.space.com/31533-nasa-wfirst-major-space-telescope-proje Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-148-4-years-of-sfn-nustar-images-andromeda-globulars-may-harbor-civs https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-148-4-years-of-sfn-nustar-images-andromeda-globulars-may-harbor-civs This week marks 4 years of Space Fan News! Thanks to all of you for watching and supporting. Links SFN #1: https://youtu.be/geYcyPtGvhc?list=PL8... NuSTAR: http://www.nustar.caltech.edu/news/nu... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php... Globular Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:15:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-a-new-era-of-exoplanet-discovery https://deepastronomy.com/video/tess-a-new-era-of-exoplanet-discovery In August 2017, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will launch atop a Falcon 9 Spacecraft ushering in a new era of exoplanet discovery. Follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/DeepAstronomy F Thu, 07 Jan 2016 15:57:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-live-what-s-exciting-in-2016 https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-live-what-s-exciting-in-2016 Let's talk about exciting astronomy events coming up in 2016, also bring your questions and comments Follow DeepAstronomy on Google+ http://google.com/+DeepAstronomy http://google.com/+TonyDarnell We also have a great Google+ Community, come share Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:59:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-147-space-fan-news-2015-review https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-147-space-fan-news-2015-review Lots of great astronomy discoveries released in 2015, here are my favorites. Links to stories: #1: http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/finding-another-earth http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kepler-mission-discovers-bigger-older-cousin-to-earth http://www Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:17:19 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-146-a-space-fan-christmas https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-146-a-space-fan-christmas #JWST is making big progress, so far, 7 mirror segments have been mounted on the primary backplane. Also, how big can black holes get? Pretty darn big! Thanks to all Patreon supporters! You are helping make Space Fan News better. Please consider Thu, 24 Dec 2015 01:51:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-145-magnetic-field-discovered-in-milky-way-black-hole-exoplanets-and-lost-spacecraft https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-145-magnetic-field-discovered-in-milky-way-black-hole-exoplanets-and-lost-spacecraft Uploaded on Dec 16, 2015 This week, astronomers discovered that the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy has a magnetic field! Spinning stars help make planets habitable, and NASA loses contact with STEREO-B. Please consider supporti Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:11:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-144-soho-turns-20-pluto-s-space-weather-lisa-pathfinder-launches https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-144-soho-turns-20-pluto-s-space-weather-lisa-pathfinder-launches Lots of cool stories this week: SOHO is an unsung hero in my opinion. Been up there for 20 years and never had a repair mission, amazing! If you like Space Fan News, please consider becoming a Patron. You get the episode a couple of days early and Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-143-directly-imaging-exoplanets-ground-based-telescopes-lead-the-way https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-143-directly-imaging-exoplanets-ground-based-telescopes-lead-the-way Watch out space telescopes, there is an army of ground-based instruments poised to look directly at planets around other stars. With names like SPHERE, GPI and SCExAO, the future of exoplanet science rests with some of the most sophisticated instr Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-142-a-space-fan-thanksgiving https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-142-a-space-fan-thanksgiving Time to be thankful and boy am I! Thanks for all the support over the years for SFN and please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/SFN Links for this week: #JWST Milestones: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nas... http://www.nasa.g Thu, 26 Nov 2015 06:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-and-why-we-try-to-observe-gravitational-waves https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-and-why-we-try-to-observe-gravitational-waves One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity:  space and time were no longer a passive stage on which the universe evolved, but instead a dynamic participant. Perhaps Einstein's most fascinating predi Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:19:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-141-zombie-stars-ancient-stars-in-milky-way-does-kic-8462852-have-a-dyson-sphere https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-141-zombie-stars-ancient-stars-in-milky-way-does-kic-8462852-have-a-dyson-sphere Hello Space Fans! We're Back and have some great stories this week. If you find SFN useful, please consider supporting it by becoming an SFN Patron. You'll get every episode on Wednesday instead of Friday and you can contribute story ideas for episo Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-returns https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-returns Hello Space Fans! We're Back! On Friday, November 20, 2015 Space Fan News comes back after a looong hiatus. We hope you'll like the content enough to support this effort, make SFN your own by contributing to our Patreon campaign: https://www.patr Thu, 05 Nov 2015 08:23:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-4-planets-are-everywhere https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-4-planets-are-everywhere With the launch of space telescopes like Kepler, humanity has been given a new look at our place in the universe. Planets around other stars are teeming in our galaxy. This video looks at and celebrates these observations and looks to the future of Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:40:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/starshades-and-coronagraphs-essential-technologies-for-finding-life-in-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/starshades-and-coronagraphs-essential-technologies-for-finding-life-in-the-universe NASA is developing ambitious future missions intended to find signs of life on worlds around other stars. Those clues would be present in the planet’s atmosphere: water vapor indicating an ocean, oxygen from green plans, methane from bacteria. To ac Sat, 17 Oct 2015 00:12:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/constructing-the-future-in-space-how-engineers-design-and-build-the-most-ambitious-space-observa https://deepastronomy.com/video/constructing-the-future-in-space-how-engineers-design-and-build-the-most-ambitious-space-observa Space observatories are among the most challenging and complex machines ever designed and operated, requiring precise operation of complex systems within a very challenging environment at enormous distances from human operators. How has this been don Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:46:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/future-in-space-hangout-space-astronomy-in-the-2020-s-and-beyond https://deepastronomy.com/video/future-in-space-hangout-space-astronomy-in-the-2020-s-and-beyond Are we alone in the Universe? Are other Earth-like worlds common? Do any have signs of life? How did life emerge from a lifeless cosmic beginning? Curious humans have asked these questions for millennia, but for the first time we can foresee actuall Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:15:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-gravitational-lensing-infinite-minute-12 https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-gravitational-lensing-infinite-minute-12 I recently made this short video for a teacher wanting to demonstrate how gravitational lensing works by simulating a Saturn-sized black hole passing through the inner harbor of Baltimore. Follow me on Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Follow DeepAstronomy o Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:59:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/future-in-space-hangout-the-multitude-of-planets https://deepastronomy.com/video/future-in-space-hangout-the-multitude-of-planets Recent space telescope missions such as Kepler and Spitzer have given us unprecedented data that have shown that there are many, many planets orbiting other stars.  Current estimates show that there are enough planets in our galaxy that for every sta Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:08:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-space-telescope-the-most-important-instrument-ever-built https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-space-telescope-the-most-important-instrument-ever-built This month marks the 25th year of observations and discovery of the Hubble Space Telescope. No other instrument built by humanity has done more to show us our place in the cosmos. Follow DeepAstronomy on Google+ http://google.com/+DeepAstronomy htt Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:42:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/100k-youtube-subscriber-celebration https://deepastronomy.com/video/100k-youtube-subscriber-celebration We've reached an important milestone this week: 100,000 subscribers to the Deep Astronomy YouTube channel and to celebrate, we're going to hold our first Deep Astronomy Hangout with +Tony Darnell. This inaugural hangout will feature +Carolyn Collins Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:23:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-s-ultra-deep-field-2014-with-ultraviolet-light https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-s-ultra-deep-field-2014-with-ultraviolet-light On 3 June 2014, the Hubble Space Telescope team revealed their newest masterpiece: Ultra Deep Field 2014. This image is composed of 841 orbits of Hubble Time, each a 90-minute exposure, from 2003 to 2012 allowing us to see the very early Universe i Wed, 04 Jun 2014 04:06:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-journey-into-a-galaxy-collision https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-journey-into-a-galaxy-collision Please consider supporting Deep Astronomy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy The cosmos above us is full of galaxies. There are an estimated two trillion galaxies within the observable universe, and while astronomers used to think of the Sat, 31 May 2014 06:29:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/earth https://deepastronomy.com/video/earth We at Deep Astronomy decided to celebrate Earth Day the way we really know how to: bringing perspective. In this special type of "GlobalSelfie", we look at amazing time-lapse footage taken by many astronauts on the International Space Station, pair Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:29:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-star-forming-region-sharpless-2-106-infinite-minute-11 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-star-forming-region-sharpless-2-106-infinite-minute-11 This is a stunning star-forming region known as Sharpless 2-106. It is located in the constellation Cygnus the Swan some 2,000 light years from Earth. The wings of this emission nebula are bubbles of hot gas created by strong stellar winds and hig Fri, 11 Apr 2014 04:03:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-s-new-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-s-new-universe Kepler has opened up a new universe. Only about 20 years ago, we didn't know if there were any other planets around any other stars besides our own, now we know we live in a galaxy that contains more planets than stars. Every star in our galaxy has o Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:00:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/rosetta-wakes-up-herschel-finds-water-plumes-on-ceres-john-dobson-dies-sfn-124 https://deepastronomy.com/video/rosetta-wakes-up-herschel-finds-water-plumes-on-ceres-john-dobson-dies-sfn-124 This will be the last broadcast of Space Fan News on the DeepAstronomy Channel. All future episodes will be broadcast from our new Space Fan News Channel: http://youtube.com/TheSpaceFanNews So please subscribe if you want to continue watching. Sp Sat, 25 Jan 2014 05:40:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-observations-confirmed-hubble-s-1st-frontier-field-jwst-mission-status https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-observations-confirmed-hubble-s-1st-frontier-field-jwst-mission-status Live streaming from the AAS last week can be seen here: http://ustream.tv/channel/hubble-stream Kepler: http://www.nasa.gov/ames/kepler/nasa-kepler-provides-insight-about-enigmatic-but-ubiquitous-planets-five-new-rocky-planets/#.UthVsfYhYac Frontie Sat, 18 Jan 2014 05:35:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-live-in-2014 https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-live-in-2014 Call me crazy, but if you check in on this channel at 9pm Eastern Time on Fridays, you'll be able to watch a live presentation of Space Fan News. I will keep it to under 10 minutes but there will be time afterwards to talk and ask questions. Hope y Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:13:22 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-year-in-astronomy-2013 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-year-in-astronomy-2013 Please join Tony Darnell and Scott Lewis on 27 December at 8 p.m. EST as we celebrate that ISON didn't kill us and discuss some of the biggest astronomy stories of the year. We will also take a look ahead to what's in store in 2014. We will have se Sat, 28 Dec 2013 05:27:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-year-in-astronomy-2013-trailer https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-year-in-astronomy-2013-trailer Hello Space Fans! Join Tony Darnell and Scott Lewis as they discuss the most important and amazing events of astronomy in 2013! On 27 December 2013 at 8 p.m. EST, the show will go live here on YouTube! We'll have special guests join us from across Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:37:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/gaia-successfully-launches-new-way-to-measure-exoplanet-mass-space-fan-news-122 https://deepastronomy.com/video/gaia-successfully-launches-new-way-to-measure-exoplanet-mass-space-fan-news-122 Thank you all for fantastic questions and comments in this week's hangout on buying a telescope! If you haven't seen it yet, please check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMsjGuImUE Gaia Spacecraft's successful launch: http://www.esa.in Sat, 21 Dec 2013 06:36:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/buying-your-first-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/buying-your-first-telescope Hello Space Fans! If there's one question that +Tony Darnell and +Scott Lewis have been asked more than any, it's "what telescope should I buy?". With the holidays in full swing, many are eager to either go buy the biggest, most expensive telescope Thu, 19 Dec 2013 06:41:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-happened-to-ison-water-in-exoplanet-atmospheres-the-planet-that-shouldn-t-be-there-sfn-121 https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-happened-to-ison-water-in-exoplanet-atmospheres-the-planet-that-shouldn-t-be-there-sfn-121 ISON escapades as it approaches the Sun were amazing! I watched the whole thing live on NASA Goddard's Hangout on Thanksgiving. Comet ISON Fizzles http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/04dec_isonrecap/ http://www.nasa.gov/cont Sat, 07 Dec 2013 06:20:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/milky-way-black-hole-jets-confirmed-fastest-brown-dwarfs-seen-golden-age-of-astronomy-sfn-120 https://deepastronomy.com/video/milky-way-black-hole-jets-confirmed-fastest-brown-dwarfs-seen-golden-age-of-astronomy-sfn-120 Don't forget to check out the live ISON Hangout from Goddard and SDO, watch ISON pass around the Sun live: http://go.nasa.gov/CometISONHangout Here are the links to this week's episode: Sagittarius A* Jet: http://chandra.si.edu/press/13_releases/pre Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/making-hubble-more-powerful-billions-of-habitable-planets-new-type-quasar-found https://deepastronomy.com/video/making-hubble-more-powerful-billions-of-habitable-planets-new-type-quasar-found Special thanks to Fraser Cain of Universe Today for helping with this episode, if you're not subscribing to his channel, you're missing out: https://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday Here are the links for this week's episode: HFF: http://hubblesit Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:12:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-discovers-unusual-asteroid-earliest-confirmed-galaxy-detected-space-fan-news-118 https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-discovers-unusual-asteroid-earliest-confirmed-galaxy-detected-space-fan-news-118 Lots of cool stuff coming up: Scott Lewis is at YouTube Studios now recording next week's SFN, and we have some awesome Hubble Hangouts in the works this month! Links from today's stories: Strange asteroid: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/ Sat, 09 Nov 2013 06:25:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/largest-star-ever-discovered-is-dying-alma-looks-at-black-hole-jets-space-fan-news-117 https://deepastronomy.com/video/largest-star-ever-discovered-is-dying-alma-looks-at-black-hole-jets-space-fan-news-117 Thank you all for helping out today in the comments section of yesterday's Hubble Hangout. If you haven't seen it yet, please check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeN3W3WfEn4 Largest Star Observed Dying: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and- Sat, 19 Oct 2013 07:54:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-shutdown-update-what-s-still-running-and-what-s-not-space-fan-news-116 https://deepastronomy.com/video/nasa-shutdown-update-what-s-still-running-and-what-s-not-space-fan-news-116 Thanks to Scott Lewis for another really good episode. This particular SFN is a good example of why I'm happy to have a collaboration with him. He is in a position to say and report on things that constrain me. I really wanted to get this informatio Mon, 14 Oct 2013 04:33:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-7b-clouds-measured-big-bang-hydrogen-found-nasa-shutdown-space-fan-news-115 https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-7b-clouds-measured-big-bang-hydrogen-found-nasa-shutdown-space-fan-news-115 This is the first episode where I do a commentary, not sure I'll keep doing it, depends on you (as always). Kepler-7b Cloud Map: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-296 Primordial Hydrogen Found: http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/ Sat, 05 Oct 2013 07:15:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/h2o-confirmed-in-martian-top-soil-mars-geology-similar-to-earth-space-fan-news-114 https://deepastronomy.com/video/h2o-confirmed-in-martian-top-soil-mars-geology-similar-to-earth-space-fan-news-114 Curiosity is showing us a lot about Mars: it has confirmed the presence of water in the surface soil and we are finding out how similar Mars is to Earth. http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/videoarchive/ http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/sam/ http://news.di Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:08:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-horsehead-nebula-in-a-new-light-infinite-minute-10 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-horsehead-nebula-in-a-new-light-infinite-minute-10 Based on a Hubble Heritage image processed by Zolt Levay and a visualization from Frank Summers and Greg Bacon (and others) at the Space Telescope Science Institute, I thought I'd make an Infinite Minute. Hadn't done one in a while and thought this Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:14:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-channel-trailer https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-channel-trailer Your source for Space Documentaries that Feed Your Brain! New videos uploaded monthly along with fresh astronomy content each week including Space Fan News (Fridays), Vlogs (Tuesdays) and much more! Like our DeepAstronomy Facebook Page: https://fac Tue, 24 Sep 2013 01:11:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/panspermia-tested-dark-matters-resolved-jwst-continues-forward-space-fan-news-113 https://deepastronomy.com/video/panspermia-tested-dark-matters-resolved-jwst-continues-forward-space-fan-news-113 Here's the links to this week's stories: Panspermia tested: http://www.europlanet-eu.org/epsc2013/media-press/epsc-2013-press-releases/76-epsc2013/media-press/623-could-life-have-survived-a-fall-to-earth Dark Matter Mystery Solved: http://mcdonaldo Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:39:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/voyager-i-has-left-the-building-detailed-3d-model-of-milky-way-space-fan-news-112 https://deepastronomy.com/video/voyager-i-has-left-the-building-detailed-3d-model-of-milky-way-space-fan-news-112 Here are the links for this week's news stories: Voyager 1 in interstellar space http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/voyager-fact-sheet-091213.pdf http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-278 http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressrele Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:15:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-are-brown-dwarfs-galaxy-jets-explain-a-lot-oldest-solar-twin-space-fan-news-111 https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-are-brown-dwarfs-galaxy-jets-explain-a-lot-oldest-solar-twin-space-fan-news-111 Just discovered Vine! 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Are Cold Brown Dwarfs Planets or Stars? http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201323.html Powerful Jets Blowing Material out of galaxy: http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/jetblowout/ Oldest Solar Twin: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 06:02:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sdo-studies-meriodal-plasma-flow-ladee-takes-us-back-to-the-moon-space-fan-news-110 https://deepastronomy.com/video/sdo-studies-meriodal-plasma-flow-ladee-takes-us-back-to-the-moon-space-fan-news-110 Perfect for your Labor Day Weekend: space news about the Sun: SDO Studies Plasma Flows: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/sdo-mission-untangles-motion-inside-sun/#.UiD-gxt02rg http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2013/pr-solar-magnetic-field-082913.html L Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:56:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-is-dead-wise-is-resurrected-space-fan-news-109 https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-is-dead-wise-is-resurrected-space-fan-news-109 Kepler Space Telescope is Dead http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-ends-attempts-to-fully-recover-kepler-spacecraft-potential-new-missions-considered/#.UhZMTryhDoc http://www.nasa.gov/content/kepler-mission-manager-update-pointing-test-results/#.UhZL67y Sat, 24 Aug 2013 05:00:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-confirms-its-sequence-nova-you-can-see-space-fan-news-108 https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-confirms-its-sequence-nova-you-can-see-space-fan-news-108 Once again, Scott has nailed it. Here are the links for this week: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1315/ http://www.space.com/22389-nova-star-explosion-delphinus-discovery.html http://www.universetoday.com/104103/bright-new-nova-in-delphinus- Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:03:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/first-kilonova-observed-lowest-mass-exoplanet-found-source-of-magellanic-stream-found https://deepastronomy.com/video/first-kilonova-observed-lowest-mass-exoplanet-found-source-of-magellanic-stream-found Here are links to this week's stories: New kind of stellar explosiont: the Kilonova http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/29/ http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasas-hubble-finds-telltale-fireball-after-gamma-ray-burst/#.UgPgbF Sat, 10 Aug 2013 07:10:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/large-galaxies-stop-eating-with-age-new-kind-of-star-cluster-discovered-space-fan-news-106 https://deepastronomy.com/video/large-galaxies-stop-eating-with-age-new-kind-of-star-cluster-discovered-space-fan-news-106 Thank you Scott Lewis of http://knowthecosmos.com for guest hosting this week! I will be back next Friday. Large Galaxies Stop Eating with Age: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-239 New Class of Star Cluster Discovered: http://kec Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:29:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/waving-at-saturn-gas-outflows-help-explain-early-galaxy-formation-space-fan-news-105 https://deepastronomy.com/video/waving-at-saturn-gas-outflows-help-explain-early-galaxy-formation-space-fan-news-105 Watch "In the Shadow of Saturn" here: http://youtu.be/xrcahpRACcE +Scott Lewis of http://knowthecosmos.com will guest host next week's episode, please tune in and let me know what you think! Earth from Space (again): http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ne Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:35:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-104-where-gold-comes-from-gas-cloud-starts-descent-into-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-104-where-gold-comes-from-gas-cloud-starts-descent-into-black-hole Please subscribe to the HubbleSiteChannel, I am posting astronomy videos there as well! https://www.youtube.com/user/HubbleSiteChannel Gold Came from Gamma Ray Bursts http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201319.html Gas Cloud Ripped Apart By Blac Sat, 20 Jul 2013 05:11:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-103-biggest-star-in-galaxy-found-hubble-s-blue-exoplanet https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-103-biggest-star-in-galaxy-found-hubble-s-blue-exoplanet Milky Way's Most Massive Star: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=10369 http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1331/ Hubble's Blue Exoplanet: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/26/ If you want weekly space and astro Sat, 13 Jul 2013 05:00:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-102-gliese-667c-first-planets-in-a-star-cluster-found-voyager-i-still-here https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-102-gliese-667c-first-planets-in-a-star-cluster-found-voyager-i-still-here Please follow the Space Fan News G+ Page for more Space News: http://gplus.to/SpaceFan Gliese 667C Exoplanets: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1328/ First transiting planets in a star cluster discovered: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr2 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 04:59:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-smallest-galaxy-in-the-known-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-smallest-galaxy-in-the-known-universe Thanks to all who watched us live! Here is a link to Evan's paper on astro-ph: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.6080 Also follow Evan on twitter: @claronomy James Bullock: @jbprime Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:18:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-101-goodbye-herschel-dusty-black-holes-new-jwst-milestone https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-101-goodbye-herschel-dusty-black-holes-new-jwst-milestone Don't forget to follow DeepAstronomy on Twitter! Here are links to this week's stories: Herschel Space Telescope Turned Off: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Herschel_ends_operations_as_orbiting_testbed http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/ Sat, 22 Jun 2013 05:00:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-100-strange-dust-ring-new-kind-of-star-smallest-galaxy-discovered https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-100-strange-dust-ring-new-kind-of-star-smallest-galaxy-discovered Please follow the Space Fan News g+ page to keep up to date on ALL space news: http://goo.gl/gTvqs Planet forming far from parent star: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/20/text/ http://carnegiescience.edu/news/exoplanet_formati Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:00:06 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/mario-livio-the-most-colossal-scientific-blunders-ever-made https://deepastronomy.com/video/mario-livio-the-most-colossal-scientific-blunders-ever-made The Most Colossal Scientific Blunders Ever Made Thu, 30 May 2013 00:06:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-hangout-trailer-brilliant-blunders https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-hangout-trailer-brilliant-blunders Please go to the event page and let us know you're coming: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104933578966497599647/events/cajib65khe1jj4h5cjjonjd6ee0 The history of science is full of success stories: those things scientists did right to advance our kno Sat, 25 May 2013 03:08:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/finding-exoplanets-with-microlensing-wfirst-mission https://deepastronomy.com/video/finding-exoplanets-with-microlensing-wfirst-mission In addition to the transit and radial velocity methods for finding exoplanets, there is a relatively new technique being used by wide field telescopes: microlensing. Today Alberto Conti and I talked with Dr. Scott Gaudi from The Ohio State Universit Fri, 17 May 2013 00:14:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanet-diversity-and-habitability https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanet-diversity-and-habitability Lots of great discussion today! This week there was a special exoplanet edition of Science magazine and Dr. Sara Seager had an article published in it. Dr. Seager presents a new, expanded definition of planetary habitable zones. Here is a link t Fri, 03 May 2013 00:14:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-62-and-exoplanets-in-habitable-zones https://deepastronomy.com/video/kepler-62-and-exoplanets-in-habitable-zones Today Kepler announced the discovery of the smallest exoplanets in a stars habitable zone. Two of the five planets discovered around Kepler 62 are within the habitable zone of the host star. We discuss this discovery and much more: the TESS mission Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:45:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-e-po-impact-of-the-webb-space-telescope-at-sxsw https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-e-po-impact-of-the-webb-space-telescope-at-sxsw The NASA Experience Tent and full scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas was the largest and most successful outreach attempt for the #JWST mission so far. Tens of thousands of people visited the model a Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:50:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/white-dwarfs-and-exoplanets-around-white-dwarfs https://deepastronomy.com/video/white-dwarfs-and-exoplanets-around-white-dwarfs Thanks to all who watched us live - watch the birth of Hubble Huggers! You guys are awesome! Here are some of the links discussed during the hangout: STScI Summer Program: http://www.stsci.edu/institute/smo/students John Debes/Dan Abramov Animati Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:48:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-99-second-most-important-image-herschel-s-black-holes-alma-redefines-history https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-99-second-most-important-image-herschel-s-black-holes-alma-redefines-history The second most important image ever taken was released this week. The Planck Space Telescope's Image this week of the CMB was important and the culmination of its mission. Planck Bring CMB Into Sharp Focus: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?re Sat, 23 Mar 2013 04:21:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/seeing-beyond-the-james-webb-space-telescope-final-cut https://deepastronomy.com/video/seeing-beyond-the-james-webb-space-telescope-final-cut The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and is scheduled for launch in October 2018. We made some changes and did some re-cutting. Here is the final version. You can download this video for free on my bl Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:41:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/guinness-world-record-attempt-for-largest-astronomy-lesson-con-t https://deepastronomy.com/video/guinness-world-record-attempt-for-largest-astronomy-lesson-con-t Sorry for the dropout earlier. I restarted from the beginning of the lesson. Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:42:24 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/guinness-world-record-attempt-for-largest-astronomy-lesson https://deepastronomy.com/video/guinness-world-record-attempt-for-largest-astronomy-lesson This is the first half, the rest is continued here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqQJ07uaho Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:03:32 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jake-the-space-fan-visits-jwst-sxsw https://deepastronomy.com/video/jake-the-space-fan-visits-jwst-sxsw Jake stopped by to share his awesomeness with me while I am Austin. Jake and kids like him make me happy because if they are our future, we're gonna be OK. If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy c Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:40:19 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-98-life-can-come-from-space-nearest-galaxy-measured-measure-the-moon https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-98-life-can-come-from-space-nearest-galaxy-measured-measure-the-moon This week's SFN was done from Austin, Texas and SXSW. Evidence that comets seeded life on Earth: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/05/research-news-briefs-did-comets-seed-life-on-earth/ http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/765/2/111/ Nearest Ga Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:41:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/south-by-southwest-space-science-hangout https://deepastronomy.com/video/south-by-southwest-space-science-hangout I'm really happy I finally got a chance to hangout with Fraser Cain, Pamela Gay, Scott Lewis and Camilla Corona! Frank Summers, Alberto Conti and I hungout to talk a bit about what we're doing here in Austin and Alberto filled us in on why where her Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:55:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fans-sxsw https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fans-sxsw Had a great visit from some Space Fans in the Austin area today, all interested in pursuing a career in astronomy/particle physics/engineering. Great guys who give me renewed hope for the future of humanity. If you want weekly space and astronomy n Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:47:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-sxsw-preview https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-sxsw-preview Took some video of the huge NASA Experience tent at SxSW. Hoping to see lots of people and spread lots of JWST love! If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy channel. New episodes are uploaded every Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:01:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-97-fastest-black-hole-measured-possible-protoplanet-jwst-sxsw https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-97-fastest-black-hole-measured-possible-protoplanet-jwst-sxsw The fastest black hole ever measured so far also solves controversy. There may be a protoplanet around HD 100546 and I'm going to SXSW! Riddle of black hole spin solved: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/news/nustar20130227.html http://news. Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:54:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/things-every-space-fan-should-know-about-hubble https://deepastronomy.com/video/things-every-space-fan-should-know-about-hubble The Hubble Space Telescope is arguably the most important scientific instrument ever built by human beings. Join Dr. Frank Summers and Tony Darnell as we 'get down and dirty' talking about the Hubble Space Telescope. Here is the link to download th Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:14:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-96-black-holes-grow-faster-than-thought-youngest-black-hole-found-seti-chances https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-96-black-holes-grow-faster-than-thought-youngest-black-hole-found-seti-chances My Twitter account got a great makeover! Please follow me if you're so inclined: http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy Black holes growing larger than expected: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/black_holes_growing_faster_than_expected_new_study_shows.php Wa Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:18:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-95-meteor-over-russia-2012-da14-flies-by-new-system-to-vaporize-asteroids https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-95-meteor-over-russia-2012-da14-flies-by-new-system-to-vaporize-asteroids Meteors and asteroids galore! Today was a real wakeup call. So, let's WAKE UP! Shall we? Russian Meteor and 2014 DA14: http://www.universetoday.com/99982/meteor-blasts-rock-russia/ http://www.universetoday.com/100003/russian-meteor-not-related-to- Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:10:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-candels-survey-the-largest-project-in-the-history-of-hubble https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-candels-survey-the-largest-project-in-the-history-of-hubble The CANDELS Survey has been 902 assigned orbits of observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope. That's a total of four months if done all at once; in practice though, the survey will be conducted over three years. So, what are they doing while the Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:49:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-94-update-apophis-won-t-hit-us-new-way-to-measure-black-holes-are-gravitinos-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/sfn-94-update-apophis-won-t-hit-us-new-way-to-measure-black-holes-are-gravitinos-dark-matter We're back! Time to get back to our weekly schedule. Well it looks like we're safe from any impact possibilities from the asteroid Apophis as it performs it's flybys in both 2029 and 2036. Astronomers have also developed a new way to measure black Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:55:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-hangout-exploring-hubble-data-yourself https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-hangout-exploring-hubble-data-yourself Did you know you have access to the same Hubble data as astronomers? In this hangout we show you some ways to access it through the Hubble Legacy Archive: http://hla.stsci.edu We also discuss galaxy mergers and collisions. Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:16:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/seeing-beyond-the-james-webb-space-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/video/seeing-beyond-the-james-webb-space-telescope This was originally produced as a talk to be given by people at the Institute to discuss and introduce JWST. I was asked to turn this into a video based on a Keynote presentation. This is what I came up with. Special thanks to Stephanie Smith who Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:26:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-93-the-fermi-gamma-ray-observatory https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-93-the-fermi-gamma-ray-observatory The Fermi Gamma Ray Observatory is out there, collecting gamma rays on photon at a time, so you don't have to! If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy channel. New episodes are uploaded every Frida Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:57:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-92-the-virtual-astronomical-observatory https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-92-the-virtual-astronomical-observatory Did you know it's possible to get data from many of the worlds largest observatories and space telescopes? The Virtual Astronomical Observatory is a one-stop shop for many datasets, from ground based telescopes like the Keck, to the Hubble Space Tel Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:30:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-91-scott-lewis-cosmoquest-and-the-virtual-star-party https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-91-scott-lewis-cosmoquest-and-the-virtual-star-party CosmoQuest and the Virtual Star Parties (organized by Scott Lewis) are phenomenal and offer a great way to get involved in amateur astronomy and citizen science. Please check out his/their sites below: http://cosmoquest.org http://knowthecosmos.com Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:24:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-90-mystar-game-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-90-mystar-game-update MyStar is on it's way to an upgrade, new features, new games, more power! http://www.alienearths.org/mystar/ If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy channel. New episodes are uploaded every Friday Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:24:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-89-space-week-wraps-up-in-long-beach https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-89-space-week-wraps-up-in-long-beach Space Week may be over in Long Beach, but it's just getting started on our channel. I have lots of stuff to upload over the next few days. I hope you'll let me know what you think! Join our Deep Astronomy Community on Google+: https://plus.google Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:28:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/aas-hangout-planets-neo-s-life-the-universe-and-everything https://deepastronomy.com/video/aas-hangout-planets-neo-s-life-the-universe-and-everything Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:12:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-88-aas-gets-underway-how-you-can-get-time-on-huge-telescopes-amazing-2017-eclipse https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-88-aas-gets-underway-how-you-can-get-time-on-huge-telescopes-amazing-2017-eclipse Getting time on telescopes in Chile: victoria.misenti@yale.edu US Naval Observatory Eclipse Page: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Eclipse2017.php Eclipse Page Computer: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/SolarEclipses.php Join our Deep Astronomy Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:45:37 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/aas-hangout-the-black-hole-in-the-center-of-our-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/aas-hangout-the-black-hole-in-the-center-of-our-galaxy Our first AAS hangout went better than I could have hoped! Lots of great conversation about black holes, and the center of our galaxy. Also had a surprise visit from John Grunsfeld, head of the science mission directorate at NASA (Oh and he's an as Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:15:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-87-space-week-reception https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-87-space-week-reception I catch up with Alberto at the AAS reception. We're going to have Hangouts on Air everyday and I'll post an SFN every night. I'll also post some random videos along the way. First Hangout on Air: Monday, Jan 7th, 4pm PST https://plus.google.com/b/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:55:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-86-space-week-preview https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-86-space-week-preview It's Space Week! It's like Shark Week but less bitey. I'm at the AAS meeting all week to try and give you some idea of what it's like at these meetings. We're going to have Hangouts on Air everyday and I'll post an SFN every night. I'll also post Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:35:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-85-possible-planets-around-tau-ceti-goodbye-sir-patrick https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-85-possible-planets-around-tau-ceti-goodbye-sir-patrick Happy Hanukwanzafestisolstimas! Here is the final SFN for the year, I'll return early next year with an extravaganza of SFNs from the American Astronomical Society meeting January 6-11. Another Earth 12 Light Years Away? http://news.sciencemag.org/ Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:03:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-drake-equation https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-drake-equation The new answer to life, the universe and everything has been revised, it's now 59, with lower error bars. Thanks to all who attended, lots of fun was had by all. Here are some of the links I proimised: The Algorithmic Origins of Life: http://rsif. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:40:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-finds-more-distant-galaxies https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-finds-more-distant-galaxies Well, Dan Coe had the record for the most distant galaxy ever seen for about two weeks. Now a team from Caltech has a candidate that is even farther. Please join us as we discuss this latest development and a lot of other things, like what we think Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:19:56 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-84-what-another-most-distant-galaxy-milky-way-is-larger-than-we-thought https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-84-what-another-most-distant-galaxy-milky-way-is-larger-than-we-thought We have a Deep Astronomy Community! https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109849939648748938781 Join us on Tuesday 12/18/2012: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c0ves57voffh5a81obg2kmjscdg Census of farthest galaxies: http://hubblesite.org/newsc Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:19:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanets-and-life-in-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/exoplanets-and-life-in-the-universe Please join our Deep Astronomy Community to find out when the next hangout will be. It is also your place to ask questions and have discussions about all things astronomy! Deep Astronomy Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/1098499396 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:19:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/spacefan-hangout-some-new-things https://deepastronomy.com/video/spacefan-hangout-some-new-things Here are some of the links I promised. Please come to our next hangout "Exoplanets and Life in the Universe" on Tuesday, Dec 11th: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cbj0une7c05hvn4knouc79pb49g Dr. Sara Seager: http://seagerexoplanets.mit.edu/biog Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:47:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-83-new-record-breaking-black-hole-found-most-powerful-quasar-too https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-83-new-record-breaking-black-hole-found-most-powerful-quasar-too If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy channel. New episodes are uploaded every Friday night. There's also a lot of other space and astronomy videos to look at as well, please explore and find out Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:29:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/galaxy-cluster-helps-hubble-finds-the-most-distant-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/galaxy-cluster-helps-hubble-finds-the-most-distant-galaxy Watch the entire hangout here: http://youtu.be/RyqjIjjMyPM http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:27:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hangout-highlights-using-galaxy-clusters-to-see-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/hangout-highlights-using-galaxy-clusters-to-see-dark-matter Watch the entire hangout here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyqjIjjMyPM http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:11:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hangout-highlights-what-is-gravitational-lensing https://deepastronomy.com/video/hangout-highlights-what-is-gravitational-lensing Watch entire hangout here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyqjIjjMyPM http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Sun, 25 Nov 2012 01:47:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-4-clash-finds-the-most-distant-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-4-clash-finds-the-most-distant-galaxy Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:04:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-82-rogue-planet-found-measuring-deceleration-of-the-universe-most-distant-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-82-rogue-planet-found-measuring-deceleration-of-the-universe-most-distant-galaxy http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Rogue Planet Close by: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1245/ http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1245/eso1245a.pdf Universal Deceleration: http://www.sdss3.org/pres Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:19:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-81-six-super-earths-around-hd-40307-planets-can-form-at-galactic-centers https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-81-six-super-earths-around-hd-40307-planets-can-form-at-galactic-centers http://gplus.to/DeepAstronomy http://gplus.to/SpaceFan http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Earthlike Exoplanet: http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=39156 http://star-www.herts.ac.uk/~hraj/hd40307/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/tag/hd- Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:26:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-80-fermi-s-cosmic-fog-most-distant-supernova https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-80-fermi-s-cosmic-fog-most-distant-supernova http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Measurement of all stars that have ever shone: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/cosmic-fog.html http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Digital Animation: Cruz deWilde (AvantGravity) Most Dis Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:11:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/tony-checks-out-hurricane-sandy-and-his-boats https://deepastronomy.com/video/tony-checks-out-hurricane-sandy-and-his-boats http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Well, good thing I did this when I did, no one is allowed on the streets now. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:21:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-earth-sized-world-of-alpha-centauri https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-earth-sized-world-of-alpha-centauri Please consider supporting this content on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DeepAstronomy European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system — the nearest to Earth. It is also the Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:37:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-79-missing-baryons-found-supercolliding-supermassive-black-holes https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-79-missing-baryons-found-supercolliding-supermassive-black-holes http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://gplus.to/SpaceFan http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Missing Baryons Found? http://chandra.si.edu/press/12_releases/press_092412.html http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5037 Good explanation of the Missing Baryon Problem: http:/ Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:55:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-3-jwst-and-the-dark-ages https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-3-jwst-and-the-dark-ages Here are the links I promised to more information on JWST instrumentation: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/news_archive.html http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/instruments http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/firstlight.html http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:03:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/first-light-the-dark-age-of-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/first-light-the-dark-age-of-the-universe http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan This video is the first of a series that will highlight the science behind The James Webb Space Telescope. JWST will have the capability of showing us a part of the universe we've never seen Sat, 06 Oct 2012 05:18:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-78-hubble-s-extreme-deep-field-the-farthest-galaxy-ever-seen https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-78-hubble-s-extreme-deep-field-the-farthest-galaxy-ever-seen http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://gplus.to/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/DeepAstronomy http://facebook.com/SpaceFan XDF: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/37/ CLASH Distant galaxy: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/09/20/ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 07:33:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-2 Don't forget the XDF Hangout tomorrow at 1pm EDT: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c1sh631k56ep2t4pjnkqifmkks4 http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/37/ Space Fan G+ Page: http://gplus.to/SpaceFan DeepAstronomy G+ Page: http://gp Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:03:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-largest-galaxy-in-the-universe-ic-1101 https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-largest-galaxy-in-the-universe-ic-1101 http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan This video was done by request from a Space Fan. Hope it's what you had in mind. Dark Matter: Not available The Edge: Not available Skyships: http://archive.org/details/jamendo-041459 Sea Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:34:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/beginner-telescope-advice https://deepastronomy.com/video/beginner-telescope-advice I'll talk more about buying telescopes in future hangouts, but here is some preliminary advice... I think this will be the last one for this particular hangout. See you next week! Whew, working with the YouTube video editor is very time consuming, Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:00:47 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/are-there-any-good-paying-jobs-in-astronomy https://deepastronomy.com/video/are-there-any-good-paying-jobs-in-astronomy For those who don't like sifting through an hour of video, I'm going to publish a few highlights from the previous Space Fan Hangouts. I'll try to do that on the off-Wednesday we don't have a hangout. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:25:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-77-dark-energy-is-real-dark-matter-shows-itself-finally https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-77-dark-energy-is-real-dark-matter-shows-itself-finally http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Dark Energy is Real: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2167-dark-energy-is-real-say-portsmouth-astronomers http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2125 Technique for Finding Dark Matter: h Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:17:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-hangout-1 Thanks everybody, that was fun! Here are some links I promised: "Sniffing Alien Atmospheres" Talk: http://www.stsci.edu/jwst/doc-archive/presentations/AAS-jan2012-townhall-Charbonneau.pdf "Beyond the Visible" Video: http://webbtelescope.org/webb_ Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:03:24 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-76-there-are-millions-of-black-holes-molecules-of-life-found-kepler-47 https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-76-there-are-millions-of-black-holes-molecules-of-life-found-kepler-47 http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Millions of Black Holes: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20120829.html Molecules of life found: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1234/ http://www.almaobservatory.org/ Planet Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:00:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-75-the-most-important-step-ever-taken https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-75-the-most-important-step-ever-taken http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan NASA VIdeos Used Here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html Also had fun looking at these photos (full archive): http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/images11.html Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:35:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-74-dark-galaxies-found-vampire-stars-eat-their-o-s-nasa-s-new-mars-mission https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-74-dark-galaxies-found-vampire-stars-eat-their-o-s-nasa-s-new-mars-mission http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Sorry about the sound this week, my microphone died and the alternative was to not do an episode at all, I'll get a new mic this week, thanks for your patience. Dark Galaxies Found: http://ww Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:45:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-73-curiosity-lands-just-like-downtown-mystar-game-galactic-habitable-zones https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-73-curiosity-lands-just-like-downtown-mystar-game-galactic-habitable-zones http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Curiosity made it, here's some details. Also, play MyStar and let me know what you think! Curiosity: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html Seven Minutes Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:48:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-72-parody-dark-matter-discovered-curiosity-approaches-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-72-parody-dark-matter-discovered-curiosity-approaches-mars http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/Spacefan I have something a little different for you this week.... Hope you like it! Frasier's Hangout: https://plus.google.com/events/c7c2fbd2gil25fjimln1jnr1134/110701307803962595019 Virtual Landing Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:08:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-9-in-the-shadow-of-saturn https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-9-in-the-shadow-of-saturn http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan I've been meaning to make this video for a long time and finally made the time to finish it. Here's where you can get the image: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html Music Used: Sky Ships: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:20:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-71-early-spiral-galaxy-found-sharpest-quasar-image-pioneer-anomaly-solved https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-71-early-spiral-galaxy-found-sharpest-quasar-image-pioneer-anomaly-solved http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Earliest Spiral Galaxy Ever Seen: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/astronomers-report-the-earliest-236446.aspx http://keckobservatory.org/news/earliest_spiral_galaxy_surprises_astronomers Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:12:27 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-70-impossible-binaries-found-dwarf-galaxy-stars-shutoff-another-pluto-moon https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-70-impossible-binaries-found-dwarf-galaxy-stars-shutoff-another-pluto-moon http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Impossible Binaries Found http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2143-ukirt-discovers-impossible-binary-stars Dwarf Galaxies: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:48:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-69-higgs-boson-found-just-like-downtown-first-dark-matter-filament-discovered https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-69-higgs-boson-found-just-like-downtown-first-dark-matter-filament-discovered http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Sorry this week's episode was a little late, I had technical difficulties last night. Higgs boson Just like Downtown: http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html h Sun, 08 Jul 2012 02:10:25 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-68-exoplanet-hit-by-a-flare-nustar-first-light-andromeda-will-hit-us-for-realz https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-68-exoplanet-hit-by-a-flare-nustar-first-light-andromeda-will-hit-us-for-realz http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Exoplanet Atmosphere Variations: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/23 http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1209/ http://www.universetoday.com/96038/first-light-image-for Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:10:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-67-every-star-has-a-planet-nustar-unfurls-mast-ejected-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-67-every-star-has-a-planet-nustar-unfurls-mast-ejected-black-hole http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Every Star has a planet: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2012/pr201219.html http://io9.com/5918518/a-game+changer-for-the-search-for-alien-life-all-stars-have-planets http://www.nature.com/nat Sat, 23 Jun 2012 07:30:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-66-nearby-dark-matter-revisited-another-planet-x-nasa-s-free-hubbles https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-66-nearby-dark-matter-revisited-another-planet-x-nasa-s-free-hubbles http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Claim that there's no dark matter nearby revisited: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/05/23/dark-matter-still-existing-one-in-a-continuing-series/ New Paper: http://arxiv.o Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:45:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/it-s-all-good https://deepastronomy.com/video/it-s-all-good Well, we didn't win the 'On the Rise' Contest, but that was certainly NOT because of your support. Thanks to all who voted and please give any feedback on what you think I could do to make the channel better! I don't care what they say, I still hav Wed, 30 May 2012 06:46:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-65-blazars-heat-the-universe-brown-dwarfs-vs-gas-giants-annular-eclipse https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-65-blazars-heat-the-universe-brown-dwarfs-vs-gas-giants-annular-eclipse http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Blazars are raising the temperature of the universe: http://www.h-its.org/english/press/pressreleases.php?we_objectID=877 The difference between brown dwarfs and gas giants? http://www.ras.or Sat, 19 May 2012 06:14:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/things-every-person-should-know-about-astronomy-2 https://deepastronomy.com/video/things-every-person-should-know-about-astronomy-2 We won the voting! Thank you all!!!! Space Fans Rock! To celebrate, here's more TEPSKAA! Fri, 18 May 2012 05:08:29 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/things-every-person-should-know-about-astronomy-1 https://deepastronomy.com/video/things-every-person-should-know-about-astronomy-1 Voting is still open, thanks to all who voted! http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/05/meet-our-may-on-rise-nominees.html "Energy is not conserved in an expanding universe." Trolls: Don't even start until you've read this: http://tinyurl.com/yar Thu, 17 May 2012 06:04:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/calling-all-space-fans-this-ain-t-over-yet https://deepastronomy.com/video/calling-all-space-fans-this-ain-t-over-yet Please vote for our channel: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/05/meet-our-may-on-rise-nominees.html Look for another video tomorrow night and another one Thursday. This ain't over till it's over folks! Thanks so much for watching! Wed, 16 May 2012 07:59:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-64-introducing-sofia-nibiru-can-t-hide-overfed-black-holes https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-64-introducing-sofia-nibiru-can-t-hide-overfed-black-holes Please take a moment to vote: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/05/meet-our-may-on-rise-nominees.html SOFIA's First Science: http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/public/pr/pr-great-may2012-en.html http://www.sofia.usra.edu/index.html Another Indirect Sat, 12 May 2012 08:35:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fans-unite https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fans-unite Please take a moment to vote for our channel: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/05/meet-our-may-on-rise-nominees.html Thanks so much! Fri, 11 May 2012 21:43:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-63-a-solar-twin-located-star-seen-falling-into-a-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-63-a-solar-twin-located-star-seen-falling-into-a-black-hole http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Have we found the Sun's twin? http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2766 http://news.discovery.com/space/suns-twin-is-an-optimum-seti-target-120426.html Another one bites the dust: http://hubblesite.org/n Sat, 05 May 2012 07:25:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-ultravista-deep-field-our-place-in-the-heavens https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-ultravista-deep-field-our-place-in-the-heavens http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Well, this is about as close as I'll ever come to a remake of "The Most Important Image Ever Taken" video. Much of the same ideas, presented a little differently, and in HD. Music Used: http Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:39:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-62-dark-matter-is-irritating-me-hubble-turns-22-discovery-barnstorms-d-c https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-62-dark-matter-is-irritating-me-hubble-turns-22-discovery-barnstorms-d-c http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Dark Matter is Irritating: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1217/ Hubble Turns 22: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/01/ Discovery Barnstorms DC enroute to the Smithson Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:52:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-61-billions-of-stars-the-dust-bunnies-of-fomalhaut-white-old-dwarfs https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-61-billions-of-stars-the-dust-bunnies-of-fomalhaut-white-old-dwarfs http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Billion Star Image: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/milky-way-image-reveals-detail-billion-stars-27-03-12 Zoomable image: http://djer.roe.ac.uk/vsa/vvv/iipmooviewer-2.0-beta/vvvgps5.html Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:10:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/oh-tony-where-art-thou-and-whatcha-doin https://deepastronomy.com/video/oh-tony-where-art-thou-and-whatcha-doin Quick update for those who have been asking about where I've been and what I've been doing over the last week or so. Also, I uploaded this from my phone so who knows how this is gonna turn out. But, this is me being a first-adoper and stuff. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:07:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-60-billions-of-habitable-earths-oldest-planetary-system-deepest-deep-field-ever https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-60-billions-of-habitable-earths-oldest-planetary-system-deepest-deep-field-ever http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Hey, it's ESO day at Space Fan News! Lots of cool research comes out of there (and they are kind enough to provide videos about it). Billions of habitable worlds in our galaxy http://www.eso Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:54:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-59-ice-on-mercury-runaway-planets-are-fast-transporting-life https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-59-ice-on-mercury-runaway-planets-are-fast-transporting-life http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Mercury May Have Ice... Wait a minute, what? http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2012/120321.asp Runaway planets are among the fastest objects in the galaxy: http://www.cfa. Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:33:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-58-double-your-astronomy-pleasure-almost https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-58-double-your-astronomy-pleasure-almost http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Too much stuff to fit in the title this week because I put more stories in since I missed last week. Hubble discovers quasars acting as a gravity lens: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:30:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-57-planets-are-everywhere-misbehaving-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-57-planets-are-everywhere-misbehaving-dark-matter http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Nomad Planets may be everywhere http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/february/slac-nomad-planets-022312.html Strange Dark Matter left over from collision http://hubblesite.org/newscenter Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:38:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-56-new-type-of-exoplanet-andromeda-outbursts-neutrino-errors https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-56-new-type-of-exoplanet-andromeda-outbursts-neutrino-errors http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan New Class of Exoplanet Discovered http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2012/pr201204.html http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/13/full/ http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic120 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:53:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-55-new-class-of-black-hole-discovered-echoes-of-the-past-halo-around-our-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-55-new-class-of-black-hole-discovered-echoes-of-the-past-halo-around-our-galaxy http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan New class of black hole: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2012/pr201203.html http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/11/full/ The Echo of Eta Carinae: http://hubblesit Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:57:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/asteroid-facts https://deepastronomy.com/article/asteroid-facts The solar system is actually a pretty scary place. Right now, NASA is tracking almost 15,000 near Earth objects that include both asteroids and comets, and there are an unknown number of these objects circling the Sun. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-54-galaxy-s-black-hole-belches-venus-is-slowing-down-baffling-brown-dwarf https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-54-galaxy-s-black-hole-belches-venus-is-slowing-down-baffling-brown-dwarf http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Milky Way Black Hole Grazing on Asteroids http://chandra.si.edu/press/12_releases/press_020812.html Is Venus Slowing down? http://www.esa.int/export/esaSC/SEM0TLSXXXG_index_0.html#su Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:38:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-galaxy-s-heart-of-darkness https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-galaxy-s-heart-of-darkness Journey to the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy and learn about the supermassive black hole lurking there. http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Music used: http://www.archive.org/details/DWK048 http://www.archive.org/details/LostCh Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-53-black-holes-can-help-stars-form-cool-gravity-lens-another-habitable-planet https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-53-black-holes-can-help-stars-form-cool-gravity-lens-another-habitable-planet http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Do Black Holes Help Stars Form? http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/219-news-2012/2070-do-black-holes-help-stars-form Really cool gravity lens: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:46:04 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-52-the-doom-of-early-galaxies-remembering-fallen-explorers https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-52-the-doom-of-early-galaxies-remembering-fallen-explorers http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan The Doom of Early Galaxies: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1206/ http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1206/eso1206.pdf http://www.apex-telescope.org/telescope/ NAS Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:46:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-51-dark-matter-galaxy-most-distant-type-1a-planck-completes-its-mission https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-51-dark-matter-galaxy-most-distant-type-1a-planck-completes-its-mission http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Dark Matter Galaxy: http://web.mit.edu/physics/index.html http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=198796 http://keckobservatory.org/news/most_distant_dwarf_galaxy_dete Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:07:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-50-how-much-dark-energy-is-there-really-nasa-will-launch-nustar https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-50-how-much-dark-energy-is-there-really-nasa-will-launch-nustar http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Full 3D Picture of the universe: http://www.sdss3.org/press/20120111.sloanguide.php http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/01/11/what%E2%80%99s-in-the-universe/ http://darkmatter.ps.uci Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:08:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-49-there-are-more-planets-than-stars-in-our-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-49-there-are-more-planets-than-stars-in-our-galaxy http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Hundred Sixty Billion planets: http://www.space.com/14200-160-billion-alien-planets-milky-galaxy.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v481/n7380/full/nature10684.html Kepler finds three Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:54:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-48-jwst-making-a-splash-at-aas-herschel-looks-at-clouds-hubble-outdoes-itself https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-48-jwst-making-a-splash-at-aas-herschel-looks-at-clouds-hubble-outdoes-itself http://facebook.com/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell Hershel's view of LMC/SMC: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-006 Hubble Protocluster: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1201/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:57:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-47-jwst-goes-to-aas-kepler-misses-a-couple-planets https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-47-jwst-goes-to-aas-kepler-misses-a-couple-planets http://facebook.com/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell Thanks to Alberto Conti and Jason Kalirai for the visuals! Here's the link to PlanetHunter.org discovery: http://blogs.zooniverse.org/planethunters/2012/01/09/two-new-discoveries-anno Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:19:41 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-46-seti-listens-to-kepler-planets-supermassive-black-holes-found-too-early https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-46-seti-listens-to-kepler-planets-supermassive-black-holes-found-too-early http://facebook.com/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell SETI/Kepler Analysis http://www.universetoday.com/92435/analysis-of-the-first-kepler-seti-observatioalns http://seti.berkeley.edu/kepler-seti-interference http://seti.berkeley.edu/seti_at_the Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:42:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-45-kepler-finds-two-planets-that-survived-a-red-giant-expansion https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-45-kepler-finds-two-planets-that-survived-a-red-giant-expansion http://facebook.com/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell I thought this discovery was so cool that I devoted the entire episode to it. Two Earth-sized planets have been discovered around a dying star that has passed the red giant stage. Becaus Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:06:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-44-higgs-promising-boson-nasa-s-mission-to-europa-vlt-s-fastest-rotating-star https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-44-higgs-promising-boson-nasa-s-mission-to-europa-vlt-s-fastest-rotating-star http://facebook.com/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell This week's SFN is a little early because I am leaving on travel until Monday and won't be able to upload this Friday. SFN #45 will be back at its regularly schedule time. Cern Anno Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:33:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-43-kepler-22b-biggest-black-holes-ever-swift-sees-a-strange-grb https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-43-kepler-22b-biggest-black-holes-ever-swift-sees-a-strange-grb http://facebook.com/SpaceFan http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell Lots of great stuff this week. So much that I went a little long. Kepler's first confirmed earth-sized planet in a habitable zone (Kepler 22B). http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:36:47 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-promise-of-kepler-22b https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-promise-of-kepler-22b Kepler-22b: Astronomers from the Kepler mission discovered a planet that is roughly the size of Earth, and is a good distance from the planet. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:06:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-42-cern-ftl-experiment-confirmed-water-on-europa-youngest-supernova-ever-recorded https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-42-cern-ftl-experiment-confirmed-water-on-europa-youngest-supernova-ever-recorded http://facebook.com/SpaceFan I should have been a little more clear that Galileo is no longer in orbit around Jupiter. It was de-orbited into Jupiter in 2003. This research is based on those observations. CERN FTL Experiment Confirmed: http://w Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:26:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-7-m104-the-sombrero-galaxy-contains-the-largest-closest-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-7-m104-the-sombrero-galaxy-contains-the-largest-closest-black-hole http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Yes, this is the second upload of this video. The first one contained a glaring error where I said that M104 was 28 million miles from Earth. Clearly that's not true, but in my defense the script had the right units Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:26:12 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-41-jwst-saved-hawking-loses-a-bet-cygnus-x-1-exists https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-41-jwst-saved-hawking-loses-a-bet-cygnus-x-1-exists http://facebook.com/SpaceFan NASA Budget and JWST Saved: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/usa-space-budget-idUSN1E7AE20320111116 Ready to build JWST http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/webb-assembly-stand.html Cygnus X1 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:28:30 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-40-eso-vlt-s-grb-obs-nasa-s-orion-launch-swift-images-asteroid-2005-yu55 https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-40-eso-vlt-s-grb-obs-nasa-s-orion-launch-swift-images-asteroid-2005-yu55 http://facebook.com/SpaceFan European Southern Observatory's VLT observation of Gamma Ray Burst: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1143/ Orion 2014 test flight: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/mpcv/test_flight_2014.html Swift watches YU55 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:24:21 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-6-s106-a-cosmic-cauldron https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-6-s106-a-cosmic-cauldron http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Sometimes an image just takes my breath away and I stare at it for hours. This video was inspired by this astronomy picture of the day: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111107.html Music used: http://www.jamendo.c Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:23:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-39-hubble-directly-observes-a-black-hole-accretion-disk-asteroid-2005-yu55-flys-by https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-39-hubble-directly-observes-a-black-hole-accretion-disk-asteroid-2005-yu55-flys-by http://facebook.com/SpaceFan There's also a blog: http://blog.deepastronomy.com Hubble directly observes the disc around a black hole: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=49554 Asteroid flyby Nov 8th: http://www.nasa.gov/mi Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:25:08 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-38-how-often-do-galaxies-collide-cern-gets-a-do-over-7-billion-people https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-38-how-often-do-galaxies-collide-cern-gets-a-do-over-7-billion-people There's a blog now! http://blog.deepastronomy.com http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Galactic Collision Rate http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/30/full/ Faster Than Light Experiment Run Again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-e Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:47:42 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-vlog-4-the-heartbeat-of-hubble https://deepastronomy.com/video/deep-astronomy-vlog-4-the-heartbeat-of-hubble Christ, there's a blog too?! http://blog.deepastronomy.com Here's some footage from an artistic display that was running concurrently with the JWST model. It is taking data from a telemetry from the Hubble Space Telescope and rendering it as a wav Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:44:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-37-jwst-model-in-baltimore-up-close-and-personal https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-37-jwst-model-in-baltimore-up-close-and-personal http://facebook.com/SpaceFan There were some very nice people who work on the project willing to let me ask them some questions about JWST and post them here on YouTube. Special thanks to Dr. Marshall Perrin from STScI and Charlie Atkinson from Nor Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:29:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-model-as-seen-from-baltimore-s-inner-harbor https://deepastronomy.com/video/jwst-model-as-seen-from-baltimore-s-inner-harbor http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell This video is very shaky because I was holding the camera by the gorilla pod, which magnified the instability from the wind. Sorry about that. Here, I take you to see the JWST model from my boat, we take the inner harbo Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:28:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-36-clash-of-the-titans-hubble-maps-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-36-clash-of-the-titans-hubble-maps-dark-matter http://facebook.com/SpaceFan I can tell you this entire episode's content in one sentence, you ready? Here goes: Yesterday, in an attempt to map the distribution of dark matter within galaxy clusters, the CLASH team of astronomers, using the Hubbl Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:49:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-35-special-nobel-prize-edition https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-35-special-nobel-prize-edition http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Very exciting day today at the Space Telescope Science institute! http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/ http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9805200 What are Type Ia Supernovae? http://chandra Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:43:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-34-herschel-space-telescope-shows-off https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-34-herschel-space-telescope-shows-off http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Given how important the infrared is, I can't believe I haven't brought up the Herschel Space Telescope before. Info on Herschel: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16 http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/He Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:49:07 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-33-cern-battles-relativity-tony-battles-bad-information https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-33-cern-battles-relativity-tony-battles-bad-information http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Faster than light neutrino paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4897 Look at trackbacks to see all the linking articles to it. Best explanation is the ars techica one: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/09/neutrino-e Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:10:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-32-52-new-exoplanets-kepler-discovers-tatooine-a-solar-eclipse-of-a-lifetime https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-32-52-new-exoplanets-kepler-discovers-tatooine-a-solar-eclipse-of-a-lifetime http://facebook.com/SpaceFan The ESO HARPS spectrograph as discovered 52 new exoplanets: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1134e/ Kepler 16 b: http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=152 2017 Solar Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:09:34 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-31-the-star-that-shouldn-t-exist-diamonds-in-the-sky https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-31-the-star-that-shouldn-t-exist-diamonds-in-the-sky Use it, it's yours! http://facebook.com/SpaceFan There was a really interesting story from the European Southern Observatory this week along with the Diamond planet story submitted via the facebook page. The Star that Shouldn't exist: http:// Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:35:15 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-30-black-hole-devours-a-star-type-1a-supernova-seen-in-pinwheel-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-30-black-hole-devours-a-star-type-1a-supernova-seen-in-pinwheel-galaxy Your facebook page: http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Pre-Hurricane upload! This week, we've recorded two really cool transient events: a supermassive black hole devouring a Sun-like star and at Type 1a supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy (m101) going on Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:18:02 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-29-2mass-makes-a-map-miri-ready-for-jwst-stereo-a-makes-a-movie https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-29-2mass-makes-a-map-miri-ready-for-jwst-stereo-a-makes-a-movie http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Lots of news from space missions this week, from 2MASS to STEREO. Even some JWST stuff in here! That STEREO-A movie makes this a must-see. Really cool!. 2MASS: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2011/pr201116.html http: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:00:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-28-introducing-wfirst-dark-jupiters-and-big-solar-flares https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-28-introducing-wfirst-dark-jupiters-and-big-solar-flares Let's talk space: http://facebook.com/SpaceFan WFIRST is a mission to keep an eye on, really great work to be done with this mission: http://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov TrES-2B is a dark gas giant that reflects only 1% of the light that falls on it. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:25:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/red-dwarf-stars-the-embers-of-creation https://deepastronomy.com/video/red-dwarf-stars-the-embers-of-creation Facebook for Space Fans: http://facebook.com/SpaceFan Been wanting to do a video on red dwarf stars for a long time. I love the fact that they are going to be the only stars left in a few trillion years. Further reading: http://www.universe Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:39:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/best-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/article/best-telescope Buying a telescope can be very daunting if you've never used one before. Read this article before getting out your wallet. Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:47:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-27-nasa-launches-juno-also-decides-to-show-us-elenin-family-guy-remakes-cosmos https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-27-nasa-launches-juno-also-decides-to-show-us-elenin-family-guy-remakes-cosmos Don't forget your facebook page: http://facebook.com/SpaceFan NASA Launches Juno: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html NASA 'releases' Elenin: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/item.php?id=selects&iid=154 Family Guy rem Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:02:51 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-26-on-the-cancellation-of-jwst https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-26-on-the-cancellation-of-jwst http://facebook.com/SpaceFan I've been asked by many of you to do a video on the proposed cancellation of JWST. Here it is. JWST Cancellation: http://appropriations.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=250023 AAS Statement: http://aas.org Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:15:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-25-playing-astronomy-catchup https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-25-playing-astronomy-catchup Want to use Facebook? http://www.facebook.com/SpaceFan Let's see how that goes.... Lots of catching up to do after my haitus. Here are the links to some of the more interesting stuff that's happened since SFN #24: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:06:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-24-latest-kepler-exoplanet-goodbye-to-a-mars-rover https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-24-latest-kepler-exoplanet-goodbye-to-a-mars-rover Sorry for the unexpected haitus! This week, we take a look at some highlights from the Spring Meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting held in late May. New planet of Kepler 10 system: http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cf Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:05:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-23-more-floating-planets-than-stars-in-our-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-23-more-floating-planets-than-stars-in-our-galaxy Bit late this week, but nonetheless... Astronomers think there may be more free floating planets than stars in our galaxy. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-147&cid=release_2011-147 Guys who did the survey: http://www.phys.canterbu Mon, 23 May 2011 02:06:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-22-the-habitability-of-gliese-581d https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-22-the-habitability-of-gliese-581d This paper on Gliese 581d sheds some interesting light on the habitability of the planet: http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1031v1 Very readable paper, I recommend it. Also, check out new DeepAstronomy article: http://www.deepastronomy.com/comet-elenin-j Sat, 14 May 2011 07:05:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-21-comet-elenin-and-you https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-21-comet-elenin-and-you Don't bother with duck and cover, you're going to be fine this fall. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-135&cid=release_2011-135 http://news.discovery.com/space/will-earthbound-comet-fulfill-2012-prophecy.html Sat, 07 May 2011 02:15:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-20-20-000-subs-jwst-mission-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-20-20-000-subs-jwst-mission-update Wow, 20,000 subscribers! Who would have thunk it possible? Thanks so much for watching my stuff. This week: an update on JWST. Things are progressing swimmingly, here's the report: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/resources/WebbUpdate_spring2011.pdf Sun, 01 May 2011 23:15:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-19-hubble-turns-21-still-can-t-get-a-beer-in-a-bar https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-19-hubble-turns-21-still-can-t-get-a-beer-in-a-bar My employer, the Space Telescope Science Institute, released an image and a really cool animation to commemorate Hubble's 21st birthday. Press release here: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/11/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:10:53 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hypernova-of-vy-canis-majoris https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hypernova-of-vy-canis-majoris What is the largest star in the universe: the Hypergiant star known as VY Canis Majoris Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:31:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-18-bye-space-shuttles-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-bills https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-18-bye-space-shuttles-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-bills Space Shuttles are being retired, here's where they're gonna go. Also, they cost a lot. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/apr/HQ_11-107_Orbiter_Disposition.html http://www.space.com/11358-nasa-space-shuttle-program-cost-30-years.html Iraq war s Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:43:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-17-jump-cut-edition-new-model-for-merging-black-holes-nasa-can-t-afford-lisa https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-17-jump-cut-edition-new-model-for-merging-black-holes-nasa-can-t-afford-lisa Researchers at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard unveiled a new model describing merging black holes. Also, NASA can't afford LISA. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2011/pr201110.html http://bit.ly/iez4pA http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/c Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:00:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-16-first-images-of-mercury-all-of-kepler-s-planets-number-of-earths-in-our-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-16-first-images-of-mercury-all-of-kepler-s-planets-number-of-earths-in-our-galaxy Lots of really cool news out this week. The MESSENGER spacecraft took some images of Mercury, the Kepler guys put out a really neat graphic showing all of the candidate planets Kepler discovered in February, and a paper showing an estimate of the nu Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:49:44 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-bound-2-earth-s-first-interstellar-probes https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-bound-2-earth-s-first-interstellar-probes You may not be aware that we've already sent our first probes into interstellar space: Pioneer 10 and 11, along with Voyager I and II are out of our solar system an heading towards the stars. The problem is, they won't get there for tens of thous Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:11:24 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-15-don-t-lick-brown-things-difference-between-brown-dwarf-gas-giant https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-15-don-t-lick-brown-things-difference-between-brown-dwarf-gas-giant Space Bound #2 will be out on Sunday! Got a heads up from space fan paleosmoker about a discovery of the coolest brown dwarf ever found. Also discuss the difference between a gas giant and a brown dwarf. Here are the links referred to in the vid Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:10:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-14-super-moon-edition-nasa-goes-to-mercury-ducks-on-mars https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-14-super-moon-edition-nasa-goes-to-mercury-ducks-on-mars NASA finally made it to Mercury. Also, talking about the stupid Super Moon idiocy. Here's NASA's release: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html Here's Bad Astronomy's debunking post: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastr Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:26:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-13-before-the-big-bang https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-13-before-the-big-bang Back from vacation and wanted to talk about Conformal Cyclic Cosmology. Back in November, a group announced that they have possibly detected gravity waves from interacting black hole in a universe prior to ours. Here is the paper: http://arxiv.org/ Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:51:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-12-something-strange-about-gravity https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-12-something-strange-about-gravity Don't forgets your tweets: http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy A couple of weeks ago a paper came out that supported the MOND theory for why the universe is accelerating. Here's the announcement: http://bit.ly/gFSz4Q Here's the paper: http://arxiv.o Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:19:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-do-we-know-black-holes-exist https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-do-we-know-black-holes-exist http://deepastronomy.com is getting more stuff all the time, please remember to check it out! It's a natural question to ask how we know black holes exist if we can't see them. This video step through the history of thinking on the idea of black ho Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:39:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-11-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-an-era https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-11-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-an-era You can haz astronomy tweets: http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy This week, I wax rhapsodic about the final launch of Discovery, and discuss it's relevance to the Hubble. Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:39:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-the-hubble-space-telescope-will-die https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-the-hubble-space-telescope-will-die Please check out the new/improved http://deepastronomy.com You will (eventually) be able to download all of my vids there. Sometime in 2024 the Hubble Space Telescope will die unless we can figure out a way to capture it and bring it down. This Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:46:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-10-nasa-smashes-a-comet-measures-hole-it-made-the-x2-flare-that-nobody-noticed https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-10-nasa-smashes-a-comet-measures-hole-it-made-the-x2-flare-that-nobody-noticed The two major events this week, both kinda overblown in my opinion, but nevertheless, there was some cool images to come out of it. NASA's comet flyby: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-056&cid=release_2011-056#1 X2 Flare: http://s Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:48:22 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-9-first-image-of-entire-sun-taken-comments-on-solar-max https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-9-first-image-of-entire-sun-taken-comments-on-solar-max The STEREO team released the first image ever taken of the complete globe of the sun. Not the disk, the ENTIRE sphere. Really cool. I also respond to a request about concerns of the upcoming solar max and the predictions that it will be stronger Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:30:48 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-apophis-asteroid-what-you-need-to-know https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-apophis-asteroid-what-you-need-to-know UPDATE: In January 2013, NASA confirmed that Apophis WILL NOT hit Earth in 2036. For more watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id3yvnazVzM For some reason, http://deepastronomy.com went crazy with traffic over searches for the Apophis asteroid. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:30:47 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-8-kepler-triples-number-of-known-exoplanets-become-a-planet-hunter https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-8-kepler-triples-number-of-known-exoplanets-become-a-planet-hunter On Feb. 2nd, 2011 the NASA Kepler team announced another data release. This one contains candidates for 1235 stars with planets orbiting them. Of those, 54 are within the habitable zone! Kepler has woken up and is now fulfilling its promise to ans Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:45:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-james-webb-space-telescope-the-largest-telescope-ever-launched https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-james-webb-space-telescope-the-largest-telescope-ever-launched DeepAstronomy site is undergoing a makeover: http://deepastronomy.com. Please stop by and take a look. The James Webb Space Telescope is due to launch no earlier than September of 2016, but anticipation is high for the data and images. It is des Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:13:24 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-7-hubble-s-latest-most-distant-object-and-remembering-challenger https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-7-hubble-s-latest-most-distant-object-and-remembering-challenger Here's the press release: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/05/ Hubble has set a new record for the most distant object found so far (again!). Also, I tell the story of how I found out the Challenger Exploded Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:02:14 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-decay-of-heaven https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-decay-of-heaven A universe that is expanding and accelerating has bleak implications Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:29:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-6-james-webb-space-telescope-mission-update https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-6-james-webb-space-telescope-mission-update Thought I would share some of the latest news from the James Webb Space Telescope mission. Looks like there are some delays ahead and cost overruns, but this isn't surprising and is quite common in space missions. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:05:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-earth-sized-world-of-kepler https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-earth-sized-world-of-kepler After gathering and analyzing over 8 months of data transmitted from the spacecraft, the Kepler Science Team announced the discovery of the first rocky, Earth-sized world: Kepler 10b Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:46:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-5-the-future-is-in-the-infrared https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-5-the-future-is-in-the-infrared Whew! This has been some week, the AAS is now over and astronomy overload has set in. All of you have been so supportive and enthusiastic about this series. To be honest, I was shocked at how many watched these vids. Because this was such a posit Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:22:43 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-4-candles-in-the-dark https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-4-candles-in-the-dark This one's a little long because I wanted to give some background into the two press releases that came out of the AAS today: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1243-ssc2011-01-Cosmology-Standard-Candle-Not-So-Standard-After-All http://www.cfa.harv Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:45:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-3-the-most-comprehensive-image-of-the-night-sky-ever-taken https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-3-the-most-comprehensive-image-of-the-night-sky-ever-taken Been tweeting like crazy: http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy Here's the press release: http://sdss3.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/aas-press-conference/ Link to the image: http://cosmo.nyu.edu/blanton/aas-2011-sdss3-pc-hires-1920-1440.001.jpg More inf Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:53:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-2-echoes-from-a-quasar-that-no-longer-exists https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-2-echoes-from-a-quasar-that-no-longer-exists Here's the press release: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/01/image/a/ Don't forget to check out Galaxy Zoo: http://galaxyzoo.org A Dutch schoolteacher discovered an enigmatic object while classifying galaxies in the Sloan Dig Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:48:38 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-1-kepler-discovers-its-first-rocky-world https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-fan-news-1-kepler-discovers-its-first-rocky-world Get astronomy tweets here: http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy Trying something new here. I really enjoy the weeks that the American Astronomical Society holds its meetings because so many great things are announced. i want to share as many of the Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:23:36 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-caused-the-big-bang https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-caused-the-big-bang The question of what caused the Big Bang is one of the most difficult facing humanity. We may never find an answer, and even if we do, we probably won't understand it. Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:28:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/where-are-the-first-stars-and-galaxies https://deepastronomy.com/video/where-are-the-first-stars-and-galaxies There is a big gap in our observations from the CMB to the first galaxies almost a billion years later. The James Webb Space Telescope will help close that gap by looking for the first star Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:13:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-can-galaxies-travel-faster-than-light https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-can-galaxies-travel-faster-than-light Get Astronomy tweets here http://twitter.com/DeepAstronomy Probably my biggest regret when I made the Hubble Deep Field in 3D video is saying the phrase "these galaxies are racing away from us, in some cases faster than light". I had originally Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:49:18 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-exoplanet-from-outside-our-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-exoplanet-from-outside-our-galaxy Press Release: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1045/ Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory have just announced the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a star whose origins lie outside the Milky Way. This star, HIP 13044, entered Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:11:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/my-50th-upload-thank-you-space-fans https://deepastronomy.com/video/my-50th-upload-thank-you-space-fans I can't believe I've uploaded 50 videos! I wanted to take a minute to thank all of the Space Fans who've been so engaged in learning about our place in this vast universe. Without your encouragement, support and kindness, I would never have continu Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:59:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/behind-the-mysterious-fog-surrounding-the-milky-way https://deepastronomy.com/video/behind-the-mysterious-fog-surrounding-the-milky-way On November 9th, 2010, a group of scientists at NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope announced the discovery of two bubbles of energy erupting from the center of our galaxy. The structure spans more than half of the visible sky, from the constella Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:40:16 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-do-we-know-the-universe-is-flat https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-do-we-know-the-universe-is-flat Special thanks to space fan http://www.youtube.com/tsjoencinema ! Your suggestion, while it didn't have the MOST votes, had enough to justify my doing this since I've been wanting to for a while. Thanks to everyone for participating, and keep vot Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:16:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-most-distant-galaxy-ever-measured https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-most-distant-galaxy-ever-measured On Oct 19th, astronomers announced the measurement of a redshift of 8.6 for one of the galaxies in the Ultra Deep Field. Here's the news release from ESO's website: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1041/ Music used: http://www.archive.org Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:38:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-importance-of-gliese-581g https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-importance-of-gliese-581g Get astronomy tweets here: http://twitter.com/#!/DeepAstronomy The fact that we've found a habitable planet candidate so soon after starting our search has important implications for the number of habitable planets that may exist in our galaxy - Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:42:56 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-bound-1-the-consequences-of-star-travel https://deepastronomy.com/video/space-bound-1-the-consequences-of-star-travel Thank you space fans! This video is the first in a new series inspired by you. Special thanks to Space Fan Malekhit86, your suggestion had the most votes. http://www.youtube.com/Malekhit87 All music used: http://www.archive.org/details/bro Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:28:20 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/gliese-581g-first-earth-sized-planet-discovered-around-a-star-s-habitable-zone https://deepastronomy.com/video/gliese-581g-first-earth-sized-planet-discovered-around-a-star-s-habitable-zone Earlier this week, astronomers from University of California in Santa Cruz announced the discovery of an Earth-sized world in a very promising spot around the red-dwarf star known as Gliese 581. It seems to be orbiting in that star's habitable zone. Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:06:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-is-the-sky-dark-at-night https://deepastronomy.com/video/why-is-the-sky-dark-at-night Why is the Sky Dark at Night? It might seem like a silly question, but if all the light from the stars that ever lived shone throughout the universe, then the night sky would be as bright as day. It's called Olber's paradox and this video attempts to answer the question, So, why is that? Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:52:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-5-goodbye-jack-horkheimer https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-5-goodbye-jack-horkheimer FYI: I thought my shirt being transparent was appropriate. My little tribute... I was extremely sad to hear of the passing of Jack Horkheimer this month. He was one of my earliest influences when I was growing up and he will be sorely missed. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:34:35 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-3-the-great-filter https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-3-the-great-filter Doing some tweeting here: @DeepAstronomy Whew! This was the hardest video for me (by far) to make. I started this script on August 21, 2009 and I'm finally finishing this up almost a year later. I would encourage anyone who has any questions to m Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:25:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-4-fun-in-d-c https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-4-fun-in-d-c I know it's been a long time since my last video. I've been working hard getting settled into my new job and I wanted to give everyone an update on when the next video will be coming out. Music track used: pandoras.box (Golden Spoon): http:// Tue, 25 May 2010 07:46:31 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-journey-into-a-black-hole https://deepastronomy.com/video/a-journey-into-a-black-hole What would it be like to travel into a black hole? Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:32:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-space-telescope-and-me https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-space-telescope-and-me I wanted to give Space Fans who were interested an update on when the next video will be out (late next week) and why. Music: Theme (Feature) - The Corporation Soundtrack Leonard J. Paul http://www.archive.org/details/kpu101 I'm taking a new Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:27:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-size-of-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-size-of-the-universe When I first made the Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken video, there has been a consistent avalanche of comments stating that there is no way the universe can be this large. Figuring out the size of the universe isn't as simple Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-universe-expanding-into https://deepastronomy.com/video/what-is-the-universe-expanding-into By popular Space Fan request, I offer this video to help answer some of your questions regarding the expanding universe. Many of you consistently ask: If the universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into? Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:22:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hole-in-the-andromeda-galaxy https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hole-in-the-andromeda-galaxy http://spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2218-sig06-025a-Spitzer-View-of-the-Andromeda-Galaxy On August 25, 2003, NASA launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Designed to peer into the infrared region of the spectrum, this instrument was designed to pierc Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:41:01 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/solar-dynamics-observatory-launches https://deepastronomy.com/video/solar-dynamics-observatory-launches http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Woo Hoo! Up it went, just like downtown. Launch was at 10:23 am EST and as of now, things are looking great. Solar panels are deployed and the spacecraft is getting power. This observatory will provide the best sola Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:22:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/solar-dynamics-observatory-will-take-more-data-than-ever-before https://deepastronomy.com/video/solar-dynamics-observatory-will-take-more-data-than-ever-before http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ The SDO launches tomorrow! I have a terrible headcold, so I can't do any narration right now, but I really wanted to let Space Fans know about this exciting new solar spacecraft. I had a very small role to play in the Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:11 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/strange-spheres-seen-in-solar-data https://deepastronomy.com/video/strange-spheres-seen-in-solar-data http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Some very interesting looking "spheres" were observed by some Space Fans in STEREO data a few weeks ago and asked me what I thought they were. I did some digging and found out. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:49:19 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/2012-and-the-strongest-solar-storms-ever-recorded https://deepastronomy.com/video/2012-and-the-strongest-solar-storms-ever-recorded http://www.2012hoax.org/solar-flares Man, it's cold in Illinois. You wouldn't see Carl Sagan trying this. I'll try close captioning this video so people can better read the script, the wind was extraordinarily strong today. This is the first Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:58:24 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/december-21-2012-why-i-m-scared https://deepastronomy.com/video/december-21-2012-why-i-m-scared http://2012hoax.org This one's a little long, but I go through many of the main points of the 2012 stuff. If you like it and find it helpful, please help me get the word out about this so that people will not go nuts like they did just prior to Y Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:09:55 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/titan-s-shadow-a-once-in-a-millenium-celestial-alignment https://deepastronomy.com/video/titan-s-shadow-a-once-in-a-millenium-celestial-alignment Found another really cool observation done by the Chandra X-Ray telescope way back in 2003. With all the hype about celestial alignments and 2012 hysteria about the Sun/Earth/Galactic Center alignment, I thought I'd present a truly once in a milleni Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:49:26 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-five-worlds-of-kepler https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-first-five-worlds-of-kepler On January 4th, 2010, the Kepler Science Team announced the first five worlds discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope. These planets are larger, Jupiter-sized ones, instead of the smaller Earth-sized planets it was designed to detect, but these d Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:03:05 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-most-distant-galaxies-ever-seen https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-most-distant-galaxies-ever-seen In August, after the last repair mission on the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers directed its newest camera towards the same area of sky where just five years ago, the first Hubble Ultra Deep field image was made and recorded a new one - this time Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:04:10 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/dark-matter-the-ultimate-halloween-treat https://deepastronomy.com/video/dark-matter-the-ultimate-halloween-treat This is what I'm giving out for Halloween this year. I show you how you can do it too! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:49:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-3-the-universe-is-evaporating https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-3-the-universe-is-evaporating Astronomers have known for some time that the universe is expanding, but until very recently, it was always assumed that after the Big Bang, the material in the universe: stars, nebulae and galaxies, we basically just sort of thrown out there, coasti Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:25:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-the-universe-was-formed https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-the-universe-was-formed How was the universe formed? Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:10:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-farthest-we-can-ever-see-into-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-farthest-we-can-ever-see-into-the-universe Earlier this week on Sept. 17th 2009, the European Space Agency released first light images of its Planck telescope. The Planck observatory scans the sky using highly sensitive detectors that measure tiny variations of temperature in the Cosmic mi Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:45:09 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-back-and-better-than-ever https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-back-and-better-than-ever By popular demand, I've created a high definition montage of the latest images released from the upgraded Hubble Space Telescope. Many Space Fans out there wanted a montage of just the music and animations. Well, your wish is my command. Enjoy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:38:13 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/improved-hubble-shows-evidence-of-dark-matter https://deepastronomy.com/video/improved-hubble-shows-evidence-of-dark-matter As you may be aware, in May of this year, NASA launched its final mission to the HST to perform an upgrade. During this tricky mission, the astronauts replaced several key instruments with brand new ones, making the HST into an essentially brand new Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:43:45 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/december-21-2012-should-you-be-worried https://deepastronomy.com/video/december-21-2012-should-you-be-worried Alrighty then Space Fans, this is the first of my 2012 videos. Yes, I'm reading from a script, and I sound a little wooden, but I promise to work on that! Most of the fear and confusion surrounding this issue stems primarily from a lack of unde Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:04:54 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-2-2012-mayans-and-planets-and-flares-oh-my https://deepastronomy.com/video/infinite-minute-2-2012-mayans-and-planets-and-flares-oh-my You'll need to really turn up your volume to get the joke. This played well on my computer, but I can barely hear the Jaws music on a laptop. Ooops. Can you guess which part of this I narrated? Well Space Fans, I've been looking into this w Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:32:23 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-infinite-minute-1-wtf-is-this https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-infinite-minute-1-wtf-is-this I had this idea the other day to make a series of videos that are exactly 60 seconds long and attempt to convey a topic on astronomy or cosmology. I liked the challenge of writing a script that maximizes the effectiveness of every word in an attem Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:53:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-deep-field-in-3d https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-deep-field-in-3d In an update on an already iconic image, astronomers have created a new Hubble Deep Field in 3D Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-2-where-is-everybody-final-cut https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-2-where-is-everybody-final-cut OK, so there are two kinds of space fans, those who like my voice and those who don't. There's also a contingent that likes a more poetic and rhythmic flow to the script. I have to admit, I like this one better too. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:41:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-2-where-is-everybody https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-2-where-is-everybody Given that our galaxy is 10 billion years old and it should take civilizations much less time to develop and travel through the galaxy, why isn't the universe teeming with aliens? Where is everybody? Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:07:40 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/dark-energy-and-me https://deepastronomy.com/video/dark-energy-and-me Hello space fans, I'm talking entirely too fast and am almost completely incoherent, but here's an explanation of where I've been and what I'm doing. Thanks for hanging in there and stay tuned! Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:32:57 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-the-hubble-deep-field-was-taken https://deepastronomy.com/video/how-the-hubble-deep-field-was-taken Since I made the "Most Important Image" video, I have consistently gotten emails asking how the image was taken in the first place. Here is a video from HubbleSite.org that does a great job of telling the story of how the first Hubble Deep Field w Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:56:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/the-redneck-astronomer https://deepastronomy.com/article/the-redneck-astronomer My life has always been a collision of worlds that never seemed to fit together. This article explains, in part, what I mean. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:00:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomybuff-3-i-have-proof-of-intelligent-design https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomybuff-3-i-have-proof-of-intelligent-design Sorry for the exclamation mark, but this is huge! I have uncovered irrefutable evidence that the universe was designed. I even disclose who it was. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:37:58 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomybuff-2-stellarium-and-planetary-alignment-6-30-07 https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomybuff-2-stellarium-and-planetary-alignment-6-30-07 There is a cool planetary alignment this Saturday, June 30th. I wanted to play with Stellarium and my new screen grabber software to produce a 'planetarium-style' presentation. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:27:50 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomybuff-1-vampires-make-the-best-astronomers https://deepastronomy.com/video/astronomybuff-1-vampires-make-the-best-astronomers This is the first installment of the AstronomyBuff.com video blog. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:50:33 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-se-the-face-on-mars-isn-t https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-se-the-face-on-mars-isn-t Hello Space Fans, the SE stands for special edition. I didn't have enough 'stuff' for my Face on Mars video so I turned it into a video blog entry. In October 2006, the European Space Agency and Malin Space Science Systems made an awesome, hires Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:04:52 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-i-overcame-my-math-blocks https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-i-overcame-my-math-blocks What do you do when you can’t do the thing you want most in life? And I don’t mean “can’t” in a I-have-other-things-to-do kind of way. I mean can’t do it even though it’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do kind of way. Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:14:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-3-rocketboom-lady-the-size-of-the-universe https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-3-rocketboom-lady-the-size-of-the-universe For today's stunt, we discuss the size of the universe and how great it would be if I could meet the RocketBoom lady. Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:23:39 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-2-numa-numa-guy-wtf https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-2-numa-numa-guy-wtf Here, I explain why the Numa Numa guy is in the HDF Video, and that no, the video wasn't hacked by elves. Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:38:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-vlog-12-19-2006 https://deepastronomy.com/video/deepastronomy-vlog-12-19-2006 Be gentle, this is my first video blog entry. I want to try and answer FAQ's I've gotten on the Hubble Deep Field Video. Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:46:59 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-deep-field-the-most-imp-image-ever-taken-redux https://deepastronomy.com/video/hubble-deep-field-the-most-imp-image-ever-taken-redux This is the latest incarnation of the HDF video. The narration has been edited to include research from a paper in Physical Review Letters (2004) which puts the size of the universe at 46.5 billion light years, not 78 billion as I originally stated. Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:56:28 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/your-first-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/article/your-first-telescope New to amateur astronomy? Want to get involved? Want to buy your first telescope? Here are some things I wish I knew when I was starting out. Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:32:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/why-do-you-want-a-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/article/why-do-you-want-a-telescope If you're in the market for a telescope, I want to make sure you have the best possible experience with it under the stars. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:02:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/apophis-the-asteroid https://deepastronomy.com/article/apophis-the-asteroid Will Apophis hit us in 2036? That depends on its trajectory as it passes overhead in 2029! Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:15:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/what-you-need-to-know-before-buying-a-telescope https://deepastronomy.com/article/what-you-need-to-know-before-buying-a-telescope Here is some stuff I think every person should think about before buying their very first telescope. Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:15:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/o-hubble-deep-field-a-imagem-mais-importante-ja-tirada https://deepastronomy.com/video/o-hubble-deep-field-a-imagem-mais-importante-ja-tirada Em 2003, o Telescópio Espacial Hubble fotografou a imagem do milênio, uma imagem que mostra nosso lugar no universo. Qualquer um que entende o que esta imagem representa, é permanentemente mudado por ela. A very kind viewer, Leonardo Bays, added s Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:24:49 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-1-just-on-earth-or-everywhere https://deepastronomy.com/video/life-in-the-universe-1-just-on-earth-or-everywhere This is the first episode of a series on life in the universe. Looking for life in the universe isn't like looking for your car keys. It's hard to know where to even start. The best place to start is probably by NOT trying to find alien civilizati Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:55:03 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can https://deepastronomy.com/article/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can It's not as easy to destroy the Earth as you might think; evil geniuses everywhere have been trying for years. The problem lies with the fact that the Earth is pretty big (at least compared to you and me) and it takes quite a bit of energy. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:41:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-deep-field-video-with-narration-cleaned-up https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-deep-field-video-with-narration-cleaned-up Here's the same video but with the smacking and breathing sounds removed and cleaned up. I apologize for not doing this before, but I never listened to the video with earphones on. Numa Numa guy is still there. Taking him out would have been mor Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:51:17 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/hubble-deep-field https://deepastronomy.com/article/hubble-deep-field Probably more than any other image I've ever seen, the Hubble Deep Field has profoundly changed my perspective on the universe and our place in it. Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:52:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-deep-field-the-most-important-image-ever-taken https://deepastronomy.com/video/the-hubble-deep-field-the-most-important-image-ever-taken The video that started it all! This video on the Hubble Deep Field was the first thing Deep Astronomy ever posted to YouTube. It is in low quality because 240p was all you had back in the day. Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:45:00 EDT https://deepastronomy.com/article/why-astronomy-matters https://deepastronomy.com/article/why-astronomy-matters I was recently asked the question, "Why does knowing about astronomy matter?" Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:47:00 EDT