IRrelevant Astronomy

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| Title= Skinfrared #1

| WrittenBy= Robert Hurt & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|1|15}}

| EpisodeNumber= 1

| ShortSummary= What is infrared light? The Skinfrared series contrasts the world around us in both visible and infrared light, giving the viewer a perspective on how infrared observatories like the Spitzer Space Telescope view the Universe.

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| Title= Spaceship Spitzer: Enemy Mine

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle & Michelle Thaller

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|1|17}}

| EpisodeNumber= 2

| ShortSummary= While in battle around the super-massive black hole at the center of the galaxy, Dr. Michelle Thaller teaches Irwin (IR-1) the science behind these giant singularities.

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| Title= Skinfrared #2: Water and Ice

| WrittenBy= Robert Hurt & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|2|8}}

| EpisodeNumber= 3

| ShortSummary= Viewing liquids in extreme temperatures in both visible and infrared light, this episode of the Skinfrared series gives viewers a perspective on how infrared observatories like the Spitzer Space Telescope view the Universe.

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| Title= RATS: Asteroids

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|3|4}}

| EpisodeNumber= 4

| ShortSummary= Will an asteroid strike the Earth and wipe out all life as we know it? IR-2 and his robotic crew make random phone calls to find out.

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| Title= RATS: Water in the Universe

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|3|13}}

| EpisodeNumber= 5

| ShortSummary= Astronomers have discovered huge amounts of water around baby stars; IR-2 and his crew plan to make use of it.

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{{Episode list

| Title= Dub'ya: Mountie Martin and the Space Diamonds

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|4|21}}

| EpisodeNumber= 6

| ShortSummary= Are tiny diamonds really common in the Universe? Join the intrepid Mountie Martin as he endeavors to find out, while on the trail of the sinister Sammy the Smuggler!

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| Title= RATS: Baby Stars

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|5|16}}

| EpisodeNumber= 7

| ShortSummary= Where do stars come from? IR-2 analyzes recent Spitzer imagery to find out, while an imposing Ratings-bot oversees the broadcast.

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| Title= RATS: Omega Centauri

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|7|2}}

| EpisodeNumber= 8

| ShortSummary= While the robots are away, a sad and lonely man calls in with a beautiful image of the Omega Centauri globular cluster.

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| Title= RATS: The Building Blocks of Life

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|7|21}}

| EpisodeNumber= 9

| ShortSummary= IR-2 and his crew learn about PAHs, which may be the building of all life in the Universe, and decide to put them to good use.

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{{Episode list

| Title= Psych Out

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|8|25}}

| EpisodeNumber= 10

| ShortSummary= Does the Helix Nebula look like a human eye? Why do we think we see well-known objects in nebulous images from space? An astronomer and his therapist clash over the issue in this comedic but educational animated short.

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| Title= RATS: Sculpting with Stars

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|10|22}}

| EpisodeNumber= 11

| ShortSummary= IR-2 opens diplomatic relations with the Earth, as a first step toward ruling over all humans on the planet.

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| Title= Spaceship Spitzer: The Slowlian Web

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle & Michelle Thaller

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|11|25}}

| EpisodeNumber= 12

| ShortSummary= During a tense face-off with a sinister (but extremely slow-moving) alien race, Dr. Michelle Thaller shows Irwin (IR-1) how scientists can determine what exrasolar planets are made of, even when the planets are too far away to see.

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{{Episode list

| Title= M51 & Gizmo: Half-Baked Plan

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|1|23}}

| EpisodeNumber= 13

| ShortSummary= Hoping for his birthday to come around sooner, innocent alien M51 moves the Earth into a closer, faster orbit around the Sun, and learns an important lesson life in the Universe.

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| Title= RATS: Twin Brown Dwarfs

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|3|11}}

| EpisodeNumber= 14

| ShortSummary= While the trapped in an interdimensional portal between two brown dwarfs, IR-2 and the robot encounter their evil twins from an alternate universe.

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| Title= RATS: Gravity and the Great Attractor

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|4|23}}

| EpisodeNumber= 15

| ShortSummary= George Takei, Mark Hamill, and Ed Wasser, provide voices as IR-2 and the robot crew take a look at the Great Attractor, a massive hidden object that is pulling in every nearby galaxy in the local Universe (including our own).

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| Title= Part Two: The Warm Mission

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|6|22}}

| EpisodeNumber= 16

| ShortSummary= In this spoof of old TV action shows, Sean Astin, Osa Wallander, and Betty White search for a way to help the Spitzer Space Telescope after it runs out of coolant.

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| Title= RATS: Back in Time

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|8|24}}

| EpisodeNumber= 17

| ShortSummary= Linda Hamilton attempts to foil the robots' plans of Universal conquest; meanwhile, Dean Stockwell explains the concept of "looking back in time" at objects in space, and how it helps astronomers understand how the Universe has evolved. Starring Ed Wasser as the voice of IR-2.

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| Title= Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|10|26}}

| EpisodeNumber= 18

| ShortSummary= Felicia Day explains some of the science behind galactic "collisions", including the upcoming collision between the galaxy Andromeda and our own galaxy, in this mock behind-the-scenes look at the making of an educational video. Sean Astin also stars.

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| Title= Spitzer Space Telescope: The Musical

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller, Tim Pyle, Danny Tieger

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|3|9}}

| EpisodeNumber= 19

| ShortSummary= A singing NASA supervisor uses song to explain about NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and how infrared astronomy differs from visible-light telescopes like Hubble. Featuring an original song performed by Danny Tieger.

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| Title= Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|5|25}}

| EpisodeNumber= 20

| ShortSummary= Amy Okuda flies to Saturn to observe a new giant ring around the planet: the largest ring ever discovered in our Solar System, but one that was only recently revealed through infrared observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009. While there, she and Irwin (voiced by Wil Wheaton) encounter an old enemy, and must defeat their sinister plot. Ed Wasser also stars.

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| Title= Behind the Scenes: Dead Stars

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|8|10}}

| EpisodeNumber= 21

| ShortSummary= Actor Sean Astin is hired by a bullying educational film Director and her Flunky #2 sidekick to explain about the life and death of stars. But when things go wrong on the set, actor Sandeep Parikh is hired to replace Sean...only to have things take a bizarre twist.

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| Title= RATS: Destroyer of Worlds

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|11|27}}

| EpisodeNumber= 22

| ShortSummary= Robot IR-2 (Ed Wasser) meets The Physician (Wil Wheaton), an intergalactic buttinsky in a small blue box spaceship. Together, they work to escape "The Destroyer of Worlds", a binary star system that is destroying its inner planets. With: Brigitte Dale

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| Title= Astronomy Anemone

| WrittenBy= Kenneth Kolb & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|2|15}}

| EpisodeNumber= 23

| ShortSummary= Veronica Belmont co-hosts a space-themed talk show with Astronomy Anemone, a carnivorous man-eating sea polyp. WARNING: Contains scenes of cartoon violence and scientific jargon.

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| Title= Big Bang: The Musical

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle, Danny Tieger

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|3|18}}

| EpisodeNumber= 24

| ShortSummary= Did you know radiation from the Big Bang can be seen on any analogue TV set? In this mini-musical, a young couple (Brigitte Dale, Marc Helou) discusses the real science behind this, while arguing over what to watch on TV. Original song written & performed by Danny Tieger.

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| Title= RATS In Progress: The Mass of Asteroids

| WrittenBy= Jim Keller & Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2013|2|26}}

| EpisodeNumber= 25

| ShortSummary= Cameron Diaz teaches Robot IR-2 how astronomers can measure the mass of asteroids from tremendous distances.

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| Title= Ask an Astronomy Brain Parasite

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2013|7|16}}

| EpisodeNumber= 26

| ShortSummary= Deep inside an astronomer's head, a parasite (voiced by Alan Tudyk) taps into his brain to learn about...science! Specifically, about why astronauts appear weightless in space. Featuring Wil Wheaton.

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| Title= Fusion vs. Fission

| WrittenBy= Tim Pyle

| DirectedBy= Tim Pyle

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2014|2|12}}

| EpisodeNumber= 27

| ShortSummary= When a science-mad A.I. system is installed at NASA, two hapless computer technicians (Casey McKinnon, Mike Romo) learn the process behind nuclear fusion in the Sun, and how it differs from fission. Starring Ellen McLain as the voice of NOTGLaDOS.

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