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28 July 2010
This Week in Space — Apollo-Soyuz Anniversary Edition
I missed posting the latest "This Week in Space" with Miles O'Brien, but it is a special edition that takes a look at the 35th anniversary of Apollo-Soyuz project with exclusive interviews, and more. There's also a look at Virgin Galactic's latest test flight and a look at the latest of what's going in Congress [...]
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08 July 2010
Podcast: Astronomy With the Unaided Eye
We talk a lot about telescopes here on Astronomy Cast, but you really don't need any special equipment to appreciate what the night sky has to offer. Just head outside with some sky charts, maybe a planisphere, some friends and hot chocolate, and you're good to go. Let's talk about what kinds of things you [...]
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17 June 2010
Podcast: The Future of Astronomy
We spent 5 episodes telling the story of astronomy so far, how we got from the work of the Babylonians to the modern discoveries made in the last decade. But now we want to look forward, studying the current space missions and experiments to uncover the mysteries that astronomers hope to solve. Click here to [...]
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17 June 2010
Podcast: History of Astronomy Part 5; The 20th Century
Many of the modern ideas in astronomy happened in just the 20th century: dark matter, the Big Bang, inflation, quasars, black holes. So many discoveries in one important century. Click here to download the episode. Or subscribe to: astronomycast.com/podcast.xml with your podcatching software. History of Astronomy Part 5 shownotes and transcript. © nancy for Universe [...]
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07 June 2010
This Week in Space for June 6, 2010
In this special edition of This Week in Space, SpaceX boss Elon Musk speaks to Miles O'Brien about the successful flight of his Falcon 9 rocket and hits back at critics of the rocket's role in the Obama space plan.© nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.usPost tags: This Week In SpaceFeed [...]
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31 May 2010
Podcast: History of Astronomy, Part 4: The Beginning of Modern Astronomy”
With our proper place in the Universe worked out, and some powerful telescopes to probe the cosmos, astronomers started making some real progress. The next few hundred years was a time of constant refinement, with astronomers discovering new planets, new moons, and developing new theories in astronomy and physics. Click here to download the episode.Or [...]
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31 May 2010
Podcast: History of Astronomy, Part 3: The Renaissance
Now we reach time with names that many of you will be familiar: Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus. This is an age when the biggest names in astronomy used the best tools of their time to completely rearrange their understanding of the Universe, putting the Earth where it belonged – merely orbiting the Sun, and not the [...]
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23 May 2010
This Week In Space #18
Here's TWIS #18. David Letterman's reaction to his first Space Shuttle launch, Mars volunteers locked up in small area for 520 days to simulate mission, Zombie Sat Update, and an exclusive interview with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.© nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.usPost tags: This Week In SpaceFeed enhanced by [...]
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12 May 2010
Podcasts: History of Astronomy Parts 1 & 2
We know you love a good series. This time we're going to walk you through the history of astronomy, starting with the ancient astronomers and leading right up to the most recent discoveries. Today we're going to start at the beginning, and in Part 1 we'll talk about the astronomers who first tried to understand [...]
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09 May 2010
This Week In Space With Miles O'Brien
The latest from Spaceflightnow.com's TWIS team: Counting down to the last scheduled launch of shuttle Atlantis, a space robot race between the U.S. and Japan, plans to bring a piece of Mars to Earth, and attack of the Zombie Sat!© nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.usPost tags:Feed enhanced [...]
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02 May 2010
This Week In Space
Stephen Hawking warns us about aliens, the military launches a space shuttle, NASA helps keep an eye on oil slick off Louisiana, and the countdowns are on for Atlantis' final scheduled flight and Falcon 9's inaugural flight.© nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.usPost tags: Podcasts, This Week In SpaceFeed enhanced by [...]
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30 April 2010
Podcast: Astrometry
Astronomers have been cataloging star positions for thousands of years, from the first calculations made by Hipparchus, to the more recent star catalogs made by the spacecraft named after him. This is astrometry; another way to find our place in the Universe. Click here to download the episode.Or subscribe to: astronomycast.com/podcast.xml with your podcatching software. Astrometry show [...]
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19 April 2010
Podcast: Albedo
Why are some objects in the Solar System bright while others are dim? Much of an object's brightness is caused by its albedo, or how well it reflects radiation from the Sun. If you want to know how big a distant moon, comet, or asteroid is, you've got to know its albedo. Click here to download [...]
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12 April 2010
Podcast: Mysteries of the Universe, Part 2
Today we tackle more thrilling mysteries of the Universe. And by tackle, we mean, acknowledge their puzzling existence. Some mysteries will be solved shortly, others will likely trouble astronomers for centuries to come. Join us for part 2. Click here to download the episode. Or subscribe to: astronomycast.com/podcast.xml with your podcatching software. Listen to Mysteries of the Universe [...]
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12 April 2010
Podcast: Mysteries of the Universe, Part 1
The Astronomy Cast team has finished their podcasts on the mysteries of the Solar System and the Milky Way, it's now time to move on to the biggest mysteries of all: The mysteries of the Universe. Let's wonder about dark matter and dark energy, and the very nature of reality itself. Click here to download the [...]
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