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Since 2002, Planetary Radio has visited with a scientist, engineer, project manager, advocate, or writer who provides a unique perspective on the quest for knowledge about our Solar System and beyond. The full show archive is available for free.
Is Anybody Home? Assessing A Planet's Habitability
We once again go before a live audience for an all Mars rover show. We've also got singer KJ Williams, Bill Nye the Planetary Guy, and Emily Lakdawalla's proof that she is not covering up evidence of aliens in our solar system!
New Mexico Space Adventure: Back to the First International Planetary Caves Workshop
New Mexico Cave Adventure With Penny Boston and the First International Planetary Caves Workshop
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.
An Optical SETI Update From Paul Horowitz
LIFE Heads for Space Aboard Shuttle Endeavour
Life's Building Blocks Found in an Impossible
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez and Chris McKay Say the Vikings Probably DID Discover Organics on Mars
Arsenic and Odd Life
Gregory and James Benford on Benford Beacons for SETI
Special Coverage of SETIcon
Talking With Mary Roach, Author of Packing for Mars
An update on the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Harvard's Paul Horowitz.
Paul Davies, Author of
The Meaning of LIFE
John Callas reports on Spirit and Opportunity, Bill Nye debates the future of humans on the Moon, and Bruce Betts looks to the Perseid meteor shower in his What's Up review of the night sky.
Bruce Banerdt provides a status report on Spirit and Opportunity. Bill Nye has something old and something new to talk about, and Bruce Betts returns from the Planetary Defense Conference in Spain with news of Near Earth Objects and other things in the night sky.
Looking for ET's Flashlight: Optical SETI
Where to Look for Life on Mars