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Archive for January, 2010

January 31st, 2010

January 31st: 2012: The Impact

Date: January 31, 2010
Title: 2012: The Impact
Podcaster: Bill Hudson
Organization: http://2012hoax.org
Music by Kevin McLeod; http://www.incompetech.com
Description: Bill Hudson with 2012hoax.org uses some ‘impact statements’ from the website in order to explain his motivation for fighting the “2012 doomsday” rumors, and hopefully motivating other people to get out and begin actively debunking the myth.
Bio: Bill Hudson is an amateur astronomer in California, [...]

Podcast 7

January 30th, 2010

January 30th: The Universe in 10 Minutes

Date: January 30, 2010
Title: The Universe in 10 Minutes
Podcaster: Juan Guevara Torres - Host of TecnoCasters
Organization: TecnoCasters - http://www.tecnocasters.com/
Additional Links: Astronomy Picture of the Day app for the iPhone
Description: The TecnoCasters discuss several recent news items about astronomy and technology.
Bio: TecnoCasters is the best technology podcast in Spanish. Hosted by Juan D. Guevara, Pedro Riveroll, Lorena Galan and Raul [...]

Podcast 2

January 29th, 2010

January 29th: The Dreamtime Meteor Crater

Date: January 29, 2010
Title: The Dreamtime Meteor Crater
Podcaster: Steve Nerlich, with Duane Hamacher
Organization: Cheap Astronomy - http://www.cheapastro.com
Description: An ancient Indigenous Australian dreamtime story has led to the discovery of a meteor crater in outback Central Australia.
Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you get more big bang for your buck.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is [...]

Podcast 0

January 28th, 2010

January 28th: A Series of Spectacular Events

Date: January 28, 2010
Title: A Series of Spectacular Events
Podcaster: Colm Ryan
Link: Colm's blog: http://woodpigeon01.wordpress.com/
Description: Colm Ryan talks about some key moments during the last 10 years: a spectacular auroral display, an intense meteor storm and strange moving lights in the sky, that convey to him the wonder and delight of amateur astronomy.
Bio: Colm Ryan has been fascinated by the [...]

Podcast 2

January 27th, 2010

January 27th: Earth Clones

Date: January 27, 2010
Title: Earth Clones
Podcaster: Chris Impey
Links: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://exoplanet.eu/
http://kepler.nasa.gov/ http://www.chrisimpey.com/
Description: There are over 400 planets know orbiting other star, but most are gas giants like Jupiter and likely to be uninhabitable? How long before we find a clone of the Earth? This podcast talks about the issues involved in detecting terrestrial planets and the likelihood that they will be [...]

Podcast 3

January 26th, 2010

January 26th: Once Upon a Lonely Sun

Date: January 26, 2010
Title: Once Upon a Lonely Sun
Podcaster: Pamela Gay
Links: Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/
Star Stryder: http://www.starstryder.com/
Description: In this podcast -- recorded on a cold and snowy day -- Pamela shares three of her favorite winter objects.
Bio: Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She is also an astronomer, writer, and podcaster focused on using new [...]

Podcast 1

January 25th, 2010

January 25th: 6th Anniversary of Opportunity’s Arrival on Mars

Date: January 25, 2010
Title: 6th Anniversary of Opportunity's Arrival on Mars
Podcaster: Ken Brandt
Links: Mars Rover website: marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov
Description: Do you remember where you were 6 years ago-January 25th, 2004? On that evening, the second of two Mars rovers was making its descent into the cold, thin Martian air.
Bio: Ken is an astronomy educator, planetarium director, and an ardent fan of [...]

Podcast 1

January 24th, 2010

January 24th: Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander

Date: January 24, 2010
Title: Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander
Podcaster: Mike Simonsen
Organization: Simostronomy- The Astronomy and Variable Star Blog http://simostronomy.blogspot.com/
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander is a giant in astronomical history. I mean, Come on, the guy has four names!
Bio: Mike Simonsen is a variable star fanatic. He studies them, writes about them and has made over 56,000 visual observations of variables. He [...]

Podcast 2

January 23rd, 2010

January 23rd: A Brief Biography Of George Gamov

Date: January 23, 2010
Title: A Brief Biography Of George Gamov
Podcaster: Craig Robertson
Link: www.myfavoriteauthor.net
Description: George Gamov, one of the true giants in annals of Astronomy. Gamov was one of many in the generation of scientists working at the very beginning of our current understanding of the physical universe. He worked side by side with the likes of Bohr, [...]

Podcast 2

January 22nd, 2010

January 22nd: Black Holes and the Formation of Galaxies

Date: January 22, 2010
Title: Black Holes and the Formation of Galaxies
Podcaster: Robert Knop
Description: A monster lurks in the center of our galaxy!
Bio: Dr. Rob Knop is associated with MICA, the Meta-Institute of Computational Astronomy. You can find us on the web at www.mica-vw.org.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is sponsored by -- no one. We still need [...]

Podcast 0

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