February 28th, 2010

February 28th: The Universe in 15 Minutes

Date: February 28, 2010 Title: The Universe in 15 Minutes [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100228-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: TecnoCasters Organization: TecnoCasters – http://www.tecnocasters.com/ 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 Mitre, TecnoCasters offers a funny and [...]

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February 27th, 2010

February 27th: Ceres – Dwarf Planet or Very Big Asteroid?

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Date: February 27, 2010 Title: Ceres – Dwarf Planet or Very Big Asteroid? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100227-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: A podcast about an asteroid with an identity crisis. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you can’t put a price on space. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of [...]

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February 26th, 2010

February 26th: Playing Hide and Seek With a Binary Pulsar

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Date: February 26, 2010 Title: Playing Hide and Seek With a Binary Pulsar [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100226-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Sue Ann Heatherly Organization: NRAO: http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ Description: Froney Crawford, astronomer at Franklin and Marshall College just finished an observing run on the Green Bank Telescope and joins us to talk about it– his research studying an enigmatic pulsar in a [...]

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February 25th, 2010

February 25th: Where’s the Best Place for the Biggest Telescopes?

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Date: February 25, 2010 Title: Where’s the Best Place for the Biggest Telescopes? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100225-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Rob Berthiaume Links: www.yorkobservatory.com www.youdontfreezeinspace.com Description: Scientists and engineers spend millions of dollars and many years deciding what kind of telescope to build and how to build it. With such an investment, they also put a lot of thought into [...]

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February 24th, 2010

February 24th: Sidewalk Astronomy

Date: February 24, 2010 Title: Sidewalk Astronomy [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100224-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Jay Horowitz Organization: Riverdale Astronomy: riverdaleastronomy.blogspot.com Description: This podcast covers astronomy outreach and education – how best to share your love of the cosmos with your friends and the general public. It provides general guidelines for introducing others to your science and goes into detail on [...]

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February 23rd, 2010

February 23rd: Where IS the Center of the Universe?

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Date: February 23, 2010 Title: Where IS the Center of the Universe? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100223-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Rob Knop Links: My home page: http://www.sonic.net/~rknop MICA: http://www.mica-vw.org MICA Public Events: http://www.mica-vw.org/wiki/index.php/MICA_Events Description: A discussion of the center of the Universe. Bio: Rob Knop obtained a PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1997. He then worked with the Supernova Cosmology [...]

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February 22nd, 2010

February 22nd: Jonathan McDowell Visits Thayer Academy

Date: February 22, 2010 Title: Jonathan McDowell Visits Thayer Academy [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100222-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Jamie Formato Organization: Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, & Cahall Observatory: cahallobservatory.wordpress.com Description: Chandra X-ray Center Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell is interviewed by a high school senior from Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts. Jonathan describes what the Chandra X-ray Observatory is, [...]

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February 21st, 2010

February 21st: An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei

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Date: February 21, 2010 Title: An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100221-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Olaf Davis & Renee Hlozek Organization: Cosmic Web: www.cosmic-web.co.uk Description: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are formed when enormous black holes consume material and spew out energy in jets many thousands of light-years long. This energy output, which can be up to a [...]

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February 20th, 2010

February 20th: Mars and the Red Stars

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Date: February 20, 2010 Title: Mars and the Red Stars [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100220-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Tavi Greiner Organization: A Sky Full of Stars – http://blog.askyfullofstars.com Description: Tavi Greiner offers a tour of the “red stars” surrounding Mars in the winter sky. Bio: Tavi Greiner is a co-creater of A Sky Full of Stars, a co-host of the Deep [...]

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February 19th, 2010

February 19th: 4 Astronomers on Why They Do It

Date: February 19, 2010 Title: 4 Astronomers on Why They Do It [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100219-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Sandy Antunes Organization: Project Calliope LLC: ProjectCalliope.com Scientific Blogging: http://scientificblogging.com/sky_day Description: 4 randomly chosen astronomers at the AAS meeting explain why they became astronomers, then try to explain their research is just 30 seconds. Bio: Dr. Alex “Sandy” Antunes is a [...]

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