Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25. Episode 25 | 11m 20s. How do astronomers make sense out of the vastness of space? How do they study things so far away?

Astronomy is weird. Everything we study is really, really far away. So far away really, that for most of history we didn’t know how far away they were. It was impossible to measure. But then ...

Neutron Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #32. Episode 32 | 12m 42s. In the aftermath of a 8 – 20 solar mass star’s demise we find a weird little object known as a neutron star.

Announcing Crash Course Astronomy! By Phil Plait. Nov 10, 2014 7:00 AM. It means “Don’t Forget to Be Awesome,” though I prefer “Digital Fun With the Bad Astronomer. ...

The Asheville Museum of Science in downtown Asheville, 43 Patton Ave., also holds weekend astronomy programs. These are usually from 1-4 p.m. They are free with admission, but registration is ...

In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask. All Seasons Season 1 ...