Hubblecast HD
By ESA/Hubble
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Podcast Description
The latest news about astronomy, space, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope presented in High Definition.
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| 1 | VideoHubblecast 55: Crash of the Titans | In this episode of the Hubblecast, scientists Jay Anderson and Roeland van der Marel show how they have used Hubble observations to predict the future of the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. | 5/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoHubblecast 54: 22 years in images | To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope this month, episode 54 of the Hubblecast gives a slideshow of some of the best images from over two decades in orbit, set to specially commissioned music. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoHubblecast 53: Hidden Treasures in Hubble's Archive | Over two decades in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has made a huge number of observations. Every week, we publish new ones on the Hubble website. But hidden in Hubble’s huge data archives are some truly breathtaking images that have hardly ever be | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoHubblecast 52: The Death of Stars | -- | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoHubblecast 51: Star-forming region S 106 | In this episode of the Hubblecast, we take a tour of the compact star-forming region Sh 2-106. Its hourglass shape is caused by the final, violent phases of a star’s formation in the middle of the gaseous nebula. This episode explains some of the sci | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoHubblecast 50: Q&A with Dr J | In episode 49 of the Hubblecast, Dr Joe Liske (aka Dr J) asked viewers to send in their questions about astronomy and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In episode 50, Dr J picks his favourite few questions from the hundreds that were sent in. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoHubblecast 49: Supersonic jets from newborn stars | In this episode of the Hubblecast, Joe Liske (aka Dr J) looks at newborn stars firing out jets of matter. These jets may cast new light on how the Sun formed 4.5 billion years ago. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoHubblecast 48: Deep Observations of the Andromeda Galaxy | In this episode of the Hubblecast, Joe Liske, aka Dr J, takes us on a tour of the outer reaches of the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoHubblecast 47: Pandora's Cluster | This joint episode of the Hubblecast and ESOcast presents Abell 2744, an unusual cluster of galaxies nicknamed "Pandora's Cluster" by the astronomers who have studied it. Looking at the galaxies, gas and dark matter in the cluster, scientists have re | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoHubblecast 46: A tour of Centaurus A | The Hubblecast's Dr J, aka Joe Liske, takes us on a tour of Centaurus A, a bright and dusty galaxy in the Southern sky. Hubble’s observations are the most detailed ever made of this galaxy. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoHubblecast 45: Building a treasure trove of observations | The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is working on three of the most ambitious projects in its history just now. These multicycle treasury programs are using Hubble's unique ability to observe across the spectrum from ultraviolet, through visible, to | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoHubblecast 44: Hubble spies on the Tarantula Nebula | The Hubblecast's Joe Liske (Dr J) takes us on a tour of the Tarantula Nebula. Bright star forming gas clouds, super star clusters and supernova remnants are just some of the sights in this dramatic region of the night sky. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoHubblecast 43: Hubble and Black Holes | For centuries, scientists imagined objects so heavy and dense that their gravity might be strong enough to pull anything in - including light. They would be, quite literally, a black hole in space. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoHubblecast 42: Hubble's Greatest Hits | What makes a scientific discovery really important? It's partly down to how much scientists use the discovery in subsequent work -- but it’s also partly down to what inspires their imagination. In this episode, the Hubblecast talks to some leading as | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoHubblecast 41: Hubble's History Told by Hubble's Scientists | Hubble's history of scientific breakthroughs has made us think afresh about our Universe. But behind the astronomical successes is a rollercoaster ride of scientific and technical challenges going back decades. The Hubblecast caught up with some of t | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoHubblecast 40: Wide Field Camera 3 - Hubble's New Miracle Camera | In early 2009, a team of astronauts visited Hubble to repair the wear and tear of twenty years of operating in a hostile environment - and to install two new instruments, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, and Wide Field Camera 3 - better known as WFC3 | 10/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoHubblecast 39: The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) | Today's telescopes study the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum. Each part of the spectrum tells us different things about the Universe, giving us more pieces of the cosmic jigsaw puzzle. The most powerful telescopes on the ground and in space h | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoHubblecast 38: Hubble in popular culture | When Hubble was launched in 1990, every astronomer knew it had an opportunity to make profound breakthroughs in science. A few realised its potential as a tool for inspiring people with awe for the Universe. But could anyone have predicted how deeply | 9/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoHubblecast 37: Bubbles and baby stars | This Hubblecast features a spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image - one of the largest ever released of a star-forming region. It highlights N11, part of a complex network of gas clouds and star clusters within our neighbouring galaxy, | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoHubblecast 36: Gifts from the sky: honouring 20 years of Hubble | Throughout its 20-year career, while moving at a staggering 28 000 kilometres per hour, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made more than 930 000 observations and snapped over 570 000 images of 30 000 celestial objects. It has made more than 110 | 4/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoHubblecast 35: The stuff of legend | Gearing up for the 20th anniversary of the legendary space observatory, Dr. J takes a look at the story of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Born of an ambitious idea, it took decades for Hubble to become a reality. The project was complex and oft | 4/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoHubblecast 34: Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet | Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of M66, the largest "player" of the Leo Triplet, and a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The peculiar anatomy is most likely caused by the gravit | 4/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoHubblecast 33: Saturn's stunning double show | In January and March 2009, researchers using Hubble took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings are edge-on, resulting in a unique movie featuring both of the giant planet's poles. Saturn is only in this position every 15 yea | 2/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoHubblecast 32: Born in Beauty: Proplyds in the Orion Nebula | Visible to the naked eye, only 1500 light-years from Earth, the great Orion Nebula has been known and revered since ancient times. A popular target of Hubble, researchers have now identified 42 new discs within it that could be the beginnings of new | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoHubblecast 31: Sky merger yields sparkling dividends | A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, smashing together at incredible speeds. This object was a | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Brief and interesting
This is a great podcast for those interested in astronomy. It's not long at all, has great graphics, it's interesting and it doesn't take 30 minutes to get to a point. I highly recommend it. For the podcast that aren't posted in iTunes, you can go to the website and download them in different formats and sizes. Enjoy!
Dr. VegasIII Does Not Understand
I read with amusement the review of Dr. VegasIII. Clearly s/he does not understand the economics of podcasting. Apple does not store podcasts at their site, they merely list them in iTunes and connect listener to producer. So, to suggest that Apple _should_ convert these is ludicrous. The format of the podcast is not selected by Apple, but by the producer (ESA/Hubble, in this case). But, <sarcasm> perhaps Apple is secretly funding ESA/Hubble to produce HD podcasts to force us all to purchase Apple TVs so we can watch such high-demand content</sarcasm>. Let's not forget that this content is essentially provided for free. Stop complaining and enjoy the show.
hubblecast hd
I have latest 10.4.10, and latest iTunes. Using a Mac Pro quad desktop. I do not have Apple TV, because the Apple TV spec is 720p rather than 1080i or p. The video does not play on my computer, but instead flickers. Similar result for Washington Post HD podcast. I know they are free, but these don't have to be worthless.
