Slackerpedia Galactica
http://www.slackerastronomy.org/
Astronomy news and slack. Rating system:
- [FF] Family Friendly - Clean for everyone
- [OF] Office Friendly - Maybe some adult innuendo, light coarse language, etc.
- [JF] Just For Fun - Anything goes, definitely listen/watch before playing for others
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An interview with Ben Wiehe of WGBH about science cafes.
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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.
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Interview: Juan Collar and Detecting Dark Matter[Duration 00:41:10, 28.3 MB]Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0500
An interview with Juan Collar of the Kavli Institute on detecting dark matter in the laboratory.
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A short interview with Susana Deustua about the International Year of Astronomy, with a brief cameo by Mike Simonson of the AAVSO.
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Interview: Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope [FF][Duration 00:05:50, 42.8 MB]Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0500
A short interview with Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope magazine.
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Michael and Doug discuss the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory, supernovae light echos and buying a star.
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Julie Wilbert brings us a report on light pollution with members of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
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An interview with Aaron Price about the history of Slacker Astronomy plus ramblings by Michael.
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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.
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Slackerpedia Galactica 8.0: A Brief History of the Universe[Duration 36:12, 17.1 MB]Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:55:00 +0500
A brief history of the universe according to modern cosmology. Also a brief discussion of asteroid 2007 WD5, which may hit Mars.
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First Principles 4.0 - Inside Stars [FF][Duration 28:24, 26.6 MB]Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:45:00 +0500
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Discussion on what stars are and how they work.
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Astrotalk about news and events followed by an exclusive interview with author and film maker Timothy Ferris.
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A tour of the DAO Observatory in Victoria, BC, Canada.
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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.
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Cosmology #8: Dr. Lucy Fortson on VERITAS and new forms of astro research[10.8 MB]Fri, 18 May 2007 13:30:00 +0500
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.
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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.
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Dr. Josh Frieman discusses dark energy and alternative theories along with current and pending experiments to test it.
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Cosmology #5: Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 paper: Cosmology Solved?[28.4 MB]Wed, 16 May 2007 15:30:00 +0500
Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 checklist of the seven major cosmological questions
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Dr. Jim Cronin, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, discusses cosmic rays and the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Cosmology #3: The Big Bang and CMB w/Dr. Clem Pryke[13.0 MB]Tue, 15 May 2007 13:30:00 +0500
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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.
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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.
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Cosmology #1: The South Pole Telescope and KICP w/Dr. John Carlstrom[6.7 MB]Mon, 14 May 2007 12:30:00 +0500
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 interviews, both audio and video, from the institute and about all things cosmology.
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It's baaaacckk.
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Promo: SL Chat with Phil Plait and Eric Chaisson Plus Request For Help With Pilot Study[2.1 MB]Sun, 8 Apr 2007 00:30:00 +0500
We have two upcoming chats in Second Life - Dr. Eric Chaisson on April 9 and Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomer) on April 21. Also, I need your help with a pilot study for a school project. Then we close out with the famous Harry Carey SNL skit "Space: The Infinite Frontier"
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First Principles 2: Mass and Stuff (also McNaught/Titan skits)[7.2 MB]Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:30:00 +0500
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.
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The first episode of a new segment called First Principles, in which we discuss the basics of what astronomers are and what they do.
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Fun with the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
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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.
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Tonya, Michael and Travis wander the halls in search of hot astronomers. Filmed at the 209th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, WA.
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Dr. Doug Welch interviews Dr. Travis Rector, a science visualizer with NOAO and Gemini observatories.
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Mike and Aaron wander the posters on day two of the AAS meeting in Seattle
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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.
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Interview with Dr. Pamela Gay at the 209th meeting of the American Astronomical Society
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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.
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A quick interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson at AAS
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A quick interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson at AAS
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Slackerpedia Galactica 8.0: A Brief History of the Universe[Duration 36:12, 17.1 MB]Mon, 07 Jan 2007 00:55:00 +0500
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A brief history of the universe according to modern cosmology. Also a brief discussion of asteroid 2007 WD5, which may hit Mars.
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Some dumb questions asked of smart people at the AAS meeting in Seattle.
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Michael and Travis skip out to Bermuda and report on the Space Technology 6 program from NASA.
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Video: Optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory [FF][19.9 MB]Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:05:00 +0500
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A tour of the Harvard University Oak Ridge Observatory and the Optical SETI telescope there
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Cheesy Filler Until AAS: Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld [FF][0.9 MB]Wed, 26 Dec 2006 23:45:00 +0500
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One week until the next meeting of the American Astronomical Society. So to hold you over we offer clips from a nice Children's show on space: Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld, available at Google Video.
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3 Questions. Second question: Are there extra-terrestrials?
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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 what goes on behind the scenes to turn those faint fuzzies into pretty pictures and gives us a report from a recent astro-visualization conference. And of course the news, mail and more.
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Rebekah and Travis tell the story of V838 Mon, a planet eater or just a really weird star?
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3 Questions. First question: Should Pluto be a planet?
