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How to build a planet with Dr. Kretke
Episode 32
Dr. Katherine Kretke investigates how planets are formed with computer models. Her new research had a surprising result— that pebbles play a key role…
10 years, 5 months ago
If we could put Mars in a bottle… with Paulo Younse
Episode 31
Paulo Younse has spent over 5 years studying hermetic seals for tubes. But these aren't just any tubes— there the tubes that will travel to Mars and …
10 years, 5 months ago
Space weathering with Dr. Kaluna
Episode 30
Dr. Heather Kaluna talks about space weathering, which changes the surfaces of the moon, asteroids, and Mercury. She studies space weathering in a la…
10 years, 6 months ago
Keeping the James Webb Space Telescope cool with Dr. Stone
Episode 29
The James Webb Space Telescope is the biggest astronomy project in the world right now. It's an amazingly complex robot, and some of its sensors need…
10 years, 6 months ago
Building experiments for the International Space Station with Dr. White
Episode 28
Dr. Lauren White talks about designing and building instruments for the International Space Station (ISS). She shares a secret about designing instru…
10 years, 6 months ago
Searching Iceland's lava fields for life on Mars with Dr. Cable
Episode 27
Dr Morgan Cable comes back on the podcast to tell us about how she and a team of scientists searched a fresh lava field in Iceland to look for signs …
10 years, 6 months ago
Old, volatile, and gassy: Why comets would make unpleasant but interesting dinner guests with Dr. Bauer
Episode 26
Dr. James "Gerbs" Bauer talks about comets, the icy dirtballs (or dirty iceballs) that orbit the Sun. We talk about the ancient Egyptian term for com…
10 years, 7 months ago
Why couldn't New Horizons orbit Pluto?
Episode 25
The New Horizons mission revealed Pluto's jaw-dropping vistas and geophysical mysteries. One listener wanted to know why the spacecraft didn't go int…
10 years, 7 months ago
Engineering the Galileo Probe, Pt 2.
Episode 24
In part 2, engineers who worked on the Galileo probe discuss what it was like when the probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere. This episode includes a bo…
10 years, 7 months ago
Engineering the Galileo Probe, Pt 1.
Episode 23
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the successful deployment of a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, this episode is a series of interviews with the e…
10 years, 7 months ago