94: Seven hundred new craters on Mars with Dr. Daubar
Dr. Ingrid Daubar stops by to talk about HiRISE, a camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft that takes amazing images of the Martian surface. She explains how she uses these images to search for fresh cra...
23 Apr 201714min
93: Companionable Jupiters with Marta Bryan
Marta Bryan shares her new results on exoplanets! She explains how she tested a theory of hot jupiter formation, and how she figured out that planet rotation rates are likely set early on in the plane...
16 Apr 201721min
92: When there's dust there's planets with Dr. Patel
Dr. Rahul Patel describes his search for undiscovered disks of dust around other stars. He explains how looking for fainter and fainter debris disks may bring us closer to discovering a planetary syst...
9 Apr 201715min
91: Tectonic hazard on Phobos with Dr. Curren
Dr. Ivy Curren talks about Mars' moon Phobos, and how grooves on its surface indicate that the interior may be fractured. This small, mysterious moon is covered in faults, making it a dicey place for ...
2 Apr 201711min
90: The universe is full of water with Dr. Paladini
Dr Roberta Paladini talks about the space-based Herschel Space Observatory, which was the largest infrared telescope ever launched. It looked at the sky in the far infrared, and discovered an abundanc...
26 Mar 201718min
89: Underwater Flying Objects with Prof. Thompson
Dr. Andy Thompson explains how he uses robotic ocean gliders to learn about our planet. He tells us how ocean water interacts with the atmosphere, and how parcels of water can preserve information abo...
19 Mar 201727min
Bonus episode: I wrote a book!
As part of the 2016 TED Fellows class, I got to meet cool people and I got to talk about asteroids. My TED talk is now online on www.TED.com (check it out!) and the companion book, "Asteroid Hunters",...
14 Mar 201711min
88: Designing earthquake alarms with Dr. Burkett
Dr. Erin Burkett tells us what prairie dog research has to do with an earthquake early alarm system. She also talks about how to motivate people to prepare for earthquakes, and emphasizes the importan...
12 Mar 201721min
