http://www.askthescienceguru.com with: Ian Maclean Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:59:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Lunar Reconnaissance orbiter has made some startling discoveries on the moon. Here we discuss the first six of these groundbreaking finds ..... [podcast]http://www.nightskysecrets.com/scienceguru/audio/Top%20Ten%20moon%20finds%20Part%201.mp3[/podcast] http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=244 The Perseid Meteor shower is one of my personnel favourites for the year, and this year is predicted to be a good one. Meteorwatch.org are keen for public participation in observing this years shower from the 11th to the 14th of Aug. I could not resist putting up a link to ... http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=241 Mimas, the well known moon of Saturn bears a striking similarity to the Star Wars "Death Star", but what about the science behind it ? ....... [podcast] http://www.nightskysecrets.com/scienceguru/audio/Mimas%20-%20The%20Death%20Star.mp3[/podcast] http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=238 A new comet has been discovered by one of the hard working space probes. This time its the infra red observatory "WISE" that has the bragging and naming rights to the new comet .... [podcast] http://www.nightskysecrets.com/scienceguru/audio/Comet%20Wise.mp3 [/podcast] http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=234 A new generation of solar observatories has been launched, creating a bit of science as it rockets through the atmosphere .... [podcast] http://www.nightskysecrets.com/scienceguru/audio/Launch%20of%20the%20Solar%20Dynamics%20Observatory.mp3 [/podcast] http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=231 Its almost like coming out of hybernation .... the wet season is drawing to a close and The Science Guru is emerging from his wet season adventures. Yes, that's right, its almost time for the Astronomy season to begin here in NE Arnhem land NT with the official end of ... http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=229 Well, the ATSG has been on the move again. This time at the International Science Education Conference 2009 in Singapore. I had the chance to speak with Sue John from Cardiff University Wales UK. We speak about the work Sue has been doing to bring universities and science educators together, ... http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=226 Haley's comet is the best known of all the comets, and this meteor shower is one of 2  chances each year to catch some of its dusty debris burning up in our Atmosphere ... It has passed us now having peaked on the 22nd of October, but it is a ... http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=222 With the upsurge in Cosmic ray activity in the atmosphere of mother earth and in line with the article I published recently. I speak of the matter with my Co-host Rob on the science Hour at Gove FM. So what is the signifigance of these cosmic rays and how does ... http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=217 Tuesday 17-11 (CST) Australia: I was able to observe 20 leonids this morning between 4 and 5 am. 2 of them were quite bright and prolonged (2 to 3 sec) 2 more were point source and quite surprising to see. We will be out there again in the am tomorrow, for what I hope ... http://www.askthescienceguru.com/?p=209