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Date: September 28, 2009 Title: The Connection Between Metal Abundances and the Evolution of Galaxies Podcaster: Duane Lee from Columbia Astronomy Organization: Columbia University Astronomy http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu Description: Metals in astronomy refer to any element heavier than Helium on the periodic table. The abundance of metals, with the exception of a few, tells us the processing […]
Date: June 27, 2009 Title: Cries From the Infant Universe Podcaster: Richard Drumm Links: For more information on this topic link to Dr. Whittle’s home page at UVa: http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~dmw8f/ From here you can link to The Teaching Company site where you can order the 6 DVD set titled “Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our […]
Date: June 17, 2009 Title: The Big Bang! Podcaster: Josh Schroeder from Columbia Astronomy Organization: Columbia University Astronomy http://outreach.astro.columbia.edu Description: The universe used to be a very different place, billions of years ago. The temperature and density was so high that galaxies, stars, planets, and even atoms could not exist. Luckily, for us, the universe […]
Date: May 18, 2009 Title: The Life of a Proton Podcaster: Nik Whitehead Description: The universe around us is made up of many different types of atoms, yet only two types, hydrogen and helium, were created in the Big Bang. Other elements have been formed by a wide variety of fascinating astrophysical processes since then. […]