Podcasts about Comet ISON

As we approach the appearance of Comet ISON, we are seeing an increase of fireballs in the sky, just as we reported months ago. Is the mainstream preparing people for the news that something big is going to trigger a tsunami or worse? Clyde Lewis tracks a ‘Meteor Right: Object Wormwood‘!Originally Broadcast On 11/07/2013

It's a cosmic collision of contemporary and antiquity on the Ancient Art Podcast! The prophesied comet of the century, Comet ISON, may have bit the dust, but that's no reason to pile dirt on our exploration of comets of past and present in the world of art. In two rare examples of auspicious comets in antiquity, Augustus Caesar and Mithridates VI of Pontus exploit coinage as vehicle for propaganda. We discuss the cameo of Halley's Comet on the Bayeux Tapestry capturing the Battle of Hastings in AD 1066, then trace Halley's Comet's apparitions back to 87 BC, 164 BC, ... no wait, 240 BC. Holy smokes ... 466 BC!? Chinese observers take the cake with the Comet Atlas of Mawangdui. And does the ancient, sacred, and much-maligned symbol of the swastika owe its origin to ancient comets? Lastly, has the ancient Egyptian demon serpent of chaos, Apophis, set his sights on Earth with a firestorm from above in 2036? Transcript, Credits, Photo Gallery and more at http://ancientartpodcast.org/60. Connect at http://facebook.com/ancientartpodcast and http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston.

Come join us for a drunken trip through the solar system as we try to follow comet ISON.Cover photo: NASA, HubbleP.S. Due to a hangover, the next podcast will be a couple of days late and be publishing on Saturday 1st February.

Scientists following in the footsteps of Edwardian explorer, Douglas Mawson, have been trapped in pack ice in the Antarctic. The Chinese vessel that came to their rescue also became "beset" in the ice. The BBC's Andrew Luck Baker talks to Adam Rutherford about the catacylsmic event that caused multi-year ice to break away and trap the Academik Shokalskiy and Professor John Turner of the British Antarctic Survey underlines the importance of differentiating between extreme weather events and the impact of climate change.A team at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire has succeeded in genetically engineering plant seeds to contain the Omega-3 oil usually found in oily fish. Seeds from Camelina sativa (false flax) plants were modified using genes from microalgae - the primary organisms that produce these beneficial fatty acids.The oil has now been incorporated into salmon feed to assess whether it's a viable alternative to wild fish oil. Dr Johnathan Napier tells Melissa Hogenboom that he hopes the plants will provide a sustainable source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.From fossils we know an awful lot about the animals that walked on the Earth, swam in the sea and flew in the air. But fossils have never been good at revealing the colour of these animals. With increasingly sophisticated sampling techniques however, scientists are starting to get a much better, technicolour glimpse into these extinct fauna. And it turns out that colour played a much more important role than just camouflage and decoration. Johan Lindgren form Lund University in Sweden has been finding out how the pigment, melanin, allowed ancient marine reptiles to travel all over the oceanic globe.Show Us Your Instrument: Dr Andrew Polaszek, Head of Terrestrial Invertebrates at the Natural History Museum reveals his compound microscope (with Nomarski Differential Interference Contrast) which he uses to discover "hidden biodiversity", particularly in parasitoid wasps.Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travellers and issued the invitation after the event. Astrophysicists after a long poker game decided to use Twitter instead, to flush out the time travellers in our midst. Professor Robert Nemiroff from Michigan Tech University and his students mined social media for references to the Comet ISON and the naming of the new Pope Francis, before both those events had actually happened. Producer: Fiona Hill.

Lannie Rose is an author, podcaster, and trans-activist, this is the first part of my interview with her recorded just a couple of days before Christmas. Lannie Rose's website: http://www.lannierose.com/ where you can download free PDF's of her books, link to her podcasts, or send her an email. Some of Lannie's heros: Andrea James and her website http://www.tsroadmap.com/index.html and Andrea's life partner Calpernia Adams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpernia_Addams and her autobiography http://www.amazon.com/Mark-947-Shaped-Gender-Force-ebook/dp/B006QSEGS2 Calendar of Events can be found on the podcast show page www.trans-atheist.net The Twin Cities Doctor Who meet-up group: http://www.meetup.com/tcdoctorwho/ Minnesota Skeptics - and Drinking Skeptically http://www.meetup.com/Minneapolis-Skeptics/ The Twin Cities Sidewalk Astronomers and the (sorta) Comet ISON viewing party http://www.meetup.com/Twin-Cities-Sidewalk-Astronomers/ Contact information for the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition: http://www.mntranshealth.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=49 Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition Shot Clinic / Syringe Exchange 3405 Chicago Ave, Suite 103Minneapolis, MN 55407 phone: 612-823-1152Note: leave us a message and we will call you back within two business days.Email:

Happy New Year! The sky guide has Jupiter at its very best, Venus, Saturn & Mars on offer along with the deep sky objects in Orion and Canis Major. The news has a Comet ISON saga round-up, China's Chang'e-3 moon lander, Jupiter's moon Europa spewing water into space & new exoplanet updates. In the 5MC, Paul explains the mystery and awe of Pulsating Stars - Pulsars. Ralph interviews astrophysicist & The Sky at Night host, Dr Chris Lintott. And the Q&A has questions on Martian meteor showers and the difference between open and globular clusters.

Dr. David Hawkes' Name The Virus crowdfunding project is a huge success - and it got him a spot on national TV. But is crowdfunding just a passing fad? Comet ISON was billed as the "Comet of a Lifetime", but was more fizzle than sizzle. But even though it burned up in the sun, it's mysterious approach could give astronomers valuable insights into comet behaviour. An amazing result from a mice experiment in Atlanta suggests mice can 'inherit' memories from their fathers, and even their grandfathers. Researchers have successfully sequenced the oldest known human DNA - 400,000 years old - and uncovered further mystery about human ancestory. The male contraceptive pill could be a step closer thanks to an unusual approach taken by Australian scientists. Instead of looking at hormonally controlling sperm production, they are looking at controlling the release of sperm at orgasm. China has launched Chang'E 3, a probe with a rover set to land on the Moon. If successful, China will be the third country ever to land a craft on the moon.

We all may prefer the goldilocks zone – not too hot, not too cold. But most of the universe is bitterly cold. We can learn a lot about it if we're willing to brave a temperature drop. A chilly Arctic island is the closest thing to Mars-on-Earth for scientists who want to go to the Red Planet. Meanwhile, the ice sheet at the South Pole is ideal for catching neutrinos – ghostly particles that may reveal secrets about the nature of the universe. Comet ISON is comet ice-off after its passage close to the Sun, but it's still giving us the word on solar system's earliest years. Also, scientists discover the coldest spot on Earth. A champion chill, but positively balmy compared to absolute zero. Why reaching a temperature of absolute zero is impossible, although we've gotten very, very close. Guests: Francis Halzen – Physicist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, principal investigator of The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Ted Scambos – Glaciologist, lead scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Pascal Lee – Planetary scientist, SETI Institute, director, NASA Haughton-Mars Project, and co-founder of the Mars Institute. His new book is Mission: Mars Andrew Fraknoi – Chair, astronomy department, Foothill College Vladan Vuletić – Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Descripción en español Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all may prefer the goldilocks zone – not too hot, not too cold. But most of the universe is bitterly cold. We can learn a lot about it if we’re willing to brave a temperature drop. A chilly Arctic island is the closest thing to Mars-on-Earth for scientists who want to go to the Red Planet. Meanwhile, the ice sheet at the South Pole is ideal for catching neutrinos – ghostly particles that may reveal secrets about the nature of the universe. Comet ISON is comet ice-off after its passage close to the Sun, but it’s still giving us the word on solar system’s earliest years. Also, scientists discover the coldest spot on Earth. A champion chill, but positively balmy compared to absolute zero. Why reaching a temperature of absolute zero is impossible, although we’ve gotten very, very close. Guests: Francis Halzen – Physicist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, principal investigator of The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Ted Scambos – Glaciologist, lead scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Pascal Lee – Planetary scientist, SETI Institute, director, NASA Haughton-Mars Project, and co-founder of the Mars Institute. His new book is Mission: Mars Andrew Fraknoi – Chair, astronomy department, Foothill College Vladan Vuletić – Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Descripción en español

Maybe it wasn’t “the comet of the century,” but ISON has left a scientific legacy that is beyond compare. That’s according to Karl Battams of NASA’s Comet ISON Observing Campaign on this week’s show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Day in Skepticism: Hodges Meteorite; News Items: MAVEN Launch - with special guest Elliot Goldman, Sylvia Browne Dead, Homeopathy Death, Capturing Lost Energy, FDA Report on Burzynski, Comet ISON; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

This Day in Skepticism: Hodges Meteorite; News Items: MAVEN Launch - with special guest Elliot Goldman, Sylvia Browne Dead, Homeopathy Death, Capturing Lost Energy, FDA Report on Burzynski, Comet ISON; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

We have the planets, meteors showers and moon phases to look out for in December and a look at the deep sky objects in the constellations, Taurus & Gemini. In the news we have Comet ISON at perihelion, a guide to comets, the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission and NASA’s MAVEN both setting sail for Mars and a bizarre asteroid that thinks it’s a comet. In the 5MC, Paul explains the mysterious and awe-inspiring majesty of a familiar object in the night sky – The Orion Nebula. Perfect to listen to as you observe it! We open up our Christmas competition to win a year’s subscription to Astronomy Now magazine and the European Southern Observatory’s 2014 calendar. We have two interviews this month – Dr Gareth Williams, who officially calculated Comet ISON’s trajectory, tells us all about the comet; and Dr Gerhard Schwehm, ESA Project Scientist on the Giotto and Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft missions. Finally, we answer listeners’ questions about the evidence for ancient alien visitors and the visibility of merging inactive black holes.

Comet ISON is the catalyst as well as The Divine Mother Speaks Healing the HUman Heart. Rashmi and Hillary twine together to create modern messages of Goddess love for listeners on their monthly channel.

Don't miss viewing Comet ISON, visible in the east before dawn, with a tail now as long as the bowl of the Big Dipper. Clara Moskowitz reports

Real life Indiana Jones Michael Tellinger explores the mysteries of 200,000-year-old sites containing circular stone ruins, monoliths, ancient roads, agricultural terraces and prehistoric mines in South Africa.  These ruins stunningly reveal themselves to be a perfect match to the Sumerian description of Abzu, the land of the First People, related to the legends of the Annunaki. Michael is a scientist, researcher, popular author and speaker, and a regular guest on more than 200 radio shows worldwide, including Coast to Coast AM and the Shirley MacLaine Show.  His new book African Temples of the Anunnaki: The Lost Technologies of the Gold Mines of Enki shows through aerial photography how ancient ruins stunningly map to the vast gold-mining operations of the Anunnaki, including immensely long tunnels whose origins have been a mystery until now. Michael has a new book coming out soon entitled Ubuntu Contributionism about creating an enlightened world free of money. Michael's web site: MichaelTellinger.com In the second half of the show, host Susan Larison Danz explores some of her research on Comet ISON and the sun's magnetic field and solar cycle, as she unveils the web site CometChase.com about near Earth objects and continues to enhance SolarFlareWatch.com. Frontier Beyond Fear music copyrighted by Grammy award winner Larry Seyer, www.larryseyer.com, included in this podcast with his permission.  

Jing Gu and Melissa Krassenstein interview Daletha Hayden about solitary confinement on With Liberty and Justice For All. The KSPC Poetry Program presents the poetry of Lillian Haynes, interviewed by Maddi Cowen. Ian Dangla speaks with editor-in-chief of Astronomy Magazine, David Eicher, about Comet ISON.Listen here.

Re-Broadcast LIVE with kevin Glona..Last Saturday we had numerous out of the country technical glitches, and west coast glitches..so we have decided to re broadcast the "Living On The Edge" show with Kevin Glona..dont miss this one!!

An update on Space, Comet Ison, Mars, the Moon and Art Bell!

Gary anticipates winter, with a look at the snow belt. Joann has hopes for viewing Comet ISON. Gordon uncovers a surprisingly interesting bird, the House Finch. Our discussion is on island biogeography.

As Comet ISON draws near to its close approach with the Sun in November, much uncertainty remains over how brilliant it will be. Dominic Ford speaks to Matthew Bishop at the Lowell Observatory to find out more. He also talks to Apostolos Christou from the Armagh Observatory about a group of asteroids which closely follow the orbit and Mars, and appear to fragments of a much larger pair of asteroids which collided. Tamela Maciel from the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge reports on the lonely exoplanet which doesn't seem to have a parent star, and Kirsten Gottschalk from the International... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

As Comet ISON draws near to its close approach with the Sun in November, much uncertainty remains over how brilliant it will be. Dominic Ford speaks to Matthew Bishop at the Lowell Observatory to find out more. He also talks to Apostolos Christou from the Armagh Observatory about a group of asteroids which closely follow the orbit and Mars, and appear to fragments of a much larger pair of asteroids which collided. Tamela Maciel from the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge reports on the lonely exoplanet which doesn't seem to have a parent star, and Kirsten Gottschalk from the International... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

An Unexplained special update about Comet Ison from Colin Johnston at Armagh Planetarium, Northern Ireland...

Highlights of September's skies at the AstroCamp star party with the BBC TV cameras. The Sky at Night team joinined us for some observing in Wales. A penumbral lunar eclipse, a round up of the planets visible in the northern hemisphere this month, a couple of meteor showers to get you outside, and the deep sky treats in Perseus, Camelopardalis and Auriga in our October sky guide.News that Voyager 1 is in interstellar space, NASA's latest mission to explore the thin lunar atmosphere and moon's dust and some research to get us hopeful for a fine display from Comet ISON later this year. The violent but universe enriching 'Death of Stars' is explained in Paul's 5 Minute Concept. An interview on the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, astronomy research funding cuts and the Planck and Herschel space telescopes in this month's interview with researcher, writer and broadcaster Dr Chris North. And in Q&A we answer listeners' questions on brown dwarfs and Saturn's rings.

For the Sept. 3rd How On Earth show we offer two features: Wildfires Threaten Water Supplies: (start time 5:45) The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park is now the fourth-largest in California’s history. Covering nearly 350 square miles, the Rim Fire is threatening the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, which supplies residents in the San Francisco Bay Area with most of their water and power. It’s a lot like the 2012 High Park Fire—which sent ash and debris into the water supply of Fort Collins. These fires offer lessons on the risks wildfires pose to reservoirs.  Dr. Bruce McGurk, a former water manager for Hetch Hetchy and a water consultant, speaks with How On Earth contributor Brian Calvert about the risks and future prospects. Comet ISON Cometh: (start time 12:50) Comets have fascinated humans for millenia.  Aristotle argued comets were hot, dry exhalations gathered in the atmosphere and occasionally burst into flame.  Some people thought that comets replenished Earth's air. Still others  believed they were a source of disease.  Scientists today study comets because some are thought to be relatively pristine leftover debris from the formation of the solar system. And studying what comets are made of can provide us a glimpse back to the beginning of the solar system 4 billion years ago.  Comet ISON, as scientists call it, is one that scientists predict will be relatively easy to view later this year. Dr. Carey Lisse, a senior research scientist at the Johns Hopkins Institute Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, speaks with co-host Joel Parker about comet ISON and its fascinating tails. For more information on ISON, go to NASA's ISON toolkit, and this cool interactive model. Hosts: Susan Moran, Joel Parker Producer: Susan Moran Additional contribution: Brian Calvert Engineer: Jim Pullen Executive Producer: Susan Moran Listen to the show:

Our thirds episode was to be about "Alternative Human History". But with recent speculation arising about Solar Tsunamis and the peak of the current solar CYCLES, we thought we best cover it instead. ImmortalmanUK and TheAscensionist discuss in a last minute, spontaneous podcast about the threats and dangers of a Solar Tsunami and the predicted "Kill Shot, and how they would affect modern day living for mankind. Also discussed is Asteroid 2012 DA14 which passes the Earth on the 15th February and the passing of Comet ISON through our neighbourhood between November and December of 2013. Warning: Contains swear words on few occasions. Note: ImmortalmanUK towards the end of the podcast begins prepping dinner. Will be some background noise lol