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28 Dec 2009
- 12:13 UTC Brains Matter 105 - Prof Bryan Gaensler - Magnetism in the Universe In this episode, I speak to Professor Bryan Gaensler from the University of Sydney on the topic of Magnetism in the Universe, which was only discovered in the 20th century. ...
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Time's Mysteries Part I: Marking Time ENCORE Time’s a mystery, yet we’ve invented clever ways to capture it. From sundials to atomic clocks, trace the history of time-keeping. Also, discover the surprising accuracy of nature’s dating ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Shedding New Light on Saturn The Saturnian equinox has passed, throwing the great planet, its moons and rings into a new light. We check in with Cassini Mission Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker for an ...
- 03:53 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Spitzer's Warm Mission While Spirit rover is embedded on Mars, engineers on Earth are working feverishly to design an escape plan. Get the latest from Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager, John Callas, in ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Life in Technicolor Life in Technicolor by Maria Pereira from Columbia Astronomy What will plants on other worlds look like? Why are plants on Earth green? The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 170: Coordinate Systems This is going to be one of those weeks where we tackle something you're mentally avoiding. You know all those astronomical terms, like alt-azimuth, right ascension and declination, arc seconds ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 170: Coordinate Systems This is going to be one of those weeks where we tackle something you're mentally avoiding. You know all those astronomical terms, like alt-azimuth, right ascension and declination, arc seconds ...
27 Dec 2009
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Protestant Galileo The Protestant Galileo by Ted Haulley. Johannes Kepler was a contemporary of Galileo who also supported heliocentrism. His three laws of planetary motion are so fundamental that they still the ...
26 Dec 2009
- 19:18 UTC AstrotalkUK Episode 30: December 27th 2009 Prof. Barrie Jones Today’s episode is a special recording with Professor Barrie Jones of the Open University. Special because during the Eighties, I studied several of the courses which he helped to develop ...
- 19:18 UTC AstrotalkUK Episode 30: December 27th 2009 Prof. Barrie Jones
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Confessions of a Christmas Trash Scope Confessions of a Christmas Trash Scope by Richard S. Wright. The dreaded “Christmas Trash Scope”, the bane of amateur astronomers worldwide! Shoddy optics! Wobbly mounts! Dangerous solar filters! Misleading advertising! ...
24 Dec 2009
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 254: Baby Brown Dwarfs Brown dwarfs are objects that are bigger than planets but not massive enough to become stars, yet have nuclear reactions in their cores. How do they form? Are they more ...
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 254: Baby Brown Dwarfs Brown dwarfs are objects that are bigger than planets but not massive enough to become stars, yet have nuclear reactions in their cores. How do they form? Are they more ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Dancing in the Dark: Deities, Celebrations, and the Botto... Dancing in the Dark: Deities, Celebrations, and the Bottom of the Year by Diane Duane. There’s something about the end of the year that makes people a little crazy… maybe ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Star of Wonder Star of Wonder by the Adler Planetarium. Star of Wonder examines the theories behind the celestial event that prompted the Magi (Three Kings) to travel to Bethlehem. Was this light ...
23 Dec 2009
- 23:38 UTC Talking Space Podca... I Can Talk for Miles and Miles with Miles In our last interview of the inaugural season of Talking Space, we welcome on a person who is celebrating the release of the inaugural episode of their video podcast. We ...
- 16:12 UTC NASA Goddard Shorts NASA | BEST: Graphing Students learn the basics of graphing with a little help from NASA's BEST (Beginning Engineering, Science, and Technology).
- 16:00 UTC The Sky At Night Ma... BBC Sky at Night magazine - Episode Nineteen A podcast from BBC Sky At Night magazine with the latest news, interviews and discussion on astronomy and space. To find out more, visit http://www.bbcskyatnightmagazine.com/ Latest news
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Voyager Makes an Interstellar Discovery The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager ...
- 00:31 UTC Talking Space Podca... HLV: How Low-Budget the Vehicle? In this final episode of 2009, the panel discusses the recent rumors regarding a meeting with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and President Barack Obama about the future of NASA, and ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... See the Universe with Chromoscope See the Universe with Chromoscope by Nancy Atkinson. Nancy Atkinson of Universe Today talks with Stuart Lowe, Robert Simpson and Chris North about the online tool they developed,Chromoscope, which allows ...
22 Dec 2009
- 23:50 UTC The Jodcast December 2009 Extra Live Part 2. In this show we talk to Sir Francis Graham-Smith about his life, being Astronomer Royal and his work on pulsars [01:00-23:44]. We put your astronomical questions to ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... A Tribute to Carl Sagan A Tribute to Carl Sagan by Carolyn Collins Petersen. Carolyn Collins Petersen, TheSpacewriter, shares her thoughts about and experiences with Dr. Carl Sagan, one of the best-known science popularizers of ...
21 Dec 2009
- 18:35 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... December Solstice: Celebrating the Light December Solstice: Celebrating the Light by Judith Young. What is the astronomical meaning of the December Solstice? This podcast describes and explains the characteristics of the Solstice, a word which ...
- 18:35 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Astronomy in Canada: Past, Present, and Future Alexander W. Hobson Astronomy in Canada, Past, Present and Future, and dives into the early history of astronomy in Canada from the early indigenous people using astronomy to our modern ...
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Chandra's Extraordinary Universe In ten years of operation, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed our view of the high-energy universe with its ability to make exquisite X-ray images of star clusters, supernova remnants, ...
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Journey to a Black Hole A massive black hole lies at the center of our galaxy, a monster hunkered down in the Milky Way’s innermost sanctum. Here, the bizarre laws of General Relativity take over, ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Lightsail Update and Haute Cuisine in Space We kick off the holidays by checking in with Bill Nye on the status of the Society's LightSail solar sail project. Then we find out what will be served for ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 169: Fermi Mission Last week we talked about Fermi the man, now we're going to talk about Fermi the space telescope. That's right, Enrico Fermi made such an impact in the astronomy and ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 169: Fermi Mission Last week we talked about Fermi the man, now we're going to talk about Fermi the space telescope. That's right, Enrico Fermi made such an impact in the astronomy and ...
20 Dec 2009
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Carl Sagan and the Interstellar Adventures of the Voyager... Carl Sagan and the Interstellar Adventures of the Voyager Mission by Dr. Amanda Bauer The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, ...
19 Dec 2009
- 17:15 UTC Brains Matter 104 - Dr Kristen Panfilio - Hox Genes and Evolutionary De... In todays episode, I talk to Dr Kristen Panfilio is a Developmental Geneticist from the University of Cologne, in Germany. We talk about Evolutionary Developmental Genetics, or Evo Devo as ...
- 08:16 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... New World Ordered 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 ...
- 06:38 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Lurking ULIRGs Lurking ULIRGs by Sue Ann Heatherly of NRAO. What’s a ULIRG, you ask? Join us as NRAO astronomer David Frayer describes his research characterizing these objects and what they tell ...
18 Dec 2009
- 17:29 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Galaxy Formation Galaxy Formation by Steve Nerlich, with Dr. Pamela Gay. Prepare concentrated quark-gluon soup, sprinkle with quantum fluctuations, let cool for a few billion years and serve with a dark matter ...
- 17:00 UTC NASACast NASA TV's This Week @NASA, December 18
- 17:00 UTC NASACast Audio NASA TV's This Week @NASA, December 18
- 17:00 UTC NASACast: This Week... NASA TV's This Week @NASA, December 18
- 13:39 UTC Brains Matter 103 - Nick Miller - English libel law and censorship in s... Nick Miller is the Health Editor for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia. Nick interviewed Simon Singh (who has appeared in episode 100 of Brains Matter), and was subsequently impacted ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 51. Galaxy Formation - 18 December 2009 Astronomy podcast, special guest star. It makes sense.
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... A Flash of Light from Titan NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted ...
- 05:39 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Connection Between Metal Abundances and the Evolution...
17 Dec 2009
- 15:27 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer One Minute Jan. 25, 2010 - Jan. 31, 2010 "Mars At Its Closest, Biggest And Brightest For the Year Plus The Closest, Biggest And Brightest Full Moon Of The Year!"
- 15:27 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer Five Minute Jan. 25, 2010 - Jan. 31, 2010 "Mars At Its Closest, Biggest And Brightest For the Year Plus The Closest, Biggest And Brightest Full Moon Of The Year!"
- 15:25 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer One Minute Jan. 18, 2010 - Jan. 24, 2010 How To See One Of The Most Awesome Wonders Of The Universe With The Naked Eye"
- 15:23 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer One Minute Jan. 18, 2010 - Jan. 24, 2010 "How To See One Of The Most Awesome Wonders Of The Universe With The Naked Eye"
- 15:22 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer One Minute Jan. 11, 2010 - Jan. 17, 2010 "The King Of The Planets And Our Nearest Neighbor Make A Dynamic Duo And Another ' Get Ready For Mars' Reminder!"
- 15:21 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer Five Minute Jan. 11, 2010 - Jan. 17, 2010 "The King Of The Planets And Our Nearest Neighbor Make A Dynamic Duo And Another ' Get Ready For Mars' Reminder!"
- 15:20 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer Five Minute Jan. 4, 2010 - Jan. 10, 2010 "Super Cosmic Fun : How To Play The Mars / Sirius Game"
- 15:18 UTC Star Gazer Star Gazer One Minute Jan. 4, 2010 - Jan. 10, 2010 "Super Cosmic Fun : How To Play The Mars / Sirius game"