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Today's Astronomy, Space and Science Podcasts

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Astronomy, Space & Science Podcasts (Audio Podcast)

Trigger Happy Star Formations 5 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm  From recent discoveries made by two of NASA's Great Observatories comes new insight into how stars are created. Large nebula's scattered all around our galaxy, act as incubators for newborn stars to ignite and grow.  Listen to the Podcast Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission 4 Feb 2010 at 10:00pm  The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), slated for liftoff on Feb. 9th, will make IMAX-quality movies of solar explosions, peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's inner dynamo, and--researchers hope--unravel the mysteries of solar variability. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.  Listen to the Podcast Hubble Sees Suspected Asteroid Collision 1 Feb 2010 at 10:00pm  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.  Listen to the Podcast February 2010 1 Feb 2010 at 3:59pm  ING direct. We have a couple of interview with scientists at the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes. We find out about the observatory and compact binaries from Dr Pablo Rodríguez-Gil [09:39-32:45] and planetary nebulae from Dr Miguel Santander-García [32:45-48:40]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [02:00-09:24] and Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the February night sky [52:19-64:39]. Our cover art shows the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes from the air.  Listen to the Podcast NASA TV's This Week @NASA, January 29 29 Jan 2010 at 9:00am   Listen to the Podcast Firefly Mission to Study Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes 28 Jan 2010 at 10:00pm  There's a mystery in the skies of Earth: Something is producing bright flashes of gamma radiation in the upper atmosphere of our own planet. A new NASA-NSF mission called Firefly is going to investigate. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.  Listen to the Podcast Spirit is Now a Stationary Science Platform 25 Jan 2010 at 10:00pm  NASA announced today that Mars rover Spirit cannot be freed from its Martian sandtrap. Now the rover will begin a second career as a stationary science platform. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.  Listen to the Podcast Close Encounter with Mars 25 Jan 2010 at 10:00pm  This week Earth and Mars are having a close encounter. On Jan. 27th, the Red Planet will be only 99 million kilometers away and look bigger through a telescope than at any time between 2008 and 2014. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.  Listen to the Podcast January 2010 Extra 22 Jan 2010 at 4:40pm  While you wait. We talk to Stewart Eyres about Sakauri's Object [01:07-18:08], we put your astronomical questions to Tim [22:22-46:18], and round-up your feedback. Apologies for the audio quality this time; one of our microphones has been playing up.  Listen to the Podcast NASA TV's This Week @NASA, January 22 22 Jan 2010 at 9:00am   Listen to the Podcast