SciFri Radio: Stars

SciFri Radio: How ‘Space Weather’ Affects Planes And Power Grids
Solar explosions earlier this week sent X-rays and charged particles screaming towards the Earth.

SciFri Radio: Did Giant Stars Feed Blue Stragglers?
Astronomers have a new theory on how blue straggler stars are formed.

SciFri Radio: Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t Exist, Says Theory
The primordial star has a chemistry and mass that don’t square with star formation theory.

SciFri Radio: Probing The Sun’s Spots
High resolution images from the Swedish Solar Telescope gives scientists a new view of a sunspot’s penumbra.

SciFri Radio: Happy Birthday, Buckyballs!
Twenty-five years ago this month, researchers first identified buckminsterfullerenes -- chemical structures shaped like tiny carbon soccer balls.

SciFri Radio: Sun Activity
The sun has been in a relatively quiet period in recent years -- but astronomers say that's going to change soon.

SciFri Radio: Summer Sky Guide
Summer nights are made for stargazing. We'll get a guide to what to look for in the skies in the months ahead.

SciFri Radio: New Views of the Universe from Herschel and Planck Telescopes
Two new space telescopes are en route to their post over 1.5 million km from Earth. We'll talk about the ESA's Herschel and Planck observatories.

SciFri Radio: Heating Up on a Distant Planet
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that experiences temperature swings of as much as 700 degrees within a matter of hours -- and are working...

SciFri Radio: New Milky Way Measurements
The Milky Way galaxy is bigger, heavier, and faster-spinning than researchers once thought.

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Stars

Newsbrief: So long, Ulysses!
The sun-studying spacecraft is about to end its epic odyssey.