Astronomy (Audio)
UCTV programs explore astronomy, the physical universe and other space related topics with University of California faculty and experts from around the world.
- Update frequency
- every 43 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Data Computation and the Fate of the Universe
Saul Perlmutter, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, describes the research that led to his 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID…
01:19:31 |
Mon 20 Oct 2014
Medical Radar: Next Generation Life Saving Medical Devices
We live in a time where miraculous medical discoveries are occurring all the time. Regrettably many of the miracle tools, because of their size and complexity, are confined to state of the art medica…
00:49:48 |
Mon 13 Jan 2014
The Extreme X-Ray Universe: Discovery Science with NASA's NuSTAR Mission
NASA's NuSTAR spacecraft, launched in June of 2012, uses technology developed in part by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to take pictures of the sky in the most energetic X-rays ever to be foc…
00:48:00 |
Mon 23 Dec 2013
Seven Big Ideas - Science at the Theater
Seven Berkeley Lab scientists present BIG ideas. Learn about the game-changing concepts scientists work on every day. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25465]
01:26:26 |
Mon 09 Sep 2013
The Future of Human Space Exploration
Charles Kennel, Former Scripps Institution of Oceanography director
and chair of the National Academy's Space Science Board, reviews what NASA's space program has accomplished, what it is doing now, …
00:58:40 |
Wed 14 Aug 2013
The Cosmic Search for Dark Energy - David Schlegel - Seven Big Ideas
Berkeley Lab's David Schlegel discusses what's next in the quest to understand dark energy. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 25470]
00:07:55 |
Mon 12 Aug 2013
Onward California: The Rover Curiosity
NASA Mars Science Laboratory team geologist Dawn Sumner gives a tour of the Curiosity rover and the instruments the probe carried to the red planet. An array of cameras, lasers and drills will conduc…
00:02:27 |
Mon 24 Jun 2013
Onward California: An Incredibly Hostile Universe
Most of the universe is incredibly hostile, it's a vacuum, it's freezing-cold space or burning hot near a star. The first habitable planet found outside our solar system is in a habitable-zone orbit;…
00:02:09 |
Mon 29 Apr 2013
Onward California: The Cutting Edge Since 1888
Steve Vogt, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, shares how he got his start in astronomy and gives a tour of the Lick Observatory. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24…
00:01:42 |
Fri 22 Mar 2013
The Gamma-Ray Spectrometer at Mercury: A Seven Year Journey to the Innermost Planet
After traveling through the inner solar system for seven years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft reached Mercury in March 2011 and became the first ever mission to orbit this mysterious planet. Since then…
00:57:20 |
Mon 18 Mar 2013
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