Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA # 106: Articles On Particles

Very Small Rocks. Particular rocks… Dear Cheap Astronomy – What’s a particle? Probably the best answer is that particles are those things detected by particle detectors. Unfortunately this can range from dust detected by atmospheric particle detectors to those things detected within the large hadron collider – which are a special category of those things that particle accelerators accelerate and particle colliders collide. Dear Cheap Astronomy – What sort of Astronomy is done on the ISS Conducting astronomy from a moving platform has it challenges. Of course the Earth itself is a moving platform, both rotating on its axis and also orbiting the Sun – but those motions are relatively slow. You can set a cheap backyard telescope, like our own Sky Station 1, still- operational after all these years, and keep observing Saturn – just shifting the scope every now and again to keep it in view.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].