Make an astronomy podcast!

We’ve mentioned The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast — they are trying to find eight (8) people to make a podcast for them in January. Do you like astronomy? You could make a nice little 5-10 minute podcast about astronomy and you’d probably enjoy doing it! Listen to the sample episode and then volunteer!

Podcast: Interview: JJ Kavelaars and 2008 KV₄₂

Michael and Doug ramble through a random selection of topics including Mars Phoenix, Hubble and iPhone rockets. Then the main event — a great interview with Dr. JJ Kavelaars about Kuiper Belt objects and specifically the discovery of 2008 KV₄₂, “the first ever trans-neptunian object known to orbit backwards around the Sun”.

Interview: JJ Kavelaars and 2008 KV₄₂(MP3, 44.6MB, 01:04:49)

The interview starts at 22:45 if you want to get right to it.

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Images of other worlds

This really is big news and Phil sums it up beautifully. We have unequivocally imaged other planets. Most of us were born in a world where we knew of no other planets besides our solar system. Now we have pictures of them. Our children will grow up in a world where planets around other stars are common. That is a major shift in our understanding of the universe. Congratulations to the thousands of scientists that stood on the shoulders of a thousand other scientists to chip away at these amazing discoveries.

The iPhone Rocket

iPhone Rocket Launch and Interview (from MobileOrchard.com) from Mobile Orchard on Vimeo.

This is a little video from a project I’ve been working on. It’s, um, kinda-sorta related to space and stuff?