October 31st, 2010
Date: October 31, 2010 Title: Space: What Is It? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101031-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Alvin Ashworth Description: “Space” is used often in many disciplines from Astronomy to Philosophy, but what are we referring to when we talk about space? Is it nothing at all? A concept? A physical presence? In this podcast we’ll take a look at different [...]
October 30th, 2010
Date: October 30, 2010 Title: Spaceport America [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101030-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Organization: TecnoCasters – http://www.tecnocasters.com/ Description: Juan Guevara Torres from the TecnoCasters talks about the recent dedication of the new Spaceport America in New Mexico and the latest news from Virgin Galactic’s commercial spaceship. Bio: TecnoCasters is the best technology podcast in Spanish. Hosted by Juan D. Guevara, [...]
October 29th, 2010
Date: October 29, 2010 Title: A Primer on High End Refractor Telescope Optics. Part 3 [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101029-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Edgardo Molina Organization: Pleiades. Research and Astronomical Studies A.C. www.pleiades.org.mx (web site soon to be presented also in English) Description: In part 3 of this series, Edgardo Molina discusses high end refractor telescope manufacturers, the people behind curtains [...]
October 28th, 2010
Date: October 28, 2010 Title: Cassini’s Amazing Voyage to Saturn, Its Moons, and Its Rings [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101028-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Andy Poniros Description: On July 1, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft, with the Huygens probe onboard, successfully achieved orbital insertion of the Saturn system. More than six years later, a healthy Cassini spacecraft has completed its four-year primary mission, [...]
October 27th, 2010
Date: October 27, 2010 Title: LCROSS and the Land of the Lunar Shadows [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101027-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: (NLSI) http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/ Music courtesy of Ben Bedford, from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. Used by permission. http://benbedford.com/ Description: The permanently shadowed craters on the poles of the Moon have long been a mystery, because [...]
October 26th, 2010
Date: October 26, 2010 Title: Janet Mattei [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101026-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Mike Simonsen Organization: American Association of Variable Star Observers – http://www.aavso.org/ http://simostronomy.blogspot.com/ http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/ Description: Mike introduces listeners to Janet Mattei, an important person in the history of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. Mike also thanks his wife, Irene, for her support of his astronomy [...]
October 25th, 2010
Date: October 25, 2010 Title: SNOLab [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101025-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Rob Berthiaume Links: www.yorkobservatory.com www.youdontfreezeinspace.com Description: Rob talks about his experience visiting SNOLab, an underground science laboratory located 2km underground in Sudbury Ontario. Bio: Robert Berthiaume is working towards an MSc in atomic physics at York University in Toronto, Canada. When he can get away from making [...]
October 24th, 2010
Date: October 24, 2010 Title: EPOXI: Triple the Mission, Triple the Fun [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101024-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Roz Brown & Tom Bank Organization: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. – www.ballaerospace.com Description: On November 4, scientists anticipate ultra-close-up images of Comet Hartley 2 when the flyby spacecraft from NASA’s 2005 Deep Impact mission passes within 450 miles (700 kilometers) [...]
October 23rd, 2010
Date: October 23, 2010 Title: Encore Edition: What if the Moon did not Exist? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101023-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Patrick McQuillan Organization: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Description: Note: This podcast originally aired on March 28, 2009. We often take the Moon for granted. We assume it will always be there. Circling the Earth month after month [...]
October 22nd, 2010
Date: October 22, 2010 Title: SETI Then and Now [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101022-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Sue Ann Heatherly Organization: NRAO – http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ Description: Fifty Years ago, Dr. Frank Drake conducted the first modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using a telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV. In September of this year, the NRAO held [...]
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009, 2010, 2011 -- and now 2012. 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.
