Channel Update - April 2026

In this lecture, we will discuss the updates coming to the channel starting in April of 2026. The Songs of the Universe video will be uploaded each Monday. The Multicultural Astronomy video will be uploaded each Wednesday. One of the lecture videos will be reposted each Thursday The New Discoveries in Astronomy video will be uploaded each Friday. The Astronomy Picture of the Day videos are no longer loaded here on Monday. They are available daily through my other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@apodpodcast These lecture videos are designed to complement the content in the OpenStax Astronomy 2e textbook. The book can be downloaded free of charge at: https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy-2e Lecture slides are available for download here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12JnRLzV-o4xl5KnJ39bGyK27qG7s0Lnw?usp=sharing They are currently available in Apple Keynote, PowerPoint, and pdf format. You can access the most current versions of the lecture videos through the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWlWcYdu2hPMmcD_pyQWkZ7J The mp3 files for Songs of the Universe are available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1J9t2nXYYRvdf2C3tNFHHq9BqO16tydXb&usp=drive_fs The series on Misconceptions in Astronomy (Currently Paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWlnx5g7C9QD9imNQ-838WzF The series on Special Topics in Astronomy (Currently Paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWmpPh2U_DXAqGPeVl_tjudf The series on New Discoveries in Astronomy is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWl9v4wlNlfjcdDTvqeIHU7S&playnext=1&index=1 The series on Multicultural Astronomy is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWnMx2_SFECGdOqnw1_GMsqJ The series on Exploration of the Solar System (Currently Paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWmpPh2U_DXAqGPeVl_tjudf The series on Women in Astronomy (currently paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWkp91ikz_i-WpFblPrPaKp9 The series on the Celestial Sphere (currently paused) is available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMahwAGxKuWkxFDo2QPwbbteheXxsM-q9 These videos are being released under a CC-BY license so that others can feel free to adapt them for their use as long as attribution is given.