Listen In to the International Year of Astronomy

By Nancy Atkinson - January 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM UTC | Site News
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Just wanted to wish all the Universe Today readers a happy 2009, and invite all of you to listen to the first episode of the

365 Days of Astronomy Podcast.

The first voice you'll hear will be ... me! (well, after Pamela Gay's introduction and

George Hrab'

s incredibly rockin' theme song!) I'm part of the group of folks working behind the scenes, "making sure audio makes it from our community to your computer everyday of 2009" -- to quote Pamela's part of the podcast. The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world. There are still dates open if you'd like to participate.

Check out the website!

If you've never done a podcast before, don't worry -- everything you need to know on how to get started is on the website. But if you choose to participate by just listening, that's OK, because we need listeners, too! If you need a reminder to listen every day of 2009, you can follow the

podcast's Twitter,

which will send out a tweet each day of the day's topic, inviting you to listen in. And make sure you check out all the other

International Year of Astronomy

events, too. If you can't find any near you, consider organizing an event, whether it be a star party or an informational event. The sky is the limit!

Want to subscribe? Links for

iTunes

or

RSS

Listen in and enjoy!

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com