March 12th, 2010
Date: March 12, 2010
Title: The Hunt For Vulcanoids
Podcaster: Bob Hirshon
Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): http://www.aaas.org
Description: For nearly a hundred years, scientists have wondered if there might be a band of asteroids as large as 60 km wide orbiting the Sun, in a gravitationally stable zone that’s closer to the sun than the orbit of Mercury. [...]
March 11th, 2010
Date: March 11, 2010
Title: Go on a Spacewalk with Astronaut Chris Hadfield
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson
Links: Chris Hadfield bio - http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hadfield.html
Video of Hadfield's description of how to go the bathroom in space - http://www.universetoday.com/2010/01/25/best-description-ever-of-how-to-go-to-the-bathroom-in-space/
Description: Ever wonder what it is really like to do an EVA? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield completed two spacewalks to help in the construction of the International Space [...]
March 10th, 2010
Date: March 10, 2010
Title: 2012: The Profits of Doom
Podcaster: Bill Hudson
Organization: http://2012hoax.org
Music by Kevin McLeod: http://www.incompetech.com
Description: Bill Hudson with 2012hoax.org discusses some of the people and organizations promoting a "2012 doomsday", and their motivation: Profit
Bio: Bill Hudson is an amateur astronomer in California. He has spent the last decade looking up, and is involved in astronomy outreach programs [...]
March 9th, 2010
Date: March 9, 2010
Title: Adaptive Optics Saves Earth
Podcaster: Rob Sparks
Description: Astronomers use adaptive optics to overcome the limitation of Earth’s atmosphere. What about the captain of a starship?
Bio: Rob Sparks is a Science Education Specialist at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. A lifelong astronomy enthusiast, he earned a B.A. in physics at Grinnell College and his M.S. at [...]
March 8th, 2010
Date: March 8, 2010
Title: The Folklore Surrounding the Aurora
Podcaster: Craig Robertson
Link: Craig's website: www.myfavoriteauthor.net
Description: With this podcast I will present some of the legends and lore which our ancestors devised to explain the aurora. Stories from Europe, Scandinavia, America and The Far North are compared. Not only are the interpretations they came up with wondrous and revealing, [...]
March 7th, 2010
Date: March 7, 2010
Title: Interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope
Podcaster: Slacker Astronomy
Description: Mike Simonsen from Slacker Astronomy interviews Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine about the future of amateur astronomy.
Bio: Slacker Astronomy is a light-hearted podcast that wanders the astronomical road-less-traveled. Visit us at http://www.slackerastronomy.org/.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is sponsored [...]
March 6th, 2010
Date: March 6, 2010
Title: What To Do in Case of a Total Solar Eclipse and an Overcast Sky: Mexico City 1991
Podcaster: Edgardo Molina
Description: Ever felt sorry for traveling far away chasing a total solar eclipse, just to find out that during the partial and totality phases the sky is overcast? Solar Radio Astronomy to the rescue. Witness [...]
March 5th, 2010
Date: March 5, 2010
Title: Go for Launch! A Conversation with George Diller from NASA TV
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson
Description: If NASA TV is part of your daily diet of space media, you will likely recognize the voice of George Diller, who does the TV commentary for launches from Kennedy Space Center. George shares some of the highlights of his 29 [...]
March 4th, 2010
Date: March 4, 2010
Title: Dinosaurs and Asteroids
Podcaster: Damian and Sofia Handzy
Description: Today’s podcast is a dramatized version of a real conversation between a father and his excitable 2nd grade daughter about the asteroid that might have killed the dinosaurs. It provides examples of explanations of the scientific method that resonate with children (and probably adults), and examples [...]
March 3rd, 2010
Date: March 3, 2010
Title: A 6 Year Old's Question on Star Quakes
Podcaster: Brains Matter
Organization: Brains Matter podcast - http://www.brainsmatter.com
Description: My six year old asked whether magnetism could crush a star. The following podcast is the result of trying to find the answer to that!
Bio: The Brains Matter podcast has been producing and communicating science stories and interviews since September [...]
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