December 21st, 2011
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Date: December 21, 2011 Title: What is Dark Energy? Podcaster: Rob Knop Organization: Question University Canada Links: My home page : http://www.sonic.net/~rknop MICA : http://www.mica-vw.org MICA Public Events : http://www.questu.ca Description: We know from observations of distant supernovae that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. How can this be? Gravity would normally pull things [...]
December 20th, 2011
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Date: December 20, 2011 Title: Mysteries of the Lunar Ionosphere Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson and Bill Farrell. Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: NLSI, DREAM, LADEE mission Description: We normally think of the Moon as not having an atmosphere but we have known for some time that the Moon does have an ionosphere. How can this [...]
December 19th, 2011
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Date: December 19, 2011 Title: The Goldilocks Zone Podcasters: Scotty J. and Destinee E. Organization: Walden School of Liberal Arts Link: For more information on the Astrobiology class at Walden School and projects we are working on, visit our blog at: elementsunearthed.com. Description: Now that we are beginning to find exoplanets inside the habitable zone [...]
December 18th, 2011
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Date: December 18, 2011 Title: Encore: Astronomy in Anglo-Saxon England Podcaster: Dave Wilton Organization: WordOrigins.org Links: www.wordorigins.org This podcast originally aired on July 22, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/07/22/july-22nd-astronomy-in-anglo-saxon-england/ Description: The history of astronomy in the Western world usually skips over the medieval period, jumping from Ptolemy straight to Copernicus. But there were medieval European astronomers who studied [...]
December 17th, 2011
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Date: December 17, 2011 Title: Planet Hunters: One Year Later Podcaster: Meg Schwamb Organization: Planet Hunters Links: (http://www.planethunters.org/) & Zooniverse (https://www.zooniverse.org/) Description: With NASA’s space-based Kepler mission, we have entered into a new era in the study of extrasolar planets (exoplanets). Planet Hunters is a Zooniverse citizen science project employing human pattern recognition to identify [...]
December 16th, 2011
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Date: December 16, 2011 Title: The WIYN Observatory Podcaster: Rob Sparks Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) Links: http://www.noao.edu http://twitter.com/#!/NOAONorth www.facebook.com/USNOAO Description: The WIYN Observatory is owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium, which consists of the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale University, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). This partnership between public [...]
December 15th, 2011
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Date: December 15, 2011 Title: Interview with Dr. Michael Wood-Vasey, Spokesperson for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Podcaster: Diane Turnshek Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Links: http://www.cmu.edu/physics Sloan Digital Sky Survey III http://www.sdss3.org Sky Server Resources http://skyserver.sdss3.org Professor Michael Wood-Vasey http://www.physicsandastronomy.pitt.edu/people/michael_wood-vasey Description: The Sloan Digital Sky Surveys I and II found the distances to millions [...]
December 14th, 2011
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Date: December 14, 2011 Title: Aliens in Fact and Fiction Podcasters: Dallas, Cael, and Koplin from Walden School of Liberal Arts in Provo, Utah Organization: Walden School of Liberal Arts Link: For more information on the Astrobiology class at Walden School and projects we are working on, visit our blog at: elementsunearthed.com. Description: Alien life [...]
December 13th, 2011
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Date: December 13, 2011 Title: Encore: Exploring Space With Your Computer Podcaster: Bruce Irving Organization: NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html Links: Bruce’s website: http://flyingsinger.blogspot.com This podcast originally aired on April 14, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/04/14/april-14th-exploring-space-with-your-computer/ Description: While the night sky itself is the best, your computer is also a fantastic window on the universe. Of course there [...]
December 12th, 2011
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Date: December 12, 2011 Title: ‘Twas the Observer’s Day Before Christmas’ Podcaster: Dr. Pamela Gay Organization: Astrosphere New Media Association Link: www.astrosphere.org Description: Pamela tells a Christmas tale for astronomers one and all. Bio: Dr. Pamela L. Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is also one of the voices on the [...]
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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