Choreography of the Cosmos: Why the Sky Never Stands Still
In this episode, we continue our January series for new stargazers by exploring one of the most quietly mind-bending truths in astronomy: everything is moving, including you. Even when you’re standing...
18 Jan 21min
Night of the Hunter: A Deep Dive into Orion
This week we slow down and spend the night with one of the sky’s most iconic constellations: Orion. We'll use the mighty hunter as a guide, learning how his stars can point the way to other landmarks ...
11 Jan 25min
How to Begin (or Begin Again) With the Night Sky
The first episode of a new year is a good time to slow down, zoom out, and reset. In this episode, we welcome new and returning listeners alike for a thoughtful reintroduction to stargazing, one that ...
4 Jan 22min
Winter’s Beacons (And a Holiday Gift)
As the year winds down, we make one last stop beneath the night sky for the week of December 21–27, marking the arrival of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year and a quiet turning point ...
21 Des 202511min
How to Build a Time Machine
For the season finale of Star Trails, we’re building a “time machine” the only way we know how: with physics, not plot holes. Drew takes a tour through the time-travel stories that shaped his 80s chil...
30 Nov 202529min
Eras of the Universe (Taylor’s Version)
This week, we’re doing something chaotic: we’re mapping the entire history of the universe onto the musical eras of Taylor Swift. And yes, the science is absolutely real.From the Big Bang to the heat ...
23 Nov 202526min
Sad Astronomy: Reflections on Distance, Death, and Meaning
This episode begins with auroras and interstellar objects and ends somewhere much closer to the heart. After catching up on the week’s sky – dark moonless nights, Mercury in the dawn, meteor activity,...
16 Nov 202523min
Playing Dice with the Universe
This week on Star Trails, we let the universe decide.We fire up a real quantum computer to generate pure randomness — the seed for a million-universe simulation of the famous Drake Equation. Each run ...
9 Nov 202526min
