Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSomewhere Over the Moonbow (with Jeff Pfaller)
What is a moonbow, and what does it take to get a picture of one? And do rare events in the night sky lose their appeal after you've seen a bunch of …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How a 1925 Airship Crash Shaped an Ohio Town (with Kendall Crawford)
What might it be like to watch an alien spacecraft fall from the sky? Residents of Ava, Ohio, in 1925 experienced something close to this, when the U…
5 months ago
Eating Like an Astronaut (with Mark Borison)
How do you eat in space? Simple everyday chores like sleeping or going to the bathroom take on all new challenges when you're weightless and floating…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Early Astrophotography was Controversial (with Anika Burgess)
The question seems completely absurd to us in the 21st century: should we use cameras to help with astronomical research? Well, of course. Why wouldn…
6 months ago
Trappist-1 is Not Like Our Sun (with Dr. Néstor Espinoza)
The universe is enormous and time to observe it is limited. This means planet-hunters have to be extra picky in their search for habitable worlds. De…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Martian Craze of the Gilded Age (with David Baron)
Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with "alien invaders" goes back a long time. But why? And what do…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Space 2 Inspire (with Dr. Sian Proctor)
Revisiting a favorite from 2025: Dean chats with Inspiration4 astronaut and artist, Dr. Sian Proctor about seeing Earth from outer space, and her boo…
7 months, 1 week ago
FROM THE ARCHIVE: How will the universe end? (with Dr. Katie Mack)
This holiday season, Dean Regas visits a favorite episode of Looking Up, featuring astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack. They discuss how all of this might …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Forgotten Water on Venus (with Dr. Rakesh Mogul)
Venus is close-by and similar in size to Earth, but until recently, we couldn’t tell much about it. Dr. Rakesh Mogul, Professor of Chemistry and Bioc…
8 months, 1 week ago
On Top of the World (with Peter Hillary and Mark Armstrong)
Peter Hillary's father, Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first person to climb Mt. Everest. Mark Armstrong's father, Neil Armstrong, was the first person …
8 months, 3 weeks ago