128: Sleeping on a Glacier with Dr. Koppes
Dr. Michele Koppes returns to the show to talk about her experiences studying glaciers in the field. She describes what a glacier sounds like at night, and why a good glaciologist is generally handy w...
1 Juli 201814min
127: Black hole pairs with Dr. McGurk
Dr. Rosalie McGurk talks about her quest to find pairs of black holes. She explains how she used several different telescopes to solve this problem, narrowing the list of potential candidates from hun...
17 Juni 201823min
126: Supercities of the Universe with Dr. Connor
Dr. Tom Connor stops by the show to talk about massive galaxy clusters and the CLASH project. We talk about naturally occurring gravitational "telescopes" that allow us to see even farther into space,...
3 Juni 201823min
125: Oceans, oceans everywhere with Dr. Keane
Dr. James Tuttle Keane discusses why Pluto probably has a huge underground ocean. To make this discovery, he used images of Pluto taken by the New Horizons spacecraft, computer simulations, and good o...
20 Maj 201820min
124: Searching Antarctica for meteorites with Dr. Cohen
Dr. Barbara Cohen returns to the show to talk about meteorite collecting in Antarctica. These trips, which involve weeks of camping on the ice, provide invaluable scientific samples. She talks about w...
6 Maj 201839min
123: Our favorite planet's future with Dr. Marvel
To celebrate Earth Day, Dr. Kate Marvel talks about models of Earth's climate. She compares many models to learn more about the way our climate works, and how it might change in the future. She also o...
22 Apr 201812min
122: How to make a comet with Dr. Michel
Dr. Patrick Michel talks about comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, which was visited by the Rosetta spacecraft. This comet's shape was puzzling. It looked like it had survived a collision, but how could ...
8 Apr 201832min
121: Solar storms with Dr. Janvier
Dr. Miho Janvier talks about her work studying solar storms, and tells us about the ways these storms have impacted humans in the past. She explains why they are challenging to model and says why she'...
25 Mars 201823min
