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CosmoQuest Special! - Dawn Mission: Hubble Inspired

12 Dec 2013, 12:00 UTC Streamed live on Dec 5, 2013 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has been expanding our concept of the universe for more than twenty years. When it turned its optics upon protoplanets Ceres and Vesta in the main asteroid belt, its data became part of the inspiration for the Dawn mission. Our host Dr. Nicole Gugliucci talks with: - Dr. Britney Schmidt Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech - Dr. Jianyang Li of the Planetary Science Institute - Max J. Mutchler Research & Instrument Scientist with the STScI - Whitney Cobb of Dawn EPO/McREL (Mid -Continent Research for Education and Learning) Max Mutchler and Jian-Yang Li, research scientists intimately engaged with HST findings, will talk about what we’ve learned from HST, the search for satellites [mini-moons], first at Vesta and now for Ceres, and our hopes for what we'll find at Ceres. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/live_shots.asp http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in duration, for all 365 days of the year. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around ...

Talking Space Podcast

Episode 539: Moon, Mars and Maybe Beyond

12 Dec 2013, 03:53 UTC On this episode of Talking Space, we discuss the dire state of planetary science at NASA. We look at both an article and a video by Bill Nye of the Planetary Society which lay out what the future of planetary science is, or shall we say isn’t. We then mention the winners of the Axe/Lynx Apollo contest who will be going to space, and some interesting demographics about the group. We then talk about one team making a name for themselves in the race for the Google Lunar X Prize called Moon Express. We then take a look at another space podcast which should be added to your regular listening in addition to Talking Space called Omega Tau. On our second trip around the table, we take a look into a private venture aiming for Mars. We then look at the new endeavor which astronaut Mark Kelly is involved in which would brings passengers to near-space in a balloon. We finish off talking about one six-year-old’s petition which gives hope for the future of spaceflight and humanity. To listen to Omega Tau, check out http://omegataupodcast.net/ To sign the petition to help a six-year-old get more money to NASA, visit http://1.usa.gov/1hFmpNA ...

The Space Show

Dr. Wendell Mendell, Tuesday, 12-10-13

11 Dec 2013, 17:11 UTC Guest: Dr. Wendell Mendell. Topics: His 50 years at NASA, the Moon, lunar base work, congress & more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. We welcomed Dr. Wendell Mendell back to the show for this two hour discussion (no break) about his 50 years at NASA JSC, lunar bases, commercial space, return to the Moon, the value of the Moon, our space program, space advocacy, commercial space, and lots more. Dr. Mendell came to work at JSC in 1963 ...

Exposing PseudoAstronomy

Episode 95: The Fake Story of Planet X, Part 8 - Zecharia Sitchin, Revisited

11 Dec 2013, 12:00 UTC Zecharia Sitchin's ideas about Planet X were discussed in Episode 23, where I also presented numerous reasons why his Planet X - Nibiru - does not exist. This episode discusses some of the news stories over the past decade that the man posted to his website and claimed supported his ideas, and I address whether they do or do not.

Cheap Astronomy

183.1 Snippet - Dwarf spheroidal galaxies - 11 December 2013

11 Dec 2013, 09:39 UTC Small, round, dark and ubiquitous.

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

The Chelyabinsk Meteor: Can We Survive a Bigger Impact?

11 Dec 2013, 02:16 UTC In February 2013, a rocky projectile entered the Earth’s atmosphere and its explosion, at an altitude of 14 mi, released energy equivalent to a couple dozen Hiroshima-sized atom bombs. About two minutes later, the shock wave reached the ground in Chelyabinsk, Russia, breaking windows and injuring about 1500 people from flying glass. Has this event served as a kind of cosmic wake-up call for planetary defense? NASA recently announced a “grand challenge” to find all asteroids that could threaten human populations, and to figure out how to deal with them. Dr. David Morrison of SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, a nationally-recognized expert about asteroids, discusses the Russian impact and evaluates ways we might meet the grand challenge to protect our population from space debris. Recorded November 6, 2013 Dr. David Morrison, a nationally-recognized expert about asteroids, discusses the Chelyabinsk, Russia impact of February 2013 and evaluates ways we might meet the grand challenge to protect our population from space debris. Recorded November 6, 2013

StarStuff

Dust mystery surrounds first stars

11 Dec 2013, 02:13 UTC The early Universe had little dust, so how did the first stars form? Also; blackholes, worm holes and quantum gravity; and freshwater lakes capable of supporting life once existed on Mars.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Podcasts

Space Scoop: The Mysterious Afterlife of Stellar Giants

10 Dec 2013, 17:00 UTC Neutron stars are the ultra-dense cores left behind after a massive star reaches the end of its life and explodes.

NASA Astrobiology Magazine Podcast

Skeptic Check: Monster Mashup

10 Dec 2013, 12:00 UTC Monsters don't exist. Except when they do. And extinction is forever, except when it isn't. So, which animals are mythical and which are in hiding? Bigfoot sightings are plentiful, but real evidence for the hirsute creature is a big zilch. Yet, the coelacanth, a predatory fish thought extinct, actually lives. Today, its genome is offering clues as to how and when our fishy ancestors first flopped onto land. Meanwhile, the ivory-billed woodpecker assumes mythic status as it flutters between existence and extinction. And, from passenger pigeons to the wooly mammoth, hi-tech genetics may imitate Jurassic Park, and bring back vanished animals. Guests: Donald Prothero – Paleontologist, geologist, former professor at Occidental College, co-author of Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids Chris Amemiya – Biologist and geneticist at the University of Washington and the Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle John Fitzgerald – Ornithologist and director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University Ben Novak – Visiting biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, lead coordinating scientist of “The Great Comeback” at the Revive and Restore project, Long Now Foundation Descripción en español

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Video and Audio Podcasts

Juno spacecraft listens for a greeting from Earth

10 Dec 2013, 08:00 UTC As NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft swung past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, amateur radio operators around the world sent a Morse Code "HI" to the spacecraft. Would Juno hear their call?

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13 Dec 2013
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