Cheap Astronomy Podcasts

Cheap Astronomy offers you 10 minute weekly podcasts on a wide range of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, space science and space exploration topics. At Cheap Astronomy you're only as cheap as the telescope you're looking through.

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Episodes

13. A day on the ISS - 30 April 2009

Our future in space means adjusting to daily life in microgravity - so... just how hard is that?

Apr 30, 2009

12. Moonlight - 23 April 2009

If you don't find this interesting, it's about time you asked yourself why you keep downloading astronomy podcasts.

Apr 23, 2009

11. Sunshine - 16 April 2009

A hot, bright thing in the sky that is responsible for a population of beings who invented the words hot and bright.

Apr 16, 2009

10. Your first cheap telescope - 11 April 2009

There's only one first time...

Apr 11, 2009

9. Chicks in space - 03 April 2009

So... hands up who wants to share a five year mission to seek out new life and new civilisations with a bunch of guys. OK then.

Apr 03, 2009

8. The Space Shuttle Enterprise - 26 March 2009

The line between astronomy and science fiction sometimes blurs.

Mar 26, 2009

7. Love in the continuum of general relativity - 19 March 2009

It's not just about about being on time, being in space is also important.

Mar 19, 2009

6. Indigenous Australian astronomy - 15 March 2009

Some of what is still remembered about Indigenous Australian observations of the night sky.

Mar 15, 2009

5. Talking to the aliens - 10 March 2009

Some clever folk have been working hard to ensure the full richness of human culture is represented by more than just I Love Lucy.

Mar 10, 2009

4. Rocks in his head - 26 February 2009

Geology might seem like a completely different science to astronomy, but not really.

Feb 26, 2009

3. How the sky works - 19 February 2009

A podcast for when you are lying in the gutter, looking up at the stars.

Feb 19, 2009

2. Gravity wells and how to get out of them - 12 February 2009

The only way is up, baby, but managing that is no easy matter.

Feb 12, 2009

1. Space race - 3 February 2009

A brief history of early spaceflight - including both primate and dog-based endeavours.

Feb 03, 2009

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