Neptune: Calculated Cosmic Discovery
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On September 22nd, we celebrate a celestial milestone that forever changed our understanding of the universe. On this day in 1846, astronomers Johann Gottfried...
22 Sep 20252min
Magellan's Last Dance: A Fiery Venus Farewell
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On September 21st, 1994, the astronomy world was abuzz with excitement as the Magellan spacecraft, after four years of meticulously mapping Venus, plunged into...
21 Sep 20251min
Saturn's Dark Line: Bond's Celestial Discovery
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, September 20th, in the year 1848, the American astronomer George Phillips Bond made a groundbreaking discovery that would forever change our under...
20 Sep 20252min
Hyperion: Saturn's Tumbling, Potato-Shaped Moon of Mystery
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, September 19th, in the year 1848, a momentous discovery was made that would forever change our understanding of the solar system. William Bond, th...
19 Sep 20252min
Pluto's Planetary Demotion: A Cosmic Reality Check
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On September 18th, we celebrate a truly astronomical achievement that occurred back in 2006. On this day, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially...
18 Sep 20252min
Mimas: The Death Star Moon's Cosmic Discovery
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, September 17th, in the year 1789, the astronomical world was set abuzz by the discovery of Saturn's moon Mimas by the renowned British astronomer ...
17 Sep 20251min
Roche Limit: When Moons Dance on the Edge of Destruction
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, September 16th, back in 1848, we witnessed one of the most peculiar and exciting discoveries in the history of astronomy. The French astronomer Éd...
16 Sep 20252min
"Pulsing Pioneers: When Cosmic Beacons First Flickered to Life"
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On September 15th, 1968, a momentous event occurred in the field of astronomy that would forever change our understanding of the cosmos. On this day, the first...
15 Sep 20251min
