52: Eternal sunshine of the Galactic Center with Dr. Ramirez
Dr. Solange Ramirez visits the show to talk galaxies, supermassive black holes, and the gravity that ties them together.
3 Heinä 201615min
51: When Mars was the "Pink Planet" with Dr. Smith
Dr. Issac Smith visits the show to talk about one of Mars' past ice ages; a time when most of the planet was covered in ice. He talks about how he made this discovery by looking at the layers of ice d...
26 Kesä 201614min
50: Ganymede and Iapetus with Dr. Singer
Returning guest Dr. Kelsi Singer talks about two of the icy moons of our solar system, Ganymede and Iapetus. She talks about the types of craters we see on their surfaces, and what they can teach us a...
19 Kesä 201612min
49: Every known object in the Solar System with Jon Giorgini
Jon talks about JPL's Horizons, an amazing, publicly available system that keeps track of every known object in the solar system. Planets, moons, asteroids, spacecraft, you name it: over 715,000 in to...
12 Kesä 201615min
48: Threading an asteroid through the eye of a keyhole with Dr. Chodas
This week's guest is Dr Paul Chodas, who directs JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. He explains how predicting where an asteroid is going can get complicated when the asteroid gets close to a...
5 Kesä 20169min
47: Punching an asteroid with Dr. Walsh
Dr. Kevin Walsh visits the show to talk about a new NASA mission that will launch later this year: OSIRIS REx! This spacecraft will visit an asteroid, grab a bit of surface material, and return the ma...
29 Touko 201612min
46: Spacecraft no bigger than a breadbox with Dr. Asphaug
Professor Erik Asphaug stops by the show to discuss AOSAT-1, a tiny spacecraft that will contain experiments to study the surface of asteroids. AOSAT-1 will rotate once every minute, creating a force ...
22 Touko 201612min
45: A glimpse of the Pluto system with Dr. Ennico Smith
Dr. Kimberly Ennico Smith, New Horizons deputy project scientist, stops by the show to talk about the new data currently being transmitted to Earth, what it's like to work on this mission, and the vio...
15 Touko 201612min
