Podcast.com offers a variety of different subjects to choose from. Although, not many were offered directly from an academic library viewpoint that relates to Astrophysics. I did, however, find many science podcasts for college and university students! The information that these podcasts show is something that academic libraries with a strong science focus point will need to be in tune to.
By searching through the education portal at Podcast.com you can block your search by looking through a "College and University" bracket. Michigan Tech University offers twenty-five lectures for college students about Astrophysics named "PH1600". This podcast offers information from UFO's and Pseudoscience to Galaxies and Black Holes. It diverges into the Milky Way Galaxy and offers lectures on Extrasolar Planets and Planets.
The link for this podcast is -> Lecture #15: Star Clusters
With this particular cast you can view neat clusters from the 16:20 mark all the way to the end of the cast. I chose this one to post because the professor explains different Star Clusters in a plain manner and gives many examples with awesome photos. The clusters mentioned in this video podcast are: The Pleiades, the "Jewel Box" M15, the Scorpius cluster M7, the Trapezium Cluster, the Rosette Nebula, the Eagle Nebula, Omega Centauri, and many others. Star clusters are constantly trying to orbit each other in these clusters!
This podcast talks about different APODs given from NASA. APODs are Astronomy Picture of the Day images that NASA issues each day at midnight. Here is today's image.
The link for the entire class of lectures is -> PH1600
NASA offers MANY different podcasts that are also appropriate. I found them through podcast.com under the "Science" category named "Solar System Podcast". This podcast offers resourcful information in astrophysics for many college students and can be found here -> NASACast Solar System Podcast
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