68 episodes
The Astroholic Explains Alfredo Carpineti
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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The Astroholic Explains is a light-hearted question & answer podcast about astronomy, where Dr Alfredo Carpineti and his husband Chris discuss the mysteries of the universe with the occasional guest and sometimes through the medium of an audio drama!
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Can You Save A Dying Star?
In the last episode, we looked at how stars end up dead. So Chris has an important follow-up: can you find a way to heal and save a dying star?
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Do All Stars Expand When They Die?
Our Sun and many other stars will become larger later in life. But is this a condition common to all stars? Guest questioner Francis wonders about the future of stars and their ultimate demise!
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Black Diamonds Are Actually Extraterrestrials - Feat. Dr David Pegg
In this episode, we tackle the peculiar carbonado diamond, a black diamond that looks very different from the glittering gems we might be more familiar with. And we will discover that its origin might be out of this world!
Carbonado Diamond going on auction
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Can Planets Truly Have One Climate?
Planets in sci-fi are often portrayed as having a single climate, but how truthful is that idea? This audience question gets the full treatment from Alfredo & Chris as they deal with the tatooines, hoths, risas, synnaxes of the real universe!
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Hunting The Great Mexican Eclipse
Join us in this unplanned video & audio diary as we go after the April 8 total solar eclipse in Mexico. For the video version: https://youtu.be/SR00jigmgR0?si=LKLYaoqvq_YaUo6V For #InvisibleRainbows: https://unbound.com/books/invisible-rainbows
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XS23 - Cosmicomics 100
The Astroholic Explains Xmas Special is inspired by Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics on the 100th anniversary of the author's birth. Join us for an imaginative tale, not fantasy nor sci-fi, but one based on science facts: the formation of elements in stars and how they spread across the universe. ✨
And if you are interested in my book, here is a link to the crowdfunding.
Customer Reviews
A stellar escape
I love this show. It has a great mood, the hosts are brilliant, and it's a lovely opportunity to take a break from the day to think about big space stuff.