"Coggia's Cosmic Tail: A 14,000-Year Journey Through Space"
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On October 8th, 1873, the astronomy world was rocked by the discovery of the "Great Comet of 1873," also known as Comet Coggia. This celestial wanderer was fir...
8 Okt 20252min
Luna 3: Unveiling the Moon's Hidden Face
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, October 7th, in the year 1959, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 captured the first-ever images of the far side of the Moon. This groundbreaking missio...
7 Okt 20252min
First Hot Jupiter: A Cosmic Game-Changer
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On October 6th, 1995, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz made an announcement that would forever change our understanding of the universe. They had dis...
6 Okt 20251min
"The Night Hubble Saw Beyond: A Galaxy's Hidden Cluster"
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On October 5th, 1923, the astronomical world was rocked by the discovery of the first known globular cluster outside our Milky Way galaxy. Edwin Hubble, the re...
5 Okt 20251min
Sputnik: The Tiny Satellite That Launched a Space Revolution
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On October 4th, we celebrate a monumental achievement in space exploration that forever changed our perspective of the cosmos. On this day in 1957, the Soviet ...
4 Okt 20252min
Mariner 2: The Probe That Unveiled Venus's Fiery Secrets
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, October 3rd, in 1962, the world of astronomy was forever changed when the first successful interplanetary probe, Mariner 2, was launched by NASA. ...
3 Okt 20252min
Pluto's Planetary Demotion: A Cosmic Reclassification Controversy
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, October 2nd, in the year 2006, a truly remarkable event occurred in the world of astronomy. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially ...
2 Okt 20252min
Triton: The Backwards Moon of Neptune's Cosmic Realm
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, October 1st, in the year 1847, we celebrate the discovery of Neptune's moon Triton by the brilliant British astronomer William Lassell. Just 17 da...
1 Okt 20252min
