May 31st, 2011
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Date: May 31, 2011 Title: End of an Endeavour Podcaster: Pam Griffin Description: In the early hours of tomorrow morning, June 1, the space shuttle Endeavour is due to make her final flight, returning from the International Space Station to Earth. In this podcast we take a look back at some of Endeavour’s achievements and [...]
May 30th, 2011
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Date: May 30, 2011 Title: 2011 Congressional Visits Day with the AAS Podcaster: Diane Turnshek Organization: Carnegie Mellon University – http://www.cmu.edu/physics Description: I was invited by the AAS to join in the fun for Congressional Visits Day in April 2011. As scientists, we need to do whatever it takes to educate the public, the politicians [...]
May 29th, 2011
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Date: May 29, 2011 Title: How To Build A Solar System Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: An explanation of how a solar system is created. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you get more big bang for your buck. Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored [...]
May 28th, 2011
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Date: May 28, 2011 Title: The Universe in Your Phone Podcaster: Pam Griffin Links: Distant Suns (Lite) : Astronomy for the rest of us – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/distant-suns-lite-astronomy/id305508619 NASA app – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app/id334325516 NASA Television – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-television/id434439506 Moon Globe – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moon-globe/id333180321 Moon Globe HD – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moon-globe-hd/id376000038 Mars Globe – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mars-globe/id324185998 Mars Globe HD – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mars-globe-hd/id376020224 The music in [...]
May 27th, 2011
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Date: May 27, 2011 Title: Pan-STARRS1 Podcaster: Niall Deacon Links: http://www.ps1sc.org/ http://www.ps1sc.org/blog Description: Pan-STARRS1 is the first of a new generation of astronomical surveys. With the world’s largest digital camera and a survey area 32 times the size of the full moon Pan-STARRS1 will repeatedly survey the sky many times per year. This has allowed [...]
May 26th, 2011
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Date: May 26, 2011 Title: Gravitational Waves Podcaster: Rob Knop Organization: Quest University Canada Links: My home page : http://www.questu.ca/academics/faculty/rob_knop.php Description: Did you know that there are waves of gravity? It’s a hard concept to wrap your mind about; so what are they? Bio: Rob Knop obtained a PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1997. [...]
May 25th, 2011
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Date: May 25, 2011 Title: The Square Kilometre Array for Australia Podcaster: The Ordinary Guy from the Brains Matter podcast Organization: Brains Matter – http://www.brainsmatter.com Description: Many of us have heard about the Square Kilometre Array project. What is it? Why is it useful? The Ordinary Guy from the Brains Matter podcast talks to Dr [...]
May 24th, 2011
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Date: May 24, 2011 Title: Fun Things to do in Our Solar System, Our Cosmic Paddling Pool Podcaster: Paul Jones Links: Facts About Things You Tube Channel You can watch Paul’s video “preview” of this podcast here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=904fO59UBzU Description: A whirlwind tour of a couple of very practical, but at the same time quite fantastical, [...]
May 23rd, 2011
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Date: May 23, 2011 Title: Binocular Astronomy Organization: RapidEye Observatory – a private observatory in rural Lee County, NC Links: http://www.rapideye.us/astro/RapidEye-ClearSky.html Description: I’m often asked by my coworkers, friends, and relatives: “I’d like to buy my first telescope, whats a good one to get?” When I give them my standard answer “Binoculars” it is usually [...]
May 22nd, 2011
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Date: May 22, 2011 Title: Gaze at the Moon Online Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson Organization: The NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: Listen to previous NLSI podcasts at – http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/multimedia/Podcasts Description: There’s nothing like gazing at the Moon on a clear night, but for a close-up view, we’ve got spacecraft orbiting the Moon and sending back incredible [...]
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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365 Days of Astronomy is a proud part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
