Kalam Astro

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!We open today's episode with a striking phenomenon unfolding at the very edge of our solar system — Pluto's atmosphere is collapsing. As the dwarf planet continues its long journey away from the Sun, temperatures are plummeting and its thin nitrogen atmosphere is literally freezing and falling back onto the surface. We explore what this dramatic seasonal transformation reveals about Pluto's complex climate cycles and why this distant, frozen world continues to captivate scientists long after the New Horizons flyby.<p...

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!We kick off today's episode with a challenge that will define the future of human spaceflight — Mars dust is toxic, and it represents one of the most serious threats facing any astronaut who sets foot on the Red Planet. Laced with harmful perchlorates and fine enough to infiltrate nearly everything, Martian dust is far more dangerous than it looks. We explore the science behind its toxicity and the innovative solutions researchers are developing to protect future crews living and work...

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!We open today's episode with one of the universe's greatest unsolved puzzles — how do supermassive black holes actually grow? Thanks to the power of Artificial Intelligence, scientists have now identified 7 extraordinary quasars — cosmic giants so massive and powerful that they warp the very fabric of spacetime around them. These remarkable discoveries could hold the key to finally unravelling the mystery behind the growth of the universe's most colossal objects.Then, we travel back in time to one of Ear...

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!We kick off today's episode with a major milestone in space history — NASA has successfully fuelled its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, bringing it one giant step closer to its highly anticipated August launch. The Roman Space Telescope is set to revolutionise our view of the universe with a field of view 100 times wider than the Hubble Space Telescope, and the countdown is well and truly on!Then, in a jaw-dropping discovery that is turning astronomy on i...

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!We start today's episode with a moment of real concern from the surface of the Red Planet — NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been spotted carefully inspecting one of its cracked wheels. After years of traversing the rugged, unforgiving terrain of Mars, the wear and tear on Curiosity's wheels has been a challenge engineers have been monitoring closely. We take a look at what this means for the rover's ongoing mission and how NASA plans to keep this legendary explorer roll...

Welcome back to Kalam Astro — your favorite space show bringing you the very latest from across the cosmos, right here on Pulse 95! 🌌We open today's episode with a fascinating update from the surface of the Red Planet — NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been spotted inspecting one of its own cracked wheels! After years of navigating the rugged and unforgiving Martian terrain, Curiosity continues to soldier on, and this close-up self-inspection is both a remarkable image and a reminder of just how demanding life on Mars can be — even for our robotic explorers. 🤖🔴In our Discovery segment, we tra...

Welcome back to Kalam Astro — your ultimate destination for space news, discoveries, and everything in between, right here on Pulse 95! 🌌We open today's episode with what could be one of the most breathtaking discoveries in the history of astronomy — astronomers may have just detected the very first moon ever found outside our solar system! Known as an exomoon, this extraordinary find raises incredible questions about what lies beyond our cosmic neighbourhood — and whether it's something even stranger than we imagined. 🌙In our Discussion segment, we dive deep into NASA's most ambitious human spaceflight...

Welcome back to Kalam Astro — your favorite space show exploring the wonders of the universe, right here on Pulse 95! 🌌We open today's episode with an exciting milestone from the Land of the Rising Sun — Japan has successfully launched and landed a brand-new reusable rocket into space! With this impressive achievement, Japan joins the growing list of nations pioneering reusable rocket technology, reshaping the future of affordable and sustainable space travel. 🚀In our Discussion segment, we tackle one of the greatest mysteries in all of science — dark matter. It makes up most of the universe, yet we still can...

Welcome back to Kalam Astro — your go-to space show bringing the universe closer to you, one story at a time! 🌌We kick off today's episode on a proud note — the UAE's commercial space sector is gearing up for rapid and exciting growth! We explore what this means for the region, the opportunities ahead, and why the Emirates is fast becoming a major player on the global space stage. 🇦🇪In our News segment, we shine a light on a growing concern in low Earth orbit — every single SpaceX Starlink satellite is having to dodge a potential collision almos...

Welcome back to Kalam Astro — your favorite space show bringing you the latest from the universe! 🌌We open today's episode with a truly historic moment — China has successfully landed a rocket during an orbital launch for the very first time ever! A groundbreaking achievement that marks a new chapter in the global space race, and we're here to break it all down for you.In our News segment, we shift our focus to SpaceX and their jaw-dropping ambition — the company is now pushing to launch a staggering 100,000 Starlink satellites into orbit. What does this mean for the f...

Welcome to another exciting episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for all things space and exploration! 🌌In today's episode, we kick things off by welcoming our listeners and diving straight into some incredible space news. First up, we talk about NASA officially beginning to fund hardware for the highly anticipated 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission — the next bold step in aerial exploration of the Red Planet.Then, in our Discovery segment, we travel to the very edge of our solar system — over 6 billion miles beyond Pluto — where NASA's legendary New Horizons probe has just woken up from hib...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we're covering a dramatic telescope rescue mission, a haunting glimpse into our solar system's distant future, a growing threat to the science of astronomy itself, and an exciting milestone that hits very close to home right here in the UAE.We open with a story of high-stakes space engineering — NASA has successfully launched a rescue mission to save the Swift Space Telescope, a veteran observatory that has spent decades studying gamma-ray bursts and high-energy cosmic events, from an uncontrolled re-entry that would have seen it burn up in Earth's atmosphere. We lo...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we celebrate a remarkable chapter in Mars exploration, dig into the origins of life itself, marvel at a scorched world discovered by humanity's most powerful telescope, and dare to reimagine our own planet with one of the solar system's most iconic features.We begin with a tribute to one of NASA's most accomplished missions — the MAVEN orbiter, which has now been officially retired after years of invaluable service studying the Martian atmosphere. Scientists are hailing it as one of the greatest Mars missions ever flown, and we look back at...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we're covering one of the most historic moments in recent space exploration, a stunning planetary discovery, a robot straight out of science fiction, and a major comeback story from Japan's space program.We open with a story that feels almost magical — how laser technology kept NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts connected to the world during their epic journey around the Moon. We explore the cutting-edge optical communications system that made it possible to beam data, voice, and video across the vast distance between Earth and our nearest celestial neighbour, and what th...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we're stretching the imagination, bending the rules of physics, and asking some of the biggest questions in modern space science — from planetary what-ifs to the future of the space around our own planet.We kick things off with one of the most mind-bending thought experiments in astronomy — what would actually happen if Planet Earth were the same size as Jupiter? How would gravity change? What would happen to life, to our oceans, to our atmosphere? We explore what a supersized Earth would look like and whether anything we know toda...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we're covering a dramatic mix of breaking space news, groundbreaking scientific discoveries, and a special guide to what's lighting up the UAE night sky this June.We open with a tense situation aboard the International Space Station, where astronauts were put on standby for a possible emergency evacuation while crews worked to repair an air leak on board. We look at what that process involves, what it means for the safety of the crew, and just how prepared astronauts need to be for the unexpected in the harsh environment...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we're taking you on a journey through some of the most beautiful and fascinating phenomena in our solar system — from the spin of our own Sun to the iconic rings of the greatest gas giant in the sky.We start at the very heart of our solar system — the Sun itself. How does it rotate? Is it the same everywhere on its surface? And how does our entire solar system move through the galaxy as it journeys through space? The answers are more remarkable than you might expect.<b...

On this episode of Kalam Astro, we're diving into the cosmos with four fascinating topics that span the extremes of space — from violent stellar behaviour to very human emotions in zero gravity.We kick things off with a chilling discovery about red dwarf stars — the most common stars in our galaxy — and how they may actually be cosmic killers, stripping away and consuming the very planets that orbit them. What does this mean for the search for life beyond Earth?Then we bring you up to speed on China's Shenzhou 21 crew, who made a dramatic return...

What happens when a black hole — a million times the mass of our Sun — goes rogue?In this episode of Kalam Astro, we sit down with Abdullah Ali Kahlaf, Research Analyst at the High Energy Astrophysics Lab at the Sharjah Space and Astronomy Hub, to unpack one of the most jaw-dropping astronomical discoveries in recent memory: a wandering supermassive black hole, lurking 30,000 light-years away from the center of its own galaxy — that just devoured a star.The result? A flare so violent, so blindingly powerful, it briefly shone brighter than 10 billion suns — outshining the entire galaxy a...

Explore the Wonders of the Universe with KALAM ASTRO 🚀Join us on an incredible cosmic journey as we witness the dramatic birth of our solar system, search for life in hidden ocean worlds, blueprint the future of a terraformed Mars, and discover how the universe's most violent collisions made human existence possible!In This Episode:☀️ The Birth of Our Solar System - Every star, planet, and moon in our cosmic neighborhood was born from the same swirling cloud of gas and dust 4.6 billion years ago. We trace the extraordinary story of our solar system...