Podcast Episodes
Back to Search82: 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 disting…
9 years, 6 months ago
The era of precision astronomy with Dr. Rich
Episode 81
Dr Jeff Rich stops by the show to talk about variable stars. Some variable stars change brightness dramatically over several hours, and certain types…
9 years, 6 months ago
Places where people can have adventures with Br. Consolmagno
Episode 80
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 bei…
9 years, 6 months ago
LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson
Episode 79
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 s…
9 years, 6 months ago
Signals traveling through the fabric of spacetime with Dr. Kanner (Part 2)
Episode 78
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 …
9 years, 7 months ago
Signals traveling through the fabric of spacetime with Dr. Kanner (Part 1)
Episode 77
Dr. Kanner talks about gravitational waves, which were detected for the first time by LIGO last year. He explains how studying neutron stars with gra…
9 years, 7 months ago
Mars' teenage robot with Dr. Fraeman
Episode 76
Dr. Abby Fraeman returns to the show to talk about Opportunity, the rover that won't quit. Along with its sister rover, Spirit, Opportunity has disco…
9 years, 7 months ago
Looking for trouble with Eric Rice
Episode 75
Eric Rice talks about systems engineering and we drink what turns out to be the most disgusting beverage yet. He talks about what it is like to contr…
9 years, 7 months ago
Asteroid families with Dr. Masiero
Episode 74
Dr. Joe Masiero returns to the podcast to talk about asteroid families, which are groups of asteroids that astronomers think are fragments from ancie…
9 years, 8 months ago
Earthquake early warning systems with Dr. Weiser
Episode 73
Dr Debbie Weiser explains the importance of building an early warning system in the US before a major earthquake hits. Even a few seconds warning is …
9 years, 8 months ago