Moiya and Corinne talk about the life and controversial work of one of history's most famous astronomers, Galileo Galilei! They... more

Corinne and Moiya talk about their awe-filled experiences of the total solar eclipse. At a live show in an Erie... more

Astronomers have a cute tradition of writing joke papers on April Fools. Moiya tells Corinne about some of her favorites... more

Moiya and Corinne are traveling for the eclipse, so brush up on your eclipse knowledge by reviewing one of our... more

Moiya and Corinne read their horoscopes because they use astrology to guide their lives... April fools! No, but actually there's... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about the solar system's smallest and fastest planet: Mercury! Corinne wonders if it's habitable and Moiya... more

Corinne and Moiya review the 1998 movie Armageddon. They share their peeves, thieves, and what they would demand from the... more

Corinne and Moiya talk to Dra. Nicole Cabrera Salazar about the human side of astronomy, academia's shortcomings, and her dream... more

Moiya tells Corinne about the standard model of particle physics, from its creation to where it breaks down. Corinne decides... more

Moiya and Corinne share the cool space-related posts they found while doomscrolling before bed. From fungus to Islamic astrolabes, quasi-satellites... more

Moiya gushes to Corinne about her favorite space mission: Kepler! Corinne has great budget instincts and brilliant ideas for exoplanetary... more

It's a leap year, so Corinne and Moiya are covering calendar systems! Moiya explains that the leap day rule isn't... more

Corinne and Moiya talk about the biggest astronomy conference in the world. Moiya shares clips of interviews with scientists at... more

Corinne and Moiya travel to New Orleans to talk about the history and impact of the American Astronomical Society. But... more

Corinne and Moiya dive into the history of planetariums from ancient Greek star maps to the world's biggest dome built... more

Corinne and Moiya are trying to make Neptune one of your top favorite planets! They ponder the existence of lava... more

Corinne and Moiya take a look at the way scientists learned to understand motion and gravity over time. They also... more

Corinne and Moiya cover the life and work of Caroline Herschel, the first woman who got paid to research astronomy.... more

Corinne and Moiya chat with Dr. Renée James about her new book, Things that go Bump in the Universe. Play for information... more

Corinne and Moiya tell you what to expect in the sky for the next few months including meteor showers, fabled... more

Corinne and Moiya summarize and review the 2016 movie Arrival. Moiya makes a passionate witch accusation and Corinne identifies a... more

Corinne and Moiya talk about NASA's premiere X-ray telescope: the Chandra Observatory! They also design their dream X-ray telescopes, and... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about how NASA astronauts are selected and trained. Both decide that, for them, it's really not... more

Moiya tells Corinne about the research projects she did in grad school.    Messages Become a star and support... more

Did the government announce aliens are real over the summer? Moiya and Corinne dig into the history of UFO sightings,... more

Moiya and Corinne cover the red planet to see if it's actually as angry as its reputation would suggest. Corinne... more

Moiya and Corinne reveal what scares them about space and try to soothe each other's fears. Get ready for cold... more

Moiya and Corinne answer your questions on everything from our favorite ice cream flavors to how we think the universe... more

Moiya and Corinne introduce you to Dr. Arthur Walker, the late Black solar physicist and celebrated mentor. Corinne explains roses... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about the history and management of NASA, covering everything from top salaries to doped up spiders.... more

Moiya and Corinne discuss the 1997 hit movie Contact! They have thoughts about Ellie's driving, NASA security, religious freedom, and... more

Moiya and Corinne go back to high school to discuss Hollywood's favorite observatory: the VLA! Corinne admits how little she... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about the explosions that make stars go bump in the night: supernovae! They trace the line... more

Moiya and Corinne interview journalist Loren Grush about her new book The Six, the story of America's first six women... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about our solar system's most blinged out planet: Saturn! Corinne makes some brilliant comparisons and Moiya... more

Moiya and Corinne introduce you to Dr. Beth Brown, the first Black woman to earn an astronomy PhD from the... more

Moiya and Corinne discuss the messages humanity has sent out to space from junk food ads to the famous (maybe?)... more

Moiya's book THE MILKY WAY is coming out in paperback this week! To celebrate, Corinne asked Moiya about her writing... more

Moiya tells Corinne what we know about gravitational waves to make them seem less scary. Corinne tells Moiya about the... more

Moiya and Corinne Corinne watched the 1999 hit movie Galaxy Quest and absolutely loved it, but don't worry -- they... more

This week Moiya tells Corinne about her favorite telescope on the ground: the Green Bank Telescope! Corinne reveals how big... more

This week Moiya and Corinne travel to the north pole to talk about the 36 constellations of the northern sky.... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about the 52 constellations of the southern sky and hand out some wacky awards.... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about all the ways astronomers calculate a star's age. Corinne suggests cutting the star... more

This week Moiya and Corinne chat with science writer and new author Jaime Green about her book The Possibility of... more

This week Moiya and Corinne celebrate the solstice by talking about the cool things you can see in the sky... more

This week Moiya and Corinne chat with astrophysicist/swimsuit model/author Sarafina Nance about her brand new book STARSTRUCK! They talk about... more

This week Moiya and Corinne review the 2017 film Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets and rate it out... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about how the universe might end. That's scary to think about, so they provide... more

This week Moiya and Corinne cover the life of Dr. Claudia Alexander, a Black geophysicist who led missions at NASA.... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about the solar system's biggest planet in America's largest mall. They cover a gossipy... more

This week Moiya and Corinne are talking about the ways we know the Earth isn't flat. They agree that the... more

This week Moiya and Corinne are talking about neutron stars, magnetars, and pulsars. Oh my! Corinne plans to enter her... more

This week Moiya and Corinne are celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 33rd birthday! They talk about the long road to... more

This week Moiya and Corinne review the 2018 movie Prospect starring Pedro Pascal. Corinne gets excited about their use of... more

This week Moiya and Corinne honor the man who inspired the podcast's name: Carl Sagan! Corinne explains how Sagan spilled... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about how Earth got its water, water elsewhere in the solar system, and astronomers'... more

This week Moiya and Corinne finally fulfill their promise to talk about how astronomers find exoplanets! They make plans to... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about how moons and rings form! Corinne shows off her detective skills to solve... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk to neuroscientist Morgan Johnston about the fun intersections between astronomy and neuroscience. They discuss... more

This week Moiya and Corinne take a swing at explaining why some objects in space appear redder than they actually... more

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about the densest objects in the observable universe: black holes! They talk about Stephen... more

This week Moiya and Corinne review the movie Moonfall. They talk about Moiya's love for Toto, Corinne's hatred of megastructures,... more

This week Moiya tells Corinne how astronomers assign stars to different categories. They complain about the confusing magnitude system, express... more

This week Moiya tells Corinne about the four forces of the universe and Corinne tests Moiya's pop culture knowledge. They... more

Moiya and Corinne are back with another bio episode, this one diving into the life and work of a previously... more

Moiya and Corinne figure out how fast we're moving through space. And when you add up all our motion from... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about the colorful shining spectacle on pretty much everyone's bucket list: the aurora! How do they... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about the history of the search for alien life. They cover the Drake Equation, Fermi Paradox,... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about the MILLIONS of pieces of debris floating around Earth from asteroids and comets to broken... more

Moiya and Corinne dive into notes from Moiya's favorite grad school class. They talk about the nature of fluids, what... more

Moiya and Corinne take a fun romp through the electromagnetic spectrum. It turns out space is lit up by a... more

Moiya and Corinne dive deep into the life of an influential astronomer from the past. Dr. Vera Rubin proved to... more

Moiya and Corinne talk about eclipses while apple cider bubbles on a stove in the background. They discuss how eclipses... more

Moiya and Corinne zoom wayyyyy back in time to focus on the start of it all: the first three minutes... more

For the pilot episode, Moiya and Corinne tackle a very important question: is Pluto a planet? They discuss how planets... more

Moiya gushes to Corinne about her favorite galaxies and explains what galaxies are made of. Together they make fun (just... more

Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its... more