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12 Jan 2010
- 03:26 UTC Talking Space Podca... Episode 202: Model Styrofoam Planets on the Ceiling or in... On this episode,we have special guest Brian Shiro with us, who is an geophysicist who is currently stationed at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii. He ...
- 00:54 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The New Solar System The New Solar System by Andy Briggs. How has our view of the solar system changed since the beginning of the space age, and what can it tell us about ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Climbing the Distance Ladder Climbing the Distance Ladder by Christian Ready. The song describes astronomy as the study of things that are far. But how do astronomers know how far away things are? It ...
11 Jan 2010
- 17:00 UTC NASACast: Solar Sys... SDO Science Teaser 30-second teaser video introducing the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
- 12:20 UTC Talking Space Podca... Tweet-up, Up, and Away! In this exciting episode, special guest @CraftLass joins us on our panel as we discuss plenty of public involvement in space. We talk about the Ares I-X test flight results ...
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Eureka! From the double-helix to the expansion of the universe, great scientific discoveries reshape our understanding of who we are and how things work. But great discoveries require more than just ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy With Pame... 2009 was the year fans of astronomy went all out to share the wonder of the universe. Astronomer and Astronomy Cast co-host Pamela Gay reports from the closing ceremonies for ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 172: William Herschel Ancient astronomers knew of 5 planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - 6 if you count Earth. But then in 1781, William Herschel discovered an entirely new planet, boosting ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 172: William Herschel Ancient astronomers knew of 5 planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - 6 if you count Earth. But then in 1781, William Herschel discovered an entirely new planet, boosting ...
10 Jan 2010
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Annular Eclipse in India Annular Eclipse in India by Jay Pasachoff. In 2010, there will be two central eclipses of the sun: an annular eclipse on January 15 and a total eclipse on July ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Episode 215: Light Echoes Just as sound can echo off distant objects, light can echo too. And the echoes of light bouncing off stellar remnants, black hole accretion disks, and clouds of gas and ...
9 Jan 2010
- 20:26 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Warp Drive Warp Drive by Renata and Damian Handzy. What are some of the astonishing and real things that happen as a spaceship were to approach the speed of light? The 365 ...
8 Jan 2010
- 17:00 UTC NASACast STS-130: Endeavour Rollout Space shuttle Endeavour is one step closer to liftoff.
- 17:00 UTC NASACast NASA TV's This Week @NASA, January 1
- 06:37 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Lakes on Mars Lakes on Mars by Bob Hirshon, AAAS. In a paper published this week in the journal Geology, scientists report new evidence that there were large lakes and rivers on the ...
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Flying Telescope Passes Key Test Most astronomers wouldn't dream of opening their observatory's doors in 100 mph winds. Yet NASA's new SOFIA telescope recently flew in an airplane at 250 mph with doors wide open. ...
7 Jan 2010
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 256: Digested Galaxy Globular cluster Terzan 5, a densely packed group of stars in the Milky Way, is probably the remnants of a long-ago merger between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy. ...
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 256: Digested Galaxy Globular cluster Terzan 5, a densely packed group of stars in the Milky Way, is probably the remnants of a long-ago merger between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy. ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 53. What's on in 2010 - 7 January 2010 Hoping you'll join us for another solar orbit.
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Why Won't the Supernova Explode? NASA is building a new space telescope named "NuSTAR" to answer a question that has been vexing astrophysicists for decades: Why won't the supernova explode? Please vote for this podcast ...
- 05:05 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Dear Lyla, This is Where You Came From
- 05:05 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... S.K.A Music -- The Square Kilometer Array by Kylie Sturge...
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 256: Digested Galaxy Globular cluster Terzan 5, a densely packed group of stars in the Milky Way, is probably the remnants of a long-ago merger between the Milky Way and a dwarf galaxy. ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Are You Sure Those are Moons by Jove? Are You Sure Those are Moons by Jove? by Mark Thompson The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 ...
6 Jan 2010
- 17:00 UTC NASA EDGE NE@Mercury Mission Control Room NASA EDGE visits the brilliantly restored Mercury Mission Control Center exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
- 15:01 UTC NASA Goddard Shorts NASA | Welcome to the Sun This short teaser video introduces NASA's newest spacecraft to the heliophysics fleet, the Solar Dynamics Observatory. For more info: http://www.nasa.gov/sdo
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Fighting the 2012 Hoax Fighting the 2012 Hoax by Bill Hudson. Bill Hudson from 2012hoax.org issues a call to action for all amateur astronomers, stargazers, and people just interested in space science. The 2012 ...
5 Jan 2010
- 01:09 UTC Talking Space Podca... Meet, Greet, and Tweet To kick off our 2nd season of shows, we invite 5-time shuttle astronaut and the only astronaut to summit Mount Everest Dr. Scott Parazynski on the show. We discuss with ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... How Far is Far? How Far is Far? by Steve Nerlich. Since we can only see distant objects as they appeared in the past - how do we know how far away they are ...
4 Jan 2010
- 17:00 UTC NASA 360 Vodcasts NASA 360: Desert Rats and Analog Testing NASA, Desert Rats and other NASA Analog Testing.
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Time's Mysteries Part II: Warping Time ENCORE Ever since Einstein, we’ve known that time doesn’t barrel willy-nilly into the future. Moving clocks tick at a different rates, and by riding a fast rocket, we can slow ...
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Are We Alone? - Science Radio for a Thinking Species ENCORE Ever since Einstein, we’ve known that time doesn’t barrel willy-nilly into the future. Moving clocks tick at a different rates, and by riding a fast rocket, we can slow ...
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Kepler Discovers Five Exoplanets NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Getting WISE With the Universe The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is ready to reveal much more of our solar system and beyond. Ned Wright is Principal Investigator for this new space telescope. Emily Lakdawalla laments ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Dark Days of Winter Dark Days of Winter by Alice Enevoldsen. 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 ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 171: Solar System Movements and Positions Even in ancient times, astronomers realized there was something different about the planets - they move! The movement of the planets and their moons are governed by gravity. And as ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 171: Solar System Movements and Positions Even in ancient times, astronomers realized there was something different about the planets - they move! The movement of the planets and their moons are governed by gravity. And as ...
3 Jan 2010
- 07:10 UTC Slacker Astronomy Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids An interview with Steve Howell from NOAO about the Kepler mission, extrasolar asteroids and Ophiuchans.
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids by Slacker Astronomy. Interview from Slacker Astronomy with Steve Howell about the Kepler mission. The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Episode 214: Space Tourism Have you ever wanted to go to space, but lacked the... everything... to be an astronaut? A whole new industry of space tourism will take you where you need to ...
2 Jan 2010
- 23:23 UTC The Jodcast January 2010 Looking back, looking forward. It's the end of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. We bring you some of our highlights of the year which celebrated 400 years of the ...
- 19:02 UTC Cheap Astronomy 40. Galileoscope - 15 October 2009
- 02:57 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Bright Bolide
- 01:10 UTC Talking Space Podca... Episode 201: Can You @SPOTScott? We Did To kick off our 2nd season of shows, we invite 5-time shuttle astronaut and the only astronaut to summit Mount Everest Dr. Scott Parazynski on the show. We discuss with ...
- 01:10 UTC Talking Space Podca... Episode 201: Can You @SPOTScott? We Did On this very special episode, we invite Rebecca and Jeff Setzer on our show from "Astronomy Out and About" which airs Tuesdays at 9pm EST/8pm CST on http://astronomy.fm. We talk ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Water on the Moon Water on the Moon by Nancy Atkinson. 2009 was a "watershed" year for lunar exploration, as five different spacecraft were involved in discoveries of water on the Moon. Let's take ...
1 Jan 2010
- 20:23 UTC AstrotalkUK Episode 32: January 1st 2010 Sir Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Moore is primarily known for his work on the long running TV series, The Sky at Night but he is an author, musician and an observational astronomer, too. ...
- 18:13 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... One Final Look Back at 2009 One Final Look Back at 2009 by Pamela Gay The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in ...
- 09:43 UTC Astronomy a Go Go! Tour of the Sky: January 2010 Astronomy a Go Go! January Sky Tour This tool displays the approximate Moon phases for a given month(images are close approximations). For official phase times and dates for this month ...
31 Dec 2009
- 22:37 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The IYA New Media Working Group Bids 2009 Adieu! The IYA New Media Working Group Bids 2009 Adieu! The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in ...