Walkabout the Galaxy

Walkabout the Galaxy

Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney

4.7from 237 ratings

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52Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
376
Episodes
86
Transcribed
237
Ratings
Bi-weekly
Cadence
2015
First episode

About Walkabout the Galaxy

An irreverent and informative tour of the latest, greatest, and most interesting discoveries in astronomy.

Publisher
Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, and James Cooney
Category
comedy · science
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
29 Nov 2015
Latest episode
17 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

86 of 376 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 17 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Oldest Radio Burst and Chariklo's Rapidly Changing Rings

  2. 26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Backwards Exoplanet and Shrinking Mercury

  3. 15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Have We Detected Dark Matter?

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The Oldest Radio Burst and Chariklo's Rapidly Changing Rings

Published 17 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So it could be that there's some sort of transient, nature of these rings and we're just seeing them actually in flux it could be due to build up of other things um but yeah so i think they're gonna plan on some follow-up observations i love me some evolving rings I know. It's so exciting. Because one of the big questions with rings is always like, how long do they last? And what's their source? And what's their sink? And where are they going to go? We don't know. We don't know. But the inner ring increased 42% from previous observations. That's wild. And then the outer ring was barely visible in their observations. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
117 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
120 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

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