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EXPLORING THE MYSTERY OF DARK MATTER WITH RICHARD MASSEY
May 21, 2007
Guests: Richard Massey
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How are we finding and even mapping dark matter when it can't be seen? CalTech's Richard Massey is one of the researchers who has learned how to map the mysterious material that dominates the...  more »

STUDYING THE RINGS WITH IMKE DE PATER
May 14, 2007
Guests: Imke de Pater
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We're learning so much about the rings that surround the gas giant planets in our solar system, yet many mysteries remain. We'll chat with astronomer Imke de Pater of UC Berkeley, and get news of...  more »

WHAT'S NEW AT SATURN? CHECKING IN WITH CASSINI'S LINDA SPILKER
May 7, 2007
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The Cassini spacecraft continues its amazing journey around Saturn, uncovering answers and new mysteries alike. We make one of our regular visits to Linda Spilker, the mission's Deputy Project...  more »

THE MOST EARTHLIKE EXTRASOLAR PLANET YET -- A CONVERSATION WITH CO-DISCOVERER STEPHANE UDRY
April 30, 2007
Guests: Stephane Udry
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Gliese 581c is just a bit bigger than Earth and orbits in the so-called habitable zone, where water could be liquid on its surface. You'll hear from Stephane Udry of the Geneva Observatory, one of...  more »

SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON SAVES EARTH!
April 23, 2007
Guests: Kim Stanley Robinson
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With "Sixty Days and Counting" multi-award winning author Kim Stanley Robinson has finished his trilogy of novels about cataclysmic global climate change and how science and government might be able...  more »

SPACEWARD BOUND: CHRIS MCKAY LEADS SCIENTISTS AND TEACHERS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
April 16, 2007
Guests: Chris McKay
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Mat visits NASA's program that put middle and high school science teachers together with planetary scientists in California's desert to research how we'll detect life elsewhere in the solar system. ...  more »

COSMOLOGY: FIVE BIG THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
April 9, 2007
Guests: Liz Kruesi
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Astrophysics grad student Liz Kruesi asked cosmologists for the questions they get asked by the public. She covers the five biggest in the new May edition of Astronomy magazine. From the Big Bang...  more »

A SEA UNDER THE SOUTH POLE OF ENCELADUS?
April 2, 2007
Guests: Geoffrey Collins
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Planetary scientist Geoffrey Collins thinks there may be a liquid water sea under the surface of Saturn's little moon Enceladus. He talks about this theory and his fascination with other icy moons...  more »

MARS EXPRESS CONFIRMS LOTS OF POLAR ICE! WHERE'S THE REST?
March 26, 2007
Guests: Jeffrey Plaut
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Jet Propulsion Lab Principal Scientist Jeffrey Plaut is also a Co-Principal Investigator on the MARSIS radar carried by the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter. He talks about what the...  more »

LOU FRIEDMAN ON THE INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE
March 19, 2007
Guests: Louis Friedman
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It promises to be an intense period of lunar science and exploration, with an unprecedented level of global participation. Planetary Society Executive Director believes it should be made official as...  more »