May 21st, 2011
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Date: May 21, 2011 Title: Big Bang Part 2 – When the Dust Settled Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: This is the second of two podcasts on the timeline of the Big Bang and subsequent events in the formation of the cosmos. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you [...]
May 20th, 2011
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Date: May 20, 2011 Title: Big Bang part 1 – One Crowded Second Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: This is the first of two podcasts on the timeline of the Big Bang and subsequent events in the formation of the cosmos. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you get [...]
May 19th, 2011
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Date: May 19, 2011 Title: Encore: Pulsars Podcaster: Stuart Lowe Organization: The Jodcast from Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Links: This podcast originally aired on January 8, 2009. http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/01/08/january-8-pulsars/ Description: In 1967 a young postgraduate student – Jocelyn Bell – spotted an annoying bit of scruff in data from her radio telescope. After careful investigation, [...]
May 18th, 2011
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Date: May 18, 2011 Title: Light Pollution: Causes, Effects and Solutions Podcaster: Jason Davis Links: Astrosaurus (www.astrosaur.us) Description: Light pollution is the introduction of artificial light into the nighttime environment, which hinders astronomical observation and adversely affects wildlife and the environment. This podcast explores the causes, which range from brightly-lit city buildings to improperly designed [...]
May 17th, 2011
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Date: May 17, 2011 Title: Quasars in Galaxy Clusters Podcasters: Rob Sparks and Dr. Dara Norman Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) – http://www.noao.edu Links: http://twitter.com/#!/NOAONorth Description: Quasars are some of the most luminous objects in the universe. Quasars are ancient galaxies that harbor massive black holes at their centers. The black holes emit huge [...]
May 16th, 2011
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Date: May 16, 2011 Title: Why the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 Experiment is Really Cool Podcaster: Marcel-Jan Krijgsman Links: Mijn Dosis Universum (http://mijndosisuniversum.blogspot.com) Description: The space shuttle Endeavour is about to launch an experiment called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2. It’s an experiment that can detect dark matter, if it exists. This podcast will talk about what [...]
May 15th, 2011
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Date: May 15, 2011 Title: Encore: Star Formation Podcaster: Robert Simpson Links: Orbiting Frog – http://www.orbitingfrog.com/blog/ http://www.zooniverse.org/ http://www.milkywayproject.org/ Description: Star formation is a vital and busy area of astronomical research. In 2009 two amazing new instruments — SCUBA-2 and Herschel — will begin operation. Together they will answer some of the burning questions of star [...]
May 14th, 2011
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Date: May 14, 2011 Title: Binoculars: A Low Cost Way to Start Observing Podcaster: The Telescope Man, Joe Lalumia Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX. – www.texasastro.org Links: Joe’s website: www.telescopeman.org Description: The Telescope Man, Joe Lalumia, has a short discussion about using binoculars for astronomy observing. bincoulars are a low cost way to [...]
May 13th, 2011
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Date: May 13, 2011 Title: Planetary Portraits and Spacescapes Podcaster: Bob Hirshon Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon speaks with Michael Benson, author of Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes about his work producing large, high-resolution images of the planets and satellites—images that have appeared in [...]
May 12th, 2011
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Date: May 12, 2011 Title: How We Measure Distances to Stars and Galaxies Podcaster: Damian Lima Organization: Ciencia Limada – http://www.ciencialimada.com.ar/ Description: How do we measure distances to stars and galaxies? We’ve all heard or read about the incredible distances between Earth and distant stars and galaxies. But, how astronomers manage to measure with such [...]
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.
