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Perturbing the Earth with Dr. Weiser
Episode 72
Dr. Debbie Weiser talks about human-made earthquakes on my favorite planet, Earth. She explains how seismologists try to distinguish between natural …
9 years, 8 months ago
Rovers on an asteroid with Dr. Takir
Episode 71
Dr. Driss Takir stops by the show. He explains how he looks for water that's molecularly bound up in the rocks on asteroids. He also tells us about t…
9 years, 8 months ago
Every crater tells a story with Dr. Scully
Episode 70
Dr Jennifer Scully talks about the geology of Ceres and Vesta, two large asteroids in the main belt that have been visited by NASA's DAWN mission. Sh…
9 years, 8 months ago
Pinging passing asteroids with Dr. Naidu
Episode 69
Dr. Shantanu Naidu tells us about planetary radar. Using large telescopes in California and Puerto Rico, he bounces radio waves off of asteroids and …
9 years, 9 months ago
Building a new instrument with Dr Hosseini
Episode 68
Dr. Sona Hosseini talks about spectroscopy, a technique that allows scientists to determine what celestial bodies are made of. She's developing new s…
9 years, 9 months ago
The most ambitious measurement ever made, with Dr. Reitze (Part 2)
Episode 67
Dr. Dave Reitze, the Executive Director of LIGO, talks about how each source of noise at LIGO must be meticulously accounted for— from wolves howlin…
9 years, 9 months ago
The most ambitious measurement ever made, with Dr. Reitze (Part 1)
Episode 66
Dr. Dave Reitze, the Executive Director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) talks about the extraordinary detection of…
9 years, 9 months ago
Black holes don't suck with Dr. Gorjian
Episode 65
Dr. Varoujan Gorjian thoroughly debunks a misconception he hates— the idea that black holes suck. Find out what would happen to the Earth if our Sun …
9 years, 10 months ago
Hubble's Tuning Fork with Dr. Seidel
Episode 64
Dr. Marja Seidel stops by the show to talk about galaxy evolution. She also talks about a unique outreach effort she co-founded, called Cielo y Tierr…
9 years, 10 months ago
Deciphering dark matter with Dr. Benson
Episode 63
Dr. Andrew Benson talks about dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up most of the mass of the universe. Andrew explains how we can learn abou…
9 years, 10 months ago