Dr. J and the World’s Biggest Telescope

Dr. J and the World’s Biggest Telescope

Joe Liske, host of Hubblecast, is also the top scientist on the European Southern Observatory’s European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), now under construction on a Chilean mountaintop. “Dr. J” tells us what this largest ever telescope will help us discover.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ALMA Adventure

ALMA Adventure

The first of two shows about Mat Kaplan's journey to Chile's Atacama Desert for the inauguration of the Atacama Large Millimeter small millimter Array, the most ambitious, Earth-based astronomy projec...

18 Mar 201328min

Drill Baby Drill!  On Mars

Drill Baby Drill! On Mars

With the first use of its drill and delivery of samples to its internal instruments, Curiosity is now a fully-functioning science station on Mars. JPL Sampling System Scientist Luther Beegle provides ...

11 Mar 201328min

Alan Stern's Golden Spike Sets Sights on the Moon

Alan Stern's Golden Spike Sets Sights on the Moon

Alan Stern is back to tell us about Golden Spike, his new company that plans to put human clients on the surface of the moon by the end of this decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

4 Mar 201328min

One In A Million!

One In A Million!

UC Berkeley SETI researcher Andrew Siemion and his colleagues have put an upper limit on the number of civilizations in our galaxy that are capable of giving us a call. He’ll explain their reasoning a...

25 Feb 201337min

Chris Lewicki of Planetary Resources: Mining Asteroids For Fun and Profit

Chris Lewicki of Planetary Resources: Mining Asteroids For Fun and Profit

Chris Lewicki is the passionate President of Planetary Resources. He leads the company's mission to find, capture and deliver asteroids to its space-resource hungry clients.Learn more about your ad ch...

18 Feb 201331min

2012 DA14--Coming Soon to a Planet Near You!

2012 DA14--Coming Soon to a Planet Near You!

The 45-meter Near Earth Asteroid flies by on February 15. NASA brought together asteroid experts to discuss it and others of its threatening kind.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

11 Feb 201328min

An Imminent Asteroid Encounter

An Imminent Asteroid Encounter

Spain’s La Sagra Observatory discovered Asteroid 2012 DA14 just a year ago. Now it’s nearing Earth once again. Jaime Nomen of La Sagra is back to prepare us for this very close flyby. Learn more about...

4 Feb 201328min

Debra Fischer Hunts for a Second Earth at Alpha Centauri

Debra Fischer Hunts for a Second Earth at Alpha Centauri

Yale Professor of Astronomy Debra Fischer is one of our planet’s most successful discoverers of exoplanets. She has set her sights on Alpha Centauri, where she hopes to find a Earth-sized world in the...

28 Jan 201328min

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