Cosmically Curious podcast

Cosmically Curious

NHPR

A space-focused segment from NHPR hosted by Patrick McNameeKing. It's all about celebrating the night sky with a healthy dose of joy, curiosity and zero pretension. Each week we’ll cover topics ranging from the latest NASA missions, to events happening in the night sky, to space in pop culture. It’s science for everyone—whether you’re an amateur astronomer or someone who’s never held a telescope.

37 Episodes

The Big Bang's inescapable comic glow
11/13/2026
2:05
Last week, we learned about two scientists who discovered a kind of low intensity signal that permeates the entire universe called the cosmic microwave background. But what the heck is it?
Penzias and Wilson
11/6/2026
2:08
In this week’s Cosmically Curious, Patrick McNameeKing talks with Nicole Gugliucci of Saint Anselm College about the cosmic microwave background—a faint glow that fills the sky and offers clues about the universe’s beginnings.
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Weight vs. Mass
10/30/2026
1:56
From Earth to the Moon, astronomer Nicole Gugliucci explains how gravity changes your weight while your mass stays the same—and why that could mean a lot more chocolate.
The Official List
10/23/2026
2:08
In this episode of Cosmically Curious, St. Anselm's Nicole Gugliucci explains how astronomers settled on the official list of constellations, and what the choices reveal about whose stories are represented in the night sky.
Vastness of Space
10/16/2026
2:08
In this conversation, astrophysicist Nicole Gugliucci explains how analogies help us make sense of the cosmic distances that otherwise overwhelm the imagination.
Extraterrestrial weather
10/9/2026
2:08
In this episode of Cosmically Curious, Patrick McNamee King sits down with astronomer Nicole Gugliucci to explore the bizarre reality of extraterrestrial weather—from scorching sulfuric acid showers on Venus to helium raining through the interior of Saturn.
Does the universe remember
10/5/2026
2:00
In this segment of Cosmically Curious, host Patrick McNamee speaks with astronomer John Gianforte from the University of New Hampshire about whether the cosmos preserves a record of everything that has ever happened—and what the physics of our own sun reveals about the vastness of that question.
New England Fall Astronomy Festival
9/25/2026
2:07
The University of New Hampshire Department of Physics and Astronomy is holding the New England Fall Astronomy Festival, or NEFAF for short.
What Are Fundamental Constants?
9/18/2026
2:08
In this episode of Cosmically Curious we explore the universal rules that define reality & physics.
Black Holes
9/11/2026
2:08
In this episode of Cosmically Curious, host Patrick McNamee sits down with Saint Anselm College astronomer Nicole Gallucci to clear up common black hole myths, explain the bizarre physics of spaghettification, and reveal what would actually happen if our Sun suddenly turned into a black hole.

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