Adler Night and Day

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning December 22, 2009 through January 4, 2010 In this episode: We recap some of the biggest stories in space flight from 2009. Topics include the Hubble Telescope, LRO and LCROSS, the Jupiter impact, C.O.L.B.E.R.T, SpaceShipTwo, and IBEX.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning December 8, 2009 through December 21, 2009 In this episode: Discover theories behind the celestial event that prompted the Magi (Three Kings) to travel to Bethlehem.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning November 24, 2009 through December 7, 2009 In this episode: Discover theories behind the celestial event that prompted the Magi (Three Kinds) to travel to Bethlehem.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning November 10, 2009 through November 23, 2009 In this episode: The sun has been in a longer than typical solar minimum. Is there any end in sight? What is a Maunder Minimum? These questions and more are addressed in this episode of Adler Night and Day!

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning October 27, 2009 through November 9, 2009 In this episode: There are plenty of planet spotting opportunities and the Sun has produced a seriously impressive sunspot! Also in this episode, Mark SubbaRao talks about modern observation techniques in our third installment for the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning October 13, 2009 through October 26, 2009 In this episode: Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin sits down with Mark to talk about the LCROSS mission. Chaikin is best known as the author of "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts" which was the basis for the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon".

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning September 29, 2009 through October 12, 2009 In this episode: Demi Continues her conversation with Dr. Grace Wolf-Chase about the life cycle of stars and stellar formation. This episode features supernova, black holes, and planetary nebula.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning September 15, 2009 through September 28, 2009 In this episode: Demi talks to Dr. Grace Wolf-Chase about the life cycle of stars and stellar formation.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning September 1, 2009 through September 14, 2009 In this episode: Saturn's rings are edge-on, the sun finally produces a whimpy sunspot, and there are plenty of sightings coming up for the Internation Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Also, Galileo's telescope is the topic of discussion. This conversation with Dr. Michael Smutko was the Adler's second of four contributions to 365 Days of Astronomy, the official podcast series of the International Year of Astronomy.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning August 18, 2009 through August 31, 2009 In this episode: Nancy speaks with astronomer Vera Rubin. In the spring of 2009, Dr. Rubin was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award, from the Adler Women's Board, in recognition of her pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates. Her discovery of "flat rotation curves" is the most direct and robust evidence of dark matter (as of 2004).

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning August 04, 2009 through August 17, 2009 In this episode: Larry Ciupik talks to us about the recent impact on Jupiter, as well as, the upcoming Perseid Meteor Shower!

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning July 21, 2009 through August 04, 2009. In this episode: We're joined by NASA Astronaut and Chicago Native, John Grunsfeld. Grunsfeld has 5 shuttle missions under his belt; most recently the final Hubble Servicing Mission!

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning July 07, 2009 through July 20, 2009. In this episode: We're joined by NASA Astronaut and Chicago Native, John Grunsfeld. Grunsfeld has 5 shuttle missions under his belt; most recently the final Hubble Servicing Mission!

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning June 23, 2009 through July 06, 2009. In this episode: What is the Far Horizons Project? We're joined by astronomer Geza Gyuk as he explains this and more.

Up-to-date night sky activity beginning June 09, 2009 through June 22, 2009. In this episode: What is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and what could we possibly learn from it? We're joined by Doug Roberts as we learn about why this mission is so important to future manned missions to the moon.