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November 30th, 2009

November 30th: What Galileo Discovered at Jupiter

Date: November 30, 2009
Title: What Galileo Discovered at Jupiter
Podcaster: Adam Fuller of Columbia Astronomy
Organization: Columbia University Astronomy: http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu
Description: In December 1995, NASA's unmanned spacecraft, Galileo, dropped a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere and provided us with the first in situ observations of an outer planet's atmosphere. Along the way Galileo discovered an asteroid with a moon, watched Jupiter swallow a [...]

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November 29th, 2009

November 29th: The Astronomy of Shakespeare

Date: November 29, 2009
Title: The Astronomy of Shakespeare
Podcaster: Dr. Leslie Peterson and Dr. Mel Blake
Organization: Dr. Leslie Peterson, Dept of English, Dr. Mel Blake Dept Physics
and Earth Science, University of North Alabama
URLs: http://www.una.edu/english
http://www.una.edu/physics http://www.una.edu/planetarium
Description: Astronomy was more a part of daily life [...]

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November 28th, 2009

November 28th: An Armchair Tour of the Universe in 10 Minutes

Date: November 28, 2009
Title: An Armchair Tour of the Universe in 10 Minutes
Podcaster: Rob Bowman
Organization: None
Description: The universe is simply vast. It's enormous in ways our brains cannot fully comprehend. Despite this, we also have the sort of brains that need to at least try to make sense of the scale of things if we hope to understand them. [...]

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November 27th, 2009

November 27th: Channeling Galileo

Date: November 27, 2009
Title: Channeling Galileo
Podcaster: Mark Thompson
Organization: Galileo 1610: http://www.galileo1610.com/
Description: What is it like to be Galileo? Mark Thompson shares some personal reflections of his experiences impersonating the famous Italian astronomer and raconteur Galileo Gallilei for over a decade, and especially during the International Year of Astronomy.
Bio: Mark Thompson, a professional cantor and amateur astronomer, has appeared as [...]

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November 26th, 2009

November 26th: The LSST & You – a New Way to Observe!

Date: November 26, 2009
Title: The LSST & You – a New Way to Observe!
Podcaster: Suzanne Jacoby and assorted LSST Project Members
Organization: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (www.lsst.org)
Description: The LSST is a new kind of telescope. With a light-gathering power among the largest in the world, it can detect faint objects with short exposures. Its uniquely wide field of [...]

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November 25th, 2009

November 25th: The Case of the Lobate Scarps

Date: November 25, 2009
Title: The Case of the Lobate Scarps
Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen
Organization: Loch Ness Productions (http://www.lochnessproductions.com/index2.html)
Music by Geodesium (http://www.geodesium.com)
Description: Meet shadowy planetary science detective Caloris Basin as she outlines the case of Mercury’s lobate scarps. This tale of planetary science intrigue began with the Mariner mission and continues with the Mercury MESSENGER mission.
Bio: Carolyn Collins Petersen is [...]

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November 24th, 2009

November 24th: On the Screen: Science Fact vs. Science Fiction

Date: November 24, 2009
Title: On the Screen: Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
Podcaster: Jane Platt and Kevin Grazier
Organization: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Description: Some science fiction movies and TV shows are just that: fiction. But you can find nuggets of science facts in some of them, including some based on actual space research and space [...]

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November 23rd, 2009

November 23rd: The Extraterrestrials in Your Back Yard

Date: November 23, 2009
Title: The Extraterrestrials in Your Back Yard
Podcaster: Lia Corrales from Columbia Astronomy
Organization: Columbia University Astronomy: http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu
Description: Every day 2 tons of cosmic dust rains down upon the surface of the Earth. In this session we will explain how you can go hunting for space rocks in your own back yard. We will explore the [...]

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November 22nd, 2009

November 22nd: Go Up and Turn Right

Date: November 22, 2009
Title: Go Up and Turn Right
Podcaster: Steve Nerlich
Organization: Cheap Astronomy: www.cheapastro.com
Description: Planning a mission to Mars is a piece of cake on paper. Actually doing it - well, not so much.
Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where your financial situation is always looking up.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is sponsored by the American [...]

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November 21st, 2009

November 21st: Under a New Sky

Date: November 21, 2009
Title: Under a New Sky
Podcaster: David Ault
Link: David Ault: www.davidault.co.uk
Description: These are the musings of an English astronomer able for the first time to see a proper night sky and observe the movement of the stars in India over the course of 6 months.
Bio: David is an actor, writer and science presenter from the UK who performed [...]

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