Join Jordan and Kit as they enter Into the Wild and discuss the astronomy of the constellation Ursa Major!

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Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:02 Background 01:53 First Impression and Where to Find Ursa Major 04:49 Brightest Star 08:23 Bayer's Variable Star 12:20 Gold Star 18:03 Outro

Keywords/Topics Covered: Ursa Major, Big Dipper, Astronomy, Ptolemy, Johann Bayer, Bayer designation, Fritz Zwicky, I Zwicky 18, Chemically Peculiar Stars, Hubble Deep Field, Hubble Space Telescope

Season 3 is afoot! Join Jordan and Kit as they venture Into the Wild and explore the astronomy of the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:16 Background 02:32 First Impression and Where to Find Ursa Minor 03:55 Brightest Star 07:44 Bayer's Variable Star 10:30 Gold Star 14:42 Outro

Keywords/Topics Covered: Ursa Minor, Little Dipper, Polaris, North Star, Astronomy, Ptolemy, Navigation, Circumpolar Constellations, Bayer Designation, Dark Matter, Dark Spheroidal Galaxy, Radio Galaxy, Seyfert Galaxy, Cataclysmic Variable Star, Satellite Galaxy, Ursa Minor Dwarf

Join Jordan and Kit for the final episode of season 2 where they explore the science and mythology of auroras (Borealis and Australis)!

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:44 The Science of Auroras

09:22 Myths and Folklore of Auroras

13:46 Outro

Keywords/Topics Covered: Aurora Borealis, Aurora Australis, Northern Lights, Southern Lights, Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, Coronal Mass Ejection, Solar Flare, Space Weather, Norse Mythology, Valkyries, Bifrost Bridge, Arctic Fox, Finnish Mythology, Viking Legends, Magnetic Poles, Solar Storms, Space Weather Prediction, Aurora Myths