Dwarf Planet Ceres Thrills as a Dying Visitor Closes In

Dwarf Planet Ceres Thrills as a Dying Visitor Closes In

Ceres is the queen of the asteroid belt. Her first Earthly visitor is nearing its last days in spectacular style. Dawn Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc Rayman returns with stunning images taken from just 35 kilometers or 22 miles above the dwarf planet, and a preview of the spacecraft’s last days. Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts has a summer guide to the night sky, looks back in space exploration history and delivers another Random Space Fact. He and Mat Kaplan also have a new space trivia question for listeners. Learn more about all our topics this week: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0704-2018-marc-rayman-dawn-ceres.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avsnitt(1312)

The Exciting Year Ahead on the Final Frontier

The Exciting Year Ahead on the Final Frontier

The Planetary Society’s experts look forward to a great year of firsts in the solar system and beyond.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

6 Jan 201528min

2014: The Year in Space

2014: The Year in Space

Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily Lakdawalla, Jason Davis, Casey Dreier and Bruce Bett...

30 Dec 201428min

Where Did The Air Go? Bruce Jakosky on the MAVEN Mars Mission

Where Did The Air Go? Bruce Jakosky on the MAVEN Mars Mission

Not just the air. Where is the water that was plentiful on the red planet billions of years ago? MAVEN may help answer these questions. Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky reports on the early, excit...

23 Dec 201428min

Sara Seager and the Search for Earth’s Twin

Sara Seager and the Search for Earth’s Twin

MIT planetary scientist and astrophysicist Sara Seager is on a quest. She wants to find a warm, wet exoplanet with signs of life. It could be Earth 2.0.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

16 Dec 201429min

Orion Launches Into History

Orion Launches Into History

NASA’s Orion spacecraft has taken its first step toward Mars and an asteroid mission. The Planetary Society’s Jason Davis was at the Kennedy Space Center for the December 5 mission.Learn more about yo...

9 Dec 201428min

Kip Thorne and the Science of Interstellar

Kip Thorne and the Science of Interstellar

Spoiler alert. Famed physicist Kip Thorne says you might be able to survive a plunge into a black hole after all! That’s just one molecule of the fascinating science behind the science fiction film he...

2 Dec 201428min

2014: The Year We Landed on a Comet

2014: The Year We Landed on a Comet

Not just landed. Orbited, too. European Space Agency Senior Science Advisor Mark McCaughrean helps us celebrate the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

25 Nov 201428min

Cassini Mission Update From Project Scientist Linda Spilker

Cassini Mission Update From Project Scientist Linda Spilker

Cassini is safe! Project scientist Linda Spilker returns with a regular update on Saturn, its moons and rings not long after learning that the mission is funded through its 2017 plunge into the planet...

18 Nov 201428min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

dumma-manniskor
p3-dystopia
svd-nyhetsartiklar
pojkmottagningen
allt-du-velat-veta
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
medicinvetarna
det-morka-psyket
rss-vetenskapsradion
halsorevolutionen
4health-med-anna-sparre
paranormalt-med-caroline-giertz
dumforklarat
bildningspodden
sexet
vetenskapsradion
hacka-livet
rss-arkeologi-historia-podden-som-graver-i-vart-kulturlandskap
parkinsonpodden