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20 Dec 2012
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 428: How Mars and Earth Got Water Meteorites that were blasted off Mars and later landed on Earth contain hints that asteroids and meteorites might have delivered water to Mars and Earth while the planets were forming.
- 13:32 UTC Cheap Astronomy 159. Launch! Astronomy Without A Telescope (the e-book) -... Up, up and away.
- 06:47 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... GRAIL: A Smashing Success, by the NASA Lunar Science Inst... GRAIL: A Smashing Success, by the NASA Lunar Science Institute The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes ...
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 428: How Mars and Earth Got Water Meteorites that were blasted off Mars and later landed on Earth contain hints that asteroids and meteorites might have delivered water to Mars and Earth while the planets were forming. ...
19 Dec 2012
- 20:38 UTC Talking Space Podca... Episode 440: Apocalypse Now? On this episode of Talking Space, we discuss the crashing conclusion of the GRAIL lunar gravity mapping mission and who they named the crash site after. Next we discuss a ...
- 17:00 UTC NASACast NASA Train Upgraded in Shuttle-Era Facility When one of NASA's railroad locomotives needed a newer set of wheels, the one-of-a-kind Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility made the upgrade possible.
- 15:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Show 427: HubbleWatch for December 2012 There's a mystery at the center of a giant elliptical galaxy. And Hubble finds seven galaxies from the early universe, galaxies that existed just 350-600 million years after the Big ...
- 06:25 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Value of Edutainment - Creating Simple Video Games fo... The Value of Edutainment - Creating Simple Video Games for Space Education, by Tyler Yohe The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per ...
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 427: HubbleWatch for December 2012 There's a mystery at the center of a giant elliptical galaxy. And Hubble finds seven galaxies from the early universe, galaxies that existed just 350-600 million years after the Big ...
- 02:16 UTC Silicon Valley Astr... Black Holes: The End of Time or a New Beginning? While black holes are popularly associated with death and doom, astrophysicists increasingly see them as creators, not destroyers -- playing a major role in the formation and evolution of galaxies, ...
18 Dec 2012
- 23:00 UTC StarStuff Microquasar shines bright in Andromeda Astronomers discover a microquasar in Andromeda. Also; the truely amazing Nile River of Saturn's moon Titan, and will the world end on December 21st? NASA says no.
- 22:00 UTC StarStuff Microquasar shines bright in Andromeda Astronomers discover a microquasar in Andromeda. Also; the truely amazing Nile River of Saturn's moon Titan, and will the world end on December 21st? NASA says no.
- 17:00 UTC NASACast How Do Rovers Drive on Mars? The "keys" to NASA's Mars rovers are in the capable hands of the official rover drivers.
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... PKS 0745 in 60 Seconds Some of the biggest black holes in the Universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought.
- 16:53 UTC The Space Show Mark Bray, Monday, 12-16-12 Guest: Mark Bray. Topics: Commercial space market development. 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 ...
- 14:00 UTC Hubblecast HD Hubblecast 61: A Tour of NGC 5189 In this episode of the Hubblecast, Dr Joe Liske (aka Dr J) invites us to tour NGC 5189, a planetary nebula in our galaxy. The nebula looks like a ribbon ...
- 12:00 UTC NASA Astrobiology M... Before the Big Bang It's one of the biggest questions you can ask: has the universe existed forever? The Big Bang is supposedly the moment it all began. But now scientists wonder if there ...
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars? Where's the driver's seat for a Mars rover? Millions of miles away, back on Earth! Learn more in this 60-second video. The "keys" to NASA's Mars rovers are in the ...
- 06:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Astronomy Word of the Week: Parsec, by Christopher Crocke... Astronomy Word of the Week: Parsec, by Christopher Crockett The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in ...
17 Dec 2012
- 21:08 UTC Scientific American... Titan Sports Hydrocarbon Nile You’ve heard the old saying: da Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt. And it’s true. The Nile, as it turns out, is also a river on Titan --provided you ...
- 19:30 UTC NASA Astrobiology M... Before the Big Bang It's one of the biggest questions you can ask: has the universe existed forever? The Big Bang is supposedly the moment it all began. But now scientists wonder if there ...
- 15:00 UTC The Jodcast December 2012 Extra Past, Present, Future. In the show this time, Dr Dave Jones [13:01-29:26] tells us about an unusual planetary nebula, Professor Phil Diamond [02:24-12:47] talks about the new Square Kilometre Array ...
- 08:00 UTC Are We Alone? Before the Big Bang It’s one of the biggest questions you can ask: has the universe existed forever? The Big Bang is supposedly the moment it all began. But now scientists wonder if there ...
- 06:08 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... The Dark Skies Crusader Retires! GLOBE at Night Returns! ... The Dark Skies Crusader Retires! GLOBE at Night Returns! by Connie Walker The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to ...
- 06:00 UTC The Planetary Socie... PLANETARY RADIO LIVE: Celebrating Rover Curiosity The leaders of the Curiosity mission join Bill Nye, Emily Lakdawalla and host Mat Kaplan for a live conversation about the thrilling mission on Mars.
- 05:00 UTC The Space Show Tabitha Smith, Gwyn Rosaire, Project Bifrost, Sunday, 12-... Guests: Tabitha Smith, Gwyn Rosaire. Topics: Nuclear propulsion, Project Bifrost, Icarus Interstellar. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 285: How the World Will Really End Have you checked out the internet lately? Apparently there is some kind of rogue planet causing pole alignment and a killer solar flare that will set off a chain reaction ...
- 00:00 UTC Astronomy Cast Ep. 285: How the World Will Really End Have you checked out the internet lately? Apparently there is some kind of rogue planet causing pole alignment and a killer solar flare that will set off a chain reaction ...
16 Dec 2012
- 18:10 UTC Cheap Astronomy no title
- 12:00 UTC Exposing PseudoAstr... Episode 57: Doom from the Sun on December 21, 2012 For the final 2012-related episode, the one major science claim not yet covered is something from the sun doing something bad to us on December 21, 2012. With protective eyewear ...
- 06:00 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Encore: Dr. Debunko, by Mark W. and Katie from Adler Plan... Encore: Dr. Debunko, by Mark W. and Katie from Adler Planetarium, also joined by Dr. Mark Hammergren The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one ...
- 01:05 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Encore: The Science of Sunshine, by Rob Berthiaume Encore: The Science of Sunshine, by Rob Berthiaume The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in duration, ...
15 Dec 2012
- 17:30 UTC The Space Show Jim Keravala, Friday, 12-14-12 Guest: Jim Keravala. Topics: Shackleton Energy's cislunar economic development plans. 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 ...
- 16:59 UTC Space Talk with Jim... Space Talk with Jim Banke 12/15 Jim talk to Tara Rutley from the International Space Station Associate Scientist Program. Space Talk with Jim Banke 12/15
- 16:40 UTC Space Talk with Jim... Just Cruisin w/ Larry Jackson 12/15 Larry talks about what's new in the cruising industry. Just Cruisin w/ Larry Jackson 12/15
14 Dec 2012
- 17:00 UTC NASACast NASA EDGE: Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 NASA EDGE talks Orion and its preparation for Exploration Flight Test-1 [EFT-1]. The Co-Host explores an interesting partnership.
- 17:00 UTC NASACast This Week @ NASA, December 14, 2012
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Radar Images Asteroid Toutatis This 64-frame movie of asteroid Toutatis was generated from data by Goldstone's Solar System Radar on Dec. 12 and 13, 2012. In the movie clips, the rotation of the asteroid ...
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Radar Images Asteroid Toutatis This 64-frame movie of asteroid Toutatis was generated from data by Goldstone's Solar System Radar on Dec. 12 and 13, 2012. In the movie clips, the rotation of the asteroid ...
- 06:41 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... Testing Einstein, by Cheap Astronomy Testing Einstein, by Cheap Astronomy 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 ...
13 Dec 2012
- 22:45 UTC Talking Space Podca... Episode 439: Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? On this episode of Talking Space, we discuss the next Mars rover, set to launch in 2020. We then discuss the failure of a Russian booster…again. We then discuss light ...
- 22:44 UTC The Space Show The John Batchelor Show "Hotel Mars," Wednesday, 12-12-12 Guests: John Batchelor, Dr. Paul Mahaffy, Dr. David Livingston: Topics: Mars soil samples with Curiosity. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the ...
- 17:00 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... NGC 3627 in 60 Seconds The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. Astronomers recently completed a survey of galaxies to look for supermassive black holes.
- 13:32 UTC Cheap Astronomy 158. How to colonize the galaxy - 13 December 2012 Broadcasting humanity.
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Spacecraft Pass Each Other at the Moon This is the first footage of one orbiting robotic spacecraft taken by another orbiting robotic spacecraft at Earth's moon. "Flow," one of two satellites making up NASA's Gravity Recovery and ...
- 08:00 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Mariner 2 50th Anniversary of Planetary Exploration JPL celebrates 50 years of stellar firsts starting with world's first planetary encounter by Mariner 2.
- 06:02 UTC 365 Days of Astrono... All about 2 inch Eyepiece, by Joe Lalumia The Telescopema... All about 2 inch Eyepiece, by Joe Lalumia The Telescopeman The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that is publishing one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes ...
- 05:00 UTC SkyWatch and Hubble... Episode 425: Magnetic Shields of Super-Earths Our knowledge of exoplanets depends upon our studying the planets we know and then projecting our expectations onto the new worlds as they are discovered. But studies related to super-Earths, ...
- 00:00 UTC Naked Astronomy Dealing With Debris - 12.12.13 - Naked Astronomy How can we solve the space debris problem? What will we learn from LOFAR? This edition of Naked Astronomy comes from the RAL Space Conference at the STFC's Rutherford Appleton ...
12 Dec 2012
- 19:42 UTC The Space Show Open Lines, Tuesday, 12-11-12 Guest: Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Current events in space policy, NASA, DOD, & U.S. economic issues impacting space. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show ...