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ASTROPHYSICAST

Team ASTROPHYSICASTwww.astrophysicast.com
Podcast created for Astro-lovers and for all those who want to know about the cosmos, about the universe and above all about our existence. Hosted by Rohit Agrawal and created by Team ASTROPHYSICAST. EMAIL: astrophysicast@gmail.com INSTAGRAM: @astrophysicast LinkedIn: ASTROPHYSICAST
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Episodes

Cosmic Microwave Background (CMR)

For thousands of years, humans have been trying to figure out the universe and determine its true extent. And there have been a lot of assumptions and theories. during the 1960s, astronomers became aware of microwave background radiation that was detectable in all directions. Known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the existence of this radiation has helped to hone our understanding of how the Universe began. The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR) is faint electromagnetic radiation ...

Dec 23, 202110 min

We've touched the Sun! (ft. Parker Solar Probe)

Something really significant for the field of astronomy was announced last week on december 14th. For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. NASA's historic Parker Solar Probe mission is revolutionizing our understanding of the Sun, where ...

Dec 18, 202117 min

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Our latest episode is about the most ambitious, complex and the largest telescope ever built by humans . JWST is said to be a time machine which will lead us back to our origin. The James Webb has taken around 30 years and 10 billion $ to develop and it is be bing described as one of the grand scientific endeavour of 21st century. Webb is an outcome of thousands of scientists, engineers and others who have toiled day and night to make it reality.

Dec 07, 202130 min

Star Death

We wind up the season of Stars with Star Death.

Nov 26, 202114 minSeason 3Ep. 9

Main Sequence Stars

This was the episode recorded with the irreplaceable content on Main Sequence Stars. Do check out our Social Media handles to know about the latest workshops and Webminars on Astrophysics.

Nov 12, 202127 minSeason 3Ep. 8

Variable Stars

We discuss about Variable Stars. Tune in to the ASTROPHYSICAST Podcast Season three to witness the unknown about Stars...

Oct 28, 202115 minSeason 3Ep. 5

Women in Space (Guest Episode)

We celebrate World Space Week with Ancy Anna John, A Ph.D Scholar from University of St. Andrews Scotland.

Oct 10, 202128 min

Solar Atmosphere

We talked about the Atmosphere of the most familiar star our own Sun..

Sep 26, 202115 minSeason 3Ep. 4

Characteristics of Stars

We discuss about characteristics of stars ranging from their temperature, luminosity, colour all over to their size and mass.

Sep 17, 202118 minSeason 3Ep. 3

Compact Stars

This is the second episode of season for stars in which we did a brief analysis of Compact Stars with two researchers from our team Sharry Kapoor and Deepan Jayakumar.

Sep 08, 20219 minSeason 3Ep. 2

History of Planetary Motions

Some details about the History of Planetary Motions. Like how early Philosophers and Scientists think of Planet's Movement and things Some sort of Basic Astronomy.

Jul 12, 202126 min

Astrophysical Jet

An astrophysical jet is an astronomical phenomenon where outflows of ionised matter are emitted as an extended beam along the axis of rotation. When this greatly accelerated matter in the beam approaches the speed of light, astrophysical jets become relativistic jets as they show effects from special relativity.

Jun 23, 202123 min

Dyson Sphere (astroTech)

The Hypothetical Megastructure Dyson Sphere explained in First Episode of Series [astroTech]

Jun 23, 20217 min

Ion Propulsion (astroTech)

In this episode we have considered data from sources of NASA and Wikipedia and tried to gather information about Ion Propulsion..

Jun 17, 202117 min

Live: Response to Mars Perseverance Rover EDL (Entry Descent and Landing)

Mars Perseverance Rover Landed Successfully on the Surface of Mars on 19th February 2021 IST. We have responded real time to the Mars Landing operations from Entry Descent and Landing, from live web stream of NASA This episode is to make you all aware about that Precise Minutes and live that Moment if you have missed....

Jun 15, 202152 min

Star Formation (ft. Molly Wells)

Talked with our expert on Star Formation and we provided with all that's necessary to understand star formation in one go. Stay Tuned for more on Stars in this Season..

Jun 06, 202130 minSeason 3Ep. 1

Discussing Astrophysics! (ft. Rose Waugh)

Featuring Rose Waugh, a brilliant Astrophysics PhD student at the University of St. Andrews Scotland. We talked about the scope of ASTROPHYSICS as a subject and as a profession. We got to know about her amazing work.. Head over to her Instagram to know more... @astrophysicist_rose

May 29, 202132 min

Warp Drive (astroTech)

Warp Drive is a theoretically possible and practically impossible wonder that was given by Science Fiction to us. Discussion by the sources of Wikipedia and NASA

May 17, 202112 min

Does Colonization makes sense?

We have provided with our views on Colonisation of Moon by NASA, Mars by Space X and Space Industraialisation by Blue Origin also Why it is important to step out....

Apr 29, 202113 minSeason 2Ep. 5

Moons of Saturn and Jupiter

We have discussed about Saturn's Moons: Titan, Enceledus and more Moons from Jupiter such as Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

Apr 25, 202127 minSeason 2Ep. 4

My Favorite Space Programs

I talked about my favorite Space Programs in this Episode:- Apollo, Mangalyaan, Chandrayaan, Mars 2020 or Curiosity, Cassini

Mar 21, 202115 minSeason 2Ep. 2
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