Program Archives

STEPHEN HAWKING ACCEPTS THE COSMOS AWARD
March 8, 2010
Guests: Stephen Hawking
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The man who is probably the world's most famous living scientist received the Planetary Society's Cosmos award last week. Listen to exclusive excerpts of Professor Hawking's acceptance...  more »

100 MILLIONS SOLAR SYSTEMS LIKE OUR OWN?
March 1, 2010
Guests: Scott Gaudi
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Award-winning astronomer Scott Gaudi talks about the MicroFUN exoplanet finding project, and the first estimate of how many planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy look like our home system. Bill...  more »

CAN MIRROR BEES SAVE OUR PLANET?
February 22, 2010
Guests: Max Vasile
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Researcher Max Vasile and his team want to show that a fleet of spacecraft they call "Mirror Bees" can use sunlight to divert a killer asteroid. He'll tell us how this week. Emily takes us to...  more »

BUZZ ALDRIN AND ANDREW CHAIKIN ON THE PROPOSED NASA BUDGET
February 15, 2010
Guests: Buzz Alrin, Andrew Chaikin
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We continue our special coverage of the NASA budget plan submitted by the Obama Administration as we check in with space exploration chronicler Andrew Chaikin and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. ...  more »

PLANETARY SOCIETY'S LOU FRIEDMAN ON NASA'S NEW PLANS
February 8, 2010
Guests: Louis Friedman
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The Obama Administration has revealed a new budget and a major change in plans for NASA. Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman shares his thoughts. Bill Nye the Science and Planetary...  more »

MARS ROVER PROJECT MANAGER JOHN CALLAS
February 1, 2010
Guests: John Callas
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John Callas returns to tell us why, after six years, an end to Spirit's roving does not mean the end of her work on the red planet. Emily Lakdawalla looks to the other side of Mars where Opportunity...  more »

GALAXY BUILDER ANDREW BENSON
January 25, 2010
Guests: Andrew Benson
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Almost 85 years have passed since Edwin Hubble first categorized galactic shapes. Now we finally know why they form this way. Cal Tech cosmologist Andrew Benson takes us through his...  more »

WILLIAM BORUCKI ON KEPLER'S SEARCH FOR ANOTHER EARTH
January 18, 2010
Guests: William Borucki
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The Kepler spacecraft's discovery of five exoplanets has just been confirmed by ground-based telescopes. Principal Investigator Bill Borucki returns with a progress report and a look forward toward...  more »

CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY WITH PAMELA GAY
January 11, 2010
Guests: Pamela Gay
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2009 was the year fans of astronomy went all out to share the wonder of the universe. Astronomer and Astronomy Cast co-host Pamela Gay reports from the closing ceremonies for the IYA in Padua,...  more »

GETTING WISE WITH THE UNIVERSE
January 4, 2010
Guests: Ned Wright
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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is ready to reveal much more of our solar system and beyond. Ned Wright is Principal Investigator for this new space telescope. Emily Lakdawalla laments Mars...  more »