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NEW MEXICO SPACE ADVENTURE: BACK TO THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY CAVES WORKSHOP
November 28, 2011
Guests: Diana Northup, Timothy Titus, Roger Wiens
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Our New Mexico space adventure ends with more from the First International Planetary Caves Workshop in Carlsbad, including a conversation with geomicrobiologist Diana Northup. Bill Nye reports from...  more »

NEW MEXICO CAVE ADVENTURE WITH PENNY BOSTON AND THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY CAVES WORKSHOP
November 21, 2011
Guests: Penny Boston
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The last chapter of our New Mexico adventure begins in Carlsbad Caverns National Park with the First International Planetary Caves Workshop. We'll make two descents with our guide, renowned cave...  more »

TOURING THE NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY AT SACRAMENTO PEAK
November 14, 2011
Guests: Dave Dooling
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High above the New Mexico desert is one of the world's great solar observatory complexes and a great visitors center. We get the deluxe tour from the NSO's Dave Dooling. Emily Lakdawalla tours the...  more »

NEW MEXICO JOURNEY: DALE FRAIL OF THE VERY LARGE ARRAY RADIO TELESCOPE
November 7, 2011
Guests: Dale Frail
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The first of three stories in the Land of Enchantment takes us to one of the largest and most important astronomical tools on Earth, the 27 dishes of the Very Large Array, deep in the New Mexico...  more »

ONE PLANET, TWO STARS, WITH LAURANCE DOYLE
November 1, 2011
Guests: Laurance Doyle
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Multidisciplinary scientist Laurance Doyle led the team that has announced discovery of the first extrasolar planet circling two stars. He also talks about his plan to analyze communication by and among other species.  more »

A CASSINI SATURN UPDATE FROM LINDA SPILKER
October 24, 2011
Guests: Linda Spilker
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Linda Spilker, the Cassini Mission Project Scientist and our most frequent guest, offers the latest news of Saturn, its rings and moons. She also tellsus the spacecraft is in good shape, but its...  more »

ALL-STAR CALTECH PANEL DISCUSSION: MOVING AN ASTEROID
October 17, 2011
Guests: Rusty Schweikart, Tom Jones, John Lewis, Louis Friedman, Bill Nye
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Why bring an asteroid closer to Earth? Don't we want to push them away? Both goals are considered by Lou Friedman, Tom Jones, John Lewis, Bill Nye, and Rusty Schweikart in highlights of a recent...  more »

EMILY LAKDAWALLA REPORTS ON THE LATEST PLANETARY SCIENCE
October 10, 2011
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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The Planetary Society's Science and Technology Coordinator attended the 2011 Division for Planetary Sciences meeting. She returns with an exciting recap. While Emily was in France, Bill Nye was at...  more »

THE BEAUTY OF SPACE WITH SPACE ARTISTS DON DIXON AND JON RAMER
October 3, 2011
Guests: Don Dixon, Jon Ramer
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Space artists have enthralled and inspired us for many years. Works by more than 100 of the best of them are now in "The Beauty of Space" We talk about the book with its editor, space artist Jon...  more »

BUILDING A BETTER GALAXY WITH JAVIERA GUEDES
September 26, 2011
Guests: Javiera Guedes
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It's hard to create realistic mathematical models of galaxies. They come out wrong even after lots of work. But now there's one that come closer to reality, partly thanks to inclusion of stellar...  more »