The Next 10 Years…An Introduction to the Decadal Survey
Preparations at NASA are underway for creation of the next planetary science decadal survey, a roadmap intended to guide exploration of our solar neighborhood from 2023 to 2032. Six scientists, each c...
25 Mars 20201h 9min
Building Our Future on Mars
How will we build the structures, roads and landing pads humans will someday need on Mars? Civil engineer Peter Carrato has been building grand structures on Earth for decades. He says the skills we’v...
18 Mars 202057min
The Return of Cosmos and Ann Druyan
Cosmos: Possible Worlds is the third season of the beautiful, groundbreaking television series helmed by the late Carl Sagan’s widow and partner, Ann Druyan. Ann returns to tell us about the show and ...
11 Mars 202047min
Space Policy Edition: NASA's 2021 Budget Request Brings Billions
It's officially budget season! NASA's fiscal year 2021 budget request is out, and it proposes billions of dollars of new funding for Project Artemis. But not every program is so lucky: the WFIRST spac...
6 Mars 20201h 6min
African Eyes Look to the Cosmos
One people, one sky. That motto belongs to Astronomers Without Borders. Its founder and retired leader, Mike Simmons, recently brought a guest to Planetary Society headquarters. Olayinka Fagbemiro is ...
4 Mars 202058min
The Search for 100 Earths
Yale astronomer Debra Fischer has spent decades hunting for exoplanets. Now she leads the 100 Earths project that includes the Lowell Observatory and astrophysicist Joe Llama. Debra and Joe join us fo...
26 Feb 202045min
Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine
Physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist and author Paul Davies’ new book explores what he believes to be the defining quality of life on Earth and perhaps elsewhere. He talks about this and much more i...
19 Feb 20201h 10min
Another Goldilocks World and the Space Telescope That Discovered It
The planet has the less than romantic name TOI 700 d, but its discovery has generated passion among those searching for another Earth, including Emily Gilbert. The graduate student is lead author of a...
12 Feb 202051min
