October 12th, 2011
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Date: October 12, 2011 Title: The Discovery of the Accelerating Universe Podcaster: Rob Knop Organization: Quest University Canada Links: My home page : http://www.questu.ca/academics/faculty/rob_knop.php Description: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for the discovery of the acceleration of the Universe’s expansion. This podcast, by one of the members of one of the [...]
October 11th, 2011
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Date: October 11, 2011 Title: Technology Boosts Astronomy Education and Outreach Podcaster: Ryan Marciniak Organization: Astronomy in Action Link: www.astronomyinaction.com Description: Ryan Marciniak talks about how technology has changed the way we teach astronomy and how it has given a huge boost to Astronomy outreach. Technologies such as digital projection, video rendering, and image processing [...]
October 10th, 2011
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Date: October 10, 2011 Title: Critical Density Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: All about the puzzling coincidence of why the universe stays spatially flat despite it expanding. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website helping you keep your cosmic balance sheet in order. Sponsors: This episode of “365 Days Of Astronomy” [...]
October 9th, 2011
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Date: October 9, 2011 Title: Encore: Stars That Fell Like Rain Podcaster: John Johnson Links: www.JohnJohnsonOnline.com This podcast originally aired on May 31, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/05/31/may-31st-stars-that-fell-like-rain/ Description: This episode presents basic information on meteors and meteor showers. Watching the annual meteor showers is a great way to spend time with friends and family. Understanding the process [...]
October 8th, 2011
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Date: October 8, 2011 Title: Magnification Podcaster: The Telescope Man, a.k.a. Joe Lalumia Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX. Links: www.texasastro.org Joe’s website: www.telescopeman.org Description: TelescopeMan discusses the least important property of a telescope which is magnification. Lots of beginner amateur astronomers are overly worried about how much magnification can they apply using their [...]
October 7th, 2011
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Date: October 7, 2011 Title: What’s up in Planetary Exploration in October 2011 Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The Planetary Society Blog Link: http://www.planetary.org/blog/ Description: Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society takes a spin through the solar system, following the planetary missions and their latest discoveries, as well as highlighting upcoming launches of new missions. Bio: [...]
October 6th, 2011
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Date: October 6, 2011 Title: Encore: Looking for a Reason: Why Astronomy? Podcaster: Richard Saunders of Skeptic Zone Organization: The Skeptic Zone Podcast Links: www.skepticzone.tv This podcast originally aired on September 23, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/09/23/september-23rd-looking-for-a-reason-why-astronomy/ Description: Description: Richard Saunders asks leading astronomers and others why they think people choose a career in star gazing. Bio: The [...]
October 5th, 2011
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Date: October 5, 2011 Title: International Observe the Moon Night 2011 Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson and Brian Day from the NASA Lunar Science Institute Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: International Observe the Moon Night (IOMN) GRAIL mission website LADEE mission website Moon Zoo Description: While many of us don’t need an excuse to gaze upon [...]
October 4th, 2011
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Date: October 4, 2011 Title: Why Comet Elenin is NOT a Brown Dwarf Star Podcaster: Tony Darnell Organization: Space Fan News – weekly space news vlog Links: http://www.deepastronomy.com An article by Tony about how Comet Elenin did not cause the earthquakes in Japan: http://www.deepastronomy.com/comet-elenin-japan-earthquake.html Description: Many people have questions about Comet Elenin and whether it [...]
October 3rd, 2011
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Date: October 3, 2011 Title: ALMA Opens Her Eyes Podcaster: Tania Burchell Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Link: www.nrao.edu Description: The world’s most complex, ground-based astronomy observatory is under construction within a fortress of extinct volcanoes high in the remote Chilean Altiplano. Although she is not yet complete, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) [...]
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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