Featured Podcast Episodes
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Podcasts
21 Jan 2010, 17:00 UTC
Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater.
Sagittarius A* in 60 Seconds
21 Jan 2010, 17:00 UTC
Astronomers have long known that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a particularly poor eater.
Cheap Astronomy
21 Jan 2010, 09:39 UTC
It's not rocket science - oh hang on, actually it is.
55. Spacecraft navigation - 21 January 2010
21 Jan 2010, 09:39 UTC
It's not rocket science - oh hang on, actually it is.
365 Days of Astronomy
21 Jan 2010, 00:00 UTC
Ilgarijiri: Aboriginal Art Meets Modern Astronomy by Megan Argo. Ilgarijiri means “things belonging to the sky” in the Wajarri Yamatji language of the Murchison region of Western Australia, the location of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory and a potential location for the Square Kilometre Array. 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 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individuals, schools, companies and clubs to provide 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the daily podcast. You can do as few as 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month, subject to our editorial discretion). Our goal is to encourage people to sign up for a particular day (or days) of 2009.
Ilgarijiri: Aboriginal Art Meets Modern Astronomy
21 Jan 2010, 00:00 UTC
Ilgarijiri: Aboriginal Art Meets Modern Astronomy by Megan Argo. Ilgarijiri means “things belonging to the sky” in the Wajarri Yamatji language of the Murchison region of Western Australia, the location of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory and a potential location for the Square Kilometre Array. 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 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individuals, schools, companies and clubs to provide 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the daily podcast. You can do as few as 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month, subject to our editorial discretion). Our goal is to encourage people to sign up for a particular day (or days) of 2009.
NASA Blueshift
19 Jan 2010, 16:28 UTC
Hunting for antimatter requires a serious expedition. Scientists aren't looking for run-of-the-mill particles - they're collecting cosmic radiation that could be the signature of primordial black holes or other forms of dark matter. With instruments suspended from enormous scientific balloons, they're looking for a launch site that offers long orbits and lots of particles to detect. Where's one of the best places in the world to go particle hunting? Over the remote Antarctic continent! To find out more about Antarctic scientific ballooning, we talked to Dr. John Mitchell, the lead scientist on BESS (the Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer), a joint Japanese/US project that is studying antimatter in cosmic radiation. BESS has flown twice from Antarctica, and a team is headed back this month to recover their detectors from the last flight. We caught Dr. Mitchell just before he left for his latest Antarctic adventure. And no, the last name is not a coincidence - Dr. Mitchell is Blueshift producer Sara Mitchell's father!
Blueshift - January 19, 2010: Science at the End of the Earth, Part II
19 Jan 2010, 16:28 UTC
Hunting for antimatter requires a serious expedition. Scientists aren't looking for run-of-the-mill particles - they're collecting cosmic radiation that could be the signature of primordial black holes or other forms of dark matter. With instruments suspended from enormous scientific balloons, they're looking for a launch site that offers long orbits and lots of particles to detect. Where's one of the best places in the world to go particle hunting? Over the remote Antarctic continent! To find out more about Antarctic scientific ballooning, we talked to Dr. John Mitchell, the lead scientist on BESS (the Balloon-borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer), a joint Japanese/US project that is studying antimatter in cosmic radiation. BESS has flown twice from Antarctica, and a team is headed back this month to recover their detectors from the last flight. We caught Dr. Mitchell just before he left for his latest Antarctic adventure. And no, the last name is not a coincidence - Dr. Mitchell is Blueshift producer Sara Mitchell's father!
365 Days of Astronomy
19 Jan 2010, 00:00 UTC
Film Astrophotography by Zachary Kessin 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 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individuals, schools, companies and clubs to provide 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the daily podcast. You can do as few as 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month, subject to our editorial discretion). Our goal is to encourage people to sign up for a particular day (or days) of 2009.
Film Astrophotography
19 Jan 2010, 00:00 UTC
Film Astrophotography by Zachary Kessin 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 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individuals, schools, companies and clubs to provide 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the daily podcast. You can do as few as 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month, subject to our editorial discretion). Our goal is to encourage people to sign up for a particular day (or days) of 2009.
The Planetary Society Radio Podcast
18 Jan 2010, 05:00 UTC
The Kepler spacecraft's discovery of five exoplanets has just been confirmed by ground-based telescopes. Principal Investigator Bill Borucki returns with a progress report and a look forward toward the discovery of a truly Earth-like planet. Emily Lakdawalla reports on a Near-Earth Object that may or may not have originated on Earth. Bill Nye is having MicroFUN discovering how many solar systems in the Milky Way might be like ours. What's Up
William Borucki on Kepler's Search for Another Earth
18 Jan 2010, 05:00 UTC
The Kepler spacecraft's discovery of five exoplanets has just been confirmed by ground-based telescopes. Principal Investigator Bill Borucki returns with a progress report and a look forward toward the discovery of a truly Earth-like planet. Emily Lakdawalla reports on a Near-Earth Object that may or may not have originated on Earth. Bill Nye is having MicroFUN discovering how many solar systems in the Milky Way might be like ours. What's Up
365 Days of Astronomy
17 Jan 2010, 00:00 UTC
What is the Universe? by Stuart Clark. What does it hold and how do astronomers go about studying it? 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 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individuals, schools, companies and clubs to provide 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the daily podcast. You can do as few as 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month, subject to our editorial discretion). Our goal is to encourage people to sign up for a particular day (or days) of 2009.
What is the Universe?
17 Jan 2010, 00:00 UTC
What is the Universe? by Stuart Clark. What does it hold and how do astronomers go about studying it? 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 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. We are looking for individuals, schools, companies and clubs to provide 5 - 10 minutes of audio for the daily podcast. You can do as few as 1 episode or up to 12 episodes (one per month, subject to our editorial discretion). Our goal is to encourage people to sign up for a particular day (or days) of 2009.
365 Days of Astronomy
16 Jan 2010, 17:04 UTC
Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay are the hosts of Astronomy Cast, a weekly podcast that takes you on a facts-based journey through the Universe. One of the common question they get is "What's that dark stuff?" You know, dark matter and dark energy? In this episode, they provide a useful analogy that will help people understand dark matter & dark energy and why they are needed. Their analogy begins with an all too familiar experience: a well worn car starting to experience a mysterious mechanical problem.
Who Ordered the Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
16 Jan 2010, 17:04 UTC
Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay are the hosts of Astronomy Cast, a weekly podcast that takes you on a facts-based journey through the Universe. One of the common question they get is "What's that dark stuff?" You know, dark matter and dark energy? In this episode, they provide a useful analogy that will help people understand dark matter & dark energy and why they are needed. Their analogy begins with an all too familiar experience: a well worn car starting to experience a mysterious mechanical problem.
Science@NASA podcast
15 Jan 2010, 06:00 UTC
Evidence is mounting that a strong magnetic field lurks just beyond the edge of the solar system. This could explain the recent discovery of a "giant ribbon" in space by NASA's IBEX spacecraft. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.
