Ep. 596: The Universe's Background Noise

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

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🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 596: The Universe's Background Noise by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay You might be familiar with the cosmic microwave background, but that's just one of the background radiations that astronomers look at. Some are well known and cataloged. While others are just starting to be possible to see at all. All of them tell us more about our Universe.

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0:00.0	A astronomy cast episode 596, the universe's background noise.
0:12.1	Welcome to astronomy cast, a weekly facts based journey through the cosmos, where we help
0:15.6	you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:18.9	I'm Fraser Kane, publisher of the universe today with me is always Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior
0:24.0	scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the director of CosmoQuest.
0:28.0	Hey Pamela, how you doing?
0:29.4	I'm doing well, but it is so cold in the great planes part of the United States right now.
0:36.4	So, a whole...
0:38.1	You might be shocked to hear that it's also cold here in Canada.
0:42.4	Although it's been beautiful, last week it was wonderful.
0:45.0	This week, minus seven Celsius.
0:47.9	And you're on Vancouver Island, where this is not normal.
0:52.4	Well, we get a few of those.
0:53.7	Yeah, but we are. We are the Florida of Canada.
0:55.7	Yeah.
0:56.7	It is the best way to describe people for the entire rest of Canada.
1:02.7	They come out to the west coast, they come to Vancouver Island and they never go back.
1:06.7	Yeah. The ferry, the return trips from the island are empty.
1:09.8	Nobody ever wants to leave because our weather is the best for Canada.
1:14.3	Yeah, someday we're retiring to Canada, my Canadian husband, the guy.
1:18.7	And it's always the where do we go and the only thing that you guys have working against you is airports.
1:29.9	Well, I mean, there's a great airport in Vancouver, there's a great airport in Victoria,
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