JPL and England Wave at Saturn
Hundreds came out on the JPL mall on Friday, July 19th to salute the Cassini spacecraft as it captured a rare image of Earth from the outer solar system. Among them were the mission Deputy Project Sci...
22 Juli 201328min
Touring Mt. Wilson with George Ellery Hale's Descendants
On this special vacation edition of the show, we climb to the Mount Wilson Observatory to join a special tour for the descendants of the facility’s fascinating founder, George Ellery Hale.Learn more a...
15 Juli 201328min
Tim Spahr of the Minor Planet Center
There’s a place to go when you find a space rock headed our way, or headed any which way. Tim Spahr directs the Minor Planet Center, the global clearinghouse for all information about asteroids, comet...
8 Juli 201328min
Water on the Moon!
Amanda Hendrix looks for and studies water in our solar system, where it has been found in surprising locales. Earth's moon, for instance. She talks about Luna’s ice and the weathering of its ancient ...
1 Juli 201328min
A Cosmic Concert: Singer/Songwriter Peter Mayer on Planetary Radio Live
Join us at the intersection of science, nature, music and wonder for a very special Planetary Radio Live with the great Peter Mayer. Bill Nye is with host Mat Kaplan on stage in this unique episode, t...
24 Juni 20131h 27min
Landing On Mars With JPL's Matt Golombek
Join us at JPL for a conversation with Mars landing site selection leader Matt Golombek. Matt is also now Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover program, and shares the great news from Oppor...
17 Juni 201338min
Saving Science Education With Pamela Gay AND Creating the Blackest Black
A Planetary Radio double header includes a visit with CosmoQuest’s Pamela Gay. She and colleagues are working to replace vital federal funds for science education and citizen science programs. We also...
10 Juni 201335min
Tasting the Air of Distant Worlds
There will soon be one thousand confirmed exoplanets, but how do we learn more about such distant worlds? We talk to the leader of a team that has recently developed technology capable of revealing th...
3 Juni 201331min
