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February 18th, 2011

February 18th: Finding Exoplanets, Part 4

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Date: February 18, 2011 Title: Finding Exoplanets, Part 4 [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110218-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Thomas Hofstätter Contact: If you have any questions, comments or suggestions to the podcast, feel free to write me an email to hidden-space (at) gmx (dot) at or visit me at my website at www.hidden-space.at.tf! Description: This podcast discusses the topic of Exoplanets and [...]

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February 17th, 2011

February 17th: Buckyballs in Space!

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Date: February 17, 2011 Title: Buckyballs in Space! [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110217-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Rob Sparks Organization: NOAO – www.noao.edu http://noao.edu/news/2010/pr1004.php Description: Letezia Stanghellini received her undergraduate degree in Astronomy at the University of Bologna (Italy) in 1983, with a thesis on the evolution of central stars of planetary nebulae (PNe), and her Ph. D. in Astronomy at the [...]

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February 16th, 2011

February 16th: Twilight

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Date: February 16, 2011 Title: Twilight [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110216-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Stephen Uitti Organization: Ford Amateur Astronomy Club’s “Astronomy For Everyone” TV show – http://boonhill.net/faac/ Description: The definition of the term Twilight is given, and a bit about what it means, and what it might mean. Bio: Stephen Uitti is a Mechanical Engineer, computer programmer, and amateur astronomer. [...]

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February 15th, 2011

February 15th: Black Holes

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Date: February 15, 2011 Title: Black Holes Podcaster: CMU Astronomy Class – Brandon Wirakesuma, Karolos Waldron, Yanko Yanchev Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Physics Department – http://www.cmu.edu/physics/ Description: Although the term “black hole” was not publicly used until 1967 by John Wheeler, the concept of an area of space in which nothing can escape even including [...]

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February 14th, 2011

February 14th: Stardust: A Love Story

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Date: February 14, 2011 Title: Stardust: A Love Story [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110214-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Kate Becker Links: SpaceCraft science writing: www.spacecrafty.com Inside NOVA: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insidenova/author/kathryn-becker/ The Daily Camera: www.dailycamera.com Social media: http://www.facebook.com/katembecker, www.twitter.com/kmbecker Description: The Stardust spacecraft’s Valentine’s Day rendezvous with comet Tempel 1. Bio: Kate Becker is a story researcher for NOVA, the public television science documentary series, [...]

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February 13th, 2011

February 13th: Encore: We Are All Star Stuff

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Date: February 13, 2011 Title: Encore: We Are All Star Stuff [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110213-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen Description: Most of the atoms in our body once existed inside a star. This podcast traces our journey from star stuff to the stuff of life – a process that took billions of years of evolution to complete. This [...]

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February 12th, 2011

February 12th: Studying Extremophiles on Earth to Understand Life in Space

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Date: February 12, 2011 Title: Studying Extremophiles on Earth to Understand Life in Space Podcaster: Adam Fuller Organization: JHU Astrobiology Forum – http://astrobiology.jhu.edu Description: With the Kepler Mission’s discovery of 4 potential Earth-sized planets orbiting in their host star’s habitability zones, the main question about life is no longer “Is there life out there somewhere?” [...]

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February 11th, 2011

February 11th: Super Sun Day

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Date: February 11, 2011 Title: Super Sun Day [podcast]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/365DaysOfAstronomy/~3/RQoVVOWRc0c/201102011-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Bob Hirshon Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Description: While last Sunday was Super Sunday to American football fans, it was Super Sun Day to solar physics fans, because NASA released the first images of both sides of the sun taken simultaneously. [...]

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February 10th, 2011

February 10th: Observing Galaxies from Radio Waves to Gamma-rays

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Date: February 10, 2011 Title: Observing Galaxies from Radio Waves to Gamma-rays [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110210-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Melanie Gendre Organization: Jodrell Bank center for Astrophysics, Manchester, UK Links: http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~mgendre/ http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/ http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_astronomy/ Description: Galaxies are complex objects, composed of dust, gas, stars and, most of the time, black holes. In this podcast, I describe which of these features can [...]

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February 9th, 2011

February 9th: Encore: How Did the Earth Form?

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Date: February 9, 2011 Title: Encore: How Did the Earth Form? [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110209-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Stuart Clark Description: How did the Earth form? Are we really just a piece of cosmic flotsam? This podcast originally aired on Feb. 16, 2010. http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/02/16/february-16th-how-did-the-earth-form/ Bio: Dr Stuart Clark is an award-winning astronomy author and journalist. His books include The Sun [...]

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