Happy Birthday, Opportunity!
December 11, 2005
2:00 p.m. PST

Opportunity, one of the twin rovers that are currently exploring Mars, will soon celebrate its first Martian birthday. On December 11, Opportunity will have been on the red planet 687 Earth days, which is one Martian year. (A year is the time it takes a planet to make a complete loop around the sun). Join us as we look back over the last 687 days of discovery: what we've learned, what we've seen, and what questions are still unanswered.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/mars/webcasts.php

The Search for Exo-planets
Searching for extraterrestrial life: is it telephoning aliens or really complicated math equations? Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty, NASA Ames planetary Scientist Eric Wegryn, and SETI's Senior Scientist Seth Shostak as they explore how to find planets that could support life. How many of these planets are there? How did we find them? When will we know for sure?
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Beyond Einstein
World Wide Webcast
December 1, 2005
(Exploratorium segment)

The year 2005 is the World Year of Physics—a celebration of Albert Einstein’s remarkable work of a century ago. As the year draws to a close, the Exploratorium, along with science laboratories and museums around the world, will participate in a twelve-hour Webcast to explore Einstein’s influence on physics research today.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/worldwidewebcast/index.html

Iron Science Teacher
October 22nd, 2005
This special edition of Iron Scence Teacher is part of our celebration of the Teacher Institute's 21st birthday. Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/

The Opera Singer and the Physicist
How do opera singers sing loud enough to be heard over an
orchestra? Can an opera singer's voice really break a wine glass? What's the difference between a baritone and a soprano? Discover the answers to these questions—and more!—in this presentation for families. Join physicist and composer Dr. Brian Holmes and San Francisco Opera Center Director Sheri Greenawald to explore how the art and science of singing combine in opera.

This webcast is available in two formats via the following URLs:

MP3
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/podcasts/doctoratomic/operaphysicist2.mp3

Real Audio
http://events.exploratorium.edu/ramgen/doctoratomic/operaphysicist.rm

Doctor Atomic: Science, Music, & Morals
An evening discussion revolving around the artistic, scientific, and moral interpretations of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his legacy as the father of the atomic bomb. Composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars of the Doctor Atomic opera will be joined by Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Kip Cranna, musical administrator at the San Francisco Opera, will moderate.

Listen to the MP3 podcast:

Part I (53 mins)
Part 2 (60 mins)

Creating Space-Time
August 19, 2005
The concept of Space-Time - perhaps Einstein's most fundamental contribution to our understanding of the universe - will be explored using special red lasers.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nobel/webcasts.html

Inventing Photons
August 11, 2005
Using a simple ball-bearing model, Paul will demonstrate Brownian Motion and explain how it proved the existence of atoms.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nobel/webcasts.html

The Existence of Atoms
August 5, 2005
Using a simple ball-bearing model, Paul will demonstrate Brownian Motion and explain how it proved the existence of atoms.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nobel/webcasts.html

Iron Science Teacher
August 5, 2005
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: Potatoes!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/

Iron Science Teacher
July 15, 2005
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: Milk!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/

Deep Impact
July 8, 2005
Take a look inside a comet! Launched on Jan. 12, 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft is hurtling through space on a collision course with an enormous comet. Join senior scientist Paul Dougherty as he explores this new and exciting mission! (20 min.)
http://events.exploratorium.edu/ramgen/misc/deep_impact-050708.rm

Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Iron Science Teacher
July 8, 2005
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: Clothespins!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/

Iron Science Teacher
July 1, 2005
Watch as the best teachers on the planet battle it out for the title of Iron Science Teacher. In this zany competition teachers will have ten minutes to create a science activity. This week’s “secret” ingredient: CD cases!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/

Nobel Lecture Series: From Special Relativity to String Theory:
How Einstein Turned Physics into a Search for Symmetry
with Los Angeles Times science writer and author K.C. Cole
June 28, 2005
A century after publication of Einstein's famous papers on light and relativity, this most celebrated of Nobel Laureates will be the subject of a talk by award-winning science writer K.C. Cole. She'll discuss the ways in which Einstein continues to influence physics today, from detecting gravity waves to understanding string theory.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nobel/publicprograms.html

Nobel Lecture Series: Behind the Scenes: Awarding the Nobel Prize with Anders Bárány
June 14, 2005
Professor Anders Barany, Deputy Director of the Nobel Museum and former secretary of the physics commitee that awards the Nobel Prize, speaks about what makes the Nobel Prize one of the world's most prestigious honors. He gives an insider's tour of Alfred Nobel's will and how laureates are chosen and celebrated.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nobel/publicprograms.html

The Very Latest from Hubble
April 26, 2005
Breathtaking new images from the Hubble Space Telescope on it's 15th birthday!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/hubble/webcasts.html

Ancient Observatories: Live from Chichén Itzá
March 20, 2005
Join us in our celebration of the spring equinox -- the day and night are of equal length and the sun is at its sunrise midpoint along the horizon. Like many ancient cultures, the Maya in Southern Mexico kept the positions of the sun in mind while building their great buildings. A beautiful example is displayed at a site called Chichén Itzá, in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. Thousands of people will gather to witness the appearance of a shadow, in the form of a serpent, that will descend the main staircase of the great pyramid. The Live@Exploratorium was there to capture the snake as it appears and to speak with local archaeologists, archeoastronomers, and solar scientists about this amazing alignment, the Mayan cosmology behind it, and what the sun means to us today.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen/HTML/webcast.html

Iron Science Teacher
Valentine’s Day Edition
February 11, 2005
Grab a loved one and join us for this wacky competition among science teachers. Competitors will have ten minutes and a secret, romantic ingredient to concoct a science or math experiment. Last year’s show included chocolate volcanoes and cocoa craters; you won’t want to miss this year’s show!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/

Where Have All the Rovers Gone?
February 8, 2005
It's been over a year since the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, touched down on the surface of Mars. When launched, the rovers had a projected life expectancy of three months on the red planet, but they have outlived our expectations and gathered a plethora of information. Join us as we sum up all the new data and explain how this information changes our view of Mars.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/mars/webcasts.html

How Far Have We Gone?
Saturday, January 22, 2005
After a week of analyzing the data from the Huygens probe, do scientists think of Titan differently? What were the unexpected findings? Which hypotheses were wrong? Which were correct? Join us as we talk to mission scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and get the latest on this enigmatic moon.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn/webcasts.html

What Do the Pictures Mean?
Saturday, January 15, 2005
After yesterday’s historic mission to the surface of Titan, what happens next? What do the new pictures of Saturn’s largest moon tell us, and what does it mean for our understanding of earth?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn/webcasts.html

Crash!
After its long journey to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, the Huygens probe will be released from the Cassini spacecraft.
Friday, January 14, 2005

The Huygens probe will have completed its descent to Titan, capturing hundreds of images on its way. Join Senior Scientist Paul Doherty as he gives us background on this incredible mission and sets the stage for the first close-up images of this mysterious moon. Then check back in the late afternoon: We’ll go live as soon as we receive the first images from the European Space Agency headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn/webcasts.html