Supermassive Black Holes
The wonderful thing about astronomy is that you might discover amazing things even when you’re not looking for them. This is the case for a team of Australian astronomers who were testing a new radio telescope and stumbled on an incredible finding. The researchers discovered a 3.8 billion solar-m...
Alien Life
In this PodcAstroholic we talk about the likelihood of life on other planets
Mars
In this PodcAstroholic we talk about the possibility to terraform Mars
Dark Matter
In this PodcAstroholic we answer the question “How can spiral galaxies keep their shape?”
Podcastroholic
In this PodcAstroholic we answer Olbers’ Paradox: “Why is the Sky Dark At Night?”
Pluto
In this PodcAstroholic we answer the question “Why is Pluto not a planet?” Longer discussion in the vlog
Mars
In this PodcAstroholic we answer the question “What are the main challenges to send a human to Mars?”
How About That?
Although some of the planets are huge compared to our Earth, most illustrations show them as deceptively large in proportion to astronomical distances. One of my favourite pieces of information is that all the planets would fit between the Earth and the Moon. Semi-major axis of the Earth – Moon d...
How About That?
In this 1 minute PodcAstroholic, we talk about what would happen if you jumped feet first into a black hole.
Astronomy
In this episode of the Astroholic LIVE, Dr Duncan Astle joined us to talk about the latest research into learning in children. We also talk about satellite galaxies made exclusively of dark matter, the three-body problem, the right-hand rule, tardigrades, and much more.
The Astroholic Live
The post “Meet The Tardigrades” was in lieu of an activity that I planned for the ‘Royal Institution of Great Britain Lates’ event “Surviving in Space.” And who better to represent ultimate survival than the amazing tardigrades? It was a great evening, we talked to about 90 people, many of whom h...
Astronomy
There’s a creature on earth that can survive the most extreme conditions on (and thanks to humans off) the planet! It’s called a tardigrade, but people also call it a “waterbear” or “moss piglet.”