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12 Nov 2009
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 247: Icy Craters Astronomers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have located some new craters on the surface of Mars. This isn't unusual - the surfaces of planets and moons are pocked by plummeting ...
- 03:01 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Mercury: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Mercury: Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Bob Hirshon. On September 30th, the MESSENGER spacecraft makes its third and final flyby over the surface of the planet Mercury, in ...
11 Nov 2009
- 17:00 UTC NASACast Free Spirit: Plotting an Escape NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap.
- 12:00 UTC The Sky At Night Ma... BBC Sky at Night magazine - Episode Eighteen A video podcast from 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
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... 2012 -- A Scientific Reality Check The manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Office shares with you the scientific realities surrounding the celestial happenings in the year 2012.
- 06:06 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... An Amateur Goes Pro. Almost. An Amateur Goes Pro. Almost. by Slacker Astronomy. Michael from Slacker Astronomy discusses his journey from his first 4-inch telescope to working on data from HST, with stops at calculus ...
10 Nov 2009
- 07:38 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Wake Up and Smell the Baloney! Wake Up and Smell the Baloney! by Larry Sessions The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in ...
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower The 2009 Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17th with a sprinkling of meteors over North America and a possible outburst over Asia. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! ...
9 Nov 2009
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Cassiopeia A in 60 Seconds Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant found embedded in the constellation that bears its name, which is known as the queen in Greek mythology.
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Skeptic Check: Doomsday at the Movies ENCORE Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Celebrating Carl Sagan and a New Solar Sail With Ann Druy... Solar sailing returns with LightSail, announced on the 75th anniversary of Carl Sagan's birth.
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Celebrate Carl Sagans 75th Brithday with Longtime Collabo... Celebrate Carl Sagans 75th Brithday with Longtime Collaborator Ann Druyan. Mat Kaplan of the Planetary Society's Planetary Radio talks with Ann Druyan about Carl Sagan's life and legacy. The 365 ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 163: Auroras When the Sun's solar winds crash into the Earth's magnetosphere, we get to enjoy an incredible light show called auroras, or the Northern and Southern Lights. Let's learn about what ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 163: Auroras When the Sun's solar winds crash into the Earth's magnetosphere, we get to enjoy an incredible light show called auroras, or the Northern and Southern Lights. Let's learn about what ...
8 Nov 2009
- 19:53 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Radio Astronomy: An Important Tool Radio Astronomy: An Important Tool by Nitza Santiago from Columbia Astronomy The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 ...
- 16:33 UTC Cheap Astronomy 43. Greenhouse Earth 1of2 The inconstant sun - 5 November...
7 Nov 2009
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Bright Bolide Bright Bolide with Slacker Astronomy. Michael, Doug and Mike from Slacker Astronomy discuss the bright meteor fireball (bolide) captured on multiple cameras by the Southern Ontario Meteor Network (SOMN) on ...
6 Nov 2009
- 17:00 UTC NASACast NASA TV's This Week @NASA, November 6
- 17:00 UTC NASA EDGE NE@Ares IX Live Part 2 After multiple delays, Ares IX makes its historic flight live on NASA EDGE! [part 2]
- 17:00 UTC NASA EDGE NE@Ares IX Live Part 1 Chris, Blair, Franklin and Jacky cover the historic launch of Ares I-X! [part 1]
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... A Tale of Planetary Woe Long ago, something calamitous happened to Mars, transforming a hospitable world into the apparently lifeless desert we see today. Many scientists believe the Red Planet lost most of its atmosphere, ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... SOFIA – Flight Tests and the Promise of New Science SOFIA – Flight tests and the promise of new science by Martin Ratcliffe. SOFIA houses a 2.5-meter telescope in the tail of a converted 747-SP Jumbo Jet and will study ...
5 Nov 2009
- 17:00 UTC NASACast What’s Up for November? This month, see a supernova remnant and the Leonid Meteor shower.
- 17:00 UTC NASACast: Space Shu... STS-129: Atlantis Crew Prepares for Launch The STS-129 astronauts practice for liftoff.
- 17:00 UTC NASACast STS-129: Atlantis Crew Prepares for Launch The STS-129 astronauts practice for liftoff.
- 15:11 UTC NASA Goddard Shorts NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 6 How will climate change impact agriculture? This episode explores the need for accurate, continuous and accessible data and computer models to track and predict the challenges farmers face as they ...
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 246: ALMA The largest astronomical project in existence is getting under way in the high plains of northern Chile. The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, will be comprised of 66 giant ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 43. Greenhouse Earth 1of2 The inconstant sun - 5 November... Cheap Astronomy continues its campaign to link pretty much everything in life to astronomy.
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... What's Up for November? This month see the leftovers from a cosmic explosion, and a meteor shower!
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 246: ALMA The largest astronomical project in existence is getting under way in the high plains of northern Chile. The Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, will be comprised of 66 giant ...
- 04:00 UTC What's Up in Astron... Episode 145: Leonids and Mars I discuss a pairing of the moon and Mars, as well as Mars' upcoming opposition and January. I also talk about the Leonid meteor shower and the constellation Taurus. Website: ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Sky and Earth: Together at Last! Part 2 Sky and Earth: Together at Last! Part 2 by Alan Perkins. The disciplines of astronomy and geology, which used to be separate, are working together in the new field of ...
4 Nov 2009
- 18:47 UTC Astronomy Behind th... Episode 4: Impact on Jupiter On July 19, 2009, Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley spotted a dark-colored scar high in the clouds over Jupiter’s southern polar region. It looked like the scars left behind by ...
- 17:00 UTC NASACast: Earth Vid... Science for a Hungry World, Pt. 6
- 17:00 UTC NASACast: Universe ... Einstein's Cosmic Speed Limit In its first year of operations, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has mapped the entire sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity in gamma-rays, the highest-energy form of light.
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Top Ten Ways to Get Kids Excited About Astronomy! Top Ten Ways to Get Kids Excited About Astronomy! by Damian Handzy. Whether you’re a parent, an educator, an aunt or uncle, or just want to show people some cool ...
3 Nov 2009
- 18:42 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Outdoor Lighting
- 17:00 UTC NASACast Aerial View of Ares 1-X Launch
- 16:00 UTC The Jodcast November 2009 Moon Calling. In this show we have an interview with John Sarkissian about the history of the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia [12:50-45:54]. As always, Megan brings us the latest ...
- 06:21 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... WISE: Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light WISE: Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light by Bryan Mendez The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes ...
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail. Please ...
2 Nov 2009
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Do Computers Byte? The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive – can the same be said for us? The creator of Wolfram ...
- 07:55 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Cassini's Deepest Plume Passage: The "E7" Flyby of Encela... Cassini's Deepest Plume Passage: The "E7" Flyby of Enceladus" by Anne Verbiscer.Today the Cassini Spacecraft makes its 7th flyby of Saturn's enigmatic moon Enceladus. The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast ...
- 05:00 UTC StarDate Online Want to hear today's StarDate program online? Tell us how... StarDate does not currently offer an audio version of our daily radio program until the day after it is broadcast by our radio affiliates. We are exploring new ways to ...
- 05:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Lou Friedman Reviews the Augustine Human Spaceflight Repo... The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee report was released October 22nd. Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman provides his perspective in this week's show. Bill Nye says ...
- 04:56 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Paragould Meteorite of 1930 Although much astronomical research is done by looking at things far away, some is performed here on Earth with meteorites that unexpectedly provide us with rock specimens from millions of ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 162: Edwin Hubble You might know the name "Hubble" because of the Hubble Space Telescope. But this phenomenal observatory was named after one of the most influential astronomers in modern history. Hubble discovered ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 162: Edwin Hubble You might know the name "Hubble" because of the Hubble Space Telescope. But this phenomenal observatory was named after one of the most influential astronomers in modern history. Hubble discovered ...
1 Nov 2009
- 19:46 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Listening to Gravitational Waves: A New Window on the Uni... Listening to Gravitational Waves: A new window on the Universe by Gareth Jones. The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 ...
- 05:00 UTC StarDate Online This Month in StarDate magazine In the November/December issue of StarDate, learn about space-based astronomy after Hubble Space Telescope. We'll also bring you a details on how astronomers are searching for supermassive black holes kicked ...