85: Risk, hazard, and threat: the importance of language with Dr. Billings
Dr Linda Billings talks about the importance of clear communication across the expert/non-expert boundary. She describes the difference between the words "risk", "hazard" and "threat," as applied to n...
19 Feb 201718min
84: Saturn's siren song with Dr. Burton
Dr. Marcia Burton stops by the show to talk about radio waves from Saturn, as measured by the Cassini Spacecraft. We listen to some audio clips, and she explains why it is so difficult to measure the ...
12 Feb 201725min
83: Why we archive with Dr. Rebull
Dr. Luisa Rebull explains why it is vital to archive astronomical images. NASA archives, such as the ones at IPAC, are accessible everyone on Earth at no cost. Luisa also describes how you can take a ...
5 Feb 201722min
82: Searching the sky for asteroids with Eric Christensen
Eric Christensen, head of the Catalina Sky Survey, talks about how he and his team hunt asteroids and comets. He explains how astronomers can distinguish between individual asteroids and how new upgra...
29 Jan 201714min
81: The era of precision astronomy with Dr. Rich
Dr Jeff Rich stops by the show to talk about variable stars. Some variable stars change brightness dramatically over several hours, and certain types can be used to measure distances. Jeff also explai...
22 Jan 201726min
80: Places where people can have adventures with Br. Consolmagno
Brother Guy Consolmagno shares a Coke and talks about the Vatican Observatory, a discovery that got him in trouble with the Voyager team, and why being next to a dairy farm was convenient when he want...
15 Jan 201729min
79: LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson
Dr. Norna Robertson shares a drink from her home country and talks about a specific part of LIGO. She explains that LIGO's eighty-pound mirrors are suspended by four, incredibly thin, silica fibers th...
8 Jan 201718min
78: Signals traveling through the fabric of spacetime with Dr. Kanner (Part 2)
Dr. Kanner explains how gravitational waves could teach us about the big bang, and how we might be on the cusp of discovering new phenomena that are so unusual, theorists haven't even predicted their ...
1 Jan 201716min
