Ep. 603: New Colors of the Radio Spectrum

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

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🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 603: New Colors of the Radio Spectrum by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about how new telescopes and techniques are allowing astronomers to explore the shortest wavelengths of light. This week we go to the other end of the electromagnetic spectrum and explore the longer radio waves which are now accessible to astronome

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0:00.0	A Sronomy Cast Episode 603, New Colors of the Radio Spectrum.
0:13.0	Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts based journey through the Cosmos where we
0:16.3	help you understand not only what we know but how we know what we know.
0:19.7	I'm Fraser Kane, publisher of Universe Today with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior
0:25.1	scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmic West.
0:29.1	Hey Pamela, how are you doing?
0:30.1	I'm doing well.
0:31.1	How are you doing, Fraser?
0:33.2	Doing great.
0:36.2	Weather is perfect.
0:37.1	I cannot complain.
0:39.4	That's really how half of my happiness is.
0:43.1	Well, weather's doing.
0:46.8	I appreciate that deeply.
0:49.6	It can't decide today if it wants to be grey and oaky or sunny in the moments that it's
0:54.9	sunny.
0:55.9	It is glorious.
0:57.1	Yeah.
1:00.5	My fault for choosing to live in a grim coastal rainforest where the rain starts in October
1:08.5	and it doesn't give up until the end of March.
1:11.4	But yeah, wow, it's just so beautiful and everything is turning green and all the plants
1:15.0	around and all the flowers and the meadows and everything is just popping and the bees
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