132: Introducing people to the reach of infinity with Tim Thompson
Tim Thompson, former JPL scientist and member of the Mt. Wilson Institute Board of Trustees, talks about the Mt. Wilson Observatory. He explains why he doesn't operate the Mt. Wilson telescopes himsel...
26 Aug 201819min
131: Inside the red planet with Dr. Daubar
Dr. Ingrid Daubar returns to the show to tell us about the InSight mission to Mars. InSight carries a seismometer and a self-hammering heat probe, and will explore the interior of the planet. She tell...
12 Aug 201811min
130: Quantum entanglement with Dr. Ghose
Dr. Shohini Ghose talks about quantum entanglement, which she describes as an "amazing, weird handshake across space and time." She tells us about quantum information science, which finds useful appli...
29 Jul 201817min
129: A new type of galaxy with Dr. Mutlu-Pakdil
Dr. Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil talks about her amazing discovery-- a galaxy with both an inner and outer ring. The existence of such a galaxy had not been predicted before she discovered it, and there's no t...
15 Jul 201821min
128: Sleeping on a Glacier with Dr. Koppes
Dr. Michele Koppes returns to the show to talk about her experiences studying glaciers in the field. She describes what a glacier sounds like at night, and why a good glaciologist is generally handy w...
1 Jul 201814min
127: Black hole pairs with Dr. McGurk
Dr. Rosalie McGurk talks about her quest to find pairs of black holes. She explains how she used several different telescopes to solve this problem, narrowing the list of potential candidates from hun...
17 Jun 201823min
126: Supercities of the Universe with Dr. Connor
Dr. Tom Connor stops by the show to talk about massive galaxy clusters and the CLASH project. We talk about naturally occurring gravitational "telescopes" that allow us to see even farther into space,...
3 Jun 201823min
125: Oceans, oceans everywhere with Dr. Keane
Dr. James Tuttle Keane discusses why Pluto probably has a huge underground ocean. To make this discovery, he used images of Pluto taken by the New Horizons spacecraft, computer simulations, and good o...
20 Mai 201820min
