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October 12th, 2010

October 12th: Encore Edition: When the Universe Was Young

Date: October 12, 2010 Title: Encore Edition: When the Universe Was Young [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101012-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Richard Drumm Organization: Drumm Digital Design – http://theastronomybum.blogspot.com/ Description: In this encore edition of 365 Days, Richard Drumm talks with Dr. Mark Whittle of the University of Virginia Astronomy Department about the formation of the first stars and galaxies and the [...]

October 11th, 2010

October 11th: Why I Don’t Believe in UFOs: My Burning Questions

Date: October 11, 2010 Title: Why I Don’t Believe in UFOs: My Burning Questions [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101011-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: C. Augusto Valdés Description: We may not be alone in the universe, but are we being visited? I find it unlikely and I want to tell you why. Let’s put this idea to the test and search for the [...]

October 10th, 2010

October 10th: Astronomy in the News

Date: October 10, 2010 Title: Astronomy in the News [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101010-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen Organization: Loch Ness Productions (www.lochnessproductions.com) Music from A Gentle Rain of Starlight, plus a soon-to-be-released new album by Geodesium. (http://www.geodesium.com) Description: Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter, looks at recent astro-news. Bio: Carolyn Collins Petersen is a science writer and show producer, as [...]

October 9th, 2010

October 9th: A Primer on High End Refractor Telescope Optics. Part 2

Date: October 9, 2010 Title: A Primer on High End Refractor Telescope Optics. Part 2 [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101009-365DoA.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: Part 2 of a 3-part series on High End Refractor Optics, explaining the physics behind the elements that [...]

October 8th, 2010

October 8th: Student Experiments Riding Aboard the Shuttle

Date: October 8, 2010 Title: Student Experiments Riding Aboard the Shuttle [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101008-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Bob Hirshon Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – www.aaas.org Description: Students have the opportunity to create test-tube sized experiments to fly aboard Space Shuttle Endeavor, as part of an education program created by the National Center for Earth [...]

October 7th, 2010

October 7th: Visualizing Epsilon Aurigae with Ryan Wyatt

Date: October 7, 2010 Title: Visualizing Epsilon Aurigae with Ryan Wyatt [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101007-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Organization: Slacker Astronomy – http://www.slackerastronomy.org/ Description: Today the Slackers talk with Ryan Wyatt, the Director of the Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. We discuss the video of the epsilon Aurigae system developed by Ryan [...]

October 6th, 2010

October 6th: Extrasolar Planet Problems

Date: October 6, 2010 Title: Extrasolar Planet Problems [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101006-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Organization: AstronomyCast – www.astronomycast.com Description: With the discovery of a planet in the habitability zone in Gliese 581, the media is in a frenzy. It’s an important find, but a long way to finding another Earth. Let’s find out [...]

October 5th, 2010

October 5th: Your Stellar Neighborhood

Date: October 5, 2010 Title: Your Stellar Neighborhood [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101005-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: To the naked eye, the night sky is full of nearby stars that might not look that bright and more distant stars that look really bright – but only because they are so luminous. So which ones [...]

October 4th, 2010

October 4th: Life in the Universe: Odds and Expectations

Date: October 4, 2010 Title: Life in the Universe: Odds and Expectations [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101004-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: André Gonçalves Link: André’s blog: http://astro-andregoncalves.blogspot.com/ Description: This podcast is about the odds of life emerge in our Universe. We will seek for the conditions a planet must have to support life and what are the odds of life arise in [...]

October 3rd, 2010

October 3rd: Transiting Extra Solar Planets

Date: October 3, 2010 Title: Transiting Extra Solar Planets [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20101003-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: The Ordinary Guy from the Brains Matter podcast Organization: Brains Matter – http://www.brainsmatter.com Description: The number of extra solar planets discovered keeps increasing every time we hear about them. How do astronomers work out they are there? The original method used was called the [...]

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