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Latest news and humor in astronomy from twentysomething astronomers Primary Format : Blogs Language : English Also Listed as: City : Boston State/Province : MA Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Slacker Astronomy Podcasts Methings.com listings of Slacker Astronomy Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Slacker Astronomy CCDs, Cosmology and Ben Michael, Doug and Mike discuss the charge coupled device (CCD), answer reader mail about cosmology and interivew Slacker Blogger Ben Huset. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North Star Special A thorough and lengthy show about the North Star, Polaris, including an interview with Dr. Edward Guinan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Should Pluto be a planet? [FF] 3 Questions. First question: Should Pluto be a planet? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: The Story of V838 Mon - [FF] Rebekah and Travis tell the story of V838 Mon, a planet eater or just a really weird star? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Are there extra-terrestrials? [FF] 3 Questions. Second question: Are there extra-terrestrials? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory [FF] A tour of the Harvard University Oak Ridge Observatory and the OpticalSETI telescope there Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: AAS Meeting Nonsense [FF] Some dumb questions asked of smart people at the AAS meeting in Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: AAS Poster Wanderings [FF] Mike and Aaron wander the posters on day two of the AASmeeting in Seattle Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: AAS Doug Interviews an Astronomy Visualizer [FF] Dr. Doug Welch interviews Dr. Travis Rector, a science visualizerwith NOAO and Gemini observatories. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Hot Astronomers [OF] Tonya, Michael and Travis wander the halls in search of hotastronomers. Filmed at the 209th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle,WA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: The Moon Is A Trip Fun with the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Slackerchat with Michael, Doug and Mike Michael, Doug and proto-Slacker Mike Simonsen discuss Citizen Sky, Jupiter, Stardust, Active SETI and much, much more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Evalyn Gates Doug and Michael interview cosmologist Dr. Evalyn Gates about white dwarfs, dark matter, dark energy and women in science. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Peter Brookhouse Doug Welch interview Peter Brookhouse about protecting Australia's observatories from bush fires. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. II Mike Simonsen interviews Christopher Tout, Paula Szkody and Boris Gaensicke about cataclysmic variable stars. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. I A full show complete with discussion by Michael and Doug, 2 interviews by Mike Simonsen about cataclysmic variable stars and more chatter and laughing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 365 Days of Astronomy: 1/12/09 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 365 Days of Astronomy: 2/12/09 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with George Hrab 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! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dark Energy with Dr. Michael Turner 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website