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365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition

Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela L. Gay

The weekly podcast from the International Year of Astronomy 2009. This podcast comes out weekly and includes each daily episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast.

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 448: Prepping for the Eclipse

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/05/01

On Monday, August 21, 2017, there's going to be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible to path that goes right through the middle of the United States. You should be making plans to see this, and we're here to help you know where to go and what to do.

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Ep. 447: Animals in Space Pt. 3: Dogs, Monkeys and More

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/04/24

For the final episode in our 3-part episode about animals in space, we look at the largest animals to go to orbit. And I'll just warn you now, this is going to be a really sad episode.

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Ep. 446: Animals in Space Pt. 2: Mice and Other Small...

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/04/17

Last week we talked about how the smallest creatures behave in space, but now we move up in size a little to small animals, like mice. What missions have they flown on, and how does microgravity affect their biology?

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01:03:17

Ep. 445: Animals in Space Pt. 1: Insects and Arachnids

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/04/10

We've talked about animals traveling to space in the past, but it's time to take another look, with many other creatures making the trip to the void. Today we're going to talk about the spineless insects and arthropods, and those tough as nails waterbears – tardigrades.

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Ep. 444: Fractals

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/04/03

For this historic 444th episode of Astronomy Cast, we talk about fractals. Those amazing mathematical visualizations of recursive algorithms. What are they, how do you get them? Why are they important?

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Ep. 441: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 5: Continental Drift

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/24

Want to travel the world but you don't have a lot of money? No problem, your continent is drifting across the surface of the Earth right now. In a few million years, you'll reach your destination.

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Ep. 440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes!

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/24

There are regular volcanoes, and then there are the supervolcanoes. Massive calderas of hot magma of incomprehensible size. Bad news, these things explode randomly and catastrophically. Worse news, there are a bunch around the Earth.

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52:52

Ep. 439: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 3: How Do We...

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/24

We always want to talk about how we can make Mars more Earth like, but the reality is that we're making Earth more Venus-Like. We're Venusforming Earth. What are the various factors we're impacting on a global scale, and how can we fix them?

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Ep. 438: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/24

We know humans are having an impact on planet Earth, but what if we really put our backs into it, and intentionally tried to change the entire planet? Either to make it better, or to fix some terrible mistake we've made. The technique is called geoengineering. Could it work?

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51:18

Ep. 437: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/24

We love to destroy the universe, and also rebuild it. Today we begin a new series where we destroy and rebuild. Let's talk about some existential threats we face, and ways we could recover, starting with the sword of Damocles hanging over our head: killer asteroids!

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Ep. 443: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 7: Tsunamis

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/24

Surf's up! Today we're going to be talking about one of the most devastating natural disasters out there: tsunamis. We're talking huge waves that wreck the seashore. But it turns out, there many ways you can get a tsunami, and one of those has to do with space.

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Ep. 442: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 6: Magnetic Pole...

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2017/03/07

If we look back into the geologic record of the Earth, it appears that our planet’s magnetic field flips polarity every few hundred thousand years or so. Why does this happen? When’s it supposed to happen next? Is it dangerous?

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Astronomical Night Before Christmas, pt. 3, by Pamela...

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/12/28

Astronomical Night Before Christmas, pt. 3, by Pamela Gay

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Week 154 (Dec 08 - Dec 14)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/12/14

This week the shows include: Dec 08: A New Look at the Drake Equation by David Black; Dec 09: Mercury’s Volcanoes by Bob Hirshon, AAAS; Dec 10: Aryabhatta by Brains Matter; Dec 11: Europa's Oceans and Possible Life by AstronomyCast; Dec 12: 'Twas the Observer's Day Before Christmas by Pamela Gay; Dec 13: Encore: Exploring Space with Your Computer by Bruce Irving; Dec 14: Aliens in Fact and Fiction by Walden School.

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Week 153 (Dec 01 - Dec 07)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/12/13

This week the shows include: Dec 01: Familiarity Breeds Apathy by Manoharan Karthigasu; Dec 02: Naming Stars by Walden School; Dec 03: The Yerkes Telescope and Observatory by Alan Agrawal; Dec 04: Encore: The Tradition of Looking Up by Chad Moore and Angie Richman; Dec 05: Light Speed by Steve Nerlich; Dec 06: Top Ten Best Things to Look at in the Sky by Carolyn Collins Petersen; Dec 07: Astronomy for Everybody by John Johnson.

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Week 152 (Nov 24 - Nov 30)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/11/30

This week the shows include: Nov 24: Mars Science Laboratory by Tony Rice; Nov 25: Encore: Seeing the Universe in a Whole New Light by Nicole Gugliucci; Nov 26: Black Holes: Everyone's favorite physics experiment by Steve Nerlich; Nov 27: Black Holes: The Supermassive Ones by Steve Nerlich; Nov 28: Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg by Adam Fuller; Nov 29: Four Small Constellations in the Northern Hemisphere by L. Cate Kendal; Nov 30: Observing With Webb in December 2011 by Rob Webb.

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Week 151 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/11/29

This week the shows include: Nov 17: Solar Cycles by NOAO; Nov 18: Indigenous Australian Astronomy by Steve Nerlich; Nov 19: Under a Story Sky by David Ault; Nov 20: How Cold is the Moon? by The NASA Lunar Science Institute; Nov 21: Observing With Webb: Telescopes For Christmas For Beginners by Rob Webb; Nov 22: Encore: Globular Star Clusters: How Old Am I? Where Are You? by Richard Kinne; Nov 23: Flying to Mars by Rob Knop.

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Week 150 (Nov 10 - Nov 16)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/11/24

This week the shows include: Nov 10: Galaxy Hunting by Carolyn Collins Petersen; Nov 11: MESSENGER Overturns Origin of Mercury by Bob Hirshon, AAAS; Nov 12: Questions from Class 2R by Steve Nerlich; Nov 13: An Astronomical Trifecta in 2012 by Michael Zeiler; Nov 14: Countdown for Upcoming Solar Eclipses by Jay Pasachoff; Nov 15: CMU Physics Concepts Program: Decades-long Outreach to Middle Schools by Diane Turnshek; Nov 16: October 25th 2011 Solar Show by RapidEye.

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Week 149 (Nov 03 - Nov 09)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/11/16

This week the shows include: Nov 03: ALMA: The building blocks of something great by Adam Avison; Nov 04: The Role of Spruce Pine Quartz in Astronomy by David Biddix; Nov 05: An Inside Look at the NASA Lunar Science Institute by The NASA Lunar Science Institute; Nov 06: Observing With Webb in November 2011 by Rob Webb; Nov 07: Dirty Snowballs & Giant Planets: X-Ray Secrets of Our Solar System Revealed by The Chandra X-Ray Observatory; Nov 08: Open Notebook Astronomy by Sandy Antunes; Nov 09: Encore:

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Week 148 (Oct 27 - Nov 02)

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition ·

2011/11/08

This week the shows include: Oct 27: Space Dust by Jackie Villadsen; Oct 28: Introduction to Astrophotography by Adam Pender; Oct 29: Bang! A Comic About How All Things Came To Be by Paul Caggegi; Oct 30: Encore: An African Boy's Heavenly Dream by Abraham Samma; Oct 31: Sprite: A Spacecraft for All by Maurizo Moribito; Nov 01: Why the LHC Won't Kill You by Steve Nerlich; Nov 02: Black Hole Formation in the Early Universe: Q & A with Marta Volonteri by Chris Lindsay.

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