What
are Podcasts?
Podcasting describes a technology used to push audio content from websites down to consumers of that content, who can then listen to it on an audio player that supports mp3 at their convenience. This technology can be used to push any kind of file, including videos, pictures, and more.
AUDIO PODCASTS
- Sun-Earth Day 2007, Program 5
- In today's' podcast we'll be listening to highlights from a workshop where indigenous astronomers, Dr. Nancy Maryboy and Dr. David Begay, spent time comparing and contrasting native and western astronomies.
- New! Sun-Earth Day 2007, Program 4
- Hear an interview with Isabel Hawkins, Director of the Center for Science Education at the Space Sciences Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Hawkins is the informal lead for the 2007 Sun-Earth Day program.
- Sun-Earth Day 2007, Program 3
- Sun-Earth Day helps you prepare for the November 8, 2006 transit of Mercury across the disk of the Sun. This podcast includes information about the November 8, 2006 transit of Mercury, and interviews with the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum's Lou Mayo and Sten Odenwald.
- Sun-Earth Day 2007, Program 2
- Sun-Earth Day staff participated in the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) held in San Diego, California. In this installment Troy interviews elementary school principal Cathy Cannon and Kathy Kaiser-Holscott, the director of NASA's Central Operation of Resources for Educators (NASA CORE).
- Sun-Earth Day 2007, Program 1
- The first in a series of NASA podcasts for Sun-Earth Day 2007: Living in the Atmosphere of the Sun. This podcast includes an interview with Elaine Lewis, the Leader of the Sun-Earth Day 20076 program.
- Sun-Earth Day 2006, Program 7 (See also: Sun-Earth Day podcast page)
- Are you ready for Totality? In Podcast#7 you will here comments from
the Mayor of Side, Turkey, followed by remarks from a variety of Eclipse Chasers. The last 5 minutes of the Podcast
is the unedited and uninterrupted reaction of the thousands of people experience the Total Solar Eclipse under a veil of darkness!
- Sun-Earth Day 2006, Program 6 (See also: Sun-Earth Day podcast page)
- In this podcast you will be introduced to two very instrumental
members of the Sun-Earth Day webcast team. Senior Scientist and Cohost, Paul Doherty, describes what it is like to witness a total solar eclipse. Our Video Systems Coordinator fills us in on the telescopes that will be used to capture the eclipse and how those moments will be streamed to you LIVE on the internet and on NASA TV!
- Sun-Earth Day 2006, Program 3 (See also: Sun-Earth Day podcast page)
- In Podcast #3 you will hear an interview with Joe Davila; a NASA astronomer who has been working at Goddard Space flight Center since 1982. He is primarily involved in Solar Physics and the study of our Sun's atmosphere. During his interview he talks about a very interesting and somewhat unique experiment he will be conducting in Libya during the upcoming total solar eclipse on March 29th! [ See a list of Eclipse Viewing Stations. ]
- Sun-Earth Day 2006, Program 1 (See also: Sun-Earth Day podcast page)
- The first in a series of NASA podcasts that will explore Solar eclipses, and how humans have studied them for millennia. These podcasts will connect you to the cultural history, math and science behind solar eclipses, and why we still find them so exciting to watch today. Get ready to experience the March 29, 2006 total Solar eclipse live from Side, Turkey, through an online webcast!
VIDEO PODCASTS (VODCASTS)
- Introduction to the STEREO Mission
- When the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) launches in Summer 2006, scientists expect to gain a better understanding of solar storms and improve warning times for everyone from satellite operators to astronauts.
- "Blackout: The Sun-Earth Connection" (Part 1 of 6)
- "Blackout" takes you on a journey from the Sun to the Earth as eruptions known as solar storms travel to Earth and effect our lives in ways we still don't completely understand. 3-D animations bring to life the journey, through 150 million kilometers of space, of these outbursts of "space weather". Part 1: Our Active Sun