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Planetary Radio

The Orion Nebula As You've Never Seen It

Airdate: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Running Time: 00:28:50
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

It has been called a stellar nursery, and it has never been so spectacular. Astronomer Massimo Robberto is our guide to a new, billion-pixel image of the Orion Nebula that you can explore on the Web. Emily Lakdawalla presents an encore Q&A segment about taking movies from rockets hurtling skyward, and Bruce Betts has another Explorer's Guide to Mars poster to give away in the space trivia contest.

Guests

• Massimo Robberto, Astronomer

Related Information

• Trivia Contest
• Zoomable version of the Orion Nebula image