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May 24, 2013

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12:07 PM | May 24th: Weekly Astronomy Highlight

Podcaster: Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, David Dickinson, Nancy Atkinson, Pamela Gay Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on May 10th Link : http://cosmoquest.org Here are this week’s stories: Emergency spacewalk for coolant leak: http://www.universetoday.com/102072/e… Annular Solar Eclipse photo gallery: http://www.universetoday.com/102049/a… Planet polluted whate dwarfs: http://www.universetoday.com/102053/h… Hydrogen Clouds near Andromeda: […]

May 23, 2013

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12:00 PM | May 23rd: Planetary Society talk about A Sol in the Life of Opportunity

Podcaster: Casey Dreier ; Mat Kaplan, Emily Dean Title: Planetary Society: A Sol in the Life of Opportunity Organization: Planetary Society Link : http://planetary.org the video has been aired on Google hangout: http://youtu.be/-8esHXpSEUY Description: Emily will take us through a day in the life of planning a day in the life of a rover on Mars. We will also explore how planetary exploration draws together people from diverse backgrounds to work on one of humanity’s most exciting […]

May 22, 2013

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11:19 AM | May 22nd: Learning Space talk about Family Science

Podcaster: Nicole Gugliucci & Jake Noel-Storr Title : Learning Space talk about Family Science Organization: CosmoQuest Link : http://insight.rit.edu/ You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/uk0UbO53OCQ Description: How to engage your family into science? “The Insight Lab at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Imaging Science involves the University, Students, and Faculty in developing, delivering, evaluating and researching cutting edge science education and […]

May 21, 2013

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12:12 PM | May 21st: Orion and the Pretty Cool Universe

Podcaster: Dr Pamela Gay Title: Orion and the Pretty Cool Universe Organization: Cosmoquest & UNAWE Link : http://cosmoquest.org ; http://unawe.org Description: This is the 1st audio from Space Scoop, a product of “Universe Awareness”. Our goal is to inspire every child with our wonderful cosmos. Bio: Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by — no one. We […]

May 20, 2013

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11:00 AM | May 20th: Astronomy Cast talk about International Space Station

Podcaster: Fraser Cain and Dr Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast Ep. 298: Space Stations, Part 3 International Space Station Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com Link : http://youtu.be/8YCLWhbRMHU The video has been aired live on google hangout April 29th, 2013 Description: This week is the third installment of the “space station” series and is all about the International Space Station. Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela […]

May 19, 2013

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12:00 PM | May 19th: Space Stories: “Made of Meat”

Podcaster: Dr Pamela Gay Title: Space Stories presents Terry Bisson’s “Made of Meat” Organization: Cosmoquest Link : http://cosmoquest.org ; http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html Description: Many great scientists came to their love of fact through a love of fiction. In this new series on 365 Days of Astronomy, we’ll be taking some of the best stories we can find that are in the public domain and reading them for you. This stories are selected to appropriate […]

May 18, 2013

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10:00 AM | May 18th: A Mission to Mars

Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Title: A mission to Mars Organization: Cheap Astronomy Links: http://cheapastro.com Description: Cheap Astronomy suggests that flying to Mars is harder than it looks. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website giving your more Big Bang for your buck. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by — no one. We still need sponsors for many days in 2013, so please consider sponsoring a day or two. Just click on the “Donate” […]

May 17, 2013

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11:56 AM | May 17th: Space Highlight by Space Journalist

Podcaster: Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, David Dickinson, Nancy Atkinson, Pamela Gay Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Space Highlight May 10th, 2013 Link : http://cosmoquest.org Here are this week’s stories: Emergency spacewalk for coolant leak: http://www.universetoday.com/102072/emergency-spacewalk-likely-for-serious-iss-coolant-leak/ Annular Solar Eclipse photo gallery: http://www.universetoday.com/102049/an-awesome-annular-eclipse-images-and-videos-from-earth-and-space/ Planet polluted […]

May 16, 2013

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11:36 AM | May 16th: Planetary Society about MESSENGER on Mercury

Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla & Larry Nittler Title: Planetary Society talk about MESSENGER Organization: Planetary Society Link : http://planetary.org the video has been aired on Google hangout: http://youtu.be/6GDW5Ac1ncw Description: MESSENGER mission update, small and powerful mission to Mercury Bio: Larry Nittler is deputy principal investigator of Applied Physics Laboratory Emily Lakdawalla, senior editor and blogger in Planetary Society Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days […]

May 15, 2013

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12:03 PM | May 15th: Learning Space talk about Dawn Mission to Vesta

Podcaster: Pamela L. Gay ; Brett Denevi & Paul Schenk Title : Learning Space talk about Dawn Mission to Vesta Organization: CosmoQuest : Space App Challenge Link : You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/R5OFqceOzUg Educational Materials from Dawn http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnClassroo… Potato Light Curves! – http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnClassroo… SAFELY playing with dry ice to make comets – http://www.astro.virginia.edu/dsbk/fi… Vesta with a 3D printer […]

May 14, 2013

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12:40 PM | May 14th: My Moon talk about Music, Science and Space

Podcaster: Andy Shaner, Matt Sheehy Title: My Moon: Music, Science and Space Organization: CosmoQuest ; My Moon ; Link : http://lost-lander.com You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/NgLTHL0Tv7Y Description: Matt Sheehy of “Lost Lander” chats with MyMoon and CosmoQuestX about music, science, space exploration and the intersection of all three. Bio: Andy Shaner from Lunar Planetary Institute Matt Sheehy is a founder of “Lost Lander” music project End of […]

May 13, 2013

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12:13 PM | May 134h: Astronomy Cast talk about MIR

Podcaster: Fraser Cain and Dr Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast Ep. 296: Space Stations, Part 2 MIR Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com Link : http://youtu.be/1G4QxqBHMp0 The video has been aired live on google hangout April 26th, 2013 Description: This week Astronomy Cast talk about the longest running missions ever launched: Mir. From its launch and construction to its fiery finale, Mir helped both the Russians and the Americans extend their understanding of what […]

May 12, 2013

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11:27 AM | May 12th: Science Hour talk about 25th Years of SN1987a

Podcaster: Pamela L. Gay & Alex Filippenko Title: Science Hour: 25th Years of SN1987a Organization: Cosmoquest Link : http://cosmoquest.org ; http://www.youtube.com/user/astrospherevids ; This Video has been aired live in Google Hangout on February 22, 2012. You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/TmqdS33x3tM Description: On February 23, 1987, a Supernova went off in the nearby universe for the first time since this advent of the telescope. Located in the Large Magellanic […]

May 11, 2013

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11:00 AM | May 11th: Dark Skies and Energy Education

Podcaster: Rob Sparks Title: Dark Skies and Energy Education Organization: NOAO Links: www.noao.edu Description: Dark skies is an important topic in astronomy. In the summer of 2012, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory received a grant from the Arizona Public Service Foundation to run a dark skies education program for sixth grade students in the Yuma School District. Students learned about dark skies and energy conservation. Each school did a project where they dealt with many of the […]

May 10, 2013

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11:00 AM | May 10th: Weekly Highlight of the Universe

Podcaster: Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Alan Boyle Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on May 3rd Link : http://cosmoquest.org Here are this week’s stories: Brightest Gamma Ray Burst – http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/shocking-burst.html Space Ship 2: http://www.universetoday.com/101827/spaceshiptwo-fires-rocket-engines-for-first-ever-supersonic-test-flight/ Storm on Saturn: […]

May 09, 2013

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11:00 AM | May 9th: Planetary Society talk about Bennu

Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla, Mike Puzio, Dante Lauretta Title: Planetary Society talk about Bennu Organization: Planetary Society Link : http://planetary.org ; http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ the video has been aired on Google hangout: http://youtu.be/uUbQERmGK88 Description: update from the Planetary Society on the OSIRIS-REx Name That Asteroid contest! Bio: Emily Lakdawalla, senior editor and blogger in Planetary Society, Mike Puzio, 9 years old child who proposed the name of Bennu for […]

May 08, 2013

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11:04 AM | May 8th: Learning Space talk about Space Apps

Podcaster: Nicole Gugliucci, Georgia Bracey, Jonathan RobertsTitle: Learning Space Ep. 15: Space Apps Challenge Organization: CosmoQuest : Space App Challenge Link : You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/4qgwPP94coQ Space App Challenge: http://spaceappschallenge.org/ SpaceCal App: http://spacecalnyc.com/ Intro video for SpaceCalNYC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ACQqKDbQMQ (Voting for the international challenge starts this week!) NYC Big Apps: http://nycbigapps.com/ “Brian […]

May 07, 2013

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12:56 PM | May 7th: Observing with Webb in May

Podcaster: Rob Webb Title: Observing With Webb in May 2013 Organization: Physics teacher at Pequea Valley High School Link: http://mrwebb.podbean.com ; https://sites.google.com/site/mrwebbonline/ ; http://www.youtube.com/user/MrWebbPV https://sites.google.com/site/pvplanetarium/home follow me : @mrwebbpv Description: May means it’s getting warmer, but the nights are getting shorter. This year we have two good conjunctions in the sunset sky that don’t happen very often, as well as […]

May 06, 2013

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1:39 PM | May 6th: Astronomy Cast: Space Stations, Part 1

Podcaster: Fraser Cain and Dr Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast Ep. 296: Space Stations, Part 1 Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com Link : http://youtu.be/PK8wHTW-5xM The video has been aired live on google hangout April 19th, 2013 Description: It’s one thing to fly into space, and another thing entirely to live in space. And to understand the stresses and strains this puts on a human body, you’re going to need a space station. In this three-part series, […]

May 05, 2013

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11:39 AM | May 5th: Introductory Astrophotography and the Advanced Observer Program at Kitt Peak

Podcaster: Dr. Kyle Kneisl and Dr. Joseph Bohanon Title: Introductory Astrophotography and the Advanced Observer Program at Kitt Peak Link: Sky and Telescope — Astrophotography : http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/astrophotography AstroTrac : http://www.astrotrac.com/ Dr. Bohanon’s Astrophotography Blog: http://www.joebohanon.com Older Photos from Dr. Bohanon: http://joebohanon.com/astro/latest2.html Advanced Observing Program: http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/ Description: […]

May 04, 2013

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1:00 PM | May 4th: Cheap Astronomy – Live at Mt. Stromlo

Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Title: Cheap Astronomy – Live at Mt. Stromlo Organization: Cheap Astronomy Links: http://cheapastro.com Description: Cheap Astronomy scales a big hill in Canberra and chats about the Universe. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website giving your more Big Bang for your buck. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by — no one. We still need sponsors for many days in 2011, so please consider sponsoring a day or two. […]

May 03, 2013

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12:10 PM | May 3rd: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight

Podcaster: Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, Nancy Atkinson, Matthew Francis, Jason Major, Scott Lewis Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on April 26th Link : http://cosmoquest.org Pulsar Press Release: http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/gravitylab/ arxiv of Science paper on pulsar story: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.6875v1 (h/t Josh Andrews) More on Pulsar Timing: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/course/astr534/PulsarTiming.html from Essential Radio Astronomy: […]

May 02, 2013

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12:41 PM | May 2nd: Planetary Society: NASA’s 2014 Budget & Planetary Defense Conference

Podcaster: Casey Dreier ; Mat Kaplan, Emily Lakdawalla Title: Planetary Society: NASA’s 2014 Budget & Planetary Defense Conference Organization: Planetary Society Link : http://planetary.org the video has been aired on Google hangout: http://youtu.be/vXa3pHqUTLg Description: The latest 2014 Budget at NASA and what it does to Planetary Science (and what the Society is doing about it), plus other policy issues. Bio: Casey Dreier is an advocacy and outreach in Planetary Society; Mat […]

May 01, 2013

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11:40 AM | May 1st: Learning Space: A Touch of the Universe

odcaster: Nicole Gugliucci, Georgia Bracey, Thilina Heenatigala, Amelia Ortiz Gil Title: Learning Space Ep. 14: A Touch of the Universe Organization: CosmoQuest : Astronomers Without Border Link : You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/V1rnK0nTdyI Description: Bio: Georgia Bracey is an Education, Instruction, & Public Outreach Team leader in Cosmoquest Nicole Gugliucci is a postdoctoral astronomer and educator with CosmoQuest. Now at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, she did […]

April 30, 2013

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12:11 PM | April 30th: The Moon is a Survivor!

Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson & Deepak Dhingra Title: The Moon is a Survivor! Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute ; http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/ Links: NLSI Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/ Description: We know that the Moon has been the victim of countless impacts during its history, where the surface has been pummeled and sometimes turned to liquid from the heat of impacts. This hot liquid lava would mix with […]

April 29, 2013

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1:56 PM | April 29th: Astronomy Cast: The Observable Universe

Podcaster: Fraser Cain and Dr Pamela Gay Title: Astronomy Cast Ep. 295: The Observable Universe Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com. Link : http://youtu.be/vwQaPf_kLOc Description: We understand our place in the Universe because of our direct observations. We can see the light that traveled billions of light years across space to reach us. This sphere of space is the observable universe; everything we can detect. But it’s really just a fraction of the larger, […]

April 28, 2013

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12:00 PM | April 28th: Monthly News Roundup – Water, Water, Everywhere

Podcaster: Morgan Rehnberg Title: Monthly News Roundup – Water, Water, Everywhere Link : http://cosmicchatter.org Dark matter: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14apr_ams/ Water worlds: http://www.space.com/20720-earth-like-alien-planets-discovery.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/04/kepler-discovers-two-earth-size-planets.html Saturn rain: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20130410.html […]

April 27, 2013

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2:30 PM | April 27th: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on April 19th

Podcaster: Nicole Gugliucci, Fraser Cain, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis and Matthew Francis Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Astronomy Highlight on April 19th Link : http://cosmoquest.org Kepler: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/18/earth_sized_planets_two_super_earths_found_orbiting_the_same_star.html Dark Matter: http://www.universetoday.com/101464/researchers-may-have-finally-detected-a-dark-matter-particle/ Mars 3: […]

April 26, 2013

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12:19 PM | April 26th: Missions to the Moon and the Overview Effect

Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson & Frank WhiteTitle: Missions to the Moon and the Overview Effect Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute Links: NLSI Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/ Description: The exploration of space has not only has allowed us to discover and see farther in our Universe than humanity ever has, but its also given us a unique look back at our own world, and it changed our perceptions of it. […]

April 25, 2013

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12:55 PM | April 25th: Planetary Society: Ice Giants

Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla & Heidi Hammel Title: Planetary Society: Ice Giants Organization: Planetary Society Link : http://planetary.org You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/vh4vGHhi8xQ Description: Emily and Heidy discussed two planets near and dear to our hearts, Neptune and Uranus. What’s new on these icy worlds since Voyager 2 passed by, and what are the prospects for their future exploration? Bio: Emily Lakdawalla is a Planetary Society senior editor and […]