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Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.
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Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Is the Sun an Oddball Star? A fascinating conversation with Kepler and TESS astronomer Travis Metcalfe, of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo., about how our Sun stacks up against other sunlike stars in the galaxy. We cover the history of our solar system, where the Sun might have been born, and why the only intelligent life we know is around this lonely G-Dwarf star.
5 years ago
I found it very informative. The sound balance was perfect. It moved along nicely. The parts about rotation & magnetism were new to me, liked the info about the Sun's siblings & would have liked more of that (some names, distances). Would have left off part of the conclusion about intelligent life, could be a separate topic perhaps (but I will say yes, within 1,000 LY definitely 😏) (Simon W., Halifax, N.S., Canada) posted on his behalf.