Hamari Kainat Urdu Podocast

"Hamari Kainaat" (Our Universe) is an Urdu Podcast about Astronomy, published by Umair Asim and Dr. Salman Hameed*. One of our main purposes for this podcast in Urdu is to share the knowledge about our Universe to anyone relating to any walk of life in Pakistan and beyond.

Episode 01 Topic: Latest findings of the most earth-like planets found yet and extrasolar planets in general.

In episode 02, Dr. Salman Hameed and Umair Asim talk about the latest news of 5 rocky planets found in very ancient ‘solar system’ and more.

Episode 03 Topic: Triple Transit on Planet Jupiter in January 2015, the importance of Jupiter in our solar system and some of its historical background.

Episod 04 Topic: The recent outburst of a binary star system, U Geminorum, which became 100 times brighter than usual. What is U Geminorum and why it became so bright?

In episode 05, we answer your submitted questions. We talk about protoplanetary disks, end of the Universe, expansion of the Universe, history of Sun-centered and Geo-centered model of the ‘Universe’, importance of Astrophotography in Astronomy and the efforts of amateur astronomers for popularizing Astronomy in Pakistan.

In episode 06, we talk about a recent nova that happened in the constellation Sagittarius; What is a nova? What are the processes that make it happen? What are the different types of novae? What is Chandrasekhar limit and why it is so important to understand white dwarf in a nova?

In episode 07, we talk about stars: How did we first know the nature of stars in the night sky? What amazing knowledge spectroscopy of starlight has given to us? What different colors of stars can tell us about their physical properties?

In episode 08, we discuss how to learn about different types of stars on H-R Diagram, and how to know the life cycle of any star by looking at its place on H-R Diagram.

In episode 09, we are starting a new segment of "Nai Baat at Hamari Kainaat". Here we discuss the latest news of "Water on Mars" and its implications.

In episode 10, we talk about the new findings of exoplanets' possibility in globular clusters and what impact it can make on any possible alien life in the system.

In episode 11, we talk about a recent new finding on Planet X and how credible it is.

(CORRECTION: The object is actually ERIS where it is mentioned as CERES)

In episode 12, we talk about a recent new finding of 'Gravitational Waves.' What are these waves? How they are produced? How did we detect it? and What is coming in the future? Let's hear it form Dr. Salman Hameed.

In episode 13, we talk about our own galaxy, Milky way. Where are we in our galaxy? What are the constituents of Milky way and what is the future of it?

* Dr. Salman Hameed (PhD Astronomy) teaches in Hampshire College, USA. Umair Asim has an Astronomical Observatory in Lahore, Pakistan.