Triton: Neptune's Captured Moon of Icy Wonders
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, October 11th, in the year 1846, a groundbreaking discovery shook the astronomical world to its core. William Lassell, a beer brewer turned astrono...
11 Okt 20251min
Asteroid 2008 TC3: The First Tracked Cosmic Visitor to Earth
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On this day, October 10th, in the year 2008, a truly extraordinary event occurred that left astronomers worldwide both excited and perplexed. An asteroid, offi...
10 Okt 20252min
"Kepler's Cosmic Fireworks: A Supernova Spectacular"
This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast. On October 9th, 1604, something extraordinary happened in the night sky that would forever change our understanding of the cosmos. On this date, a supernova ex...
9 Okt 20252min
"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
