Date: July 29, 2010 Title: Astronomy and the iPad Podcaster: TecnoCasters Organization: http://www.tecnocasters.com/ Description: The Tecnocasters discuss different astronomy apps for the iPad. Bio: TecnoCasters is the best technology podcast in Spanish. Hosted by Juan D. Guevara, Pedro Riveroll, Lorena Galan and Raul Mitre, TecnoCasters offers a funny and friendly point of view about the [...]
Date: July 28, 2010 Title: The Origins of the Moon Podcaster: The NASA Lunar Science Institute NLSI Description: How did the moon form and what can it tell us about the history of our solar system? Lunar scientist Bill Bottke from the Southwest Research Institute, who has been studying the formation history of planetary bodies, [...]
Date: July 27, 2010 Title: Interesting Comets Podcaster: Ted Judah Description: Ted talks about comets. Bio: Ted Judah is an amateur astronomer in Northern California. Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by — no one. We still need sponsors for many days in 2010, so please consider sponsoring a day [...]
Date: July 26, 2010 Title: Another demotion for Pluto? Or is it about to become King of the Dwarfs? Part 2 Podcaster: Marc West Organization: http://www.mrscienceshow.com http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2010/05/ep-128-another-demotion-for-pluto.html Description: Already demoted from the exalted planet club, Pluto could be joined by up to 50 other objects in the ever-expanding “dwarf planet” club if the new definitions [...]
Date: July 25, 2010 Title: Galileo — Eclipse Chaser? Podcaster: Mark Thompson Organization: Galileo 1610 – http://www.galileo1610.com/ Description: Did Galileo ever have an opportunity to witness the grand spectacle of a total solar eclipse? Bio: Mark Thompson, a professional cantor and amateur astronomer, has appeared as Galileo on radio, at community theatres and libraries, public [...]
Date: July 24, 2010 Title: A Gargantuan Infrared Telescope Project for Mexico Podcaster: Edgardo Molina Description: Today we are describing another interesting project being conducted by a joint effort between the United States and Mexico, a huge infrared telescope. Organization: Pleiades. Research and Astronomical Studies A.C. www.pleiades.org.mx (web site soon to be presented also in [...]
Date: July 23, 2010 Title: Interesting Moons of our Solar System Podcaster: Bollix! Link: http://bollix.libsyn.com/ Description: A look at the Solar System’s more interesting and unusual moons, exploring the diverse nature and outright strangeness of planetary satelites. Bio: The Bollix! Science and Skepticism Podcast is produced by Sam J Leonard and Josh Kelly and aims [...]
Date: July 22, 2010 Title: On Being a Black Hole Podcaster: Steve Nerlich, with Graham Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy – www.cheapastro.com Description: If you keep accelerating your spacecraft up towards the speed of light doesn’t it keep gaining mass until (woop, woop, red alert) it starts turning into a black hole? Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers [...]
Date: July 21, 2010 Title: One and a Half Percent Podcaster: Ben Lillie Organization: The Story Collider — http://www.storycollider.org Description: Two scientific revolutions, writ large and small, and both involving crystals. Bio: Ben Lillie is a physicist who left the ivory tower for the wilds of New York’s theater district and likes to say that [...]
Date: July 20, 2010 Title: Spelling Her Way into Space Podcaster: Elizabeth Howell Organization: Pars3c — www.pars3c.com Description: Canadian student Laura Newcombe, who is 11 years old, won a spelling bee after talking about the advanced laser system “TriDAR”. The firm that made TriDAR, Neptec, surprised Laura with a visit from STS-128 astronaut Kevin Ford [...]
The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009 and 2010. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around
the world.
365 Days of Astronomy is a proud part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
