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• Ever Wondered How Asteroids Get Their Names?

  Have you ever noticed asteroid names and wondered how they came to be? Let's go to the HMNS George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park and talk to astronomer Tracy Knauss to learn all about it...and much more!George Observatoryhttps://george.hmns.org/More about our 36 inch scopehttps://youtu.be/hz2-GgX9omg?si=Y5-Xbp6qORNLA8TkGeorge VLOGhttps://youtu.be/e9pXhaA0q8A?si=elZTB-o9GgLIQBM1Tracy's Asteroidhttps://fbac.org/2025/08/21/tracy-knauss-asteroid/Timestamps0:00 Intro0:54 Tracy's Asteroid4:09 What do the label numbers mean?8:05 Who can find asteroids? 13:47 More about Tracy's asteroid 18:58 Has the George Observatory found asteroids?20:34 Addressing light pollution25:29 Venus is cool27:28 Do you need expensive equipment for viewing/astrophotography?35:14 Sometimes you don't need anything at all36:57 History of 36-inch scope & George Observatory41:23 Importance of optics44:50 More 36-inch scope facts

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• Is the Dire Wolf REALLY "Back from Extinction"?

  There's a lot of hype around the "de-extinction" of the Dire Wolf that has been extinct for thousands of years. So, have we really brought extinct animals back to life? What is really going on?Email: [email protected]'s website: https://colossal.com/

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• Let's call this a kind of...Mummification "Orientation"

  Kat Havens joins the podcast in our beautiful Hall of Ancient Egypt to discuss the, well, gutwrenching process of mummification!Website: https://www.hmns.org/eMail: [email protected] smell of a mummy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mummies-from-ancient-egypt-smell-surprisingly-nice-scientists-say/

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• Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals

  (00:00:00) Fennec Foxes & How We Care for Our Animals (00:22:08) In with the Foxes Our new exhibit "Extreme Animals Alive" showcases the superhero-like adaptations of some awesome animals. In this episode, we talk about Fennec Foxes specifically, and the blood, sweat, tears, and dedication that goes into caring for the animals in our museum.Website: https://www.hmns.org/Email: [email protected] Version: https://youtu.be/Blm8WukRZHI0:00 Outside Exhibit22:10 Inside with the Foxes

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• Two Big, Two Fail: The Life and Demise of Ice Age Giants, Ground Sloths & Armadillos

  Giant Ground Sloths and Giant Armadillos (Eremotherium and Glyptodon) were seemingly too big to fail...yet time comes for us all. So, how did these Ice Age (Pleistocene) get SO big, and why did they go extinct?Previous episode mentioned:Fossil Preperationhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5762aSEEWuQeUVqJGIo6NK?si=2f6420a3c6ab4d19Email: [email protected]

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