A Deep Dive into Asteroid Bennu With Dante Lauretta
We are joined by the leader of the OSIRIS-REx mission that sampled an asteroid last week. Dante reveals just how brilliantly successful the encounter was, and describes preparations for the journey ba...
28 Loka 202044min
We Have Sampled an Asteroid! And the Search for Life Above Venus
OSIRIS-REx has done it! We have special coverage of the spacecraft’s successful collection of a sample from asteroid Bennu. Then we talk with Jane Greaves, leader of the team that found evidence of ph...
21 Loka 202050min
Beyond Earth’s Edge: A Celebrity Space Poetry Jam!
Beyond Earth’s Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight is the new and outstanding collection of poems edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos. They’ll join us to hear poems in the collection ...
14 Loka 20201h 7min
Protectors of Earth! (and Other Worlds)
Protecting worlds like Earth and Mars from microscopic invaders carried by human and robot visitors was just one of the scores of topics covered at this year’s Humans to Mars summit. Mat Kaplan modera...
7 Loka 20201h 9min
Space Policy Edition: Divining Biden's Space Policy with Jeff Foust
A month before the U.S. election Joe Biden's campaign has yet to state its goals for space and NASA. We asked Jeff Foust, one of the best space reporters in the business, to help us piece together a w...
2 Loka 202053min
Exploring the Cosmos With Heidi Hammel and AURA
AURA, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, is the organization that oversees operation of many of our world’s most powerful telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope. Vet...
30 Syys 202058min
A Fond Farewell: Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla
Emily Lakdawalla was on the very first episode of Planetary Radio, and has been heard on hundreds since then. The planetary evangelist returns for a conversation like no other. Planetary Society CEO B...
23 Syys 20201h 10min
Have We Found Evidence of Life on Venus?
An international team has detected phosphine gas in the clouds above Venus. Naturally-produced phosphine on Earth is created by anaerobic bacteria. We’ll listen to portions of the media briefing at wh...
16 Syys 202048min
