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Browse Past ShowsProgram ArchivesBrowse by Subject: Astronomy and Cosmology
CLOSING IN ON AN INTERPLANETARY MYSTERY: THE PIONEER ANOMALY
February 6, 2006 Guests: John Anderson Select Format: MP3 Windows Media JPL Senior Research Scientist John Anderson updates the Pioneer Anomaly casebook, and reports that there may be one more attempt to... more »
THE ORION NEBULA AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT
January 30, 2006 Guests: Massimo Robberto Select Format: MP3 Windows Media
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
GAMMA RAY BURSTS: EXPLAINING THE UNIVERSE'S BIGGEST BANGS
October 10, 2005 Guests: Neil Gehrels Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Swift satellite principal investigator Neil Gehrels on what causes the universe's biggest explosions. Q&A on the rings of Saturn, and a new space trivia contest during our What's Up segment about the night sky and more. more »
AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: DO IT YOURSELF SPACE EXPLORATION
August 29, 2005 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media A special report from the Southern California Astronomy Expo in Oceanside, California, including advice from telescope makers, and conversations with amateur astronomers. Emily Lakdawalla sees that... more »
NASA GOES FOR STAR TREK SCIENCE: BOB CASSANOVA OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED CONCEPTS
July 25, 2005 Guests: Robert Cassanova Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Bob Cassanova heads the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, which has just awarded twelve grants for development of projects that are on the edge of technology, including antimatter propulsion and... more »
MOVE OVER HUBBLE: THE SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE
June 13, 2005 Guests: B. Thomas Soifer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The Spitzer Space Telescope is opening our eyes to the wonders of the universe that are only revealed in infrared light. We talk with B. Thomas Soifer, Director of the Spitzer Science Center. Emily... more »
THE THREAT OF MILITARY SPACE DEBRIS
June 6, 2005 Guests: Michael Krepon Select Format: MP3 Windows Media There's a lot of junk in earth orbit, and some of it can be lethal. Michael Krepon heads the Space Security Project, and is worried about how military activity in space could make the debris problem... more »
ASTRONOMER, ASTROBIOLOGIST AND FAST PITCH OUTFIELDER WOODY SULLIVAN
May 16, 2005 Guests: Woody Sullivan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The man who designed the MarsDial sundial on the Mars Rovers also helped create the SETI@home project, and now studies astrobiology. UW astronomy professor Woody Sullivan is our guest this week.... more »
A TRIBUTE TO PHILIP MORRISON
May 2, 2005 Guests: Philip Morrison Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Famed physicist and SETI pioneer Philip Morrison has passed away at 89. He is remembered fondly by Harvard physicist and SETI researcher Paul Horowitz, and former JPL Director Bruce Murray. Emily... more »
CHASING VOLCANOES AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
March 14, 2005 Guests: Rosaly Lopes Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planetary scientist and leading volcanologist Rosaly Lopes talks about her two new books, one about volcanoes everywhere in the solar system, and one that's a travel guide to both active and dormant... more » |
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