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Inside the red planet with Dr. Daubar
Episode 131
Dr. Ingrid Daubar returns to the show to tell us about the InSight mission to Mars. InSight carries a seismometer and a self-hammering heat probe, an…
7 years, 11 months ago
Quantum entanglement with Dr. Ghose
Episode 130
Dr. Shohini Ghose talks about quantum entanglement, which she describes as an "amazing, weird handshake across space and time." She tells us about qu…
8 years ago
A new type of galaxy with Dr. Mutlu-Pakdil
Episode 129
Dr. Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil talks about her amazing discovery-- a galaxy with both an inner and outer ring. The existence of such a galaxy had not been p…
8 years ago
Sleeping on a Glacier with Dr. Koppes
Episode 128
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 nigh…
8 years, 1 month ago
Black hole pairs with Dr. McGurk
Episode 127
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, …
8 years, 1 month ago
Supercities of the Universe with Dr. Connor
Episode 126
Dr. Tom Connor stops by the show to talk about massive galaxy clusters and the CLASH project. We talk about naturally occurring gravitational "telesc…
8 years, 2 months ago
Oceans, oceans everywhere with Dr. Keane
Episode 125
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 Ho…
8 years, 2 months ago
Searching Antarctica for meteorites with Dr. Cohen
Episode 124
Dr. Barbara Cohen returns to the show to talk about meteorite collecting in Antarctica. These trips, which involve weeks of camping on the ice, provi…
8 years, 2 months ago
Our favorite planet's future with Dr. Marvel
Episode 123
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…
8 years, 3 months ago
How to make a comet with Dr. Michel
Episode 122
Dr. Patrick Michel talks about comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, which was visited by the Rosetta spacecraft. This comet's shape was puzzling. It look…
8 years, 3 months ago