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    Past Shows
    • Ep. 87: The End of the Universe Part 2: The End of Everything
    • Ep. 86: The End of the Universe Part 1: The End of the Solar System
    • Ep. 85: Detectors
    • Ep. 84: Getting Around the Solar System
    • Ep. 83: Wave Particle Duality
    • Ep. 82: Space Junk
    • Ep. 81: Questions on the Shape, Size and Centre of the Universe
    • Ep. 80: Craters
    • Ep. 79: How Big is the Universe?
    • Ep. 78: What is the Shape of the Universe?
    • Ep. 77: Where is the Centre of the Universe?
    • Ep. 76: Lagrange Points
    • Student Questions: Curtis High School
    • Ep. 75: Stellar Populations
    • Ep. 74: Antimatter
    • Ep. 73: Questions Show #8
    • Ep. 72: Cosmic Rays
    • Ep. 71: Gravitational Waves
    • Ep. 70: How To Win a Nobel Prize
    • Astronomy Cast Meetup at AAS Austin
    • Student Questions: Farmersburg
    • Ep. 69: The Large Hadron Collider and the Search for the Higgs-Boson
    • Ep. 68: Globular Clusters
    • Ep. 67: Building a Career in Astronomy
    • Ep. 66: How Amateurs Can Contribute to Astronomy
    • Ep. 65: The End of Our Tour Through the Solar System
    • Ep. 64: Pluto and the Icy Outer Solar System
    • Ep. 63: Neptune
    • Ep. 62: Uranus
    • Ep. 61: Saturn's Moons
    • Ep. 60: Questions Show #7
    • Ep. 59: Saturn
    • Ep. 58: Inflation
    • Ep. 57: Jupiter's Moons
    • Ep. 56: Jupiter
    • Ep. 55: The Asteroid Belt
    • Ep. 54: Questions Show #6
    • Ep. 53: Astronomy in Science Fiction
    • Special Episode: Panspermia
    • Ep. 52: Mars
    • Ep. 51: Earth
    • Ep. 50: Venus
    • Ep. 49: Mercury
    • Ep. 48: Tidal Forces Across the Universe
    • Ep. 47: Tidal Forces
    • Ep. 46: Stellar Nurseries
    • Ep. 45: The Important Numbers in the Universe
    • Listener Survey
    • Ep. 44: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
    • Ep. 43: Questions Show #5
    • Ep. 42: Magnetism Everywhere
    • Ep. 41: The Rise of the Supertelescopes
    • Ep. 40: American Astronomical Society Meeting, May 2007
    • Ep. 39: Astrology and UFOs
    • Ep. 38: Neutron Stars and their Exotic Cousins
    • Ep. 37: Gravitational Lensing
    • Ep. 36: Gamma-Ray Bursts
    • Ep. 35: Questions Show #4
    • Ep. 34: Discovering Another Earth
    • Ep. 33: Choosing and Using a Telescope
    • Ep. 32: The Search for Neutrinos
    • Ep. 31: String Theory, Time Travel, White Holes, Warp Speed, Multiple Dimensions, and Before the Big Bang
    • Ep. 30: The Sun, Spots and All
    • Ep. 29: Asteroids Make Bad Neighbors
    • Ep. 28: What is the universe expanding into?
    • Ep. 27: Questions Show #3
    • Ep. 26: The Largest Structures in the Universe
    • Ep. 25: The Story of Galaxy Evolution
    • Ep. 24: The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens?
    • Ep. 23: Counting Aliens With the Drake Equation
    • Ep. 22: Variable Stars
    • Ep. 21: Questions Show #2
    • Ep. 20: What We Learned from the American Astronomical Society
    • Ep. 19: Comets, Our Icy Friends from the Outer Solar System
    • Special Alert: Go See Comet McNaught
    • Ep. 18: Black Holes Big and Small
    • Ep. 17: Where does the Moon Come From?
    • Ep. 16: Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
    • Ep. 15: Questions Show #1
    • Ep. 14: We're all Made of Supernovae
    • Ep. 13: Where Do Stars Go When They Die?
    • Ep. 12: Where Do Baby Stars Come From?
    • Ep. 11: A Universe of Dark Energy
    • iPod Issues Fix
    • Ep. 10: Measuring Distance in the Universe
    • Ep. 9: Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity
    • Ep. 8: Meteor Showers. Yes, the sky is falling.
    • Ep. 7: Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy
    • Ep. 6: More Evidence for the Big Bang
    • Ep. 5: The Big Bang and Cosmic Microwave Background
    • Ep. 4: The Search for Dark Matter
    • Ep. 3: Hot Jupiters and Pulsar Planets
    • Ep. 2: In Search of Other Worlds
    • Ep. 1: Pluto's Planetary Identity Crisis
    • Welcome to Astronomy Cast!


Student Questions: Curtis High School

  • February 16th, 2008
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Listener Questions
Listener Questions credit: Rebecca B-F

This is our second installment in our series of student questions shows and these questions come to us from Curtis High School.

Thanks to GLAST, Astronomy Cast is now able to provide equipment to send to high school teachers who want to Pamela and Fraser to do a special questions show just for their class. We will be making this shows available on the feed on days other than Monday (that's still reserved for your regularly scheduled Astronomy Cast).

To find out how your class can participate, check out our new Education page for details or drop us an email to info@astronomycast.com

Questions Show for Curtis High School (15.4MB)


Student Questions: Farmersburg

  • January 6th, 2008
  • Show Notes
  • Comments(3)
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Listener Questions
Listener Questions credit: Rebecca B-F

Thanks to GLAST, Astronomy Cast is now able to provide equipment to send to high school teachers who want to Pamela and Fraser to do a special questions show just for their class. We will be making this shows available on the feed on days other than Monday (that's still reserved for your regularly scheduled Astronomy Cast). This is the first one available and comes with questions from Farmersburg School.

To find out how your class can participate, check out our new Education page for details or drop us an email to info@astronomycast.com

Questions Show for Farmersburg School (19.9MB)


       

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