Using Resources in Space to Sustain Human Exploration
NASA has for decades been assessing options to utilize the resources available in space – often on the Moon and Mars – to sustain long-duration human operations. It will be prohibitively expensive to ...
18 Dec 20181h 1min
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)
The largest ground-based telescope is now being built on the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is a new class of extremely large telescopes that will allow us to see deeper ...
6 Dec 20181h
The Origin of Life w/ PZ Myers
Had a great discussion yesterday with biologist PZ Myers about the origin of life on Earth. What is our current knowledge of how life began on our planet? Is life easy or hard to make? We also extend...
29 Nov 20181h 3min
Amazing Astronomy at the European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been on the forefront of astronomy discovery for decades. They operate telescopes primarily in South America, in Chile, and their astronomers have made grou...
12 Nov 20181h
Clarke Exobelts: A Technosignature for finding Alien Civilizations
Clarke Exobelts, appropriately named after Arthur C. Clarke, are belts of satellites around and exoplanet that are in a geosynchronous orbit around it. These belts have distinct characteristics that c...
25 Okt 20181h 4min
Using Robots to Explore and Repair in Space
Did you know there is a commercial effort to design robotic spacecraft to go into orbit and repair/replace/remove old, broken and damaged satellites? The future is very bright in space exploration, es...
17 Okt 20181h 1min
Possible Exomoon Around Kepler-1625b
This week we are talking with Alex Teachey from Columbia University whose recent paper using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that there might be an exomoon around Kepler-1625b, a...
12 Okt 20181h 4min
HabEx and Future Earths: New Concept to search for Earth-like Worlds
HabEx is one of four concept missions being considered for the next generation of space telescopes. HabEx will search for rocky worlds like Earth in orbit around other stars and it will have unique ca...
8 Okt 20181h 2min
