47: Punching an asteroid with Dr. Walsh
Dr. Kevin Walsh visits the show to talk about a new NASA mission that will launch later this year: OSIRIS REx! This spacecraft will visit an asteroid, grab a bit of surface material, and return the ma...
29 Mai 201612min
46: Spacecraft no bigger than a breadbox with Dr. Asphaug
Professor Erik Asphaug stops by the show to discuss AOSAT-1, a tiny spacecraft that will contain experiments to study the surface of asteroids. AOSAT-1 will rotate once every minute, creating a force ...
22 Mai 201612min
45: A glimpse of the Pluto system with Dr. Ennico Smith
Dr. Kimberly Ennico Smith, New Horizons deputy project scientist, stops by the show to talk about the new data currently being transmitted to Earth, what it's like to work on this mission, and the vio...
15 Mai 201612min
44: Atmospheres in our solar system with Dr. Soto
Dr. Alejandro Soto visits the show to talk about the different atmospheres found on planets and moons in our solar system. We talk about wind on Mars, the opening scene of The Martian, Pluto's thin at...
8 Mai 201615min
43: The Ice Giants with Dr. Soderlund
Dr. Krista Soderlund talks about the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune. She tells us about their unusual rings and moons, and how studying them can teach us about exoplanets.
1 Mai 201610min
42: Finding exoplanets with Dr. Christiansen
Dr. Christiansen stops by the show to talk about exoplanets and the Kepler Space Telescope. We share an Australian beverage and she explains how astronomers look for exoplanets, and how the discovery ...
24 Apr 201611min
41: The last of the "great observatories" with Dr. Storrie-Lombardi
Dr. Lisa Storrie-Lombardi talks about the Spitzer Space Telescope. She tells us how Spitzer made the first observation of light from a planet outside our solar system. She also describes how engineers...
17 Apr 201614min
40: Keeping an eye on asteroids with Dr. Yeomans
Dr. Don Yeomans, head of JPL's Near-Earth Object office until his recent retirement, describes how the field of asteroid discovery has changed over the decades. He recalls when early data indicated t...
10 Apr 201612min
