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Cosmically Curious: A glimpse into the weird and biased history of star constellations
In this episode of Cosmically Curious, St. Anselm College's Nicole Gugliucci explains how astronomers settled on the official list of constellations, and what the choices reveal about whose stories are represented in the night sky. Patrick McNameeKing: Nicole, I know there are famous constellations named for characters in Greek mythology, but I recently read about some real duds. Is it true that there's a constellation of a desk? Nicole Gugliucci: Yeah.
Cosmically Curious: How do we make sense of the vastness of space?
Space is so vast that even scientists struggle to picture its scale. In this conversation, astrophysicist Nicole Gugliucci explains how analogies help us make sense of the cosmic distances that otherwise overwhelm the imagination. Transcript: Patrick McNameeKing: Nicole, how do humans make sense of the size of space? Nicole Gugliucci: We have to use lots of analogies and lots of models. When I teach introductory physics, I ask my students to look at their answer and see if it makes sense, right?
Cosmically Curious: Cloudy with a chance of sulfuric acid?
In this episode of Cosmically Curious, Patrick McNameeKing sits down with astronomer Nicole Gugliucci to explore the bizarre reality of extraterrestrial weather — from scorching sulfuric acid showers on Venus to helium raining through the interior of Saturn. Patrick McNameeKing: I'm joined today by Nicole Gugliucci from Saint Anselm College. Nicole, does it rain on other planets? Nicole Gugliucci: So are we talking about rain on planet surfaces or rain inside planets?
Cosmically Curious: How a microwave fooled astronomers for nearly two decades
In this episode of Cosmically Curious, host Patrick McNameeKing sits down with astronomer Dr. Nicole Gugliucci to unpack how a simple kitchen appliance fooled the scientific community at the Parkes Radio Observatory in Australia for years. Transcript: Dr. Nicole Gugliucci: In 2007, radio astronomers had started picking up these objects called "fast radio bursts." They didn't know where they were coming from.
No telescope needed: How to catch the Perseid meteors this August
If you love stargazing, clear your calendar for mid-August. The Perseid meteor shower is set to reach its annual peak — and this year promises to put on an exceptional show. A meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through a cloud of space debris left along our orbital path around the sun. As Earth plows into these tiny particles, they burn up in our atmosphere, producing bright streaks across the night sky. This year's peak aligns with a new moon, providing ideal viewing conditions.
Cosmically Curious: The supernova that changed astronomy forever
In this edition of Cosmically Cosmically, host Patrick McNameeKing sits down with St. Anselm College astronomer Nicole Gugliucci to chat about a moment in history that changed astronomy forever. In late 1572, long before the invention of the telescope, sky-watchers looking up at the night sky saw something impossible: a blazing new star where nothing had existed before.
Cosmically Curious: Citizen Science & Space Weather
With April just around the corner, we here at Cosmically Curious are celebrating Citizen Science Month a little early. This week, we sit down with Nicole Gugliucci, an Associate Professor of Physics at Saint Anselm College, to discuss the Radio JOVE Project. This unique project empowers students and hobbyists alike to build their own radio telescopes, allowing them to "listen" to the invisible radio emissions streaming from Jupiter and our own sun.
10 of the Most Endangered Fish Species in Our Oceans
"There are plenty of other fish in the sea," goes the old cliché. But are there, really? According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of endangered species, 1,616 species of fish are at risk for extinction; another 989 are endangered and 627 are critically endangered. While habitat loss and pollution are significant factors in the decline of these species, the greatest threat by far is overfishing. So, what if one of these endangered fish ends up on your hook?
Fellow astronomers, I'm going to go ahead and make this very clear. If any of…
Fellow astronomers, I'm going to go ahead and make this very clear.If any of my friends, acquaintances, or collaborators are a part of "Astronomy Underground," go ahead and unfriend me right now. Online, in meatspace, everywhere. I don't have time or energy for that nonsense.
Earth-sized planets discovered by Kepler may really be Earth-like
Ever since exoplanets were first discovered in the 1990s, astronomers have dreamed of finding an Earth-like planet amongst the stars. Better detection techniques have allowed us to find smaller and smaller exoplanets. But when we spot a planet beyond our Solar System, does “Earth-sized” really mean “Earth-like?” A new study presented at this week’s American Astronomical Society meeting shows that the smallest exoplanets are much more likely to be similar to Earth than we thought.
NASA’s MAVEN charts a disappearing Martian atmosphere
A picture has emerged over the last decade of an early Mars that was once much warmer and wetter than it is today. Mars would have needed a thicker atmosphere to keep that water on the surface in liquid form, but today, its atmospheric pressure is less than one percent of Earth’s. What happened to Mars to cause such severe climate change over its history? A clue to this atmospheric loss has been revealed by MAVEN.
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