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815: Unistellar Smart Telescope with Dr. Franck Marchis
My guest today is Dr. Franck Marchis, a senior planetary astronomer and chair of the exoplanet group at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute a…
4 years, 4 months ago
817: Can JWST See The Big Bang, Can Black Holes Disappear, Cutest Nebula | Q&A 182
In this week's Questions and Answers show, I explain why James Web still can't see the Big Bang, if black holes can "unblack hole" later in life and …
4 years, 4 months ago
814: Groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope Update, OSIRIS-REx Reborn, End of SOFIA | Space Bites
NASA extended 8 space missions, EHT has groundbreaking announcements on the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, James Webb shows first images, SOFIA…
4 years, 5 months ago
813: Weird Orbits and How They Work with Dr. Renu Malhotra
My guest today is Dr. Renu Malhotra, a planetary scientist who specializes in planetary migration and orbital mechanics. Dr. Malhotra and her team ha…
4 years, 5 months ago
812: Quasar Dust, Grabby Aliens and Who Needs von Neumann probes | Q&A 181
In this week's questions and answers show, I talk about supermassive black hole nucleosynthesis, the threat of grabby aliens and why would we ever bo…
4 years, 5 months ago
811: Mission to Uranus, More SLS Problems, Ban for Anti-Satellite Tests | Space Bites e2
Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommends a mission to Uranus, SLS is set for another delay, Perseverance sees a Phobos solar eclipse, all Hubble's…
4 years, 5 months ago
810: Detecting Primordial Black Holes with Celeste Keith
My guest today is Celeste Keith, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. Celeste and her team are searching for ways to detect the presence …
4 years, 5 months ago
808: SOFIA the Flying Telescope with Dr. Margaret Meixner
My guest today is Dr. Margaret Meixner, the Director of Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Science Mission Operations. Previous…
4 years, 5 months ago
809: Turning the Sun Into a Giant Telescope with Dr. Slava Turyshev
My guest today is Dr. Slava Turyshev, a physicist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He helped to solve the Pioneer Anomaly, and is developing a …
4 years, 5 months ago
807: True Shape of the Universe, Asteroid Mining, Alien Astronomers | Q&A 180
In this week's live Questions and Answers show, I provide the exact number of alien worlds that could detect the Earth, are we made of heavier elemen…
4 years, 5 months ago