Postcards from Mars: The Latest from Our Robot Explorers (with Dr. Jim Bell)
Prof. Jim Bell (of Arizona State University), who is a key leader in projects to take images with NASA's rovers on Mars, discusses the history and current state of our exploration of the red planet. ...
22 Nov 20211h 33min
The Last Stargazers: Behind the Scenes in Astronomy (with Dr. Emily Levesque)
A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer that discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that got shot. The science of astronomy is filled with true stories (and tall tales) of the adventures an...
2 Nov 20211h 20min
Will the 21st Century be the Time we Discover Life Beyond Earth (with Dr. Jill Tarter)
Craig Venter & Daniel Cohen suggested that if the 20th century was the century of physics, the 21st century will be the century of biology on our planet. Jill Tarter believes that their idea will be ...
22 Okt 20211h 14min
The Monster Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way (with Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez)
By measuring the rapid orbits of the stars near the center of our galaxy, Dr. Andrea Ghez of UCLA and her colleagues have moved the case for a supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way Gal...
9 Okt 20211h 11min
Encounter with Ultima Thule: The Most Distant Object Humanity Has Ever Explored (with Dr. Jeff Moore)
After encountering Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft, for the first time flew by a member of the Kuiper Belt of icy objects beyond Neptune. This particular object, informally named “Ultimate Thule” ...
26 Sep 202155min
What Does a Black Hole Look Like: How We Got our First Picture (With Prof. Eliot Quataert)
Black holes are one of the most remarkable predictions of Einstein's theory of gravity: so much material is compressed into such a small volume that nothing, not even light, can escape. In Spring 201...
15 Sep 20211h 17min
A Little Talk about Aliens with Dr. Adam Frank
Dr. Adam Frank (U of Rochester) first discusses the history of our search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI), including the Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and the searches for radio message...
23 Aug 20211h 19min
Planet 9 from Outer Space with Dr. Michael Brown
Dr. Brown (whose discovery of dwarf planet Eris led to the reclassification of Pluto) discusses the history of planetary discovery (and demotion), why we think a new, larger Planet 9 is on the verge o...
14 Aug 20211h 17min
