I See a Big Moon Rising and a Bright Radio Sky
About this episode
The astroquarks discuss the varying appearance of the Moon and the NASA Swift mission, along with new findings in radio astronomy.
The astroquarks examine the oft-asked question of why the Moon sometimes looks huge and other times, not so much, and we take a look at the cool mission to grapple and boost the NASA Swift space telescope into a higher orbit. Plus, new observations reveal that the sky is much brighter at radio wavelengths than previously assumed, teaching us something about the population of free electrons. Join us for all this, space trivia, and more.
People in this episode
Hosts: Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, James Cooney
Topics covered
- Moon appearance
- NASA Swift mission
- radio astronomy
- free electrons
- space trivia
Keywords
- Moon
- NASA Swift
- radio wavelengths
- free electrons
- space telescope
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NASA, Swift
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