http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast en sjefferson@keck.hawaii.edu Copyright 2013 2013-06-17T20:18:11+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/podcast http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/podcast#When:22:06:30Z The W. M. Keck Observatory has set the highest standards of excellence in scientific achievement and productivity. At headquarters in Waimea, the Observatory presents monthly evening talks with Keck 2012-01-01T22:06:30+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/evenings_with_astronomers http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/evenings_with_astronomers#When:22:40:19Z In this awesome age of cosmic exploration, the W. M. Keck Observatory has set the highest standards of excellence in scientific achievement. The twin 10-meter telescopes on Mauna Kea are the most Evenings With Astronomers, 2009-12-31T22:40:19+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_dr._ian_mclean_may_22_2013 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_dr._ian_mclean_may_22_2013#When:20:18:11Z On April 4, 2012 a new instrument obtained “first light” on the Keck I Telescope at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. Known as MOSFIRE, for Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red 2013-06-17T20:18:11+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_black_holes_and_the_fate_of_the_universe http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_black_holes_and_the_fate_of_the_universe#When:01:01:38Z This is a recoding of a Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk given by Dr. Günther Hasinger, Astronomer and Director of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. His talk, ‘Black Holes ad the Fate 2013-01-11T01:01:38+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_violent_events_in_rocky_planetary_systems http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_violent_events_in_rocky_planetary_systems#When:21:02:21Z This is a recoding of a Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk given by Dr. Benjamin Zuckerman, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at UCLA. His talk, ‘Violent Events in Rocky Planetary Systems: Implications 2012-11-12T21:02:21+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_stars_born_in_extreme_environments http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_astronomy_talk_stars_born_in_extreme_environments#When:23:11:08Z This is a recoding of a Keck Observatory Astronomy Talk given by Dr. Jessica Lu,  NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (IfA). Her talk, 2012-11-01T23:11:08+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/transits_of_venus_from_earth_jupiter_saturn_past_present_future http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/transits_of_venus_from_earth_jupiter_saturn_past_present_future#When:05:00:58Z 2012-06-08T05:00:58+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_how_stars_destroyed_almost_all_the_atoms_in_the_universe http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/video_how_stars_destroyed_almost_all_the_atoms_in_the_universe#When:01:55:20Z On Thursday, May 10, 2012, Keck Observatory hosted a live webcast of an astronomy talk by Dr. Brian Siana of the University of California at Riverside. Below is the recording of that talk, which was 2012-05-11T01:55:20+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/imaging_the_cosmic_web http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/imaging_the_cosmic_web#When:20:46:58Z Dr. Chris Martin of Caltech explains the ongoing mission to directly observe the vast filaments of gas that connect clusters of galaxies, feed galaxies and create a vast web of matter that connects Evenings With Astronomers, 2012-04-10T20:46:58+00:00 http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/city_dark_search_for_night_on_a_sleepless_planet http://keckobservatory.org/education/podcast/city_dark_search_for_night_on_a_sleepless_planet#When:00:48:51Z Dr. Richard Wainscoat tells the story about light pollution and astronomy, with special emphasis on light pollution’s effects on the world’s best astronomical observing site: Mauna Kea on the Big 2012-04-06T00:48:51+00:00