Edgewood Astronomy Outreach Kylee Martens

Join our host, Melissa Sikes as she speaks with returning guest, David Cordie, Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Edgewood College. In this episode, we discuss the asteroid event that is known to have been a leading cause of the mass extinction of the most of Earth's species, including the dinosaurs.

Hosts Melissa Sikes and Kylee Martens chat about cosmology and the dark stuff in our universe. They tackle some big questions in cosmology and explain the effects of new research on our current understanding of the universe.

Ever wonder what causes meteor showers? Or why they only occur once and a while? Join Melissa today to find out!

In this episode, we will discuss the importance of dark skies, how to measure dark skies, and their greater importance to Earth’s ecology.

The outreach team investigates where we actually are in the Universe and what being a spiral galaxies means for our home galaxy, The Milky Way.

This episode features an interview with Dr. David Cordie, a professor of geoscience at Edgewood College. David helps us explore how paleontology aides astronomers in the search for extraterrestrial life by exploring Earth’s rich geo-bio-logical history.