March 21st, 2011
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Date: March 21, 2011 Title: Galaxy Zoo 2 – Do Bars Kill Spirals? Podcasters: Karen Masters and Chris Lintott Organization: www.galaxyzoo.org Description: Chris and Karen discuss the first results from Galaxy Zoo 2 classifications, which looks at the types of spiral galaxies that host bars and what that might mean for their future. Bios: Chris [...]
March 20th, 2011
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Date: March 20, 2011 Title: CMB: Origin of the Universe Podcaster: Thomas Hofstätter Organization: :: The Hidden Space Project :: www.hidden-space.at.tf Description: There have been several efforts for searching for the age of the earth and the universe. Most of them were absolutely wrong and based on very few information. The Cosmic Microwave Background is [...]
March 19th, 2011
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Date: March 19, 2011 Title: The Interplanetary Transport Network [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110319-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: The interplanetary transport network lets you tour the solar system on the cheap. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where cheap is as cheap does. Today’s sponsor: This episode of 365 Days of Astronomy is [...]
March 18th, 2011
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Date: March 18, 2011 Title: Sun-Earth Day 2011: Ancient Mysteries – Future Discoveries [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110318-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcasters: Troy Cline (Host), Sten Odenwald (Interview), Bryan Stephenson (Audio) Organization: NASA’s Sun-Earth Day Program – http://sunearthday.nasa.gov & http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Description: Sun-Earth Day is a series of programs and events that occur throughout the year culminating with a celebration on or near [...]
March 17th, 2011
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Date: March 17, 2011 Title: The New Mosaic Imager at Kitt Peak [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110317-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcasters: Dr. Steve B. Howell & Rob Sparks Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatory – http://www.noao.edu & http://twitter.com/#!/NOAONorth Description: Astronomers are constantly developing new technology to improve their ability to see fainter objects and learn more about the cosmos. The National Optical Astronomy [...]
March 16th, 2011
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Date: March 16, 2011 Title: SCOPE – Citizen Science in Spectroscopy [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110316-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Christi Whitworth Organizations: SCOPE – scope.pari.edu Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) – www.pari.edu Description: SCOPE, Stellar Classification Online Public Exploration is a citizen science program housed at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI). Created from spectral images housed at PARI’s Astronomical Photographic Data [...]
March 15th, 2011
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Date: March 15, 2011 Title: Stargate Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110315-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Diane Turnshek Organization: Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/physics/ Description: Television shows that speculate on pure science issues are rare. Stargate Universe has that distinction with its second season focusing on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation signal. An outline of both [...]
March 14th, 2011
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Date: March 14, 2011 Title: A MESSENGER to Mercury [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110314-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The Planetary Society Blog: http://www.planetary.org/blog/ Description: On March 18th (17th for some of us) the MESSENGER spacecraft enters orbit at Mercury, bringing a five-plus-year journey to a close and becoming the smallest planet’s first orbiter. I’ll explain why it took so [...]
March 13th, 2011
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Date: March 13, 2011 Title: Space Music [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110313-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen Organization: Loch Ness Productions (www.lochnessproductions.com) Music Geodesium (http://www.geodesium.com) Description: Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter, talks about how music and astronomy meld to create space music. Bio: Carolyn Collins Petersen is a science writer and show producer, as well as vice-president of Loch Ness Productions, [...]
March 12th, 2011
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Date: March 12, 2011 Title: Sunrise In Greenland [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/astro365/20110312-365DoA.mp3[/podcast] Podcaster: Rob Sparks Organization: http:/halfastro.wordpress.com & http://twitter.com/#!/NOAONorth Description: North of the arctic circle, winter can be a time of darkness 24 hours a day. The return of the Sun is celebrated. In the small town of Ilulissat, Greenland, the citizens were looking forward to the first [...]
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
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