The 365 Days of Astronomy

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Streamed live on May 12, 2017.

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest:

This week's special guests Michael Summers and James Trefil are the authors of the new book "Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System."

Regular Guest:

Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )

Today's Topics:

- Cassini's finale & Saturn's Hexagon

- New image of the Crab Nebula SNR

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The Discussion: Jeni’s missing this month as she collects transiting exoplanet data in South Africa using the SIRIUS camera on the Japanese 1.4 metre Infrared Survey Facility telescope.

So we dig into the archive for some audio recorded at the Big Bang Fair at the Birmingham NEC in March. Jeni (before she went walkabout) & Paul talk with Dr. Giorgia Busso, of the Cambridge University Department of Astronomy Data Processing Center, who works on the Gaia astrometry mission.

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Hosted by Mike Simmons of Astronomers Without Borders. Today he talks with Andrew Fazekis, Communications Manager for Astronomers Without Borders. They talk about all the things people have been doing for Global Astronomy Month.

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Just how mediocre are we? I’ve heard there’s an “axis of evil” in space - what’s up with that? Is there anything special about our position within the universe? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain. Thanks to WCBE Radio for hosting the recording session, Greg Mobius for producing, and Cathy Rinella for editing.

Hosted by Paul M. Sutter, astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, Chief Scientist at COSI Science Center, and the one and only Agent to the Stars (http://www.pmsutter.com).

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From July 9, 2007.

If you remember way back to Episode 9, we covered Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity. Well, that’s only half of the relativity picture. The great scientist made an even more profound impact on physics with his theory of general relativity, replacing Newton with a better model for gravity.

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Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006.

Today's 2 topics:

- China is planning some audacious Lunar exploration missions. "Heavenly Palace" is the English translation of the name of Tiangong-1, their low-Earth-orbit space station. Tiangong-2 was launched in 2016 and numerous tests & experiments were conducted aboard the station.

- The US Southwest has monsoons that divide the year into 2 parts. Catalina Sky Survey's Richard Kowalski & Rose Matheny got 3 nights of clear skies and discovered a dozen new asteroids. 2016 QJ44 is the largest of them.

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This podcast was recorded in a noisy exhibit hall at the 2017 AAS meeting in Grapevine, Texas. We apologize for the poor audio quality.

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will give an unprecedented view on the changing universe detecting millions of new events per night. Astronomers will need carefully choose the most interesting alerts for followup observations. In this podcast, recorded live at the American Astronomical Society Meeting in Grapevine, Texas, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Director Dr. Steve Heathcote discusses the Blanco 4 meter telescope and the SOAR telescope, two instruments that will play an important role in following up LSST alerts.

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Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest: The WSH again welcomes Mathew Anderson, author of "Our Cosmic Story," to the show. You may recall that Mathew joined us last fall just prior to the release of "Our Cosmic Story," and he was kind enough to offer our viewers free electronic copies just for the asking. Since then, Mathew has expanded the last chapter of his book to include additional information about SETI, and with the recent exoplanet discoveries, many of the other chapters are of even greater relevance. We are pleased to announce that, in conjunction with his return visit, Mathew will again be offering for a limited time free electronic copies of his complete book as well as his standalone update. Complete information about how to get your copies will be available on the WSH webpage beginning 12:00 NOON on Friday, May 5, 2017 - just visit http://www.wsh-crew.net/cosmicstory for all the details.

Regular Guests:

Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )

Nancy Atkinson ( nancyatkinson.com / @Nancy_A )

This week's stories:

- What is the "Cold Spot" in the CMB?

- Cassini's deep dive through the ring plane of Saturn.

- An enormous wave sweeping through the Perseus Cluster.

- Curiosity sampling a sand dune.

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Thousands of satellites orbit the Earth. But, like everything else, satellites don’t last forever… Those orbiting closest to Earth are maneuvered even closer, so when they have achieved their mission, which is usually within 25 years, they will re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.

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Hosted by Mike Simmons. In addition to serving on the Astronomers Without Borders Board of Trustees, Anousheh is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Prodea Systems, the first private female space explorer, and the first Astronaut of Iranian descent. To help drive commercialization of the space industry, Anousheh and her family provided title sponsorship for the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million cash award for the first non-governmental organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks.

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