November 30th, 2009
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 [...]
November 29th, 2009
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 during the time of Shakespeare than [...]
November 28th, 2009
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 [...]
November 27th, 2009
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, [...]
November 26th, 2009
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 [...]
November 25th, 2009
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 [...]
November 24th, 2009
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 [...]
November 23rd, 2009
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 [...]
November 22nd, 2009
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: [...]
November 21st, 2009
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 [...]
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009 and 2010. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around
the world.
365 Days of Astronomy is a proud part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
