A Postcard to the Cosmos: Recreating the Arecibo Signal
This week on Star Trails, we explore the messages written across the cosmos — from faint comets in our own skies to the coded signals we’ve sent into the void. Drew shares a quick report from his loca...
2 Nov 202525min
The Silence Between the Stars
As Halloween approaches, we drift into one of astronomy’s most haunting questions: if life in the universe is so likely, where is everybody? This week, we explore the famous Fermi Paradox — from Enric...
26 Okt 202521min
Echoes from the Cosmic Graveyard
The veil between life and death is thin in late October, and not just on Earth. This week on Star Trails, we take a haunting journey through The Cosmic Graveyard, a place where dead suns still glow, g...
19 Okt 202513min
The Mid-October Sky and The House of a Thousand Mirrors
The nights are growing longer, the air is sharpening, and the Moon is finally stepping aside. In this week’s episode, we look to the skies from October 12th through the 18th, and discover a season in ...
12 Okt 202512min
Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos (and a Supermoon Too)
The Harvest Supermoon rises over crisp autumn nights as Saturn reigns in the southeast and Pegasus climbs the eastern sky. In this week’s episode of Star Trails, we examine the celestial highlights of...
5 Okt 202522min
Star Trails will return on October 5
It’s been a short break due to technical issues, travel, and life in general, but the show is far from gone. Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking about it — your messages mean the world.Here’s what’...
27 Sep 20252min
Tempus Fugit: Time in Space and Sky
This week we explore both the night sky and the cosmic tick-tock of time itself. The Moon waxes from half-lit to nearly full, while Saturn shines golden in Pisces with its razor-thin rings. Jupiter an...
31 Aug 202513min
A Dark Sky for Us, and a New Moon for Uranus
This week we head outward to the seventh planet, where the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a brand-new moonlet orbiting Uranus. Barely six miles across, this tiny world is so small you could, ...
24 Aug 202513min
