Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series - Video
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The Silicon Valley Lecture Series features some of the world's leading researchers in astronomy and planetary science presenting the latest news from their fields in a non-technical manner geared for the general public. Each year, NASA Ames Research Center, the Foothill College Astronomy Program, the SETI Institute, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific partner in sponsoring six Wednesday evening lectures from October through May. These lectures, as well as the audio and video files contained here, are free to the general public. TRANSCRIPTS OF THESE FILES ARE AVAILBLE BY REQUEST. PLEASE EMAIL webteam@deanza.edu
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoThe Drake Equation Today: Estimating the chances of life out there - April 20, 2005 | -- | 1/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoGlimpsing The Edge Of The Universe: Results from the Hubble Space Telescope - Jan 24, 2007 | -- | 3/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoSearching For Earth-Like Planets: NASA's Kepler Mission - March 7, 2007 | -- | 5/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoComparing Planets: Climate catastrophes in the Solar System - April 11, 2007 | -- | 5/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoA Ringside Seat To The Birth Of Panets - April 23, 2007 | -- | 1/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoNew Worlds and Yellowstone: How common are habitable planets? - March 5, 2008 | -- | 4/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Allen Telescope Array: Newest pitchfork for exploring cosmic haystack - April 23, 2008 | -- | 6/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Black Hole War - Oct 1, 2008 | -- | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoSaturn's Restless Rings: The latest results from the Cassini mission - Nov 12, 2009 | -- | 2/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoCrashing Into The Moon On Purpose: The LCROSS mission - Jan 21, 2009 | -- | 4/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoDawn of Creation Part II Q&A March 4, 2009 | -- | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoDawn of Creation Part 1 March 4, 2009 | -- | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoHitchhikers in the Solar System | -- | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoDark Matter,Dark Energy - May 20, 2009 | -- | 10/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoHubble Breakthrough: First photos of a planet orbiting a star- Oct.12,2009 | -- | 11/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoLife at the Edge: Life in Extreme Environments on Earth and the Search for Life in the Universe - Nov. 11, 2009 | -- | 1/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoNew Strategies:The Search for Intelligent Life Among the Stars - January 20, 2010 | -- | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoAntimatter- March 10, 2010 | -- | 4/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoDoomsday 2012, April 21,2010 | -- | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoHearts of Darkness: Black Holes in Space, May 19,2010 | -- | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoThe Ultimate fate of the solar system and the Music of the Spheres- October 20,2010 | -- | 11/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoAn Update on the Kepler Mission: The Search for Other Worlds- November 17,2010 | -- | 1/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoPluto is still dead: and why it had it coming- Jan 12,2011 | -- | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoSaturns moon titan- March 9, 2011 | -- | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | CleanVideoOur Explosive Sun-New Views of the Nearest Star - April 20, 2011 | -- | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
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