96: Vega, dust, and a giant inflatable bumblebee with Dr. Ciardi
Dr. David Ciardi talks about Vega, a bright star that's "been a part of human lore forever." Dr. Ciardi and his colleagues discovered that Vega has a nearby ring of dust, implying the presence of plan...
7 Touko 201717min
95: Asteroid hunting software with John Dailey
John Dailey explains how he uses his software engineering skills to discover asteroids at IPAC/Caltech. He helps solve problems inherent to working with astronomical data, such as the challenge of rea...
30 Huhti 201716min
94: Seven hundred new craters on Mars with Dr. Daubar
Dr. Ingrid Daubar stops by to talk about HiRISE, a camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft that takes amazing images of the Martian surface. She explains how she uses these images to search for fresh cra...
23 Huhti 201714min
93: Companionable Jupiters with Marta Bryan
Marta Bryan shares her new results on exoplanets! She explains how she tested a theory of hot jupiter formation, and how she figured out that planet rotation rates are likely set early on in the plane...
16 Huhti 201721min
92: When there's dust there's planets with Dr. Patel
Dr. Rahul Patel describes his search for undiscovered disks of dust around other stars. He explains how looking for fainter and fainter debris disks may bring us closer to discovering a planetary syst...
9 Huhti 201715min
91: Tectonic hazard on Phobos with Dr. Curren
Dr. Ivy Curren talks about Mars' moon Phobos, and how grooves on its surface indicate that the interior may be fractured. This small, mysterious moon is covered in faults, making it a dicey place for ...
2 Huhti 201711min
90: The universe is full of water with Dr. Paladini
Dr Roberta Paladini talks about the space-based Herschel Space Observatory, which was the largest infrared telescope ever launched. It looked at the sky in the far infrared, and discovered an abundanc...
26 Maalis 201718min
89: Underwater Flying Objects with Prof. Thompson
Dr. Andy Thompson explains how he uses robotic ocean gliders to learn about our planet. He tells us how ocean water interacts with the atmosphere, and how parcels of water can preserve information abo...
19 Maalis 201727min
