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13 Aug 2009
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 233: Snow on Mars The red planet Mars conjures up images of rocks and arid, dusty plains, but last year NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander showed that it snows on Mars. The Phoenix robot observed ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 30. Cosmos 1 - 13 August 2009 Cheap Astronomy puts a baseball cap on backwards and goes sailing on the seas of space-time.
- 04:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 233: Snow on Mars The red planet Mars conjures up images of rocks and arid, dusty plains, but last year NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander showed that it snows on Mars. The Phoenix robot observed ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Down to My Last Quarter Moon phases are an unexpectedly misunderstood topic for many, based on my years of teaching. It seems that "full moon" means something entirely different to young people today, and quarter ...
12 Aug 2009
- 22:31 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Palomar Sky Surveys on Your Desktop 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 ...
- 22:00 UTC As It Happened: Ho... Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got a Problem This 1970 documentary chronicles the near-fatal disaster that befell Apollo 13 on its way to Fra Mauro on the Moon.
- 16:50 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Magnetosphere 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 ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Ancient Astronomy: The Mayans A brief introduction on how the Mayans took advantage of their geographical location in order to study Venus, how they knew about other objects and the significance of their calendar. ...
11 Aug 2009
- 04:00 UTC What's Up in Astron... Episode 142: Perseid Meteor Shower The Perseid meteor shower is active this week, and putting on a great show! I also discuss a pairing of the moon and Pleiades, as well as Jupiter at opposition. ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Cassini Watches the Sun Rise Above Saturn's Rings Today, August 11, 2009, marks Saturn's equinox, the first day of spring in its northern hemisphere. An observer at Saturn sees crazy things happening when the Sun passes through the ...
10 Aug 2009
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Introductory Trailer to Chandra In Florence, Italy, in the year 1609, the world changed. Using a small telescope, Galileo proved that the Earth is not distinct from the universe, but part of it. And ...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast: Space Shu... STS-127 Mission Recap The Endeavour crew members are back on Earth after completing a demanding and complex mission.
- 10:00 UTC StarTalk Podcast StarTalk: Science in Society Brilliant scientific discoveries and cutting edge technology have transformed our world, yet many people are turned off by science. Where has the excitement for science gone, and how can we ...
- 07:00 UTC Are We Alone? Skeptic Check: Doomsday at the Movies 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. But, ...
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Horse Flies and Meteors Like bugs streaking down the side window of a moving car, colorful Perseid Earthgrazers could put on a pleasing show after sunset on Tuesday, August 11th. Please vote for this ...
- 04:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... Astronomer Heidi Hammel on the New Jupiter Impact Jupiter got another black eye on July 19. Heidi Hammel returns to tell how astronomers around the world jumped into action, even turning the newly-refurbished Hubble Space Telescope toward the ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... What Happened to Saturn's Rings? Adam Fuller from Columbia Astronomy 400 years ago Galileo turned his telescope towards Saturn and saw what he thought were three separate round bodies. For the next 50 years astronomers ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 150: Telescopes, the Next Level We've explained how to get into astronomy and buy your first telescope. Now we're going to take things to the next level and get you drooling about bigger and better ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 150: Telescopes, the Next Level We've explained how to get into astronomy and buy your first telescope. Now we're going to take things to the next level and get you drooling about bigger and better ...
9 Aug 2009
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Perseids Meteor Shower On August 12, the annual Perseids meteor shower will light up the night sky with up to 60 meteors per hour. But before you head out to experience this display, ...
8 Aug 2009
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... A History of Modern Astronomy in Thailand, Part 1 Part 1 tells about Thailand’s astronomy before the 20th Century. Not long after the advent of the telescope, late 17th Century Siam (former name of Thailand) built the first modern ...
7 Aug 2009
- 22:44 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Backyard Astrophotography - A Visual Effects Artist's Esc...
- 16:37 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Dear Lyla, This is Where You Came From May 29th will be my niece's 1st birthday. I'll write/read her a "letter" explaining where the heavier elements in her body came from, explaining how they were created millions of ...
- 16:00 UTC NASACast Audio NASA TV's This Week @NASA, August, 7
- 16:00 UTC NASACast: Space Shu... Discovery's Crew Practices Countdown The STS-128 astronauts rehearse in Florida for liftoff.
- 16:00 UTC NASACast: Earth Vid... Space Age Volcano Monitoring Network If Mt. Saint Helens erupts again, a team of scientists and engineers will be monitoring with space age technology from NASA.
- 07:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Space Age Volcano Monitoring Network If Mt. Saint Helens erupts again, a team of scientists and engineers will be monitoring with space age technology from NASA.
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Space Porch Open for Business Barely two weeks after it was installed by the crew of space shuttle Endeavour, the Japanese-built platform is already bustling with experiments in astronomy and space physics--and that's just for ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Eclipsing Binaries SPONSOR: Mark Duwe 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 ...
6 Aug 2009
- 19:08 UTC NASA Goddard Shorts NASA | Little SDO: Tons of Data Little SDO demonstrates just how much data he sends every day.
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 232: Stellar Oscillations A massive star -- 10 times the mass of the Sun -- called V1449 Aquilla, turns out to have oscillations similar to the Sun. The observations were obtained over 150 ...
- 09:39 UTC Cheap Astronomy 29. No place like home - 06 August 2009 If there was a planet somewhere in the universe able to support life, what would it be like? Hmmm...
- 07:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... What's Up for August? Meteors! The Perseid meteor shower will dazzle in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. Plus, a popular planet shows up in the night sky.
- 06:37 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... UNAWE: Experiences with Children UNAWE: Experiences with children Deirdre Kelleghan is an amateur astronomer and an artist. She is the former President of the Irish Astronomical Society (2005 - 2009) she is now The ...
- 06:00 UTC Science@NASA podcas... Kepler Detects an Exoplanet Atmosphere NASA's new planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the changing phases and atmosphere of a planet a thousand light years away. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this ...
- 04:00 UTC Hubble’s Universe U... An Un-peculiar Trio of Galaxies? Hubbles exquisite resolution reveals details of astronomical objects that have never before been seen. Often, these observations unmask the complex inner workings that help explain previous puzzles as well as ...
- 04:00 UTC Hubble’s Universe U... An Un-peculiar Trio of Galaxies? Hubble's exquisite resolution reveals details of astronomical objects that have never before been seen. Often, these observations unmask the complex inner workings that help explain previous puzzles as well as ...
- 04:00 UTC Hubble’s Universe U... An Un-peculiar Trio of Galaxies? Hubble's exquisite resolution reveals details of astronomical objects that have never before been seen. Often, these observations unmask the complex inner workings that help explain previous puzzles as well as ...
- 04:00 UTC Hubble’s Universe U... Episode 10: An Un-peculiar Trio of Galaxies? Hubble's exquisite resolution reveals details of astronomical objects that have never before been seen. Often, these observations unmask the complex inner workings that help explain previous puzzles as well as ...
- 04:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 232: Stellar Oscillations A massive star -- 10 times the mass of the Sun -- called V1449 Aquilla, turns out to have oscillations similar to the Sun. The observations were obtained over 150 ...
5 Aug 2009
- 16:00 UTC NASACast: What's Up... What’s Up for August? Have you ever wondered what makes the cosmic fireworks called meteor showers? Meteor showers are just the debris of a passing comet or sometimes the debris from a fragmented asteroid.
- 13:00 UTC ESOcast ESOcast Episode 9: Celestial Tango Makes for a Gorgeous N... ESO has just released a stunning new image of a field of stars towards the constellation of Carina. This striking view is ablaze with a flurry of stars of all ...
- 08:20 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... 365 Days of Astronomy Update 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 ...
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... What Do We See When We Look Up? What do we detect when we look into space? Very little, actually. Almost all of what we know about the universe comes from analysis of a very limited set of ...
4 Aug 2009
- 15:00 UTC The Sky At Night Ma... BBC Sky at Night magazine - Episode Fifteen 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
- 00:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Aliens in Roswell Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com offers a critical analysis of the 1947, Roswell, New Mexico alien spacecraft crash. Brian Dunning Skeptoid Podcast http://skeptoid.com Brian Dunning is the host and producer of ...
3 Aug 2009
- 22:08 UTC NASA Goddard Shorts NASA | Sentinels of the Heliosphere What NASA calls its 'Heliophysics Observatory' is an impressive fleet of spacecraft designed (often with international partnership) to study the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Solar System. Flying in ...
- 12:00 UTC The Jodcast August 2009 Impact. This episode features an interview we recorded with Prof Miller Goss about pioneering Australian radio astronomer Ruby Payne Scott [13:17-38:21]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [01:04-11:37] ...
- 10:00 UTC StarTalk Podcast StarTalk: Summer Skies Starry starry nights, stormy and sun-filled days. Long summer days of picnics and ballgames are played out under a vast and gorgeous canvas of astronomical and meteorological curiosities. From the ...
- 07:00 UTC Are We Alone? Grave Matters We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can’t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? ...