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November 11th, 2011

November 11th: MESSENGER Overturns Origin of Mercury

Date: November 11, 2011 Title: MESSENGER Overturns Origin of Mercury Podcaster: Bob Hirshon Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon speaks to Research Scientist Patrick Peplowski at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory about new findings from the MESSENGER spacecraft that contradict the most popular theories [...]

November 10th, 2011

November 10th: Galaxy Hunting

Date: November 10, 2011 Title: Galaxy Hunting Podcaster: Carolyn Collins Petersen Organization: Loch Ness Productions Link: Music from A Gentle Rain of Starlight, Stella Novus, and the new release, Arcturian Archives, by Geodesium. Description: Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter, talks about galaxies and how to spot the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Large and [...]

November 9th, 2011

November 9th: Encore: Celebrating Carl Sagan’s Birthday with Longtime Collaborator Ann Druyan

Date: November 9, 2011 Title: Encore: Celebrating Carl Sagan’s Birthday with Longtime Collaborator Ann Druyan Podcaster: Mat Kaplan Organization: Planetary Radio Links: http://planetary.org/radio “A Glorious Dawn” video on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc This podcast originally aired on November 9th, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/11/09/november-9th-celebrate-carl-sagans-75th-with-longtime-collaborator-ann-druyan/ Description: This would have been Carl Sagan’s 75th birthday (in 2009). Ann Druyan tells us [...]

November 8th, 2011

November 8th: Open Notebook Astronomy

Date: November 8, 2011 Title: Open Notebook Astronomy Podcaster: Dr. Alex “Sandy” Antunes Organization: Project Calliope LLC Link: http://projectcalliope.com Description: Is astronomy free? Bio: Dr. Sandy is launching a personal science/music satellite at projectCalliope.com, writes twice/weekly at Science2.0, and has just accepted a professorship at Capitol College. Email: antunes@nasw.org Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days [...]

November 7th, 2011

November 7th: Dirty Snowballs & Giant Planets: X-ray Secrets of our Solar System Revealed

Date: November 7, 2011 Title: Dirty Snowballs & Giant Planets: X-ray Secrets of our Solar System Revealed Organization: The Chandra Telescope Team Link: www.chandra.si.edu Description: Just in time for the Year of the Solar System, the Chandra X-ray Telescope takes a look at some of the objects in our Solar System, from comets to the [...]

November 6th, 2011

November 6th: Observing With Webb in November 2011

Date: November 6, 2011 Title: Observing With Webb in November 2011 Podcaster: Rob Webb, Physics teacher at Pequea Valley High School Links: mrwebb.podbean.com https://sites.google.com/site/mrwebbonline/ http://twitter.com/mrwebbpv Description: This podcast discusses the events, planets, and constellations that can be seen in the night sky during the month of November, including a meteor shower. Bio: Rob Webb is [...]

November 5th, 2011

November 5th: An Inside Look at the NASA Lunar Science Institute

Date: November 5, 2011 Title: An Inside Look at the NASA Lunar Science Institute Podcasters: Nancy Atkinson, Dr. Yvonne Pendleton Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) Description: The Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute, Dr. Yvonne Pendleton provides an inside look at the many facets and areas of research within NLSI. Music: “Amelia” by [...]

November 4th, 2011

November 4th: The Role of Spruce Pine Quartz in Astronomy

Date: November 4, 2011 Title: The Role of Spruce Pine Quartz in Astronomy Podcaster: David Biddix Link: David’s website: http://www.longleafmedia.com Description: Spruce Pine, North Carolina, a small town in the western part of the state, has a storied history related to astronomy instruments. The Spruce Pine Mining District, a geographical area that features significant deposits [...]

November 3rd, 2011

November 3rd: ALMA: The Building Blocks of Something Great

Date: November 3, 2011 Title: ALMA: The Building Blocks of Something Great Podcaster: Adam Avison Organization: UK ALMA Regional Centre Node Link: www.alma.ac.uk Description: For around a month now the Atacama Large Millimetre/sub-mm Array (ALMA) has been carrying out its first scientific observations, but how does such a huge international collaboration ever come into being? [...]

November 2nd, 2011

November 2nd: Black Hole Formation in the Early Universe: Q & A

Date: November 2, 2011 Title: Black Hole Formation in the Early Universe: Q & A Podcaster: Marta Volonteri by Chris Lindsay Link: For more information about Dr. Marta Volonteri, please see http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~martav/ For more information about the Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics, please see http://www.annarborscienceskeptic.com. For more information about the Critical Wit Podcast, please see [...]

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