September 10th, 2011
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Date: September 10, 2011 Title: Measure the Sun Podcaster: Sandy Antunes Organization: Project Caliope Links: http://projectcalliope.com Email: antunes@nasw.org Description: Is the Sun a glowing yellow ball, or far more? What exactly can we measure about it? Does measurement detract from beauty, or enhance it? And what exactly is a creepmeter? Bio: Dr. Sandy is launching [...]
September 9th, 2011
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Date: September 9, 2011 Title: Menu For Mars Podcaster: Bob Hirshon, AAAS Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon speaks about in-flight dining options for a mission to Mars with Maya Cooper, Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Bios: Bob Hirshon is Senior Project Director [...]
September 8th, 2011
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Date: September 8, 2011 Title: Astronomy Outreach Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: Cheap Astronomy catches up with the Ordinary Guy from the Brains Matter podcast to talk podcasting – and about how to save the world and stuff. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where brains really do matter. Sponsors: [...]
September 7th, 2011
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Date: September 7, 2011 Title: Encore:How Amazingingly Unlikely is Your Birth Podcaster: Larry Sessions Organization/Links: North American Skies, @NASkies on Twitter Description: Eric Idle’s wonderful “Galaxy Song” is an exuberant, if a bit dated, introduction to various aspects of astronomy filled with facts about the Universe. Idle concludes with a reference about how “amazingly unlikely” [...]
September 6th, 2011
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Date: September 6, 2011 Title: The LCROSS Revolution Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) Link: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/ Description: Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). The LCROSS mission was designed to search for water on the moon by sending a rocket crashing into the moon, causing a big impact, and creating a crater [...]
September 5th, 2011
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Date: September 5, 2011 Title: ENCORE: Observing Variable Stars Podcasters: Travis Searle, Rebecca Turner and Mike Simonsen Organization: American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Links: http://www.aavso.org This podcast originally aired on Feb. 7 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/02/07/february-7-observing-variable-stars Description: There are tens of thousands of known variable stars. Professional astronomers don’t have the time or telescopes to [...]
September 4th, 2011
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Date: September 4, 2011 Title: The Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System Podcaster: Joe Scaife Description: Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris are the dwarf planets of the outer solar system, with dozens more candidates set to join them in future. This podcast explores these worlds, and finds out why they’re just as unique and [...]
September 3rd, 2011
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Date: September 3, 2011 Title: Fobos-Grunt Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: Cheap Astronomy delivers a podcast on a new Russian interplanetary mission with grunt – that’s Fobos-Grunt. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where currency depends on your frame of reference. Sponsors: This episode of “365 Days Of Astronomy” has [...]
September 2nd, 2011
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Date: September 2, 2011 Title: The Dark Energy Survey Project: Q & A with David Gerdes Podcaster: Chris Lindsay with David Gerdes Organization: The Ann Arbor Science and Skeptics Links: http://annarborscienceskeptic.com For more information about David Gerdes, please see http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gerdes/ For information about the Dark Energy Survey Project, please see http://www.darkenergysurvey.org Critical Wit Podcast: http://www.criticalwitpodcast.com [...]
September 1st, 2011
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Date: September 1, 2011 Title: The Moon Does Not Spin on Its Axis Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: Cheap Astronomy attempts to dismantle a prevailing, though not altogether logical, astronomy anecdote. You can read Steve’s article on WASP 12b at Universe Today at this link. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational [...]
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.
