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Podcast Profile: AAA SKY

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10 episodes
2022 to 2025
Median: 40 minutes
Collection: Physics, Math, and Astronomy

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This podcast from the Amateur Astronomers Association centers on astronomy as practiced and discussed by a New York City–based community, combining interviews with club members, educators, engineers, and researchers with updates about local observing opportunities and club initiatives. Conversations span both hands-on amateur astronomy and professional space science, with recurring attention to what’s currently shaping the field—from major telescope results to active planetary missions.

Across episodes, listeners can expect accessible explanations of astrophysical ideas and discoveries, such as how new observations are changing views of early galaxy formation and the role of supermassive black holes. Space exploration is another throughline, including how interplanetary spacecraft are designed, operated, and used to investigate potentially habitable worlds, as well as discussion of human spaceflight programs and the engineering that supports them.

The show also regularly addresses practical aspects of observing and participation: building or upgrading observatories, astrophotography and eclipse-related planning, modeling the scale of the solar system for education, and ways amateurs can contribute to research through citizen science projects like comet searches or exoplanet detection efforts. Alongside science topics, there is an emphasis on outreach and expanding public access to stargazing resources through partnerships and community programs, reflecting the club’s broader goal of connecting New Yorkers to the night sky.