November 10th, 2009

November 10th: Wake Up and Smell the Baloney!

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Date: November 10, 2009 Title: Wake Up and Smell the Baloney! [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091110-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Larry Sessions Organization: None Description: Some people, upon seeing something unusual in the sky, jump to the conclusion that it must be the result of an extraterrestrial visitation, inter-dimensional travel, or perhaps some secret and sinister government experiment. Carl Sagan used to [...]

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November 9th, 2009

November 9th: Celebrate Carl Sagan’s 75th With Longtime Collaborator Ann Druyan

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Date: November 9, 2009 Title: Celebrate Carl Sagan’s 75th With Longtime Collaborator Ann Druyan [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091109-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mat Kaplan Organization: Planetary Radio http://planetary.org/radio “A Glorious Dawn” video on You Tube Description: This would have been Carl Sagan’s 75th birthday. Ann Druyan tells us how she’ll be celebrating on Capitol Hill with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, [...]

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November 8th, 2009

November 8th: Radio Astronomy: An Important Tool

Date: November 8, 2009 Title: Radio Astronomy: An Important Tool [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091108-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Nitza Santiago Organization: Columbia University Astronomy http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu Description: Radio astronomy is an indispensable tool used by scientists to study the Universe. Throughout the years astronomers have used it to learn more about different sources of radio emission such as stars and galaxies. It [...]

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November 7th, 2009

November 7th: Bright Bolide

Date: November 7, 2009 Title: Bright Bolide [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091107-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Michael Koppelman Organization: Slacker Astronomy http://www.slackerastronomy.org/ Description: Michael, Doug and Mike from Slacker Astronomy discuss the bright meteor fireball (bolide) captured on multiple cameras by the Southern Ontario Meteor Network (SOMN) on September 25, 2009. Bio: Slacker Astronomy is a light-hearted podcast that wanders the astronomical [...]

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November 6th, 2009

November 6th: SOFIA – Flight Tests and the Promise of New Science

Date: November 6, 2009 Title: SOFIA – Flight Tests and the Promise of New Science [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091106-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Martin Ratcliffe Organization: SOFIA Science Center, NASA Ames Research Center Description: SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is about to begin detailed flight testing, leading to its official “First Light” flight. SOFIA houses a 2.5-meter telescope in [...]

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November 5th, 2009

November 5th: Earth and Sky: Together at Last! Part 2

Date: November 5, 2009 Title: Earth and Sky: Together at Last! Part 2 [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091105-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Alan Perkins Organization: Department of Geosciences at San Francisco State University: http://tornado.sfsu.edu/ Description: The disciplines of astronomy and geology, which used to be separate, are working together in the new field of planetary science. The episode also discusses how discoveries [...]

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November 4th, 2009

November 4th: Top 10 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Astronomy!

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Date: November 4, 2009 Title: Top 10 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Astronomy! [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091104-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Damian Handzy Organization: None Description: Whether you’re a parent, an educator, an aunt or uncle, or just want to show people some cool stuff about astronomy, this podcast gives practical ideas of how to share some of the amazing [...]

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November 2nd, 2009

November 3rd: WISE – Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light

Date: November 3, 2009 Title: WISE – Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091103-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Bryan Mendez Organization: Center for Science Education at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Description: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA-funded Explorer mission that will capture invisible, infrared light from the universe to create a catalog of [...]

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November 2nd, 2009

November 2nd: Cassini’s Deepest Plume Passage: The “E7″ Flyby of Enceladus

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Date: November 2, 2009 Title: Cassini’s Deepest Plume Passage: The “E7″ Flyby of Enceladus [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091102-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Anne Verbiscer Organization: University of Virginia Astronomy Description: Today the Cassini Spacecraft makes its 7th flyby of Saturn’s enigmatic moon Enceladus. The trajectory takes the spacecraft deeper into the moon’s icy plumes than ever before, skimming a mere 100 [...]

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November 1st, 2009

November 1st: Listening to Gravitational Waves: A New Window on the Universe

Date: November 1, 2009 Title: Listening to Gravitational Waves: A New Window on the Universe [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20091101-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Gareth Jones Organization: Gravitational Physics Group, Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/research/gravity/ Description: In this podcast we provide a quick introduction to gravitational waves. A prediction of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, gravitational waves are generated by [...]

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