Pale Blue Pod

Moiya and Corinne dish about the James Webb Space Telescope, covering everything from its dimensions to its coolest discoveries to its many, many, many launch delays.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Moiya's other podcast Exolore every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter...

Moiya tells Corinne about her favorite planet in the solar system, Uranus! They talk about Greek vs Roman gods, Shakespearean moons, and how the blue planet is just a sleepy girl.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Join the Party every Tuesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/Pale...

Corinne and Moiya bring you their favorite spacey social posts from the last couple weeks. They cover Mars missions, egyptian gods, space station destruction, and community building before they stroll on the beach to hunt for seashells. **correction: Gauss is a measure of magnetic activity, not pressure. Moiya meant to say bars or pascals or something Messages Become a star and support us on patre...

Corinne and Moiya want you to meet Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, a pioneering astronomer who broke glass ceilings and spilled the secrets of galaxy evolution. At the end, they play a game and give Dr. Tinsley's paper titles a much needed glowup.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Spirits every Wednesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon...

Corinne and Moiya share the good and ugly about academic publishing, including some shocking info about the peer review process. Then Moiya chats with independent publisher Fraser Cain to get a comparison.   Guest Fraser Cain is a science journalist, web developer, publisher of Universe Today , and co-host of Astronomy Cast . Messages Share your thoughts on the annual Multitude survey so we can ma...

Corinne and Moiya talk about what happens when galaxies collide! They talk about the Milky Way's merger history, Moiya reads an exerpt from her book, and Corinne plans our galaxy's future wedding with Andromeda. Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Big Game Hunger  every Monday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/paleb...

Corinne and Moiya hop in their time machine and jump to this same week from different years throughout history! They travel to witness Sally Ride coming home, the space shuttle program ending, and the birth of an 18th century astronomer. They also make some predictions for the future!  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew to listen to He...

Aphelion = furthest point from the Sun, and Corinne and Moiya are here to tell you what to expect in the sky during our solar separation. Plus they play a game of summer would-you-rather!  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Dr. Moiya's Exolore every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitte...

Things are heating up this week as Corinne and Moiya discuss the field of thermodynamics. They get into the history and laws, and even make some rules of their own.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Join the Party every Tuesday Get $50 off your Litter Robot at stopscooping.com/PALEBLUEPOD with promocode PALEBLUEPOD Find Us Online Website:  p...

Corinne and Moiya talk about the solar system's hottest planet, Venus, and whether or not women are actually from there. They also lament their total lack of espionage skills.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Big Game Hunger  every Monday Get $50 off your Litter Robot at stopscooping.com/PALEBLUEPOD with promocode PALEBLUEPOD Find Us Online...

Corinne and Moiya review the 2011 comedy Paul and let you know if they think it's worth watching. Spoiler: they have a lot more peeves than thieves.    Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram:  instagram...

Moiya and Corinne interview Dr. Emily Rice about her astronomy fashion business, STARtorialist! There are parachute skirts and galaxy scarves, and Moiya says what it would take for her to watch Star Wars.   Guest Dr. Emily Rice is an astrophysics professor at the Macaulay Honors College and faculty in Physics at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is co-founder of the BDNYC research group focused on und...

Moiya and Corinne talk about twin telescopes separated at birth and living in different hemispheres. They also brainstorm a few other zodiac-inspired observatories.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Sign up for Dr. Moiya's  worldbuilding class !  Listen to Exolore every other Thursday Save $50 on your litter robot at stopscooping.com with code PALEBLUE...

Moiya and Corinne are scrolling again and share the most interesting social posts they've found. Emotionally prepare to hear about an identity crisis for Earth's moon and flying spiders, but you'll be comforted by a story about how the kids are alright. Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Join the Party every Tuesday Sign up for Dr. Moiya's wor...

Moiya and Corinne talk about the life and controversial work of one of history's most famous astronomers, Galileo Galilei! They end with a game of true or false where Moiya gets extra tricksy. Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Spirits  every Wednesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter....

Corinne and Moiya talk about their awe-filled experiences of the total solar eclipse. At a live show in an Erie arts center, Moiya leads gossipy game about ancient gods.       Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBlueP...

Astronomers have a cute tradition of writing joke papers on April Fools. Moiya tells Corinne about some of her favorites and Corinne tells Moiya how the Bachelor franchise works.      Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew to support our collective of independent podcasts Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/paleb...

Moiya and Corinne are traveling for the eclipse, so brush up on your eclipse knowledge by reviewing one of our early episodes. Learn how eclipses work, how common they are, and what science they make possible.     Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Exolore every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/paleb...

Moiya and Corinne read their horoscopes because they use astrology to guide their lives... April fools! No, but actually there's some cool history behind astrology and they talk about it.    Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Join the Party every Tuesday Join Dr. Moiya in Erie, PA for the  total solar eclipse  on April 8th! Find Us Online Websi...

Moiya and Corinne talk about the solar system's smallest and fastest planet: Mercury! Corinne wonders if it's habitable and Moiya shares some old facebook memories.   Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Spirits every Wednesday Join Dr. Moiya in Erie, PA for the  total solar eclipse  on April 8th! Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:...

Corinne and Moiya review the 1998 movie Armageddon. They share their peeves, thieves, and what they would demand from the US government to go on a super dangerous space mission.    Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Join Dr. Moiya in Erie, PA for the total solar eclipse on April 8th! Find Us Online Website:  paleblu...

Corinne and Moiya talk to Dra. Nicole Cabrera Salazar about the human side of astronomy, academia's shortcomings, and her dream for its future.   Guest Dra. Nicole Cabrera Salazar is the founder of Movement Consulting . Follow them on IG at @moveboldly Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew and listen to the Multicrew Review Find Us Online...

Moiya tells Corinne about the standard model of particle physics, from its creation to where it breaks down. Corinne decides what the nicest particle is!    Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Tell Me About It  every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instag...

Moiya and Corinne share the cool space-related posts they found while doomscrolling before bed. From fungus to Islamic astrolabes, quasi-satellites to Mars helicopters, it's PBP's first social media roundup!   Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Dr. Moiya's other podcast Exolore every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patre...

Moiya gushes to Corinne about her favorite space mission: Kepler! Corinne has great budget instincts and brilliant ideas for exoplanetary presidential candidates.   Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Join the Party every Tuesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagr...