Dean Regas

Somewhere over the Moonbow: What is a moonbow, and what does it take to get a picture of one? @DeanRegas chats with Jeff Pfaller, astro-photographer and author of "Dark Skies: Rare Phenomena in America’s Public Lands" to learn more wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Telescope Fest Saturday, March 28 • 7–9 PM Ault Park Pavilion Price: Free, no reservations required Join astronomer Dean Regas @DeanRegas as he and a dozen of his fellow stargazers show off their telescopes. Explore the many different telescope designs, ask questions with the experts, and see what equipment you can use to see and photograph astronomical events yourself. Food will be available for purchase from Cheese N Chong Food Truck.

What's it like to watch an alien spacecraft fall from the sky? Residents of Ava, Ohio, in 1925 experienced something close. @DeanRegas chats with Ohio News Room journalist, Kendall Crawford about the USS Shenandoah wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

How do you eat in space? I mean you're weightless and floating. @DeanRegas is joined by Mark Borison, Host of @JungleJimsPod and, in a Looking Up first, doing a space food taste test. wvxu.org/podcast/lookin… @TheMarkening @JungleJimsMrkt

Should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn’t we? @DeanRegas chats with Anika Burgess, author of Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How it Transformed Art, Science, and History wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Planet-hunters need to be extra picky in their search for habitable worlds. @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Néstor Espinoza, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute who has his eye on one specific star system, Trappist-1. wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with "alien invaders" goes back a long time. @DeanRegas explores this cultural phenomenon with David Baron, author of The Martians. wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Revisiting a favorite from 2025: @DeanRegas with Inspiration4 astronaut and artist, Dr. Sian Proctor about seeing Earth from outer space, and her book, "Earthlight, The Power of Earthlight and the Human Perspective." wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

This holiday season, @DeanRegas revisits a favorite episode featuring astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack @AstroKatie They discuss how all of this might end: could it be a crunch, a freeze or a rip? wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Venus is often called our Sister Planet, it's close-by and similar in size to Earth, but it's one twisted sister world. Until recently, we couldn’t tell much about it. @DeanRegas chats with Dr. Rakesh Mogul to unravel the mystery wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt. Everest. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Now the two sons of iconic explorers are going on an adventure together to the North Pole @DeanRegas wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…

Supermoon today! Join Astronomer @DeanRegas at Ault Park tonight for the biggest and brightest of the year! 🌑Did you know? The gravitational pull of a closer moon results in higher-than-average high tides, called "king tides". Coastal flooding and erosion is possible. @local12

6000+ Exoplanets! @DeanRegas has one big question. Is anyone living on them? On this episode, Dean chats with Dr. Malena Rice, a planetary astrophysicist and assistant professor in the Yale Department of Astronomy, to find out. wvxu.org/podcast/lookin…