Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe

Claim this podcast

Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe

Follow Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe

Share on

Astronomy 141, Life in the Universe, is a one-quarter introduction to Astrobiology for non-science majors taught at The Ohio State University. This podcast presents audio recordings of Professor Richard Pogge's lectures from his Autumn Quarter 2009 class.

Richard Pogge

Dec 4, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
infrequent NEW EPISODES
44m AVG DURATION
46 EPISODES

Search for episodes from Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe with a specific topic:

Latest episodes from Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe

Lecture 46: This View of Life (Course Finale)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2009 41:00

finale universe lecture astronomy life course

Lecture 45: The Future of Life in the Universe

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2009 44:04

universe lecture astronomy cosmology expanding universe

Lecture 44: The Future of Life in the Solar System

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2009 55:49

sun lecture astronomy solar system

Lecture 43: Extraterrestrial Life

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009 45:14

evolution lecture astronomy extraterrestrials extraterrestrial life

Lecture 42: The Fermi Paradox

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2009 44:58

paradoxes lecture astronomy colonization exponential growth fermi paradox prime directive zoo hypothesis

Lecture 41: Interstellar Travel and Colonization

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2009 45:36

lecture astronomy colonization starships project daedalus interstellar travel project orion

Lecture 40: SETI - The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2009 46:28

search pioneer lecture voyager astronomy seti arecibo extraterrestrial intelligence serendip

Lecture 39: The Drake Equation

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2009 45:31

lecture astronomy seti intelligent life drake equation

Lecture 38: The Pale Blue Dot - Seeking Other Earths

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2009 44:09

stars seeking lecture astronomy biomarkers earths bluedot pale blue dot

Lecture 37: Strange New Worlds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2009 46:50

stars lecture astronomy strange new worlds exoplanets hot jupiters

Lecture 36: Exoplanets - Planets Around Other Stars

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2009 47:10

stars lecture astronomy exoplanets transit method

Lecture 35: The Solar Neighborhood

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2009 46:03

stars solar neighborhood lecture astronomy milky way alpha centauri proxima centauri

Lecture 34: Habitable Zones around Stars

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2009 47:29

stars lecture zones astronomy planets habitable habitable zone habitability uv radiation tidal locking

Lecture 33: The Deaths of Stars

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2009 47:23

stars deaths lecture astronomy white dwarfs supernovae stellar evolution

Lecture 32: The Lives of Stars

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2009 46:51

stars mass lecture astronomy luminosity nuclear fusion main sequence

Lecture 31: The Properties of Stars

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 46:37

stars mass lecture properties astronomy temperature radius spectra luminosity

Lecture 30: Goldilocks and the Three Planets

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2009 46:19

lecture astronomy planets goldilocks habitable zone habitability solar radiation

Lecture 29: The Children of Saturn

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2009 46:10

children lecture saturn astronomy methane enceladus

Lecture 28: The Galilean Moons of Jupiter

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2009 44:57

europa jupiter lecture io astronomy callisto ganymede galilean moons

Lecture 27: Is There Life on Mars?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2009 47:04

mars lecture viking astronomy lowell life on mars martians herschel canals schiaparelli alh84001

Lecture 26: The Deserts of Mars

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2009 47:26

mars lecture astronomy space exploration deserts water on mars

Lecture 25: The Requirements for Life in the Solar System

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2009 47:04

water mars europa lecture requirements astronomy sunlight solar system liquids enceladus albedo

Lecture 23: Terrestrial Worlds in Comparison

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2009 46:41

earth mars comparison worlds mercury lecture astronomy solar system interiors terrestrial atmospheres terrestrial planets

Lecture 22: The Family of the Sun

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2009 46:22

family sun lecture astronomy asteroids solar system comets kuiper belt gas giants ice giants dwarf planets terrestrial planets

Lecture 21: Impacts and Extinction

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2009 46:31

impacts lecture extinction astronomy asteroids tunguska event near earth objects

Lecture 20: The History of Life on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2009 47:19

history dinosaurs biology lecture oxygen astronomy mammals life on earth cambrian explosion phanerozoic proterozoic

Lecture 19: The Origin of Life on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2009 46:08

lecture astronomy life on earth origin of life panspermia origins of life

Lecture 18: The First Living Things on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2009 46:08

earth lecture astronomy isotopes living things micro fossils

Lecture 17: Life on the Edge

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2009 46:54

biology lecture astronomy atacama desert life on the edge extremophiles

Lecture 16: DNA and Heredity

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2009 46:53

evolution dna biology lecture translation astronomy mutation rna transcription replication heredity

Lecture 15: The Chemistry of Life

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2009 45:04

water chemistry lecture astronomy cells photosynthesis astrobiology cell metabolism

Lecture 14: Cells

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2009 45:32

lecture astronomy cells bacteria carbohydrates proteins lipids amino acids archaea eukaryotes prokaryotes

Lecture 13: What is Life?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2009 46:16

lecture astronomy

Lecture 12: Climate Regulation and Climate Change

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2009 45:19

climate change climate lecture regulation astronomy geology carbon dioxide greenhouse effect carbon cycle snowball earth glaciation

Lecture 11: The History of the Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2009 42:39

history earth lecture astronomy geology eons stratigraphy

Lecture 10: The Earth's Atmosphere Erratum

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 1:17

earth lecture atmosphere astronomy erratum

Lecture 9: Inside the Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2009 42:47

earth earthquakes lecture astronomy geology mantle crust plate tectonics continental drift volcanism geodynamo

Lecture 8: The Cosmological Revolution - The Depths of Space and Time

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2009 46:29

revolution lecture big bang astronomy planets depths solar system cosmology space and time cosmological nucleosynthesis

Lecture 7: The Biological Revolution - What is Life?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2009 44:16

dna revolution biology lecture genes astronomy biological mendel fruit flies microscopy heredity

Lecture 6: The Geological Revolution - Deep Time and the Age of the Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2009 46:11

revolution lecture astronomy geology geological deep time radioactivity age of the earth radiometric dating

Lecture 5: The Chemical Revolution and the Nature of Matter

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2009 45:17

nature revolution elements chemistry lecture chemical astronomy atoms isotopes radioactivity spectroscopy

Lecture 4: The Copernican Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2009 43:56

newton lecture astronomy galileo kepler copernicus copernican revolution geocentric model

Lecture 3: Imagining Other Worlds

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2009 40:09

worlds lecture astronomy imagining alien life other worlds

Lecture 2: Astronomical Numbers

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2009 43:56

numbers lecture astronomical metric system

Lecture 1: Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2009 19:24

lecture astronomy

Welcome to Astronomy 141

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2009

Claim Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe

In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!