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28 Feb 2015
- 17:48 UTC The Space Show John Putman, Friday, 2-27-15 Guest: John Putman. Topics: Neurofeedback and EEG to improve peak performance in both short & long duration spaceflight. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Chris Impey - Last Light Summary: This podcast looks at the time when light disappears from the universe and it goes dark forever. We are currently in the latter stages of the stellar age of ...
27 Feb 2015
- 17:13 UTC Recycled Electrons 134 Astronauts and Streetlamps Chris and Rob discuss streetlights, astrology and Ceres: the dwarf planet. There are organic molecules at the centre of a galaxy, and a black hole that’s the wrong size. Links:Ceres ...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast This Week @ NASA, February 27, 2015 Spacewalks continue, a preview of a magnetic mission, groundbreaking for commercial crew, and more...
- 16:00 UTC At the Eyepiece Ep 96 - Jupiter Events for March Part 1 Jupiter reached opposition February 6th, so that means its prime time for viewing and imaging this fascinating gas-giant. Tonight I cover all the interesting events visible on Jupiter for the ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Weekly Space Hangout - Feb 20: Charles Black from SEN (Sp... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKbZf9GrEY Streamed live on Feb 20, 2015 Join Fraser Cain and a rotating crew of space journalists to talk about all things space & science! Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Hints of Life It’s clear that Mars was much warmer and wetter in the distant past. What’s not so clear is whether any living organisms ever basked in those comfy conditions. The Curiosity ...
- 02:01 UTC Star Trek: The Rewa... Riker's performance was excellent. Data gave him a big ha...
26 Feb 2015
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Space Scoop: Megaflares Shed Light On Our Black Hole Supermassive black holes are famous for their ability to swallow anything - even light.
- 16:41 UTC The Space Show John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Dr. Linda Spilker, Wednesday, ... Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Linda Spilker, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Cassini, Saturn, Titan, Rhea. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space ...
- 15:28 UTC Royal Astronautical... Stewart Lecture 2008 Wing Commander Matthew E Lewis describes how the development of effective programmes for reducing injuries in aircraft accidents depends on gaining an understanding of how accidents cause injuries, the nature ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Cheap Astronomy - CA #012 - Moonlight Steve Nerlich hosts. 1. The context of the Moon. 2. How the Moon eclipses the Sun. 3. The role of the Moon in timekeeping. 4. Observing the Moon. 5. What ...
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Soil Moisture Mapper Antenna Deploys Get a behind-the-scenes look at the SMAP team at the moment of spacecraft antenna deployment, Feb. 24, 2015. The Soil Moisture Active Passive mission will track soil moisture and the ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Fewer New Stars One of the busiest stellar nurseries in the galaxy stands about half way up the southern sky at nightfall right now. The Orion Nebula has given birth to thousands of ...
- 05:00 UTC Tonight's Sky Episode 61: March 2015 Skywatchers will be treated to a solar eclipse.
25 Feb 2015
- 19:54 UTC Cheap Astronomy 148. Journal Club - 19 July 2012 Your plastic pal, who's fun to be with.
- 17:56 UTC The Space Show Dr. Eligar Sadeh, Tuesday, 2-24-15 Guest: Dr. Eligar Sadeh. Topics: Export Control modifications & current affairs in space development/exploration. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Learning Space - Paper Plate Astronomy http://youtu.be/WDDdlKWJAEA Streamed live on Jan 28, 2015 Learning Space is a weekly Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach, and other ways to share science. We bring you ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 202. Dear Cheap Astronomy - Episode 21 - 25 February 2015 There's science in fiction.
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Moon and Aldebaran It’s a bit hard to believe when you look at it, but we’re not seeing the star Aldebaran at its best. Aldebaran is quite close to the lower right of ...
- 05:56 UTC StarStuff Black holes control galactic evolution Energy produced by black holes can control galactic evolution. Also; discovery of a star system that passed close to our Sun, and the heliosphere may be shaped more like a ...
24 Feb 2015
- 16:45 UTC The Space Show Dr. Bob Krone, Dr. Gordon Arthur, Monday, 2-23-24 Guests: Dr. Bob Krone, Dr. Gordon Arthur. Topics: The Journal of Space Philosophy, Kepler Space Institute, Kepler Space University. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Shaila's SpaceCast - A Journey Through the Interstellar M... Shaila Akhter hosts We learn about just how empty space is and how empty it isn't! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Canopus III If you’re south of about Dallas, the star Canopus can serve as a navigational beacon tonight. It passes due south around 9 or 9:30. And it’s the second-brightest star in ...
- 06:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Jonathan Goff Says Let’s Redirect an Asteroid ARM is the Asteroid Redirect Mission, and sometimes it seems that it doesn’t have a friend in the world. But it does, and Jonathan Goff of Altius Space Machines is ...
23 Feb 2015
- 22:00 UTC Scientific American... Bacteria Got Early Fix on Nitrogen New evidence points to the evolution of the ability for bacteria to grab nitrogen from the atmosphere some 3.2 billion years ago, about 1.2 billion years earlier than thought—with implications...
- 17:30 UTC Star Trek: The Rewa... S02E09 The Measure of a Man Picard must prove Data is legally a sentient being with rights and freedoms under Federation law when transfer orders demand Data’s reassignment for study and disassembly. First Broadcast: 13th Feb ...
- 16:48 UTC The Space Show Dr. Asif Siddiqi, Sunday, 2-22-15 Guest: Dr. Asif Siddiqi. Topics: Early space history through current times plus a historical perspective on commercial space & more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) ...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast NASA 360 Talks - Super Ball Bot
- 15:42 UTC Are We Alone? Surviving the Anthropocene The world is hot, and getting hotter. But higher temperatures aren’t the only impact our species is having on mother Earth. Urbanization, deforestation, and dumping millions of tons of plastic ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Astronomy Cast - Ep. 368: Searching for the Aether Wind: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFpnMhJxzbI Streamed live on Feb 17, 2015 Join +Fraser Cain and +Pamela Gay for a live episode of Astronomy Cast. We'll record our 30-minute show, and then stick around to ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Canopus II Until the last couple of decades, the second-brightest star in the night sky was a bit of a mystery. Astronomers couldn’t get a good handle on its distance, so they ...
- 02:00 UTC The Star Spot Episode 71: 2014: An Amazing Year for Space Exploration, ... Feature Guest: Kevin Shortt It’s a year that saw ups, such as the Dawn mission which became the first to study a dwarf planet. It was a year that experienced ...
22 Feb 2015
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... PlanetSam - The Others Samir Dhurde hosts. We learn about numerous KBOs, TNOs and their moonlets. http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Canopus Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, arcs across the south this evening. And if you live in the far southern latitudes of the United States — south of ...
- 00:45 UTC StarTalk Radio Cosmic Queries: Star Trek Join Neil deGrasse Tyson and Leighann Lord as they boldly go where no one has gone before: answering fan questions about “Star Trek,” from transporter beams and warp drives to ...
21 Feb 2015
- 18:48 UTC The Space Show Brett Hoffstadt, Friday, 2-20-15 Guest: Brett Hoffstadt; Topics: We discussed his book, "Ho to Be a Rocket Scientist: 10 powerful tips to enter the aerospace field and launch the career of your dreams." Please ...
- 15:45 UTC Space Talk with Jim... Just Cruisin' with Larry Jackson 02/21/15 Just Cruisin' with Larry Jackson 02/21/15 Larry talks about what's new with the cruising industry.
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Chris Impey - First Light Summary: This podcast examines first light in the universe. After the fiery heat of the big bang the universe expanded and cooled until the radiation dimmed to infrared waves. For ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Double Double You don’t have to be LeBron James or Tim Duncan to score a double double tonight. Just look in the western sky in early evening. The solar system offers up ...
20 Feb 2015
- 16:00 UTC NASACast This Week @ NASA, February 20, 2015 Space station spacewalks, departure and arrival of cargo vehicles, and more..
- 12:00 UTC The Jodcast February 2015 Extra User-friendly. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Chris Lintott about the Zooniverse project [16:47 - 43:20], Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharyya tells us about her search for nature's best ...
- 12:00 UTC The Jodcast February 2015 Extra User-friendly. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Chris Lintott about the Zooniverse project [16:47 - 43:20], Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharyya tells us about her search for nature's best ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Weekly Space Hangout - Feb 13th - Paul Gilster and his "C... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbrWR7JpnO0 Streamed live on Feb 13, 2015 Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Paul Gilster (http://www.centauri-dreams.org/ and http://www.tauzero.aero/ - @centauri_dreams) He is the author of “Centauri Dreams”: http://www.amazon.com/dp/038700436X/?tag=centauridream-20 Guests: Morgan ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Triple Play II The Moon and the planets Venus and Mars stage a spectacular encounter early this evening. Venus is the brilliant “evening star” to the left of the Moon. And Mars is ...
- 03:45 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Learning Space - ‪LIVE from InVestaGate‬ Nancy Alima Ali hosts. Description: Tzeltal Maya artist and archaeoastronomer Alonso Mendez shares his knowledge about Maya astronomy, including the ground-breaking research he and his collaborators are doing at Palenque. ...
19 Feb 2015
- 16:10 UTC The Space Show John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Anatoly Zak, Wednesday, 2-18-1... Guests: John Batchelor, Anatoly Zak, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: We discussed the Russian space program, their new space center Vostochny, giant satellite antennas & more. You are invited to comment, ...
- 13:24 UTC Royal Astronautical... Flight Testing the e-Go Keith Dennison, Chief Test Pilot, related the testing story that started in August 2013, illustrating how the inevitable development issues were resolved. e-Go aeroplanes was formed in 2007 to develop ...
- 13:06 UTC Royal Astronautical... Laser Communications in Air and Space The presentation reviewed the current state-of-the-art, and historical achievements, in laser communications (LOS/BLOS) in air and space. Current and future trends were discussed, as well as an outline of current ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Cultural Astronomy - Mayan Astronomy Nancy Alima Ali hosts. Description: Tzeltal Maya artist and archaeoastronomer Alonso Mendez shares his knowledge about Maya astronomy, including the ground-breaking research he and his collaborators are doing at Palenque. ...