102: A thrilling tale of discovery with Dr. Christiansen
Dr. Jessie Christiansen returns to the show to talk about newly discovered exoplanets! She explains why this planetary system was devilishly difficult to observe with ground-based telescopes, and how ...
2 Jul 201714min
101: The best geologist on Mars with Dr. Francis
Dr. Raymond Francis talks about a rock-vaporizing laser and the software that controls it. He describes how he and colleagues programmed a computer to make choices like a geologist would, allowing the...
18 Jun 201723min
100: The gauntlet is thrown- explain the ammonia! with Dr. Ehlmann
Dr. Bethany Ehlmann returns to talk about Ceres. She tells us what certain types of silicates have in common with phyllo dough, and explains how traces of ammonia on Ceres hint at unusual history for ...
4 Jun 201717min
99: Photons from exoplanets with Dr. Meshkat
Dr. Tiffany Meshkat describes direct imaging of exoplanets, which astronomers have used to discover enormous, young planets. She also talks about WFIRST, a mission under development that would be able...
28 Mai 201719min
98: A place on Earth as dry as Mars with Dr. Azua-Bustos
Dr. Armando Azua-Bustos talks about how he discovered the driest place on Earth— a region in the Atacama Desert not far from where he grew up. He explains how he collects and studies microbial life th...
21 Mai 201720min
97: If a glacier falls in a fjord… with Dr. Koppes
Dr. Michele Koppes stops by to talk about her glacier research on planet Earth. She describes how a melting glacier triggered a staggeringly large landslide in 2015, and how glaciers can match even hu...
14 Mai 201722min
96: Vega, dust, and a giant inflatable bumblebee with Dr. Ciardi
Dr. David Ciardi talks about Vega, a bright star that's "been a part of human lore forever." Dr. Ciardi and his colleagues discovered that Vega has a nearby ring of dust, implying the presence of plan...
7 Mai 201717min
95: Asteroid hunting software with John Dailey
John Dailey explains how he uses his software engineering skills to discover asteroids at IPAC/Caltech. He helps solve problems inherent to working with astronomical data, such as the challenge of rea...
30 Apr 201716min
