First Planck Results

ESA's Planck satellite, designed to detect very tiny fluctuations in the light emitted by the Big Bang (the Cosmic Microwave Background), has just released its first all-sky image here. Got to get rid of that pesky Milky Way before you can study the CMB. For more about the CMB, list to this interview with Dr. Dan Babich, recorded and broadcast all-too-long ago. Enjoy!

First results from ESA's Planck

Planck, the latest satellite to measure the properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background - essentially residual heat from the Big Bang, has released its first results and it looks very good indeed. Go here and
here to look for yourself. Enjoy!

June 8th Radio Show: Herschel and Planck

Now available here is the June 8th episode of this radio show, not devoted to the wonderful contributions of the scientists whose names are in the title of this post, but the recently launched European astronomy satellites which bear their name. Both Herschel and Planck promise to do some very impressive science, which I hope I did justice too in this show. As always, please email me or leave below any questions, comments, or concerns you might have. Thank you for listening!

Past Interview: Dr. Daniel Babich (Caltech)

To supplement the February 4th radio show on cosmology, here is a past interview I conducted with Dr. Dan Babich of Caltech on the Cosmic Microwave Background. Hope you enjoy and, as always, thank you for listening!

Free Astronomy movie Tomorrow!!!!

Tomorrow night, as part of the Imagine Science Film Festival going on in NYC (look at the calendar for events), will be the NY premiere of the new documentary "BLAST!", directed by Paul Devlin, on the launch of the Balloon-borne, Large Aperture, Sub-millimeter Telescope (BLAST!) from Antarctica to study the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It sounds likes a great movie. For more information on the showing, which is tomorrow night (Oct. 23rd) at 7:30 PM at Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall in the CUNY Graduate Graduate Center (365 5th Ave at 34th Street), go here. For more information on this movie, check out their website. And for more information on the CMB, listen to my interviews with Dr. Daniel Babich and Dr. Gary Hinshaw. Enjoy!