79: LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson
Spacepod8 Tammi 2017

79: LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson

Dr. Norna Robertson shares a drink from her home country and talks about a specific part of LIGO. She explains that LIGO's eighty-pound mirrors are suspended by four, incredibly thin, silica fibers that were developed just for this project.

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44: Atmospheres in our solar system with Dr. Soto

44: Atmospheres in our solar system with Dr. Soto

Dr. Alejandro Soto visits the show to talk about the different atmospheres found on planets and moons in our solar system. We talk about wind on Mars, the opening scene of The Martian, Pluto's thin at...

8 Touko 201615min

43: The Ice Giants with Dr. Soderlund

43: The Ice Giants with Dr. Soderlund

Dr. Krista Soderlund talks about the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune. She tells us about their unusual rings and moons, and how studying them can teach us about exoplanets.

1 Touko 201610min

42: Finding exoplanets with Dr. Christiansen

42: Finding exoplanets with Dr. Christiansen

Dr. Christiansen stops by the show to talk about exoplanets and the Kepler Space Telescope. We share an Australian beverage and she explains how astronomers look for exoplanets, and how the discovery ...

24 Huhti 201611min

41: The last of the "great observatories" with Dr. Storrie-Lombardi

41: The last of the "great observatories" with Dr. Storrie-Lombardi

Dr. Lisa Storrie-Lombardi talks about the Spitzer Space Telescope. She tells us how Spitzer made the first observation of light from a planet outside our solar system. She also describes how engineers...

17 Huhti 201614min

40: Keeping an eye on asteroids with Dr. Yeomans

40: Keeping an eye on asteroids with Dr. Yeomans

Dr. Don Yeomans, head of JPL's Near-Earth Object office until his recent retirement, describes how the field of asteroid discovery has changed over the decades. He recalls when early data indicated t...

10 Huhti 201612min

39: A day in the life of a Mars rover with Dr. Litchtenberg

39: A day in the life of a Mars rover with Dr. Litchtenberg

Dr. Kimberly Litchtenburg explains what it is like to explore Mars with the Curiosity rover. It involves daily discussions with scientists, careful programming, and sometimes, fantastic discoveries, l...

3 Huhti 201613min

38: Mysterious icy travelers with Dr. Fernández

38: Mysterious icy travelers with Dr. Fernández

Professor Yan Fernández tells us about several baffling comets, including one comet that has a nearly circular path around the sun. He also talks about comet Hale Bopp, which we've got to study now, b...

27 Maalis 201611min

37: Exploring Pluto with Dr. Singer

37: Exploring Pluto with Dr. Singer

Dr. Kelsi Singer and I drink an unusual beverage while she shares some of the incredible discoveries that she and the New Horizons team are making. We also discuss a contentious issue— should Pluto be...

20 Maalis 201614min

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