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Date: January 13, 2012

Title: Fastest Spinning Star

Podcasters: Bob Hirshon

Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon speaks to Research Fellow Selma de Mink at the the Space Telescope Science Institute about the recent discovery of an extremely fast spinning star and what it can tell scientists about the natural history of stars and even the evolution of our Universe.

Bio: Bob Hirshon is Senior Project Director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and host of the daily radio show and podcast Science Update. Now in its 24th year, Science Update is heard on over 300 commercial stations nationwide. Hirshon also heads up Kinetic City, including the Peabody Award winning children’s radio drama, McGraw-Hill book series and Codie Award winning website and education program. He oversees the Science NetLinks project for K-12 science teachers, part of the Verizon Foundation Thinkfinity partnership. Hirshon is a Computerworld/ Smithsonian Hero for a New Millennium laureate.

Sponsor: This episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is sponsored by is sponsored by The Education and Outreach team for the MESSENGER mission to planet Mercury. Follow the mission as the spacecraft helps to unlock the secrets of the inner solar system at www.messenger-education.org

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