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10 Dec 2014
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Moon and Jupiter Planetary scientists often deal with sizes and distances that are beyond anything in the everyday world — measurements in the thousands, millions, or even billions of miles. And yet for ...
- 01:28 UTC The Space Show Chris Orwoll, Monday, 12-8-14 Guest: Christopher (Chris) Orwoll. Topics: The New Mexico Museum of Space History, museum displays and artifacts. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show ...
- 00:00 UTC Naked Astronomy Orion: the first step to Mars? - 14.12.10 - Naked Astrono... Sue Nelson joins space fans in Florida to witness the Orion launch and meets Mars candidate Elmo. Meanwhile, Richard Hollingham talks to the DG of the UK Space Agency, David ...
9 Dec 2014
- 22:13 UTC StarStuff Galactic evolution is in the stars How hot young stars can change the evolution of entire galaxies. Also; the Martian meteorite that's reignited debate about the possibility of life on the red planet, and new mysteries ...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast Curiosity Rover Report: The Making of Mount Sharp How a Martian mountain came to be: the story behind Curiosity's current location on Mars.
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Astro Folklore - Kala Rahu the Giant Avivah Yamani hosts. This is a famous tale from Bali about the eclipse of the moon. This tale is strongly influenced by Indian (Hindu) Culture. There are many versions of ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Replicators When a supply capsule docked with the International Space Station a couple of months ago, its cargo included something that had never been to space before: a 3D printer. Astronauts ...
- 06:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Orion Launches Into History NASA’s Orion spacecraft has taken its first step toward Mars and an asteroid mission. The Planetary Society’s Jason Davis was at the Kennedy Space Center for the December 5 mission.
- 02:16 UTC Silicon Valley Astr... Images of the Infant Universe: The Latest Results from th... Professor Lloyd Knox (University of California, Davis) leads the U.S. team determining the basic characteristics of the cosmos from the data recently acquired by the European Space Agency’s Planck satellite. ...
- 01:39 UTC The Titanium Physic... Question Barn 4 email your questions to tiphyter@titaniumphysics.com the question today: "Howdy, The Higgs boson turned out to be a massive particle from what I understand. It is also supposed to be a ...
8 Dec 2014
- 17:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 457: Mapping the Moon's Gravity NASA’s twin GRAIL probes were launched in 2011 to fly to the Moon and measure changes in the gravity of that body. The analysis of the data has just been ...
- 16:49 UTC The Space Show Dr. Bruce Cordell, Sunday, 12-7-14 Guest: Dr. Bruce Cordell. Topics: Dr. Cordell uses his trend analysis & Maslow Windows to suggest a boom in space development & exploration. Please direct all comments and questions regarding ...
- 15:37 UTC Are We Alone? Living Computers It’s the most dramatic technical development of recent times: Teams of people working for decades to produce a slow-motion revolution we call computing. As these devices become increasingly powerful, we ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Astronomy Cast - Ep. 359: Modern Women: Margaret Geller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FVSwfhFvbY Streamed live on Dec 1, 2014 Margaret Geller is best known for her work on the large scale structure of the Universe, helping us understand the large clusters, super ...
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... The Making of Mount Sharp How a Martian mountain came to be: the story behind Curiosity's current location on Mars.
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Printing Stars NASA and other space agencies have long offered paper models of their spacecraft. Just print out the plans, cut them out, and fold them up to make your own Mars ...
- 03:01 UTC RC Hangar Time Episode 62 - Mini FPV quads In this episode we talk about mini FPV racing quads. Types of frames, electronics, fpv gear, recording gear, and more! Enjoy the show!
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 358: Modern Women: Sandra Faber Our focus on female astronomers continues with Sandra Faber, and Professor of Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz. Faber was part of the team that turned up the Great Attractor, a ...
7 Dec 2014
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Awesome Astronomy - December edition Hosted by Paul Hill & Ralph Wilkins. The Discussion: The historical landing of the Philae probe on Comet 67P, lunar imaging and astronomy outreach in the UK. The News: In ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Rising Dipper If you’re in the southern half of the United States, you can look for something a bit unusual in the early evening sky over the next few weeks: the Big ...
6 Dec 2014
- 20:34 UTC Brains Matter 173 – Assoc Prof Brad Carter – Space Weather In today’s episode, I speak to Associate Professor Brad Carter from the University of Southern Queensland about Space Weather. What is it? How do we measure it? And what does ...
- 18:42 UTC The Space Show Dr. Christopher Newman, Friday, 12-5-14 Guest: Dr. Christopher (Chris) Newman. Topics: British space law, policy & space programs. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments ...
- 17:22 UTC StarTalk Radio Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 1) In Part 1 of this classic podcast, now extended with 10 minutes of new Cosmic Queries, Neil Tyson sits down with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to discuss experiments, physics, ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Observing With Webb - December 2014 Rob Webb is our host. Observing With Webb December 2014 - To listen to this email as a podcast, go to my Podbean page - To see a video of ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Disappearing Triangle Summer is long gone, and winter’s just a couple of weeks away. Yet one of the signature star patterns of summer remains in good view in the evening sky. The ...
5 Dec 2014
- 16:00 UTC NASACast This Week @ NASA, December 5, 2014 Orion’s first spaceflight, Journey to Mars briefing and more...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast Space to Ground: Out for a Spin: 12/5/14 NASA focused this week on the Orion next generation spacecraft. Also, a new technology demonstration, Spin Sat, has taken off from the space station's exterior.
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... UNAWE - Distant Starlight Creates a False Dawn http://unawe.org/kids/unawe1446/ Imagine your parent’s are driving you home from a night at your grandparents’ house. Travelling along a dark country lane you look ahead and see a hazy pyramid of ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Moon and Aldebaran The full Moon stages a close conjunction with the bright star Aldebaran tonight. At their closest, they’ll be separated by less than the width of your finger held at arm’s ...
- 00:25 UTC RC Hangar Time Episode 61 - Pre flight rituals In this episode we talk about pre flight things that need to be done and checked before putting up your plane, heli, or multirotor to ensur you have a safe ...
4 Dec 2014
- 17:00 UTC Star Trek: The Rewa... S01E26 The Neutral Zone Rob and Grant talk about cryogenics and Romulans in this finale episode of TNG. There’s a lot of content here, in an episode deeply affected by a writers’ strike in ...
- 16:53 UTC The Space Show The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 12-3-14 Guests: John Batchelor, Marc Millis, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The movie Interstellar, wormholes & faster than light travel. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show ...
- 13:28 UTC Star Trek: The Rewa... S01E22 Symbiosis
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Q&A: What is life? Hosted by Avivah Yamani. As we go looking for life in the galaxy, we just might want to ask ourselves, what the heck we are looking for and think a ...
- 11:00 UTC ESOcast ESOcast: 70: Green Light for E-ELT Construction The European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT for short, will be by far the largest optical and near-infrared telescope in the world. In early December 2014 the ESO Council gave ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Smash-up! On the human timescale, a star system seems eternal. It can last anywhere from a few million years to a few trillion. Even so, it can change in a hurry ...
3 Dec 2014
- 18:20 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Alice's Astro Info - What's Up Tonight - Southern Skies E... Alice Enevoldsen hosts. Organization: Alice’s AstroInfo Link: www.alicesastroinfo.com Description: Presented as a counterpart to Awesome Astronomy’s Northern Hemisphere monthly forecast: www.awesomeastronomy.com, Alice talks about what’s visible from the Southern Hemisphere. ...
- 17:28 UTC The Space Show Matthew (Matt) Wallace, Tuesday, 12-2-14 Guest: Matthew (Matt) Wallace. Topics: Mars science missions, Mars 2020, searching for lie on Mars. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 197.1 Snippet_Photon torpedoes - 3 December 2014 They could almost work.
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Superflares One of the threats to modern technology is the Sun. The eruptions known as solar flares could kill satellites, disrupt radio, and knock out power on the ground. In fact, ...
2 Dec 2014
- 18:43 UTC The Space Show Dennis Wingo, Monday, 12-1-14 Guest: Dennis Wingo. Topics: NASA ARM Mission, RTM, HSF to Mars, solar system economic development & more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space ...
- 18:00 UTC The Jodcast December 2014 Icy. In the show this time, we talk to Professor Elisa Resconi about detecting neutrinos with IceCube [06:39-32:17], Ian Harrison rounds up the latest news [01:03-06:31] and we find out ...
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Space Scoop: Breaking Free From a Cosmic Cocoon The shock wave from the supernova is absorbed by the star's outer shells of gas and dust, which escaped from the star before the explosion.
- 16:00 UTC NASACast What's Up for December 2014 The December Geminids and Ursids offer up two more chances to see meteor showers this year. Plus, there are two comets to try for through telescopes.
- 13:47 UTC Royal Astronautical... TDS - 1 and UKube - 1 Satellites This Space Group lecture will be split into two parts and be given by Doug Liddle from SSTL and Steve Greenland from Clyde Space.
- 13:00 UTC StarStuff DNA survives in space DNA survives the extremes of unprotected exposure in space to remain viable upon return to Earth. Also, discovery of a mysterious shield protecting our planet from high energy electrons, and ...
- 12:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Awesome Astronomy - December Sky Guide Hosted by Paul Hill & Ralph Wilkins. Summary of content: What to look out, and up, for in December. We start with the broad constellation of Gemini and an easy ...
- 06:00 UTC StarDate Online Fast Day Some planets spin quickly, while others turn a bit more slowly. Earth is in the “quick” category, so a day on our planet lasts just 24 hours. Astronomers recently found ...
- 06:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Kip Thorne and the Science of Interstellar Spoiler alert. Famed physicist Kip Thorne says you might be able to survive a plunge into a black hole after all! That’s just one molecule of the fascinating science behind ...
- 00:16 UTC Cheap Astronomy 169. SISS Episode 5, Rational drugs - 2 May 2013 Cheaply does it.