139: The missing mantle problem with Dr. DeMeo
Urey Prize winner Dr. Francesca DeMeo stops by the show to talk about her asteroid research. She explains what a differentiated asteroid is, and tells us about her asteroid classification system. She ...
2 Dec 201821min
138: Transiting Exoplanets with Dr. Payne
Dr. Matthew Payne talks about his exoplanet research, which involves looking for periodic dimming in stars. We discuss the Kepler and TESS space telescopes, and he explains why he's so interested in m...
18 Nov 201823min
137: Documenting rapid change with Dr. Carey
Dr. Joanna Carey talks about her research on our home planet, Earth. She explains how the climate change we're experiencing is ten times faster than any in geologic history. We also discuss why small ...
4 Nov 201822min
136: Would sailboats work on Titan? With Dr. Soto
Dr. Alejandro Soto returns to the show to talk about how lakes on Titan and on Earth influence the nearby atmosphere. He talks about how lakes create breezes that allow for sailing on Earth, and how t...
21 Okt 201819min
135: Linking asteroid observations with Dr. Holman
Dr. Matt Holman, head of the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stops by to talk asteroids. The Minor Planet Center handles about a hundred thousand asteroid observations a night, from o...
7 Okt 201823min
134: Spinning stars with Dr. Rebull
Dr. Luisa Rebull returns to the show to describe new research with the Kepler space telescope. Her ingenious study takes advantage of Kepler's strengths, and has produced results that stump theorists....
23 Sep 201830min
133: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Mercury with Dr. Padovan
Dr. Sebastiano Padovan talks about the planet closest to the sun, Mercury. He compares the evolution of planets to movies, and says that understanding a planet's history from its current state is like...
9 Sep 201831min
132: Introducing people to the reach of infinity with Tim Thompson
Tim Thompson, former JPL scientist and member of the Mt. Wilson Institute Board of Trustees, talks about the Mt. Wilson Observatory. He explains why he doesn't operate the Mt. Wilson telescopes himsel...
26 Aug 201819min
