Ep 90: How Can We Find Life Within the Solar System?: with guest Dr. Niels Ligterink
Last month, scientists published word that an incredible discovery was made on Venus. They found what is called a “biomarker” in the […]
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Ep 76: How We Found Out Meteors Are Actually Little Rocks From Space Burning Up In The Atmosphere
It sounds crazy when you say it out loud. Meteors are rocks from SPACE burning up in the atmosphere. How did people […]
Ep 68: They’re Not Speaking English – Decoding a Message from ET – with guest Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
What would happen if we found a message from a civilization on another planet? Chances are, they won’t be speaking English. We […]
Ep 67: Space Industry – A Future in the Stars – with guest Dr. Jim Bell
It’s been 50 years since we’ve first set foot on the moon. That moment, the human species was brought together – our […]
Ep 65: The Plausibility of Implausible Science Fiction
Come on, that can’t really happen, can it? How often have you torn apart science fiction movies for their sheer implausibility? Today, […]
Ep 59: Climate Change on Alien Worlds: with guest Dr. Adam Frank
The Earth is not the only planet to undergo radical changes in its climate. Even if we look at the nearby solar […]
Ep 57: The Future of the Universe: with guests Dr. Avi Loeb and Dr. Ethan Siegel
Everything changes. Even the stars, that seem so constant, will one day burn out. The sky will change. Today, we’re going on […]
Ep 48: Let There be Light: First Stars and Cosmic Dawn – with guest Dr. Harish Vedantham
The Universe was not always like it is today. Before the Universe was filled with light, it was a dark and lifeless […]
Ep 46: The Geology of Us: The Anthropocene – with guest Dr. David Grinspoon
When we think of geology, we may think of the Grand Canyon. We imagine layers upon layers of geological strata containing rocks […]
Ep 42: Space Junk, Trash on the Moon, and the Earth’s Copper Ring – with guest Dr. Lisa Ruth Rand
What happens to old satellites? Or to astronauts’ trash? It turns out that the Earth is surrounded by a sphere of garbage […]