May 11th, 2010

May 11th: Speculative Fiction: How The Russians Landed on the Moon

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Date: May 11, 2010 Title: Speculative Fiction: How The Russians Landed on the Moon [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100511-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: C. Augusto Valdés Organization: For more details on the Soviet space program in our universe – http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft_manned_lunar.html C. Augusto Valdés blog – www.themouthofdoom.blogspot.com Description: We take a short trip to a parallel reality where the Russians won the Space [...]

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May 10th, 2010

May 10th: The Late Heavy Bombardment — Was It Real?

Date: May 10, 2010 Title: The Late Heavy Bombardment — Was It Real? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100510-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The Planetary Society Blog: http://www.planetary.org/blog/ Description: According to some researchers, the inner solar system was pummeled by a sudden rain of solar system debris only 700 million years after it formed, with cataclysmic results to the earliest [...]

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May 9th, 2010

May 9th: Up Close with the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano

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Date: May 9, 2010 Title: Up Close with the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100509-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Col Maybury and Snaevarr Gudmundsson Links: 2NUR radio station from University of Newcastle, Australia, Starlight Zone with Col Maybury, Nature Images Star Center in Iceland, article on Universe Today: Incredible Images of Iceland Volcano from Just a Few Kilometers Away Description: Col [...]

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May 8th, 2010

May 8th: How Lunar Cycles Affect Wildlife

Date: May 8, 2010 Title: How Lunar Cycles Affect Wildlife [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100508-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Wild Ideas Organization: Wild Ideas…the Podcast by The WIlderness Center http://www.wildernesscenter.org Description: It’s a surprising how much effect the moon –its light, its tides — has on the earth and some creatures. Look at how the behavior of owls and their prey, the [...]

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May 7th, 2010

May 7th: Citizen Sky

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Date: May 7, 2010 Title: Citizen Sky [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100507-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mike Simonsen interviews Rebecca Turner Links: Slacker Astronomy, Citizen Sky Description: Mike Simonsen interviews Rebecca Turner about the Citizen Sky Project. Bio: Slacker Astronomy is a light-hearted podcast that wanders the astronomical road-less-traveled. Visit us at http://www.slackerastronomy.org/. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” [...]

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May 6th, 2010

May 6th: Warp Drive Part 2

Date: May 6, 2010 Title: Warp Drive Part 2 [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100506-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Renata & Damian Handzy Description: This podcast takes off where the 365 DOA podcast for January 9, 2010 ended. There are many ways to understand and explain special relativity, and these two podcasts cover those explanations that the podcasters feel have the most impact [...]

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May 5th, 2010

May 5th: The Continuing Copernican Revolution

Date: May 5, 2010 Title: The Continuing Copernican Revolution [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100505-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Rob Knop Organization: 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: Humanity has long been trying to understand the nature of the cosmos. Bio: Rob Knop obtained a PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1997. He then worked with the Supernova [...]

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May 4th, 2010

May 4th: Iapetus and the Cassini Regio

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Date: May 4, 2010 Title: Iapetus and the Cassini Regio [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100504-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Alice Enevoldsen Organization: Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA and Alice’s AstroInfo: pacificsciencecenter.org and alicesastroinfo.com Description: In today’s podcast Alice answers a phone call from a friend, and tells her a story about Cassini’s mysterious moon, Iapetus. Bio: Alice Enevoldsen is currently the planetarium [...]

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May 3rd, 2010

May 3rd: Hippocrates Meets Hipparchus

Date: May 3, 2010 Title: Hippocrates Meets Hipparchus [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100503-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mick Vagg Description: Astronomers are people too, and they have had their share of dramatic medical problems. This podcast presents four case histories of famous astronomy figures namely Galileo, Enrico Fermi, Jeremiah Horrocks and George Ellery Hale, and examines whether popular understanding really tallies with [...]

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May 2nd, 2010

May 2nd: Astronomy in Your Pocket: Astronomy Apps for iPhone

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Date: May 2, 2010 Title: Astronomy in Your Pocket: Astronomy Apps for iPhone [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20100502-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mark DeVito Description: In this podcast we will explore the many apps for the iPhone available to astronomers, many for free. From simple star charts to telescope control, we’ll take a look at why’s available. Bio: Mark DeVito is an [...]

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