Blood Moon Meets Uranus: A Celestial Double Feature
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, August 28th, in the year 2007, astronomers witnessed a cosmic spectacle that left them starry-eyed and slack-jawed. The Universe decided to put on...
28 Aug 20252min
Neptune's Wild Ride: Voyager 2's Epic Planetary Flyby
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day in astronomy, August 27th, we celebrate the anniversary of a truly electrifying discovery. Back in 1989, the Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest ...
27 Aug 20251min
Voyager 2's Saturn Encounter: A Celestial Dance of Discovery
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, August 26th, in the year 1981, the spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn, coming within 63,000 miles of the planet's cloud tops...
26 Aug 20252min
Pluto's Planetary Downfall: How a Cosmic Misfit Lost Its Crown
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, August 25th, in the year 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made a decision that shook the very foundations of our solar system. In ...
25 Aug 20252min
Pluto's Planetary Downfall: The Day the Solar System Changed Forever
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, August 24th, in the year 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made a decision that shook the very foundations of our solar system. In ...
24 Aug 20252min
Pluto's Planetary Downfall: A Cosmic Demotion
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day in astronomy, August 23rd, we celebrate the anniversary of a groundbreaking discovery that shook the astronomical world in 2006. On this date, the ...
23 Aug 20252min
"Hot Jupiter: The Planet That Launched a Thousand Exoplanets"
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day in astronomy, August 22nd, we celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star. Back in 1996, astronomers...
22 Aug 20252min
Solar Symphony: America's Celestial Dance of Darkness and Light
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, August 21st, in astronomical history, we celebrate the anniversary of the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017. Eight years ago, millions of peopl...
21 Aug 20252min
