Featured Podcast Episodes
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Video and Audio Podcasts
23 Jan 2015, 08:00 UTC
View the many unique areas that the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traveled during its 11 year historic journey.
11 Years and Counting: Opportunity on Mars
23 Jan 2015, 08:00 UTC
View the many unique areas that the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traveled during its 11 year historic journey.
The Space Show
20 Jan 2015, 17:23 UTC
Guest: Dr. Paul Spudis. Topics: Science, ARM, 2016 elections & space policy, return to the Moon and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcome back Dr. Paul Spudis for this 1 hour 52 minute discussion. Note that we lost our phone ...
Dr. Paul Spudis, Monday, 1-19-15
20 Jan 2015, 17:23 UTC
Guest: Dr. Paul Spudis. Topics: Science, ARM, 2016 elections & space policy, return to the Moon and much more. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. For those listening to archives using live365.com and rating the programs, please email me as to why you assign a specific rating to the show. This will help me bring better programming to the audience. We welcome back Dr. Paul Spudis for this 1 hour 52 minute discussion. Note that we lost our phone ...
The Planetary Society Radio Podcast
20 Jan 2015, 06:00 UTC
Astronomer and planetary scientist Courtney Dressing is the lead author of research that may have found the formula for the mass and composition of Earth-like planets. She reveals the ingredients and why she spent time at JPL while in high school.
A Recipe for a Small Planet
20 Jan 2015, 06:00 UTC
Astronomer and planetary scientist Courtney Dressing is the lead author of research that may have found the formula for the mass and composition of Earth-like planets. She reveals the ingredients and why she spent time at JPL while in high school.
The Jodcast
19 Jan 2015, 17:00 UTC
FUZZY. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Sir Francis Graham-Smith about the crab pulsar and his long career in astronomy [08:31 - 37:38], Dr. Iain McDonald tell us how evolved stars chemically enrich the Galaxy in this month's JodBite [02:37 - 08:24], and your astronomy questions are answered by Dr. Joe Zuntz in Ask an Astronomer [47:57 - 56:15].
January 2015 Extra
19 Jan 2015, 17:00 UTC
FUZZY. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Sir Francis Graham-Smith about the crab pulsar and his long career in astronomy [08:31 - 37:38], Dr. Iain McDonald tell us how evolved stars chemically enrich the Galaxy in this month's JodBite [02:37 - 08:24], and your astronomy questions are answered by Dr. Joe Zuntz in Ask an Astronomer [47:57 - 56:15].
The Star Spot
18 Jan 2015, 11:25 UTC
Episode 45: Satellite Communication: The Technological Foundation of a Nation, with Peter Garland
18 Jan 2015, 11:25 UTC
StarDate Online
17 Jan 2015, 06:00 UTC
A group of hot young stars blazes in the constellation Orion, which is in the southeast this evening. The stars are in the Orion Nebula, a fuzzy blob of light to the lower right of Orion’s Belt. In fact, they help make the nebula shine. The nebula is a gigantic cloud of gas and dust — a nursery that’s given birth to thousands of stars. Four of those stars are called the Trapezium, because they form the shape of a trapeze. Each of the stars is less than a million years old. That’s a lot of years by human standards, but the blink of an eye for stars. The Trapezium’s stars are much hotter and brighter than the Sun. That’s because they’re also much more massive than the Sun. Such heavy stars burn through the nuclear fuel in their cores at a fantastic rate, which makes them shine brilliantly. Like the nebula itself, the stars of the Trapezium are about 1500 light-years away. The brightest member of the quartet is just visible to the unaided eye, but you’ll need binoculars to see the others. If not for the Trapezium, we wouldn’t see the Orion Nebula at all. The stars produce ...
Trapezium
17 Jan 2015, 06:00 UTC
A group of hot young stars blazes in the constellation Orion, which is in the southeast this evening. The stars are in the Orion Nebula, a fuzzy blob of light to the lower right of Orion’s Belt. In fact, they help make the nebula shine. The nebula is a gigantic cloud of gas and dust — a nursery that’s given birth to thousands of stars. Four of those stars are called the Trapezium, because they form the shape of a trapeze. Each of the stars is less than a million years old. That’s a lot of years by human standards, but the blink of an eye for stars. The Trapezium’s stars are much hotter and brighter than the Sun. That’s because they’re also much more massive than the Sun. Such heavy stars burn through the nuclear fuel in their cores at a fantastic rate, which makes them shine brilliantly. Like the nebula itself, the stars of the Trapezium are about 1500 light-years away. The brightest member of the quartet is just visible to the unaided eye, but you’ll need binoculars to see the others. If not for the Trapezium, we wouldn’t see the Orion Nebula at all. The stars produce ...
Recycled Electrons
16 Jan 2015, 12:18 UTC
Beagle 2 has been found, intact, on the surface of Mars! Planck is the height of a small giraffe, and Lovejoy is blazing across the Northern sky. Chris and Rob talk about many things from the last three weeks. Links: Two more planets: http://www.universetoday.com/118252/astronomers-are-predicting-at-least-two-more-large-planets-in-the-solar-system/ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter - visible in one evening http://sumzzal.com/data/imgupload/2015/01/06/20150106015605_20150105160805201.gif Falling onto Titan - 10 years since Huygens: http://io9.com/heres-what-it-looks-like-to-fall-to-titan-from-space-1679545272 Comet Lovejoy’s tail flapping in the (solar) wind: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/01/14/comet_lovejoy_animation_of_the_tail_movement.html China puts orbiter around the Moon to image potential landing sites http://cir.ca/news/china-in-space Game Recreates Entire Galaxy, 1,000 Players Determined To Explore It http://kotaku.com/one-thousand-gamers-embark-to-explore-the-entire-galaxy-1677603818 PH3c: http://daily.zooniverse.org/2015/01/05/phvii/ We found Beagle 2! http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-01/14/mars-probe-beagle Circa: http://cir.ca/ [MP3 Link] Episode #129. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott. Credits: Audio content Copyright 2011-2015 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).
