Category Archives: Space Exploration

CRUNCHY TOPIC: VRO Tech

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on October 10th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Last month, we barely scratched the surface of a new and very complicated observatory – VRO – the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: The Elliptical Galaxy

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on September 19th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ There are three major types of galaxies. There are Elliptical, spiral and irregular galaxies. We covered spiral galaxies in a previous episode on … Continue reading →

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on September 12th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ “The Rubin Observatory houses the Simonyi Survey Telescope, a wide-field reflecting telescope with an 8.4-meter primary mirror. The telescope uses a variant of … Continue reading →

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Basic Science 29% Don’t Get – A Night of Trivia

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on September 5th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Inspired by a member of our audience, we are trying out a ‘Trivia Night’ type episode of the Show. Some 28-29% of the … Continue reading →

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Speculation on Aliens

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on August 29that 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ If “aliens” really came to Earth why would they be here? How would they find us? How would they get here? What would they … Continue reading →

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African Aerospace – Space Enterprises In Africa

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on August 8th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ It’s interesting that so much space business is going on in Africa yet how little we know about their enterprises. Jokes aside, Africa … Continue reading →

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Rubin Comet Chasers

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on August 1st at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ “Rubin Observatory, with the help of Rubin Comet Catchers, is poised to discover an unprecedented number of comets, active asteroids, and other rare … Continue reading →

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Local Star Party: Library After Dark

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

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Galaxy Zoo: JWST

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 23rd at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ “Many different teams of scientists are using NASA’s latest space telescope, JWST to image galaxies so far away that they are back at … Continue reading →

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CRUNCHY TOPIC: Kosmos 482 Re-entry

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Pam Hoffman

The next episode of our Friday Night Show airs on May 16th at 9pm Pacific time! https://SubscribeToOurChannel.com/ Kosmos 482 returned to Earth Saturday May 10th, 2025. It was bound for Venus. What was it? Why was it sent? Why didn’t … Continue reading →

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