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Planetary Radio

Solving Cosmic Mysteries Deep Under the Earth

Airdate: Sunday, June 11, 2006
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Art McDonald is Director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, two kilometers deep in a nickel mine in northern Canada. He talks about this amazing instrument and the mysteries it has solved. Emily Lakdawalla's Q&A is about how NASA worked to protect Mars from stowaway microbes on the Mars Exploration Rovers. What's Up with neutrino nut Bruce Betts looks at the current night sky, and presents another chance to win a Planetary Radio t-shirt.

Guests

• Art McDonald, Director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Related Information

• Photos of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
• The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory