web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:33:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Astronomy” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/astronomy Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:00:00 -0500 Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. en-us episodic A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed. John Mulnix Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. no space, history, space history, nasa, science, stem, sci-fi, science fiction, space podcast, interviews, space interviews, John Mulnix johnmulnix@gmail.com Episode 345: Hubble Launches https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/345 ac61a07c-6d9f-4e0b-b6c1-d40c5dfc83cb Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 345 Hubble Launches full 1 John Mulnix The Hubble Space Telescope launched 28 years ago today! Listen in to hear a little bit about that mission and one of the astronauts that flew on STS-31. 7:02 no The Hubble Space Telescope launched 28 years ago today! Listen in to hear a little bit about that mission and one of the astronauts that flew on STS-31. Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Episode Links: STS-31 Mission Page (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-31.html) Discovery Launches with Hubble Space Telescope (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/multimedia/discovery/1990-04-24.html) IMAX Photographs Hubble Space Telescope (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/features/imax_90HC477_hst.html) Hubble Space Telescope Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 Highlights 1990 NASA- YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1rog14bY9w) astronomy, exploration, hst, hubble, hubble space telescope, nasa history, shuttle, shuttle launch, space shuttle, sts, sts 31 The Hubble Space Telescope launched 28 years ago today! Listen in to hear a little bit about that mission and one of the astronauts that flew on STS-31.

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Discovery Launches with Hubble Space Telescope

IMAX Photographs Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 Highlights 1990 NASA- YouTube

]]> The Hubble Space Telescope launched 28 years ago today! Listen in to hear a little bit about that mission and one of the astronauts that flew on STS-31.

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Discovery Launches with Hubble Space Telescope

IMAX Photographs Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Space Telescope Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 Highlights 1990 NASA- YouTube

]]> Episode 328: Catching Up With Compton https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/328 8fa5821f-a687-4036-81f9-99ab052ef09f Sat, 07 Apr 2018 21:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 328 Catching Up With Compton full 1 John Mulnix Happy Saturday everyone! Apologies this episode is coming out later, I've been incredibly busy the past few days and am catching up on some podcasting. 6:20 no Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :) Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! Do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast if you enjoy listening each day. Screenshot your review and send it to @johnmulnix or john@thespaceshot.com and I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Episode Links: NASA Celebrates 25 Years of Breakthrough Gamma-ray Science (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-celebrates-25-years-of-breakthrough-gamma-ray-science) astronomy, compton, compton gamma ray observatory, eva, gamma ray burst, gamma rays, grb, satellite deployment, shuttle, shuttle launch, space shuttle, sts 37, space podcast, space podcasts, Let me know if you have any questions, email me at john@thespaceshot.com. Send questions, ideas, or comments and I will be sure to respond to you! Thanks for reaching out :)

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NASA Celebrates 25 Years of Breakthrough Gamma-ray Science

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]]> Episode 280: Pluto and The First Captive Carry Flight of Enterprise https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/280 9e352a15-2d8d-498e-940d-f12459458d8e Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 280 Pluto and The First Captive Carry Flight of Enterprise full 1 John Mulnix Happy Sunday! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! 4:00 no Happy Sunday! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears! If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Be cool like Elisabeth and score a sweet sticker :D You can send me questions and connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, by clicking one of the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) I've also got a call in number that I'm going to be testing here soon, so keep an eye out for that! Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Episode Links: Discovery of Pluto- New Horizons (http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Participate/learn/What-We-Know.php?link=Discovery-of-Pluto) "Pluto at 75: a uniquely American anniversary" by S. Alan Stern (http://www.thespacereview.com/article/319/1) Blinkometer- Zeiss.com (https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/int/about-zeiss/did-you-know/51st-edition-of--did-you-know----.html) Enterprise OV-101 (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html) Episode 90 of the Space Shot (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/90) astronomer, astronomy, blinkometer, clyde tombaugh, enterprise, pluto, pluto new horizons, tombaugh, space podcast, space podcasts, Happy Sunday! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

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Enterprise OV-101

Episode 90 of the Space Shot

]]> Happy Sunday! Thank you for making me part of your daily routine, I appreciate your time and your ears!

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Episode 90 of the Space Shot

]]> Episode 244: Black Holes and the "Double Burp" https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/244 f05afe6b-004a-4b18-95ef-cbd4b5e83a3a Sat, 13 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 244 Black Holes and the "Double Burp" full 1 John Mulnix Today's episode has some ULA and SpaceX news, plus black holes. 6:34 no Today's episode has some ULA and SpaceX news, plus black holes. Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft- NASA.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-science-to-return-to-earth-aboard-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-0) STS-54 Video Recap (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle53.htm) Massive Black Holes Dwell in Most Galaxies, According to Hubble Census- January 13th, 1997 (http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/1997-01/10-black-holes) Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping - Twice (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/researchers-catch-supermassive-black-hole-burping-twice.html) Chandra- Double Burp Press Release (http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/j1354/) American Astronomical Society Website (https://aas.org/) Anatomy of a Black Hole (http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoleAnat.html) aas, american astronomical society, astronomy, astrophysics, black hole, black holes, chandra, chandra observatory, dragon, dragon capsule, hubble, science, shuttle, space shuttle, spacex, stem, ula, space podcast, space history podcast, ula podcast, nasa podcast, Today's episode has some ULA and SpaceX news, plus black holes.

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NASA Science to Return to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft- NASA.gov

STS-54 Video Recap

Massive Black Holes Dwell in Most Galaxies, According to Hubble Census- January 13th, 1997

Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping - Twice

Chandra- Double Burp Press Release

American Astronomical Society Website

Anatomy of a Black Hole

]]> Today's episode has some ULA and SpaceX news, plus black holes.

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STS-54 Video Recap

Massive Black Holes Dwell in Most Galaxies, According to Hubble Census- January 13th, 1997

Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping - Twice

Chandra- Double Burp Press Release

American Astronomical Society Website

Anatomy of a Black Hole

]]> Episode 227: Kepler https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/227 346afdc4-5b49-45c2-ba96-ca44bfa3159e Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 227 Kepler full 1 John Mulnix Kepler and some Apollo history for today's episode! 10:19 no Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Johannes Kepler: His Life, His Laws and Times (https://www.nasa.gov/kepler/education/johannes#anchor779268) Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion (https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Kep3laws.htm) Kepler's Three Laws (http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/u6l4a.cfm) The History of Johannes Kepler (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=665) Searching Heaven and Earth for the Real Johannes Kepler (http://discovermagazine.com/2008/nov/05-searching-heaven-and-earth-for-real-johannes-kepler) Rudolphine Tables (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolphine_Tables) Apollo 8 Mission Audio- Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/Apollo8/048-AAA.wav) apollo 8, astronomy, kepler, kepler laws, keplers laws, keplers three laws, planetary motion, space history, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Kepler's Three Laws

The History of Johannes Kepler

Searching Heaven and Earth for the Real Johannes Kepler

Rudolphine Tables

Apollo 8 Mission Audio- Archive.org

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Rudolphine Tables

Apollo 8 Mission Audio- Archive.org

]]> Episode 203: Pioneer 10, Falcon 9, and Hubble Part 3 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/203 0c7548e9-084e-41b5-875a-b2c62d4779d7 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 03:30:00 -0600 John Mulnix 203 Pioneer 10, Falcon 9, and Hubble Part 3 full 1 John Mulnix Happy Sunday! I'm driving again this week and have some cool stuff planned, follow along @johnmulnix on Instagram and Twitter. Let me know what you think of the podcast by leaving a review! :) Thanks! 8:08 no If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-extends-hubble-space-telescope-science-operations-contract) STS-61 Mission Summary (https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-61/mission-sts-61.html) STS-61 Video Highlights- National Space Society (Starts mid video, 8 minutes, 15 seconds.) (https://youtu.be/jM8YvueNR7A?t=8m15s) NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project- Richard O. Covey (https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/CoveyRO/CoveyRO_2-7-07.htm) astronomy, endeavour, eva, falcon 9, hubble, jovian system, jupiter, nasa, shuttle, space history, space shuttle, spacewalk, spacex, spacex podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, space shuttle podcast, nasa podcast, If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks!

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STS-61 Video Highlights- National Space Society (Starts mid video, 8 minutes, 15 seconds.)

NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project- Richard O. Covey

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NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project- Richard O. Covey

]]> Episode 201: Hubble Part 1 https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/201 0254ef99-e022-4518-ad9f-274d27a357d6 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 03:30:00 -0600 John Mulnix 201 Hubble Part 1 full 1 John Mulnix Happy December! Be sure to check out the show notes for some links to incredible Hubble videos on YouTube. More on Hubble in tomorrow's episode, plus a bunch of Space Shuttle flights, it's going to be a fun episode, don't miss it! 6:16 no If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: I forgot to mention this link in the episode! NASA has a Hubble Space Telescope Channel that's totally worth checking out! Here is that link: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope- YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN) PBS NOVA Documentary on Hubble (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mGETV-qMSQ) NASA- About the Hubble Space Telescope (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html) Hubblesite.org- Eyeglasses for Hubble (http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/nuts_.and._bolts/optics/costar/index.php) STS-61 Hubble Servicing Mission 1 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-61.html) astronomy, hubble, launch, russia, soyuz, space science, space shuttle, telescope, telescopes, hubble podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks!

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope- YouTube

PBS NOVA Documentary on Hubble

NASA- About the Hubble Space Telescope

Hubblesite.org- Eyeglasses for Hubble

STS-61 Hubble Servicing Mission 1

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PBS NOVA Documentary on Hubble

NASA- About the Hubble Space Telescope

Hubblesite.org- Eyeglasses for Hubble

STS-61 Hubble Servicing Mission 1

]]> Episode 198: Spacelab 1, Mariner 4, and a Pulsar https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/198 a6df3314-5a3e-43cb-8190-2f4d3d298a27 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 03:30:00 -0600 John Mulnix 198 Spacelab 1, Mariner 4, and a Pulsar full 1 John Mulnix I hope everyone has a fantastic week! We are approaching 200 episodes and I would love if we could get some more reviews to maybe match the number of episodes that are out. Go to iTunes or Apple Podcasts and leave a review. I appreciate it! 6:44 no I hope everyone has a fantastic week! We are approaching 200 episodes and I would love if we could get some more reviews to maybe match the number of episodes that are out. If you've got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: STS-9 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-9.html) STS-9 National Space Society Mission Post Flight Presentation (http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle09.htm) Spacelab Paved Critical Path to Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacelab/) Spacelab- An International Short-Stay Orbiting Laboratory (https://history.nasa.gov/EP-165/contents.htm) Mariner 4 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1964-077A) Caltech- Alone in the Darkness: Mariner 4 to Mars, 50 Years Later (http://www.caltech.edu/news/alone-darkness-mariner-4-mars-50-years-later-47324) Fraser Cain- What Is A Pulsar? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdnZ-Rf0rc) astronomy, columbia, john young, mariner, mariner 4, pulsar, shuttle, space science, space shuttle, spacelab, sts, sts9, space podcast, space science podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, I hope everyone has a fantastic week! We are approaching 200 episodes and I would love if we could get some more reviews to maybe match the number of episodes that are out. If you've got the Podcasts App on an iPhone, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks!

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Spacelab Paved Critical Path to Space Station

Spacelab- An International Short-Stay Orbiting Laboratory

Mariner 4

Caltech- Alone in the Darkness: Mariner 4 to Mars, 50 Years Later

Fraser Cain- What Is A Pulsar?

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Spacelab Paved Critical Path to Space Station

Spacelab- An International Short-Stay Orbiting Laboratory

Mariner 4

Caltech- Alone in the Darkness: Mariner 4 to Mars, 50 Years Later

Fraser Cain- What Is A Pulsar?

]]> Episode 49: Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/49 e9201d21-a3a5-4203-b704-4a384002aa3c Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 49 Of Gamma-Rays and Launch Holds full 1 John Mulnix Gamma-Rays, a Falcon 9, and some Lego Saturn V info. Subscribe to the episode today, especially so you don't miss the announcement tomorrow. 4:48 no Episode Links: Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html) Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/263145.pdf) DARPA- Project Vela (http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/timeline/vela) Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13 (http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/2002283188.pdf) What Is a Supernova? Space.com (https://www.space.com/6638-supernova.html) Gamma-Ray Astronomy (https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/gamma_ray_astronomy1.html) A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries (https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/history/) astronomy, cold war, falcon 9, gamma ray astronomy, gamma ray burst, gamma rays, gamma-rays, grb, history, intelsat, nasa, nuclear weapons, project vela, space, space shot, spacex, the space shot, vela, spacex podcast, space podcast, space history podcast, spacex podcast, elon musk podcast, cold war podcast, Episode Links:

Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html)
Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela
DARPA- Project Vela
Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13

What Is a Supernova? Space.com
Gamma-Ray Astronomy
A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries

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Project Vela- Astronautix.com](http://www.astronautix.com/a/advancedvela.html)
Department of Defense- Unclassified Report on Project Vela
DARPA- Project Vela
Flash! The hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe. Page 13

What Is a Supernova? Space.com
Gamma-Ray Astronomy
A History of Gamma-Ray Astronomy Including Related Discoveries

]]> Episode 28: Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/28 ecb0a79e-159c-400b-a69d-a969ba9ddaf0 Sun, 11 Jun 2017 17:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 28 Gamma-rays, Gemstones, and the Fermi Space Telescope full 1 John Mulnix Today we are going to talk about Gamma rays. And no, not the kind that transformed Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk, but the kind that the Fermi Gamma Ray telescope is designed to observe. 5:06 no Episode Links: Fermi- Gamma-ray Space Telescope- NASA (https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/) Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141458.htm) Fermi Observations of High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission (Paywall) (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/323/5922/1688.full) NASA Press Release, Re-Naming Future Telescope Mission (https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/HQ_08036_GLAST.html) Thunderstorms Beam Into Space- Infographic (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/three_panel_100dpi.jpg) NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html) NASA Budget Estimate for FY 2017 (Fermi mission on page 213) (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy_2017_budget_estimates.pdf) Gamma-ray Astronomy Timeline- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/main/timeline.html) An Introduction to Gem Treatments- Gemological Institute of America (https://www.gia.edu/gem-treatment) Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (http://www.columbianeurosurgery.org/conditions/gamma-knife-radiosurgery/) astronomy, bruce banner, fermi, gamma rays, gamma-rays, gems, gemstones, gia, hulk, incredible hulk, irradiation, light speed, lightning, nasa, radio astronomy, space, thunderstorms, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, space science podcast, fermi paradox podcast, Episode Links:

Fermi- Gamma-ray Space Telescope- NASA
Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever
Fermi Observations of High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission (Paywall)
NASA Press Release, Re-Naming Future Telescope Mission

Thunderstorms Beam Into Space- Infographic
NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space

NASA Budget Estimate for FY 2017 (Fermi mission on page 213)

Gamma-ray Astronomy Timeline- NASA

An Introduction to Gem Treatments- Gemological Institute of America

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

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Fermi- Gamma-ray Space Telescope- NASA
Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever
Fermi Observations of High-Energy Gamma-ray Emission (Paywall)
NASA Press Release, Re-Naming Future Telescope Mission

Thunderstorms Beam Into Space- Infographic
NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space

NASA Budget Estimate for FY 2017 (Fermi mission on page 213)

Gamma-ray Astronomy Timeline- NASA

An Introduction to Gem Treatments- Gemological Institute of America

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

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