Mysterious Tabby’s Star, With Tabby Herself

Mysterious Tabby’s Star, With Tabby Herself

It may not host an alien “megastructure” but Tabby’s Star still guards many mysteries of science. Astronomer and astrophysicist Tabetha “Tabby” Boyajian leads the worldwide team that is revealing this strange light in the sky.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Watching the Births of Solar Systems

Watching the Births of Solar Systems

Radio telescopes are delivering stunning images that, in some cases, current optical telescopes can’t equal. Witness the 20 beautiful protoplanetary disks imaged by the DSHARP team using the ALMA radi...

13 Helmi 201940min

The DART Mission: Learning How to Swat Dangerous Asteroids

The DART Mission: Learning How to Swat Dangerous Asteroids

Why did the dinosaurs die? Because they didn’t have a space program! The upcoming DART mission will test our best thinking about how we may someday deflect a Near Earth Object that is speeding toward ...

6 Helmi 201947min

Space Policy Edition: Should the U.S. be in a space race with China?

Space Policy Edition: Should the U.S. be in a space race with China?

China's space program notched an impressive "first" last month when its Chang'e 4 spacecraft landed on the far side of the Moon. The U.S. space program, in contrast, was in the midst of an extended sh...

1 Helmi 20191h 6min

Where Do We Come From? The Origin of Life

Where Do We Come From? The Origin of Life

Astrobiology is the discipline that explores the origin of life in the universe, and whether life exists anywhere other than Earth. It’s an increasingly exciting field according to University of Washi...

30 Tammi 201954min

Asteroid Bennu’s Visitor From Earth

Asteroid Bennu’s Visitor From Earth

Spacecraft OSIRIS REx is now orbiting a 260-meter asteroid named Bennu.  Principal investigator Dante Lauretta returns to tell us what has already been learned, and to preview the excitement that is s...

23 Tammi 201931min

Space Policy Edition: Shutdown

Space Policy Edition: Shutdown

In a government shutdown seemingly without end, we bring you two stories from individuals directly impacted by the crisis. NASA scientist and union representative Lee Stone discusses the missed payche...

18 Tammi 201958min

Flying the Skies of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Flying the Skies of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Imagine soaring over what may be the solar system’s most Earth-like world, if you ignore the chill. If funded, the nuclear electric-powered Dragonfly will do exactly this. Principal Investigator Eliza...

16 Tammi 201945min

New Horizons Flyby: Join the Celebration!

New Horizons Flyby: Join the Celebration!

Join us at the Applied Physics Lab in Maryland for the New Horizons encounter with the most distant object ever visited. You’ll meet mission leaders, friends and even a rock and roll star as we dive d...

9 Tammi 20191h 2min

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