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We'll Be Back! Updated: 2011-11-30 06:45:00 Description: Don't give up on us! We'll be back!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slacker Chat for February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-27 18:00:00 Description: We join the Slackers for some chit-chat about Kepler and exoplanets and a whole bunch of other stuff, too....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twitter Plea Updated: 2011-01-17 18:59:59 Description: This is a plea to follow us on Twitter. Our twitter name is 'slackastro'. Astro jokes and more!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Rachid Ouyed and Quark Novae Updated: 2011-01-12 20:15:00 Description: Doug talks with Dr. Rachid Ouyed about monstrous supernovae and the extremely interesting prospect that they may result from the transition from a neutron star to a strange star. Just when you thought things couldn't get any denser ......more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Podcast: Chat show with guest Ryan Wyatt Updated: 2010-10-07 10:00:00 Description: A loud, chaotic at times but generally fun chit-chat show with Michael, Doug, Mike, Rebecca, Aaron and special guest Ryan Wyatt, directory of the planetarium at the California Acadamy of Sciences....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Podcast: Fun from the Sun Updated: 2010-08-15 06:21:00 Description: Michael, Doug and Mike discuss coronal mass ejections, solar flares, aurora and related topics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Variable Stars and Epsilon Aurigae Updated: 2010-07-29 18:00:00 Description: Awesome video, narrated by Timothy Ferris, about variable stars and epsilon Aurigae. Courtesy of the good people at citizensky.org....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Extragalactic Distance Scale Updated: 2010-07-20 16:33:00 Description: Michael Koppelman interviews Dr. Lucas Macri about his work on the extragalactic distance scale using Cepheid variable stars and space telescopes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD AAVSONet with Dr. Arne Henden Updated: 2010-06-10 19:01:00 Description: Mike Simonsen interviews Dr. Arne Henden about AAVSONet, a global network of research telescopes, including APASS and the BSM....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Citizen Sky with Rebekah Turner Updated: 2010-05-22 06:41:00 Description: Michael, Doug and Mike regale us with their wit and humor and then Mike interviews Rebekah Turner about the Citizen Sky project....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Robert Naeye of Sky & Telescope Part 2 Updated: 2010-04-03 07:24:00 Description: The conclusion of Mike Simonsen's interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. The topic today is science journalism and afterward Michael, Doug and Mike share their thoughts via their typical slacker banter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope Updated: 2010-03-06 21:03:00 Description: Mike Simonsen from Slacker Astronomy interviews Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine about the future of amateur astronomy. Michael, Mike and Doug also discuss various topics and provide brilliant insights and humorous commentary...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Kevin Krisciunas Updated: 2010-02-07 06:12:00 Description: Mike Simonsen interviews Kevin Krisciunas about his recent paper that describes how to measure the eccentricity of the moon's orbit with a yardstick and some cardboard and lots of other stuff....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids Updated: 2010-01-03 07:12:00 Description: An interview with Steve Howell from NOAO about the Kepler mission, extrasolar asteroids and Ophiuchans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Citizen Science with Epsilon Aurigae Updated: 2009-12-16 19:04:00 Description: The folks at citizensky.org made this cool Lite Brite video about Epsilon Aurigae....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heat Updated: 2009-12-12 08:00:00 Description: Michael, Doug and Mike discuss heat, temperature, thermodynamics, black bodies and associated hot topics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Supernovae and Caroline Moore Updated: 2009-11-22 17:45:00 Description: Mike interviews Caroline Moore, the youngest discoverer of a supernova and Michael, Doug and Mike dicuss supernovae in general in some detail....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD CCDs, Cosmology and Ben Updated: 2009-10-20 05:04:00 Description: Michael, Doug and Mike discuss the charge coupled device (CCD), answer reader mail about cosmology and interivew Slacker Blogger Ben Huset....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD North Star Special Updated: 2009-10-04 06:40:00 Description: A thorough and lengthy show about the North Star, Polaris, including an interview with Dr. Edward Guinan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slackerchat with Michael, Doug and Mike Updated: 2009-08-21 11:50:00 Description: Michael, Doug and proto-Slacker Mike Simonsen discuss Citizen Sky, Jupiter, Stardust, Active SETI and much, much more....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Evalyn Gates Updated: 2009-06-07 16:05:00 Description: Doug and Michael interview cosmologist Dr. Evalyn Gates about white dwarfs, dark matter, dark energy and women in science....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Peter Brookhouse Updated: 2009-05-11 19:20:00 Description: Doug Welch interview Peter Brookhouse about protecting Australia's observatories from bush fires....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. II Updated: 2009-04-13 17:25:00 Description: Mike Simonsen interviews Christopher Tout, Paula Szkody and Boris Gaensicke about cataclysmic variable stars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. I Updated: 2009-03-30 17:15:00 Description: A full show complete with discussion by Michael and Doug, 2 interviews by Mike Simonsen about cataclysmic variable stars and more chatter and laughing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 365 Days of Astronomy: 2/12/09 Updated: 2009-03-05 06:45:00 Description: This is a cross-post of our third contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. It is part 2 of a 2 part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota, discussing massive stars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 365 Days of Astronomy: 1/12/09 Updated: 2009-03-05 06:40:00 Description: This is a cross-post of our second contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. It is part 1 of a 2 part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota, discussing massive stars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview with George Hrab Updated: 2009-01-24 19:45:00 Description: An interivew with musician, skeptic, podcaster and 365 Days of Astronomy theme song writer George Hrab. Also includes a live extended version of the 365 Days of Astronomy theme song!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dark Energy with Dr. Michael Turner Updated: 2009-01-10 06:45:00 Description: An interivew with cosmologist Dr. Michael Turner, who coined the term Dark Energy. We caught up with Dr. Turner at the AAS Meeting in Long Beach, CA on Jan 7th, 2009....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 365 Days of Astronomy: 1/5/09 Updated: 2009-01-05 17:00:00 Description: This is a cross-post of our first contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. Doug and Michael discuss the cause of the seasons here on earth and other aspects of the night sky as explained by simple geometry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Ken Mogul on using Global Rent-a-Scope Updated: 2008-12-23 19:00:00 Description: Doug interviews Ken Mogul, who has been using the Global Rent-a-scope system to observe variable stars from his bed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: JJ Kavelaars and the Kuiper Belt Updated: 2008-11-17 05:35:00 Description: Michael and Doug discuss Mars Phoenix, Hubble and iPhone rockets plus an interview with Dr. JJ Kavelaars about Kuiper Belt objects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is Geoff Clayton the man from Nantucket? Updated: 2008-10-23 06:10:00 Description: From the Nantucket studios of Slacker Astronomy, we join Aaron, Michael and Doug for some astronomical chatter, including an interview with Dr. Geoff Clayton, an expert on R Coronae Borealis stars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Another Slacker Chat! Updated: 2008-09-25 06:20:00 Description: After the tragedy of the "lost episode", undaunted, we got the gang together on Skype and had some fun recording a new show. Warning: Some politics within!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SOFIA and Hubble Updated: 2008-08-26 18:50:00 Description: Brief discussions about SOFIA and the upcoming Hubble servicing mission from the AAS meeting in Saint Louis. Cameos by Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy) and Mike Simonson (AAVSO)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slacker Chat with Doug, Michael, Aaron and Travis Updated: 2008-08-21 12:30:00 Description: We bring the old gang back together for a chit chat about Mars, Brian May, kinematic footprints, IYA and more. We had some technical problems so please ignore the occasional static, beeps or bad jokes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Doug Baum on the BIPH Updated: 2008-08-07 19:50:00 Description: Doug and Michael interview Doug Baum who, along with his partner Russ Lederman, has developed the Binocular Photon Machine (BIPH), a device which amplifies incoming light 50,000 times, effectively tripling your telescope aperture. We talk about the d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Ethan Vishniac Updated: 2008-07-27 17:40:00 Description: An interview with Dr. Ethan Vishniac who is the editor-in-chief of The Astrophyscial Journal and a professor of astronomy at McMaster University....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Science Cafes Updated: 2008-07-08 13:00:00 Description: An interview with Ben Wiehe of WGBH about science cafes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aaron Price on BZ UMa [FF] Updated: 2008-06-29 10:00:00 Description: Aaron Price won a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for this poster on the cataclysmic variable star BZ UMa. Aaron walks us through his poster and results....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Juan Collar and Detecting Dark Matter Updated: 2008-06-16 08:00:00 Description: An interview with Juan Collar of the Kavli Institute on detecting dark matter in the laboratory....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Goddess of the IYA [FF] Updated: 2008-06-12 22:00:00 Description: A short interview with Susana Deustua about the International Year of Astronomy, with a brief cameo by Mike Simonson of the AAVSO....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope [FF] Updated: 2008-06-04 11:00:00 Description: A short interview with Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope magazine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ice Cube Updated: 2008-05-26 17:00:00 Description: Michael and Doug discuss the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory, supernovae light echos and buying a star....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Light Pollution Updated: 2008-05-11 18:00:00 Description: Julie Wilbert brings us a report on light pollution with members of the Minnesota Astronomical Society....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Whatever the hell is Slacker Astronomy Updated: 2008-04-18 19:00:00 Description: An interview with Aaron Price about the history of Slacker Astronomy plus ramblings by Michael....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Podcast interview with Brant Robertson Updated: 2008-03-27 19:00:00 Description: Doug and Michael chat with Brant Robertson, who is a Spitzer Fellow doing research at The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. Brant is a theoretical astrophysicist involved with computer simulations of the evolution of galaxies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slackerpedia Galactica 8.0: A Brief History of the Universe Updated: 2008-01-06 19:55:00 Description: A brief history of the universe according to modern cosmology. Also a brief discussion of asteroid 2007 WD5, which may hit Mars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Principles 4.0 - Inside Stars [FF] Updated: 2007-11-27 06:45:00 Description: Discussion on what stars are and how they work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Interview: Timothy Ferris [FF] Updated: 2007-09-15 12:00:00 Description: Astrotalk about news and events followed by an exclusive interview with author and film maker Timothy Ferris....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: DAO Visit [FF] Updated: 2007-08-09 20:00:00 Description: A tour of the DAO Observatory in Victoria, BC, Canada....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SG Chit Chat #6 Updated: 2007-05-25 08:30:00 Description: Opening skit, Astro news, another First Principles, discussions of astronomy tenure policies and the first of a new recurring segment: Kavli Cosmology Nugget, where cosmologists sit around a table with wine and cheese and talk shop....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #8: Dr. Lucy Fortson on VERITAS and new forms of astro research Updated: 2007-05-18 08:30:00 Description: Dr. Lucy Fortson is vice president for research at the Adler Planetarium and a member of the VERITAS gamma ray experiment. She talks about VERITAS, gamma rays, astronomy artifacts and new roles for the public in astronomy research practices....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #7: The CMB Soap Opera w/Dr. Stephan Meyer Updated: 2007-05-17 08:30:00 Description: Dr. Stephen Meyer has been a part of most of the major CMB discoveries in the past two decades. He takes us on a journey of all the experiments, their challenges and successes and then sets the stage for the next phase of CMB experiments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #6: Dark Energy w/Dr. Josh Frieman Updated: 2007-05-16 17:30:00 Description: Dr. Josh Frieman discusses dark energy and alternative theories along with current and pending experiments to test it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #5: Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 paper: Cosmology Solved? Updated: 2007-05-16 10:30:00 Description: Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 checklist of the seven major cosmological questions...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #4: Nobel Laureate Dr. Jim Cronin On Cosmic Rays Updated: 2007-05-15 20:30:00 Description: Dr. Jim Cronin, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, discusses cosmic rays and the Pierre Auger Observatory ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #3: The Big Bang and CMB w/Dr. Clem Pryke Updated: 2007-05-15 08:30:00 Description: Dr. Clem Pryke discusses the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, and various properties of it currently being tested in an effort to test and answer open questions about the Big Bang. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #2: Dark Matter w/Dr. Andrey Kravtsov Updated: 2007-05-15 07:30:00 Description: Dr. Andrey Kravtsov gives a good description of the dark matter concept along with current understandings, challenges and active experiments underway to positively detect dark matter. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmology #1: The South Pole Telescope and KICP w/Dr. John Carlstrom Updated: 2007-05-14 07:30:00 Description: Our first interview from the Kavli Institute For Cosmological Physics. The Director, Dr. John Carlstrom, gives us an overview of the institute and the major equipment they are building and using. Throughout the week we will bring you many interview...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SG #5.0 Updated: 2007-05-07 07:30:00 Description: It's baaaacckk....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Principles 2: Mass and Stuff (also McNaught/Titan skits) Updated: 2007-04-02 06:30:00 Description: The second in the First Principle series in which our heroes posit on mass, inertia and other stuff. Also, two skits with Travis and Rebekah about Comet McNaught and Titan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Principles 1.0: Astronomers Updated: 2007-02-13 06:30:00 Description: The first episode of a new segment called First Principles, in which we discuss the basics of what astronomers are and what they do....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: The Moon Is A Trip Updated: 2007-02-04 18:40:00 Description: Fun with the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Life Astro Cafe Interviews Promo Updated: 2007-01-28 18:40:00 Description: Join us Feb. 3 and Feb. 5 in Second Life for Slacker Astronomy Cafe Interviews with Dr. Stuart Lowe and Dr. Doug Welch. More on Second Life at slackerpedia.org. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Hot Astronomers [OF] Updated: 2007-01-18 18:40:00 Description: Tonya, Michael and Travis wander the halls in search of hot astronomers. Filmed at the 209th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, WA....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: AAS Doug Interviews an Astronomy Visualizer [FF] Updated: 2007-01-11 18:40:00 Description: Dr. Doug Welch interviews Dr. Travis Rector, a science visualizer with NOAO and Gemini observatories....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: AAS Poster Wanderings [FF] Updated: 2007-01-10 18:40:00 Description: Mike and Aaron wander the posters on day two of the AAS meeting in Seattle...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD AAS: Day 3 Round Up and The Hot Chocolate Experiment [FF] Updated: 2007-01-10 07:00:00 Description: Aaron, Doug, Michael, Travis and a friend Anthony talk about day 3 of the American Astronomical Society meeting and perform an experiment with hot chocolate from room service. Craziness ensues. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD AAS Interview With Pamela Gay [FF] Updated: 2007-01-09 18:00:00 Description: Interview with Dr. Pamela Gay at the 209th meeting of the American Astronomical Society...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD AAS Recap Days 1-2 [OF] Updated: 2007-01-09 05:00:00 Description: A recap of the first two days of the American Astronomical Society meeting. Ryan Wyatt (Science Visualization blog) joins us as a guest. Meeting blog at slackerastronomy.org....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson [FF] Updated: 2007-01-08 13:00:00 Description: A quick interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson at AAS...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: AAS Meeting Nonsense [FF] Updated: 2007-01-06 19:05:00 Description: Some dumb questions asked of smart people at the AAS meeting in Seattle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dirty Rotten Astronomers [JF] Updated: 2007-01-06 18:45:00 Description: Michael and Travis skip out to Bermuda and report on the Space Technology 6 program from NASA....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory [FF] Updated: 2007-01-02 19:05:00 Description: A tour of the Harvard University Oak Ridge Observatory and the Optical SETI telescope there...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Are there extra-terrestrials? [FF] Updated: 2006-12-13 18:45:00 Description: 3 Questions. Second question: Are there extra-terrestrials?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SG 4.0: The Astronomer Who Cried Wolf [FF] Updated: 2006-11-22 12:45:00 Description: In this show we cover stories of astronomical predictions: the good, bad and why it's easier to be the former than the latter. We also have an interview with Ryan Wyatt, a science visualizer at the American Museum of Natural History who talks about...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: The Story of V838 Mon - [FF] Updated: 2006-11-22 12:45:00 Description: Rebekah and Travis tell the story of V838 Mon, a planet eater or just a really weird star?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Should Pluto be a planet? [FF] Updated: 2006-11-14 12:45:00 Description: 3 Questions. First question: Should Pluto be a planet?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Behind The Scenes [FF] Updated: 2006-11-02 05:40:00 Description: Michael is visited by Timothy Ferris and a video crew to shoot a scene for an upcoming PBS show about amateur astronomers. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SG #3.0: Planet eating monsters, light echos, unicorns and more...[FF] Updated: 2006-11-01 05:40:00 Description: Rebekah is back and we have two old-school skits, Doug joins us from Gemini South observatory in Chile and we cover lots of news and gossip in the world of astrology, oops, I mean, astronomy. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SG Interview: Doug Welch on MACHO [FF] Updated: 2006-10-04 05:40:00 Description: MACHO, and its sequel, SuperMACHO, are projects that have directly detected dark matter. Dr. Doug Welch is one of the researchers involved with the MACHO project. In this podcast interview with Michael Koppelman, Doug talks about all things MACHO....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lite Brite Supernovae Video [FF] Updated: 2006-09-17 20:02:00 Description: For our first video podcast, we take 5 pounds of Lite Brite pegs and use them to illustrate the process of supernovae explosions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slackerpedia Galactica #1.0 [FF] Updated: 2006-09-13 20:02:00 Description: The first edition of the new show. Future shows will be posted on this same feed. Info at www.slackerastronomy.org. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The End of a Planet and the End of a Podcast [FF] Updated: 2006-09-13 20:00:00 Description: Pluto musings, then the bomb. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Carbon Monoxide with Purpose Updated: 2006-08-27 20:00:00 Description: There are two good places to have CO detectors: In your house and on your radio telescope. We talk about one good place to find CO, and it's not in your basement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD My Fair Plutonian Menance [FF] Updated: 2006-08-15 20:00:00 Description: The things Pluto must do to remain in the brotherhood of planets would make even Luke remble with fear. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sometimes Too Much Light Can Be A Bad Thing [FF] Updated: 2006-08-01 20:00:00 Description: In the 90's, astronomers had a chance to see an object usually obsructed by glare. That window of opportunity has just now closed so the results of the research are now starting to come out.. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Great Balls of Fire Updated: 2006-07-30 20:00:00 Description: A great ball of gas, greater in size than the distance between us and the Andromeda galaxy(!), has been spyed plunging into the distance Abell 3266 galaxy cluster. Why? Well why not? If you were a bored bit of gas living out your days in the suburbs ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ring Around the Planet [FF] Updated: 2006-07-17 20:00:00 Description: Grab a partner, doe-se-doe. Watch the moons dance and roll......more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finder's Keeper's [OF] Updated: 2006-07-10 20:00:00 Description: Lookee what we found......more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dusty Supernovae[FF] Updated: 2006-07-04 20:00:00 Description: Astronomers prove you wouldn't have dustballs without supernovae....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Weird Physics[FF] Updated: 2006-06-21 20:00:00 Description: Weird hard math sometimes is and sometimes isn't weird good science....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bigger Than the Motor Car [OF] Updated: 2006-06-07 18:00:00 Description: Pictures of big things from the earliest days of the Universe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Running Backwards while Moving Forward [OF] Updated: 2006-06-01 18:00:00 Description: Slowing light, and even making time run backwards, does nothing to help Pamela get more hours into a day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Even Space Telescopes Need a Union [OF] Updated: 2006-05-15 18:00:00 Description: All work and no play makes an infrared space telescope a dull - but efficient, boy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Less Thing To Worry About [OF] Updated: 2006-05-09 18:00:00 Description: GRBs don't kill people. Paranoia kills people. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Digging In the Dirt [FF] Updated: 2006-04-26 18:00:00 Description: To learn of the Sun, we must look to the Moon. Or, more accurately, the dirty footprints we left behind....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sterile Neutrinos, Enough Said [JF] Updated: 2006-04-05 18:00:00 Description: Sterile neutrinos are on a quest to solve all life's mysteries without interacting....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Breakfast of Enceladians [JF] Updated: 2006-04-05 18:00:00 Description: Slush Puppies are what's for breakfast on Saturn's Moon Enceladus...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Light Brite [FF] Updated: 2006-03-28 18:00:00 Description: Lights, lights, lights everywhere and not a star to see. Just how many stars can you see in your area?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD WMAP's Anistropy Trophy [FF] Updated: 2006-03-21 18:00:00 Description: The show is now one year old, but the rest of us are 13.7 billion years old. Break out the Geritol....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pop and Glow [JF] Updated: 2006-03-14 18:00:00 Description: Occationally people go bump in the night, and occationally things flare in Gamma Rays. Did you go bump when GRB060218 went flare?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Just Blame It On The Termites And Be Done With It [JF] Updated: 2006-03-08 18:00:00 Description: Somewhere on Titan, in a sleepy, empty home, an oven door is ajar....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD As Simple As That [FF] Updated: 2006-02-28 18:00:00 Description: The recurrent nova RS Ophiuci erupts for the first time in 21 years and illustrates the impermanence of existence - or just looks neato...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dirty Rotten Snow Balls [FF] Updated: 2006-02-15 18:00:00 Description: Don't know what to do with your snow? Toss it in a Lagrange Point!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Star, By Any Other Name... [OF] Updated: 2006-02-07 18:00:00 Description: This Valentines Day pity the poor, lonely stars...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Bubba Gump Galaxy Co. [FF] Updated: 2006-01-23 20:00:00 Description: Life is like a box of onions......more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gamma-Ray Candles [FF] Updated: 2006-01-15 20:00:00 Description: Brad Schaeffer demonstrates that Gamma-Ray Bursts can be used to measure the Cosmological Variable....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Supernova Echo and The Zwickymen [OF] Updated: 2006-01-08 20:00:00 Description: Light echoes from supernovae centuries old are discovered by SuperMacho-Macho-Man....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Are You Ready For Some Astronomy? [FF] Updated: 2006-01-02 20:00:00 Description: Monday Night Football is no longer. Fret not fellow couch potatoes! We have Monday Night Astronomy and a story about low energy aurorae....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Astronomer's T'was the Day Before Christmas [FF] Updated: 2005-12-21 20:00:00 Description: Our holiday treat for our listeners...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Titantic News On Titan [FF] Updated: 2005-12-15 20:00:00 Description: Science results from the Huygens Atmospheric Probe from all over...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stellar Skeletons [FF] Updated: 2005-12-06 20:00:00 Description: The Crab Nebula, SN 1970g, and Universal Expansion provide explosive science...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saturn As a Litter Box [FF] Updated: 2005-11-29 20:00:00 Description: Cassini and Mira team up to find wakes that look like Ridges in Saturn's Rings...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] Updated: 2005-11-15 20:00:00 Description: Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] - infrared discoveries from the Andromeda galaxy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eta Boy Eta Car [FF] Updated: 2005-11-07 20:00:00 Description: Eta Boy Eta Carinae [FF]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pop goes the Neutron [FF] Updated: 2005-10-24 20:00:00 Description: Pop goes the Neutron (neutron star that is) [FF]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF] Updated: 2005-10-18 20:00:00 Description: Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF] Updated: 2005-10-03 20:00:00 Description: Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Black Hole Roundup [FF] Updated: 2005-09-25 20:00:00 Description: Black Hole Roundup [FF]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF] Updated: 2005-09-19 20:00:00 Description: Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF]...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Downsizing Galaxies Updated: 2005-09-13 20:00:00 Description: Downsizing Galaxies...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Propeller Population of the Universe Updated: 2005-09-06 20:00:00 Description: Propeller Population of the Universe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs Updated: 2005-09-06 16:00:00 Description: Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Viscious Little Dots Updated: 2005-09-01 16:00:00 Description: Micro Blazars A Go Go...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remapping small town NGC 300 Updated: 2005-08-24 16:00:00 Description: NGC 300's position is recalculated and its urban sprawl is remapped....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tiny Specks of Fun Updated: 2005-08-21 16:00:00 Description: Meteor Showers Aren't...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Be Or Not To Be A Planet Updated: 2005-08-08 16:00:00 Description: We break down the 10th planet...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Neutrons play Hide and Quake Updated: 2005-07-25 16:00:00 Description: Neutrons play Hide and Quake...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sharin' Charon Updated: 2005-07-25 16:00:00 Description: Sharin' Charon (Show #19) - Pluto and its Moon Charon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Breaking The Superwind Updated: 2005-07-19 16:00:00 Description: Breaking the Superwind (Show #18) ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dreaming of a Scary Universe Updated: 2005-07-13 16:00:00 Description: Show #17: Dreaming of a Scary Universe ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Asteroids Attack Updated: 2005-06-28 16:00:00 Description: Show #15: When Asteroids Attack ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dunkin' Quasars Updated: 2005-06-21 16:00:00 Description: Show #14: Dunkin' Quasars...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The End of the Beginning Updated: 2005-06-15 16:00:00 Description: Show #13: The End of the Beginning...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Orion Poisons its Young Updated: 2005-06-05 20:00:00 Description: Show #12: Orion Poisons its Young...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets Updated: 2005-05-30 20:00:00 Description: Show #11: Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira Updated: 2005-05-24 20:00:00 Description: Show #10: Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Martian Drinking Game Updated: 2005-05-15 20:00:00 Description: Show #9: The Martian Drinking Game...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stellar Elders lack Metal Updated: 2005-05-01 20:00:00 Description: Show #8: Stellar Elders Lack Metal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Do Minor Planets Get Carded? Updated: 2005-04-24 20:00:00 Description: Show #7: Do Minor Planets Get Carded? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Death of a Disco Star Updated: 2005-04-17 20:00:00 Description: Show #6: Death of a Disco Star ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Big Bad Astronomer Updated: 2005-04-03 20:00:00 Description: Show #5: The Big Bad Astronomer capsule interview, full interview on the SA Extra Feed...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Going Boom Updated: 2005-04-03 20:00:00 Description: Show #4: Going Boom ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gone With the Wind Updated: 2005-03-28 20:00:00 Description: Show #2: Gone With the Wind...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Black Hole In the Corner Pocket Updated: 2005-03-13 20:00:00 Description: Show #1: Black Hole In the Corner Pocket...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red Updated: 2005-03-02 20:00:00 Description: Show #-1: Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red...more... 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