Tim Spahr of the Minor Planet Center
There’s a place to go when you find a space rock headed our way, or headed any which way. Tim Spahr directs the Minor Planet Center, the global clearinghouse for all information about asteroids, comet...
8 Jul 201328min
Water on the Moon!
Amanda Hendrix looks for and studies water in our solar system, where it has been found in surprising locales. Earth's moon, for instance. She talks about Luna’s ice and the weathering of its ancient ...
1 Jul 201328min
A Cosmic Concert: Singer/Songwriter Peter Mayer on Planetary Radio Live
Join us at the intersection of science, nature, music and wonder for a very special Planetary Radio Live with the great Peter Mayer. Bill Nye is with host Mat Kaplan on stage in this unique episode, t...
24 Jun 20131h 27min
Landing On Mars With JPL's Matt Golombek
Join us at JPL for a conversation with Mars landing site selection leader Matt Golombek. Matt is also now Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover program, and shares the great news from Oppor...
17 Jun 201338min
Saving Science Education With Pamela Gay AND Creating the Blackest Black
A Planetary Radio double header includes a visit with CosmoQuest’s Pamela Gay. She and colleagues are working to replace vital federal funds for science education and citizen science programs. We also...
10 Jun 201335min
Tasting the Air of Distant Worlds
There will soon be one thousand confirmed exoplanets, but how do we learn more about such distant worlds? We talk to the leader of a team that has recently developed technology capable of revealing th...
3 Jun 201331min
Live at the Space Tech Expo with Bill Nye, Xcor and Zero-G
PlanRad Live takes to the road again, this time visiting the Space Tech Expo in Long Beach, California for a conversation with enthusiastic team members at Xcor Aerospace, where they are building the ...
27 Mai 201334min
Advocating for Planetary Science/Star Trek Meets Spacefarers
The director and cast of Star Trek: Into Darkness meet up with real space travelers. Also: Planetary science funding from NASA is in trouble, so a delegation led by Bill Nye the Science Guy descended ...
20 Mai 201330min
