Synopsis
The weekly podcast from the International Year of Astronomy 2009. This podcast comes out weekly and includes each daily episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast.
Episodes
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Ep. 443: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 7: Tsunamis
24/03/2017 Duration: 58minSurf's up! Today we're going to be talking about one of the most devastating natural disasters out there: tsunamis. We're talking huge waves that wreck the seashore. But it turns out, there many ways you can get a tsunami, and one of those has to do with space.
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Ep. 442: Destroy and Rebuild Pt. 6: Magnetic Pole Reversal
07/03/2017 Duration: 01h01minIf we look back into the geologic record of the Earth, it appears that our planet’s magnetic field flips polarity every few hundred thousand years or so. Why does this happen? When’s it supposed to happen next? Is it dangerous?