Date: January 10, 2010
Title: Annular Eclipse in India
Podcaster: Jay Pasachoff
Organization: Williams College: http://www.williams.edu/astronomy
Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union: http://www.eclipses.info
Description: In 2010, there will be two central eclipses of the sun: an annular eclipse on January 15 and a total eclipse on July 11. This podcast discusses the annular eclipse, which will be visible in a path [...]
Date: January 9, 2010
Title: Warp Drive
Podcaster: Renata and Damian Handzy
Description: What are some of the astonishing and real things that happen as a spaceship were to approach the speed of light? This podcast goes over some of the amazing effects of Einstein’s Relativity along with some of the rock-solid evidence we have supporting relativity in case anyone [...]
Date: January 8, 2010
Title: Lakes on Mars
Podcaster: Bob Hirshon
Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Description: In a paper published this week in the journal Geology, scientists report new evidence that there were large lakes and rivers on the Martian surface during a period of history when the planet was thought to be cold and dry. In [...]
Date: January 7, 2010
Title: Are You Sure Those Are Moons by Jove?
Podcaster: Mark Thompson
Organization: Galileo 1610
Description: If it’s a clear night tonight, January 7, 2010, go outside just after sunset and look to the southwest. The brightest object in the night sky will be the planet Jupiter--shining at a magnitude of -2, only 570 million miles away from [...]
Date: January 6, 2010
Title: Fighting the 2012 Hoax
Podcaster: Bill Hudson
Links: http://2012hoax.org
Music by Kevin MacLeod: http://www.incompetech.com/
Description: Bill Hudson from 2012hoax.org issues a call to action for all amateur astronomers, stargazers, and people just interested in space science. The 2012 doomsday hoax is gaining traction in a vulnerable population: school children.
Bio: Bill Hudson is an amateur astronomer in California. He [...]
Date: January 5, 2010
Title: How Far is Far?
Podcaster: Steve Nerlich
Organization: Cheap Astronomy: http://www.cheapastro.com
Description: Since we can only see distant objects as they appeared in the past - how do we know how far away they are now?
Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you can tour the universe in economy class.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" [...]
Date: January 4, 2010
Title: Dark Days of Winter
Podcaster: Alice Enevoldsen
Organization: Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA: pacificsciencecenter.org
Alice's AstroInfo: alicesastroinfo.com
Description: In today's podcast Alice answers a phone call from a friend, and they explore the dark days of the northern hemisphere's winter: the solstice, the day of the earliest sunset, the day of the latest sunrise, perihelion, and examine why these [...]
Date: January 3, 2010
Title: Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids
Podcaster: Mike Simonsen and Michael Koppelman from Slacker Astronomy
Organization: Slacker Astronomy
Description: Interview from Slacker Astronomy with Steve Howell about the Kepler mission.
Bio: Steve Howell works at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory and works with the Kepler Mission.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is sponsored by ... no [...]
Date: January 2, 2010
Title: Water on the Moon
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson
Links: Universe Today, Astrosphere New Media Association. LCROSS mission info, and links to download the song "Water On the Moon" by John Marmie
Description: 2009 was a "watershed" year for lunar exploration, as five different spacecraft were involved in discoveries of water on the Moon. Let's take a [...]
Date: January 1, 2010
Title: One final look back on 2009
Podcaster: Dr. Pamela L. Gay and the 365 Days of Astronomy Community
Organization: Astrosphere New Media Association
Description: When we first launched this show 366 days ago, we had a dream of producing one year of audio from the people of the world. We reached out to you, and said “Lend us [...]
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009. 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.
