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January 31st: Ice Core Records: From Volcanoes to Supernovas

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Podcast: Download Date: January 31, 2012 Title: Ice Core Records: From Volcanoes to Supernovas Podcaster: April Jubett Links: www.chandra.si.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/icecore/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/icecore/sci_evidence.html http://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/ Description: Dr. Gisela Dreschoff from the University of Kansas has been traveling for decades to some of the coldest places on the planet – Antarctica and Greenland – to uncover some of the secrets from space that have been left behind on Earth. After several years studying the radiation background of Antarctica, she started to use ice cores [...]

January 30th: Science Outreach: A Love Story

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Podcast: Download Date: January 30, 2012 Title: Science Outreach: A Love Story Podcasters: Lourdes Cahuich Links: http://musingsfromthecosmicshore.net , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLxBjRjwf4Q Description: The tale of a Mexican girl whose life was changed because science outreach. Bio: Computer engineer with a master degree in telecom. management, in love with astronomy since 13 and commited with astronomy and science outreach. Sponsor: This episode of the “365 Days of Astronomy” podcast is sponsored by — NO ONE. We still need sponsors for many days in [...]

January 29th: Encore: Harry Potter and the Night Sky

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Podcast: Download Date: January 29, 2012 Title: Encore: Harry Potter and the Night Sky Podcaster: Bev Levene Link: This podcast originally aired on November 13, 2010: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/11/13/november-13th-harry-potter-and-the-night-sky/ Description: Some of the characters in the Harry Potter series have the same names of constellations and stars in the night sky. The show discuses possible reasons that the character named after the constellations and stars. This show is not related to Warner Brothers, Scholastic, Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling herself, or any other part [...]

January 28th: Encore: Life in Technicolor

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Podcast: Download Date: January 28, 2012 Title: Encore: Life in Technicolor Podcaster: Maria Pereira Organization: Columbia University Astronomy Links: http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu This podcast originally aired on December 28, 2009: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/12/28/december-28th-life-in-technicolor/ Description: What will plants on other worlds look like? Will they be green and leafy as on Earth? Or could there be planets with purple trees? Black grassy plains? Orange marshes? These questions might seem purely speculative, something out of a technicolor daydream, but, in reality, their answers are bringing us [...]

January 27th: Encore : Common Questions and Answers

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Podcast: Download Date: January 27, 2012 Title: Common Questions and Answers Podcasters: RapidEye Organization: RapidEye Observatory – a private observatory in rural Lee County, NC http://www.rapideye.us/astro/RapidEye-ClearSky.html This podcast originally aired on May 21, 2010: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/05/21/may-21st-common-questions-and-answers/ Description: Common Questions and Answers about Telescopes Bio: I’ve been captivated by astronomy ever since I was a kid, living in NW Colorado where the Milky Way was bright enough to read by. I can be found most clear nights in my pasture with either [...]

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