A Giant Telescope and Remembering John Glenn

A Giant Telescope and Remembering John Glenn

Space historian John Logsdon remembers American hero John Glenn. Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye was a big fan of the Friendship 7 astronaut—less so the new Star Wars movie. Then we get an update on the Giant Magellan Telescope from Patrick McCarthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It’s a Hard Rain on Titan

It’s a Hard Rain on Titan

A computer model based on our best data about Saturn’s cloud-shrouded moon says that torrential liquid methane pounds the surface far more frequently than previously expected. Sean Faulk and Jonathan ...

17 Jan 201843min

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...

10 Jan 201844min

Space Policy Edition #20: Looking back on the year in space policy. Also, your questions!

Space Policy Edition #20: Looking back on the year in space policy. Also, your questions!

It’s the space policy guys’ turn to look back at a year that saw great achievements in space. Were they matched by events in Washington DC?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

5 Jan 20181h 3min

Looking Back, Looking Forward with the Planetary Society All-Stars

Looking Back, Looking Forward with the Planetary Society All-Stars

Mat’s first-ever four-way conversation with Jason Davis, Casey Dreier and Emily Lakdawalla reviews the biggest 2017 events in space exploration and provides their predictions of what to look for in th...

3 Jan 20181h 18min

Flowing Water on Mars? Not So Much

Flowing Water on Mars? Not So Much

Mars scientists dubbed them recurring slope lineae or RSLs. They sure looked like evidence of liquid water flowing down hillsides and ridges on the Red Planet. New research led by USGS Planetary Geolo...

27 Des 201730min

Exploring the Latest Planetary Science Discoveries With Emily Lakdawalla

Exploring the Latest Planetary Science Discoveries With Emily Lakdawalla

A holiday edition of Planetary Radio welcomes the Planetary Society’s Senior Editor back from the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Emily reports on amazing developments in planetary s...

20 Des 201737min

President Trump Sets Course for the Moon

President Trump Sets Course for the Moon

On December 11th President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that firmly points the US space effort toward the Moon, but without providing many details. Planetary Society Director of Space Policy Casey...

13 Des 201731min

A Visitor From the Stars: ‘Oumuamua

A Visitor From the Stars: ‘Oumuamua

The first confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system is a needle-shaped asteroid given the Hawaiian name ‘Oumuamua. Karen Meech leads the team that is learning as much about it as possible bef...

6 Des 201747min

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