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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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Episode 794: Q&A 174: Could We Mine Jupiter for Hydrogen? And More...
In this week's episode, I explain how we could use Jupiter as a source of fuel for our fusion reactors, what it means to say there's a scientific con…
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 793: Building an Artificial Magnetosphere with Elena D'Onghia
My guest today is Dr. Elena D'Onghia, an associate professor at the University of Wisconson--Madison's Department of Astronomy. Her research is focu…
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 790: Q&A 173: What If We Didn't Have Space Telescopes? And More...
In this week's questions show, I explain how astronomy would be different if we didn't have space telescopes, what was the Universe like shortly afte…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 789: Searching for Technosignatures with Dr. Chenoa Tremblay
My guest today is Dr. Chenoa Tremblay, a Post Doctoral Researcher at the SETI Institute. Dr. Tremblay and her team used the Murchison Widefield Array…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 788: Q&A 172: Why Do We Assume Extraterrestrials Will Be Hostile? And More...
In this week's questions and answers show, I explain why people might see extraterrestrials as a threat. What could we learn about astronomy if we li…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 787: Q&A 171: Could James Webb Detect Type 2 or 3 Civilizations? And More...
In this week's episode, I explain why James Webb is actually the perfect telescope for detecting advanced civilizations, could we hide the Earth from…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 786: Peering Into the Heart of a Blazar with Dr. Andrei Lobanov
My guest today is Dr. Andrei Lobanov, a staff astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Bonn, Germany. Dr. Lobanov was part of a tea…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 785: Getting Astroquizzical with Dr. Jillian Scudder
My guest today is Dr. Jillian Scudder, a PhD astrophysicist and assistant professor at Oberlin College. In addition to her teaching and research wor…
4 years, 7 months ago