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Prepare for an international celebration of our Sun's domain! This year's theme: Ancient Mysteries, Future Discoveries opens the door to a much deeper understanding of our Sun and its impact across the ages. Join us at http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/ or on Facebook.

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    Interview with Madhulika Guhathakurta

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2015 30:25


    "Space Weather Living History" interview with Madhulika Guhathakurta.

    Interview with Jim Green

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2014 11:59


    "Space Weather Living History" interview with Jim Green.

    Interview with Dick Fisher

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2014 23:47


    "Space Weather Living History" interview with Dick Fisher.

    IHY Interviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2014 50:24


    "Space Weather Living History" interview at IHY with Joe Davila, Nat Gopalswami and Barbara Thompson.

    Interview with David Hathaway

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 9:35


    This is the first of our new "Space Weather Living History" Podcast series. We kick this new series off with an interview of David Hathaway, a solar astronomer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

    Interview with Nicole Vilmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2012 7:13


    In this podcast, we'll continue our series about the RHESSI mission with Dr. Nicole Vilmer, the Director of Scientific Research at CNRS which is the National Center of Scientific Research at the Paris Observatory. It takes the concerted efforts of scientists and engineers from a variety of backgrounds and cultures to make missions like RHESSi successful.

    Interview with Lyndsay Fletcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2012 10:33


    In this podcast, we'll continue our series about the RHESSI mission with Dr. Lyndsay Fletcher. Dr. Fletcher is a solar physicist who holds a faculty position at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

    Interview with Gordon Emslie

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2012 10:41


    In this podcast, we'll continue our series about the RHESSI mission with Dr. Gordon Emslie. Gordon is on the physics astronomy faculty at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green Kentucky. The thrust of the bulk of his research for the last 30 years or so has been the study of energy release and transport in solar flares...

    Interview with Jacob Herrikhuisen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2012 7:21


    In this podcast, we continue our IBEX mission series by interviewing Jacob Heerikhuisen, an assistant professor at the University of Huntsville in Alabama From an earlier podcast, you may remember that IBEX maps faint magnetic fields out in space by capturing images of neutral atoms that result from particle collisions along those magnetic fields.

    Interview with Stephen Fuselier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2012 8:00


    In this podcast, we'll continue our series with the IBEX mission by talking to Stephen Fuselier at Lockheed Martin. IBEX maps the faint magnetic fields out in space by capturing images of neutral atoms that result from particle collisions along those magnetic fields. At a recent American Geophysical Union meeting, Fuselier told us how science can only be done well when researchers work together.

    Interview with Barry Mauk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2011 7:00


    Today on the Sun Earth Day podcast we're talking to Barry Mauk who is a scientist who works at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. This lab is one of many throughout the world that help build instruments and spacecraft for NASA missions.

    Interview with David Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 8:43


    David Smith is a physicist at the University of California at Berkeley, and he uses a solar mission called RHESSI to study the dynamics of lightning in the clouds over Earth. I was able to talk with Smith at the 10th RHESSI workshop.

    Interview with Bob Lin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2011 6:41


    In today's sun-earth day podcast we talk to Bob Lin who is an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley who says that solar flares send out more than just energy.

    Interview with Brian Dennis and Gordon Holman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2011 6:18


    In today's podcast we will hear from 2 astrophysicists at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Brian Dennis and Gordon Holman from the RHESSI spacecraft

    Interview with David Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2011 10:09


    David Young is a physicist at Southwest Research Institute who has spent his whole career working on missions like the upcoming Magnetic Multiscale Mission, or MMS, to study what scientists call plasma.

    Introduction to IBEX

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2011 11:02


    In today's podcast we'll hear from 2 NASA scientists who work directly with a spacecraft called IBEX.

    Alert: Exciting news about the STEREO mission

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2011 2:19


    The two satellites known as the STEREO mission are moving into a very exciting position around the Sun on Feb 6th.

    Sun-Earth Day 2011: Interview with Roy Torbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2011 4:03


    Join us for today's podcast as we interview Roy Torbert, and learn about the instruments aboard the MMS mission.

    Sun-Earth Day 2011: Interview with Tom Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2010 4:53


    In today's podcast we will hear from Tom Moore, the Project Scientist for the MMS Mission.

    Sun-Earth Day 2011 Launch, Ancient Mysteries Future Discoveries

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2010 4:29


    In today's podcast We'll fill you in about the new theme and all of the exciting new things that we have planned.

    Sun-Earth Day Interview with Dr. Nicky Fox

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 17:56


    Join us for an interview with Dr. Nicky Fox as she discusses a new mission that will launch in 2012 - Radiation Belt Storm Probe Mission

    Sun-Earth Day - The Sun Awakens!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2010 1:17


    The Sun is finally awakening after a long slumber of very low sunspot numbers and solar activity!

    Sun-Earth Day - Interview with Elaine Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2010 6:15


    Join us for an interview with Elaine Lewis, this year's team lead for Sun-Earth Day.

    Sun-Earth Day Alert - SDO Launch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2010 1:35


    The Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) is scheduled to launch no earlier than Tuesday, February 9, from Cape Canaveral, FL, at 10:30 a.m. SDO will provide a new eye on the sun that will deliver solar images with 10 times better resolution than high definition television.

    Technology Through Time Highlights with Dr. Sten Odenwald

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2009 6:10


    Join us for a discussion about the newest Technology Through Time article with Dr. Sten Odenwald.

    Answers to your Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2009 11:30


    Join us for the launch of the Sun-Earth Day web site with Dr. Eric Christian, who graciously provided answers for our eager Facebook community.

    Sun-Earth Day Alert!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2009 9:56


    Over the past week we have seen an increase in activity on the surface of the Sun. Join us with Joe Gurman, a NASA Solar Physicist, as he explains what is happening in these active regions.

    Technology Through Time Highlights.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2009 9:56


    Dr. Sten Odenwald, the chief author and editor of the Sun-Earth Day Technology Though Time series, discusses the last four articles in the series.

    Time Capsule: A look back at the Science Through Culture Workshop in Utah.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2009 13:44


    Today we take a look back at one of our most popular podcasts, the Science Through Culture workshop in Utah.

    Sun-Earth Day Technology Through Time Highlights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2009 8:33


    In today's podcast we'll be hearing from Dr. Sten Odenwald, the chief author and editor of the Sun-Earth Day Technology Though Time series. Sten will fill us in on the 65th Technology Through Time mystery, "Surface Temperature and Spectral Class".

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights – Team Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2008 13:50


    This year's main event will be on March 20, 2009. Sun-Earth Day is comprised of a series of programs and events that occur throughout the year culminating with a celebration on or near the Spring Equinox.

    Rerun: Halloween Special- The Spirit of the Aurora!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2008 12:00


    For this Halloween we've Decided to give you a very special treat! Jordan Hill is back with a creepy story about the Aurora, and a spooky shack

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights: Interview with Lou Mayo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2008 9:21


    In today's podcast we'll talk with Lou Mayo about a new eclipse based activity that he designed specifically for the Amateur Astronomer section of the Sun-Earth Day website. The title of that activity is the, "NASA Lunar Parallax Challenge". He'll also explain how to start your own After School Astronomy Club.

    Sun-Earth Day Technology Through Time Highlights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2008 14:48


    In today's show Sten will talk about the latest Technology Through Time Mystery called, "Eclipse!". He'll also touch on how our ideas about eclipses have changed over the centuries.

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights: Eclipse 2008 China 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2008 9:00


    Fred Espenak describes the technique he uses to capture his wonderful images of eclipses.

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights: Eclipse 2008 China 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2008 5:16


    Fred Espenak describes the technique he uses to capture his wonderful images of eclipses.

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights: Eclipse 2008 China 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2008 9:52


    Fred Espenak explains what it's like to witness a total solar eclipse through his own experiences, and explains what an eclipse chaser is, or isn't.

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights: Eclipse 2008 China 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2008 7:14


    We interview Mr. Eclipse himself, Fred Espenak, and discuss the upcoming Eclipse on Aug 1st, 2008.

    Storytelling: Wandering Planets

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2008 9:05


    Jordan Hill shares a fantastic folk tale about why the planets in our solar system have auroras.

    Journal: Arctic Impressions #4, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2008 10:40


    Journal: Arctic Impressions #3, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2008 7:30


    Dorian reads Day 3 from her journal that describes her visit with the Sun-Earth Day team to a high school in Barrow.

    Journal: Arctic Impressions #2, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2008 14:02


    Dorian Janney meets up with a family from Barrow, Alasaka and enjoys a traditional Eskimo treat called Muktuk. Arctic Impressions is the audio journal of Dorian Janney, a middle school teacher from Rockville, Maryland. Dorian joined our Sun-Earth Day team in Barrow, Alaska for the 4th polar conference called, "Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008'.

    Journal: Arctic Impressions #1, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2008 10:48


    Arctic Impressions is the audio journal of Dorian Janney, a middle school teacher from Rockville, Maryland. Dorian joined our Sun-Earth Day team in Barrow, Alaska for the 4th polar conference called, "Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008'.

    Special: Polar Gateways #3, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2008 14:55


    The Sun-Earth Day team traveled to Barrow, Alaska to join scientists from all over the world for the 3rd polar conference called, 'Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008'

    Special: Polar Gateways #2, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2008 16:40


    The Sun-Earth Day team traveled to Barrow, Alaska to join scientists from all over the world for the 3rd polar conference called, 'Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008'

    Special: Polar Gateways #1, Barrow Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2008 12:20


    The Sun-Earth Day team traveled to Barrow, Alaska to join scientists from all over the world for the 3rd polar conference called, 'Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise 2008'

    Technology Through Time Highlights: "Where does the Sun's magnetic field come from?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2008 12:31


    In today’s podcast we'll be hearing from Dr. Sten Odenwald, the chief author and editor of the Sun-Earth Day Technology Through Time series. In today's show Sten will fill us in on our latest Technology Through Time Mystery, "Where does the Sun's magnetic field come from?"

    Sun-Earth Day Highlights: ASP Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2007 12:15


    Founded in 1889 in San Francisco, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific or ASP, long ago outgrew its regional sounding name to become one of the nation's leading organizations devoted to improving people's understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of astronomy and space as an avenue for advancing science literacy.

    Halloween Special: The Spirit of the Aurora!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2007 12:00


    For this Halloween we've Decided to give you a very special treat! Jordan Hill is back with a creepy story about the Aurora, and a spooky shack

    Tech Through Time Highlight: Why is the Sun's Corona So Hot?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2007 17:44


    In today's podcast we'll be hearing from Dr. Sten Odenwald. Sten is the chief author and editor of the Technology Through Time series. Sten is going to fill us in on this year's first Technology Through Time mystery, "Why is the Sun's Corona So Hot?"

    Audio Voyage #2: Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor STS-118

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2007 20:52


    We Decided to launch our first 'Sun-Earth Day 2008' podcast in true NASA style! So fasten your seatbelts, and join our host, Troy Cline, in this 'Audio Voyage' as we experience the incredible sounds of Space Shuttle Endeavour's recent liftoff into space.

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