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ANOTHER CASSINI UPDATE FROM PROJECT SCIENTIST LINDA SPILKER
May 2, 2011 Guests: Linda Spilker Select Format: MP3 Windows Media She has become our most frequent guest. It's no wonder. The Cassini mission regularly solves old mysteries and uncovers new ones about Saturn, its moons, and its rings. Emily Lakdawalla says the... more »
STUDENTS FOR THE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE
April 25, 2011 Guests: Rick Hanton Select Format: MP3 Windows Media They'd rather go to Mars than another fraternity party. The chair of SEDS-USA is Iowa State computer engineering major Rick Hanton. He'll tell us what the organization does, and how other students... more »
LIFE HEADS FOR SPACE ABOARD SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR
April 18, 2011 Guests: Tim Lilburn, Amy Smith Select Format: MP3 Windows Media ATCC scientists Tim Lilburn and Amy Smith have loaded a microbe zoo into tiny tubes that will soon launch on Space Shuttle Endeavour. Emily Lakdawalla reports that liquid methane worlds like Titan... more »
DEBRA FISCHER, DISCOVERER OF WORLDS
April 11, 2011 Guests: Debra Fischer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Yale Astronomy Professor Debra Fischer and Geoff Marcy have discovered more exoplanets than any other ground-based team. Debra has now embarked on creation of FINDS Exo-Earths II, an instrument she... more »
COSMIC RANTS FROM PHIL PLAIT, THE BAD ASTRONOMER
April 4, 2011 Guests: Phil Plait Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Astronomer Phil Plait has become one of bad astronomy's (and bad science's) worst enemies. Which bogus stories are bugging him most right now? Emily Lakdawalla previews April activity by missions... more »
PI SEAN SOLOMON'S MESSENGER IS ORBITING MERCURY!
March 28, 2011 Guests: Sean Solomon Select Format: MP3 Windows Media With its nail-biting orbital insertion a success, MESSENGER has renewed its exploration of our solar system's innermost planet. Principal Investigator Sean Solomon tells us what's in store. Emily... more »
THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY CAPTURES THE UNIVERSE
March 21, 2011 Guests: Bob Nichol Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Bob Nichol is the Scientific Spokesperson for the most detailed study of the night sky in history. He'll tell us about this international project and how it continues to reveal the secrets of the... more »
FOLKSINGER PETER MAYER SINGS OF THE COSMOS
March 14, 2011 Guests: Peter Mayer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Science isn't the only thing Peter Mayer sings about, but when he does he captures the passion, beauty and joy of the cosmos. We talk with him and hear some of his music on a special edition of the... more »
LIFE'S BUILDING BLOCKS FOUND IN AN "IMPOSSIBLE" METEORITE
March 7, 2011 Guests: Mike Callahan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Michael Callahan is on the Goddard Spaceflight Center team that has found amino acids in an unlikely meteorite that is as old as the solar system. Emily Lakdawalla learns how to turn off an old... more »
STARDUST-NEXT ENCOUNTERS COMET TEMPEL 1
February 28, 2011 Guests: Jessica Sunshine, Emily Lakdawalla Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Jessica Sunshine returns to talk about the flyby of comet Tempel 1 by Stardust-NExT. She is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Mat Kaplan. more » |
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