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802: Directly Imaging Exoplanets with Dr. Thayne Currie
My guest today is Dr. Thayne Currie, an astrophysicist at NASA-Ames Research Center and the Subaru Telescope. Dr. Currie was part of a team that dire…
4 years, 3 months ago
801: Starship Updates and Mars City Perspectives with Chris Prophet
My guest today is Chris Prophet, a freelance writer who has been covering the rise of SpaceX. He has written several books, including SpaceX from the…
4 years, 3 months ago
800: Why the Universe Is Silent with Dr. Robin Hanson
My guest today is Dr. Robin Hanson, an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity…
4 years, 3 months ago
799: Navigation in Space, Sizes of Black Holes and Planet 9 | Q&A 178
In this week's live Questions and Answers show, I explain how big black holes are, what coordinate system astronomers use to map objects in the sky, …
4 years, 3 months ago
798: Limits of Kardashev Scale, Artificial Stars, Can We Touch Jupiter | Q&A 177
In this week's questions and answers show, I answer the question: could we build a star? How far will humans realistically explore within the Solar S…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 797: Fusion Rockets, Ditching Heat Shields, Looking Beyond the Edge of the Universe | Q&A 176
In this week's live Questions and Answers show, I explain how a more powerful rocket could reduce the need of a heat shield, if we could detect objec…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 796: Exploring the mysteries of Triton with Dr. Jason Hofgartner
My guest today is Dr. Jason Hofgartner, a planetary scientist specializing in icy worlds of the Solar System. Jason wrote a recent paper about the na…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 795: Q&A 175: How Do Astronomers Measure Redshift? And More...
In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain how astronomers use the Doppler Effect to know if objects are moving towards or away from us, I …
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 791: Laser Sailing with Matthew Campbell
My guest today is Matthew Campbell, a Mechanical Engineer, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics …
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 792: Preparing for James Webb with John Mather
My guest today is Dr. John Mather, Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Mather …
4 years, 4 months ago